A photo, taken at Poznań’s Junikowo cemetery, shows a huge, roofed tomb with a platform, as well as chairs, benches, and a table embedded in the wall and generated quite a bit of commentaries on social media.
On the World Romani Language Day, which we mark today, the Romani community around the world and in Slovenia emphasizes the importance of preserving language as a key element of identity. Romani scholar Jožek Horvat Muc believes that “the Romani language is what tells members of the Romani community who they are and what their history was like”.
Slovenian municipalities will now have to report to the state on the use of money in which Roma live. 25 of them, received over nine million euros from the state budget for this purpose this year, the most ever. But there is no clear answer to the question of where the money ends up.
Data reveals that in previous years quite a few municipalities did not spend the money at all or spent it on something else instead of integrating Roma. This is precisely why they will now have to report to the state on the use of the money in detail on a special form.
An article in the Slovak press on the international Romanes day.
16 years ago, in 2009, at a conference on the Romani language in Zagreb, linguists, educators and leaders of Romani organizations from 15 European countries declared November 5th as the International Romani Language Day. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – UNESCO also designated November 5th as the World Romani Language Day in 2015.
Romanes is taught in schools in Slovakia and is used in the media.
Romanes is an Indo-Aryan language that belongs to the Indo-European language branch. István Vályi, who came from the area around today’s Komárno, was one of the first to conclude in the 18th century that the Romani language is of Indian origin. While studying theology in the Netherlands, he met students from India and, in conversations with them, realized that the language they spoke was similar to the language of the Roma from his native region.
In the wake of the killing of a man by Roma in Slovenia, the government is planning new repressive measures. The current proposal will allow cutting social benefits to perpetrators of crimes and their families.
The Faculty of Social Work of the University of Ljubljana and the Association of Social Workers of Slovenia have described several measures from the so-called Šutar Act as unconstitutional and a departure from the principles of the welfare state. They called on the government to avoid collective punishment, stigmatization and repression of the poorest and most socially excluded groups.
The Murska Sobota Regional and Study Library marked the upcoming World Romani Language Day, which is celebrated on November 5, with a presentation of a poetry collection and a discussion about the importance of the Romani language.
Jožek Horvat Muc said that “the Romani language is always the one that tells members of the Roma community who and what they are”. According to Horvat Muc, preserving the language is directly related to preserving the identity of the Roma community.
Following the killing of a man in Novo Mesto, news in Slovenia are full of discussion about the Roma “problem”.
President of the Slovenian Republic Nataša Pirc Musar warned in the show Odmevi on TV Slovenija that measures will have to be prepared according to the principle of ‘nothing about Roma without Roma’.
The portrayal of migrants in Toni Okamura’s SPD election campaign is similar to how members of other races and social classes were portrayed in Nazi and communist propaganda, the Supreme Administrative Court (NSS) said. In today’s decision, it was critical of the SPD campaign, but it still rejected the complaint of a voter from the Central Bohemian Region. It failed to prove grossly influencing the election result, which is a condition for possible court intervention. According to the NSS, the SPD campaign speaks more about the movement itself, other parties could have reacted to it and voters ultimately made up their own minds. The decision is temporarily available on the official noticeboard.
The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., has received the extremely rare award of being among the 21 finalists of the 17th Roma Spirit Award, in the Society and Employer category. This year, a total of 163 nominations were received in seven categories. Roma Spirit is a prestigious award “that highlights personalities, organizations and initiatives that contribute to improving the status of Roma and building a fairer and more cohesive society. Every year, it gives a voice to those who work tirelessly for others and prove that inclusion is not just a vision, but an everyday reality” (www.romaspirit.sk).
The Slovene President Nataša Pirc Musar visited Novo mesto for the first time since the tragedy. She lit a candle in memory of Aleš Šutar who was killed recently and met with Mayor Macedoni. “If the state reacts only with repression, these are short-term solutions,” the president is convinced.
The president “told the representatives of the Roma community that if they do not try to limit violence and criminal acts among themselves, it will not be good for them or for us. If the state only reacts with repression, these are short-term solutions. The Roma must help us with this.”
Two articles in the French press about the manifestations and fall out after a man was killed after being aggressed by Roma in Novo Mesto.
A Polish article on all saints day customs among Polish Roma. Roma celebrate All Saints’ Day differently from Poles, focusing mainly on gatherings at gravesides. “We drink, play music, sing, talk, and tell stories about our deceased loved ones,” Bogdan Trojanek, a Roma singer, leader, and founder of the band Terne Roma told journalists.
Orhan Galjus, a North Macedonian Rom and journalist on the genocide of the Roma during the Holocaust.
The Romea Organisations gave 100 scholarships to young Roma.
The allegations of an 11 years old gadži whereby she had been brutally aggressed by Roma prompted a wave of racism against Roma.
She lied …
A kris between Olah Roma in a small village went rowdy, and the police intervened. No one was hurt.
Roma expressed solidarity and condolences at a rally in Črnomelj: We are not all the same. They emphasized that this was not a protest, but an expression of solidarity and condolences. They also pointed out the growing intolerance towards Roma and emphasized that not all Roma are the same.
A talk with Haris Tahirović, journalist and president of the Roma association Anglunipe and president of the Roma Community Association, which is called Umbrella, about the situation of the Roma in Slovenia and we tried to answer the question of what was the cause of the tragic event in Novo mesto.
The 2007 Roma Community Act has caused considerable debate and opposition. One of the key complaints, explains Tahirović, is that it separates Roma into autochthonous and non-autochthonous, which many believe is discriminatory and causes additional divisions within an already marginalized community. Another problem is the uneven implementation of national strategies and measures. Some measures have been implemented only on paper, without any real impact on the lives of Roma.
This year’s Prize of the Museum of Romani Culture went to activist Josef Miker from Teplice. He will receive the award for his lifelong fight against hatred and racism. He was one of those who significantly contributed to the demolition of the pig farm in Lety near Písek on the site of a former concentration camp. In the community where he lives, he helps Romani youth, poor people and the homeless.
Recent social media reports stated that hundred if not thousands of Roma from the Lunik IX housing estate in Košice, a notorious Roma neighbourhood, were to relocate to Trebišov. Mayor Marek Čižmár rejected these reports as nonsense: “It’s just a godforsaken lie and deception, because no such relocation has taken place, is not taking place and will not take place.”
According to the mayor, this is a form of election campaign that has been used in the past.
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