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Conference in Bosnia

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Conference in Bosnia

A conference supported by the OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina focused on the political participation of national minorities and proposed changes to the electoral law to ensure their representation at various government levels.

Council Chairman Mujo Fafulić emphasized the need for guaranteed seats for national minorities in the electoral law, aiming for representation by 2028 and 2030.

OSCE officials highlighted the importance of inclusive decision-making and the ongoing challenges in implementing legal protections for national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Bosnian Unity

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Bosnian Unity

Leaders of Roma organizations in Bosnia emphasize unity among Roma to improve living conditions, education, and employment opportunities. Future collaboration will focus on joint projects, youth support, and preserving Roma culture while strengthening ties with local communities.

The situation for Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina is gradually improving, with education and community involvement seen as key to further progress.

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Integration in Bosnia

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Integration in Bosnia

Although the Roma community in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to face numerous challenges, examples from Gradiška and Prnjavor show that the position of the Roma has been changing for the better in recent years.

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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.

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Bosnia and Hercegovina

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Bosnia and Hercegovina

An interesting article stating that the younger generation in Bosnia and Hercegovina is asking for a change in the country, and for stopping the ethnic divide. This ethnic divide is particularly bad for minorities, Roma, Jews, Turks, who de-facto are not represented and are nowhere at home.

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Yugoslav Wars

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Yugoslav Wars

An interesting  article about Roma victims of the Bosnian war. Among the victims in Srebrenica were also Roma, but this is not recorded, because, like in other parts of the world, Roma also took on local names.

Human rights lawyer Lejla Hadžimesić talks about what went wrong, so that the process of reconciliation and dealing with the past in Bosnia and Herzegovina stopped years ago and started the journey back. She cites Milorad Dodik’s speech about secession fifteen years ago as a turning point. She sees this situation as the reason why it was (only) three decades after the war that the space for researching Roma victims opened up, which she herself is also involved in.

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Roma in Bosnia

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Roma in Bosnia

Three decades after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Roma still remain outside the institutional memory, justice and reparations system, although, according to new findings, they were exposed to all forms of war crimes, from murders to expulsions and displacement, it was emphasized at the conference on the suffering of Roma in the period 1992-1995.

The conference was held in the building of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the title “Through Truth to Justice: Thirty Years of Silence on the Suffering of Roma in the Period 1992-1995”, within the project “Improving Roma Participation in Transitional Justice in BiH”, funded by the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Bosnia: Women Project

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Bosnia: Women Project

The Women’s Roma Centre for the Affirmation of Roma and Other National Minorities (ŽRC Roma), a newly established association that works to protect and promote the rights of Roma women and women from other national minorities, has successfully completed the implementation of its first project.

This is a project entitled “Promotion and marking of important international dates with the aim of drawing attention to the position of Roma women from the city of Zenica and other cities of the Zenica-Doboj Canton”, which was implemented with the support of the Ministry of Labor, Social Policy and Refugees of the Zenica-Doboj Canton.

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New Book

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New Book

A new book on the history of Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina was recently published. It is a joint publication of the Sarajevo University institute for history and the Zagreb Ivo Pilar Institute. It is an important cross disciplinary work featuring many new research and facts about Roma history in the region.

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Bosnia and Roma

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Bosnia and Roma

As part of the Roma Month celebrations, an event was held in Gračanica to promote Roma culture and customs. Traditional Roma music and dance, poetry, an exhibition of famous Roma posters, crafts, clothing, and tools—all of this could be seen and heard as part of the program organized by the “Step into the Future” organization.

Danijel Eminović, a young keyboardist and award-winning student at the “Stevan Mokranjac” Music School, performed the Roma anthem “Đelem, Đelem.” Demir Osmani of the “Step into the Future” organization stated that the aim of this event is to promote Roma cultural heritage.

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Muharem Serbezovski

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Muharem Serbezovski

in Skopje, Muharem is deeply attached to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and especially Sarajevo, which he often calls his “soulmate”.

His name is well-known in the former Yugoslavia, where he gained the status of one of the most famous singers, whose music, inspired by Roma and oriental styles, left an indelible mark on the art scene. He released his first album at the age of only 12. He is also an author and he published a translation of the Bible in Romanes.

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Bosnia and Hercegovina – Romanes Day

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Bosnia and Hercegovina – Romanes Day

A very small number of Roma speak their mother tongue. The question is why this is so. Are the Roma additionally exposed to discrimination due to the use of the Romani language, or is it not being given enough attention? And the activities so far have not produced concrete results.

Ago and Beko from Kakanj speak the Romany language every day, thereby emphasizing their tradition, and the language is passed down from generation to generation in their family. “It’s important for us, it’s part of our tradition. The first language is Romanes, and then it gradually goes to Bosnian.”

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Bosnia: Saint Georges

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The feast of St. Georges or Đurđevdan is one of the most Roma feast in the Balkans. Here, two articles about it in Bosnia and Hercegovina, close to Sarajevo.

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Bosnia and Roma

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The Association of Roma women Center for Mothers “Izvor života” Vitez held a conference and a workshop as part of the project “Let’s learn the Romani language” financed by the European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP.

The overall goal of this project is: to nurture and spread the culture of the Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to preserve their identity, but also to be accepted by other peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Bosnia and Roma

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Romanes, language of Roma was introduced in elementary schools in Tuzla Canton, which thus became the first canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina to systematically contribute to the creation of an educational environment without discrimination and the preservation of the rights of national minorities. Years of lobbying and advocacy have finally borne fruit, say the Roma Association “Euro Rom” Tuzla.

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