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News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Roma in Slovakia

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Roma in Slovakia

The Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities (ÚSVRK), headed by Alexander Daško (Smer), will lose the ability to decide on the distribution of money from EU funds to support the inclusion of Roma men and women from July.

Roma experts criticise the move.

Bosnia News Eastern Europe

Romano David Bowie

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Romano David Bowie

Jovan Živadonović Džipsii, a Roma musician from Zaječar who is called the Roma David Bowie, will perform this Saturday in front of the Sarajevo audience at the Hemingway’s Bar club.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Roma “Ghettoes” in Bulgaria

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Roma “Ghettoes” in Bulgaria

According to this article, Roma ghettos in Southern Bulgaria are growing, but not in the North. On June 2, the premiere of a 520-page research paper on Bulgarian Roma “Models of Roma Urban Ghettoized Structures” took place.

It is written by four Bulgarian scientists, led by Prof. Nadezhda Ilieva from the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, who over the course of 3 years have managed to count 210 Roma neighborhoods in 148 Bulgarian cities, excluding Sofia and the villages, and to track the socio-demographic processes taking place in them.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Open Heart Festival

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Open Heart Festival

The twenty-first edition of the Children’s Roma Festival “Open Heart” is being held on June 5 and 6 in Veliko Tarnovo. It officially opened on Friday at 1 pm in the “Marno Pole” park and it is  expected that about 1500 children and students will participate. In parallel with the festival program, accompanying events will be held, in which diplomats, politicians and experts will participate.

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Dance Competition

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Dance Competition

The “Move Gipsy!” dance competition, organized by the Hungarian Roma National Self-Government, aims to present cultural values ​​and strengthen community building.

The event provides an opportunity for participants to show their dance skills and performing abilities in front of the audience. The organizers aim to popularize Roma culture through the competition and support the development of talented young people.

News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Slovenia and Roma

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Slovenia and Roma

The change of government in Slovenia is having an effect on Roma.

According to the article, after the enactment of the Act on Emergency Measures to Ensure Public Safety (Šutar’s Act), a shift has already occurred at the local level, says the mayor of Novo Mesto, Gregor Macedoni: “Changes have been detected in the greater inclusion of children in the education system, i.e. increased school attendance.” However, the activities at the state level to date are assessed as insufficient, because progress in solving long-term challenges will require closer cooperation between all institutions, the mayor emphasizes: “We expect the new government to approach solving the problem comprehensively, and above all with a clearly established principle of equal rules for all.”

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Annual Report?

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Annual Report?

The Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities should submit its annual activity report by the end of September from 2027. This follows from the draft amendment to the statute of the plenipotentiary, which adjusts the current March deadline for submitting the annual report.

It also avoids some controversies …

Croatia News Eastern Europe

Jasenovac and Croatia

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Jasenovac and Croatia

The Croatian President of the Republic, Zoran Milanović, visited the Roma Memorial Center Uštica, where he planted a Tree of Peace. During his visit, he lit a candle and laid a wreath in front of the Wall of Pain at the Roma Memorial Cemetery. So far, 21 mass graves of Roma victims have been identified in this area and more than 16’000 victims have been identified.

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Bulgarian Roma in Germany

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Bulgarian Roma in Germany

According to this Bulgarian article, there are neighbourhoods in two small German towns entirely composed of Roma from Vidin, Bulgaria. Apparntly, neighbours are not so fond, and still according to the article, “quite a few of them, together with the Romanian Roma, are involved in some criminal scheme and often have problems with the local authorities”.

No comments, apart that some actual journalistic work would be nice …

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Brawl in Bulgaria

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Brawl in Bulgaria

Several articles in the Bulgarian press about a fiht between Roma in Berkovitsa, resulting in injuries and the arrest of several people.

Bad.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Khamoro

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Khamoro

Storytelling, live music and shared reminiscences took visitors to Khamor back to the times when Romani families would sit together in the evenings and stories would be passed down from generation to generation. Monday’s Storytelling: Giľora program at the Kampa Community Center reminded of the ancient Romani tradition of vakeriben, i.e. storytelling that combines personal memories, humor, music and the experience of the entire community.

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Perumos

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Perumos

The Roma ensemble Perumos has won over audiences at home and abroad. “They didn’t want to let us go home in France,” the Gorols recall. “We experienced our greatest success in France. They didn’t want to let us go home,” recall the couple Kristína and Vojta Gorol, members of the legendary Roma ensemble Perumos. The ensemble was formed in 1986 and gained recognition not only in the then Czechoslovakia but also abroad. In an interview with Romea.cz, they recalled not only the successes they experienced in France, but also their emigration to Belgium and the transformation of the Perumos ensemble into the Perum group.

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Slobodan Lala Berberski

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Slobodan Lala Berberski

A festival is now celebrating him. Slobodan Lala Berberski was born on October 20, 1919 in Bečkerek, today’s Zrenjanin, where he completed elementary and high school. He began studying law, but as a member of the Communist Youth League of Yugoslavia, he was arrested in 1941. In 1941, he joined the People’s Liberation War of the people of Yugoslavia. He was a Romani writer and the first president of the World Roma Organization bweing elected as the first president of the World Roma Organization in the famous 1971 london meeting.

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Reactions to the Roma “Thieves”

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Reactions to the Roma “Thieves”

Following the statements of the editor of the Serbian TV and paper “Informer”, Dragan J. Vučićević, who stated that trains stopped on Saturday because “Roma blockaders” stole copper cables, Roma representatives reacted.

The Democratic Union of Roma Strongly Condemns the Shameful and Offensive Statements Linking the Roma People to Crime and Copper Theft, Made in Public by Dragan J. Vučićević and Media Under His Control.

The President of the Democratic Union of Roma, Salih Saitović, stated that it is unacceptable that in the 21st century, an entire people is collectively insulted, humiliated and targeted for the sake of political showdowns and raising tensions in society.

The Roma Party has demanded an investigation into the responsibility of Informer TV editor Dragan J. Vučićević for hate speech and announced that, if no one reacts, it will internationalize the Roma issue in Serbia.

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Roma “Thieves”

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Roma “Thieves”

The editor of the Serbian TV and paper “Informer”, Dragan J. Vučićević, stated that trains stopped on Saturday because “Roma blockaders” stole copper cables created a few heated reactions. Roma representatives were aghast (see our other post).

But the Serbian Information Minister Boris Bratina is defending Dragan J. Vučićević and Informer, a paper that was banned two days ago in Montenegro for promoting hate speech and denying the national identity of Montenegrins.

News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Slovenia: Verdict

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Slovenia: Verdict

A while back, following a brawl, Aleš Šutar from Novo Mesto died after being punched once by a Rom Samire Šiljić who pleaded guilty to the attack. He was sentenced to six years and three months in prison, which led to outcries that this was totally inapropriate. The judge justified the sentence with the guilty plea and with th efact that a single blow in the face is not murder.

In response to today’s conviction, the President of the Roma Association of Slovenia, Jožek Horvat Muc, assessed that it is right that all such cases, such as the attack on Aleš Šutar from Novo Mesto, also receive a court epilogue.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Scary but True

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Scary but True

In the Czech Republic during last year’s elections, a large part of the Roma population voted for Babiš and worse, for Okamura, who is openly anti-Roma (and migrants, which is ironic as he is not exactly 100% Czech, if anything like this exists).

Well, at least the recent Hungarian elections show that this can change. There, most Roma voted against Fidesz.

News Eastern Europe Poland

“Traditional” Home

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“Traditional” Home

Several article in the Polish press about the “traditional” Roma home of Bogdan Trojanek, a Roma singer from Poland.

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