No words …
Another article with more details about the roughly 500 Roma refugees from the Ukraine who made it to the Czech Republic.
A bus driver from the Czech Republic refused to take a Romni and child stuck at the Slovak border.
Roma are joining the movement helping refugees from the Ukraine.
Good!
One region in the Czech Republic is re-instating caretakers in Roma communities after a 5 year hiatus.
The Prague publishing house Kher publishes exclusively Romani literature. Recently, two extensive anthologies have been published: the first (Velvet blues) looks back on the 1990s, the second (Beauty is Everywhere) on the 20th century. One of the key figures in today’s Kher is the Romani filmmaker Karolína Ryvolová (1977).
According to the Czech Ombudsman, the bad situation in the Roma settlements is due to the Roma themselves.
He needs to be kicked out.
They not only face discrimination from the society at large, but also from their own families.
A literary contest in the Czech Republic.
On the commemoration of the Holocaust Remembrance in the Czech Republic, a region which basically eradicated all Roma during World War Two.
An activist fined for hanging a Czech Flag blended with a Roma one. What is going on?
A discussion with Karolína Ryvolová, romologue, translator. She did Romani Studies at the university, learnt Romanes, and became a translator and editor in the publisher “Kher”. She just published a book called “O mulo! Stories about the spirit of the dead”.
Women, overwhelmingly Romnja, who were forced-sterilised in Czechoslovakia and in the Czech Republic between 1966 and 2012 (yes, that late) can claim 300’000 Czech Koruna (about 12’000 EUR) compensation from the state.
It took a long while and doesn’t repair the damage.
A former Czech MP is facing prosecution for having said Lety was not a concentration camp.
Good!
A large Roma funeral made it to the papers. Hundreds of Roma came to say goodbye to Eva Riessová, a resident of Přerov, whom everyone liked, according to locals. The mourning procession went from the church of St. Vavřince to the cemetery on busy roads and the police had to control the traffic.
A good judgement on hate speech in a country rife with it.
A Czech view of the use of the word “Cigan” vs. “Rom”.
– ROM OU TZIGANE : EN TCHÈQUE, MIEUX VAUT NE PAS SE TROMPER. In: Radio Praha. 21.03.2019. https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/tcheque/rom-ou-tsigane-en-tcheque-mieux-vaut-ne-pas-se-tromper [link-preview url=”https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/tcheque/rom-ou-tsigane-en-tcheque-mieux-vaut-ne-pas-se-tromper”]
The Czech Romani singer Vera Bila died on Monday, March 11th. She was one of the best-known singer of the region and sang in numerous countries.
May she rest in peace! Te ovel o drom angla late phuterdo.
Many articles in the press on the topic, here a short list.
– Věra Bílá, legendary singer from the Romani community, has passed away in the Czech Republic. In: Romea. 12.03.2019. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/vera-bila-legendary-singer-from-the-romani-community-has-passed-away-in-the-czech-republic
– Tschechische Sängerin Vera Bila ist tot. In: Spiegel Online. 12.03.2019. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/vera-bila-tschechische-musikerin-stirbt-im-alter-von-64-jahren-a-1257456.html
– Roma-Sängerin Vera Bila gestorben. In: MDR Kultur. 12.03.2019. https://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/roma-saengerin-vera-bila-gestorben100.html
– Die Gypsy-Queen ist tot. In: SWR2. 12.03.2019. https://www.swr.de/swr2/musik/tschechische-saengerin-vera-bila-in-pilsen-gestorben-die-gypsy-queen-ist-tot/-/id=661124/did=23609214/nid=661124/1ybdibs/
– Décès de Vera Bila, la reine tchèque de la musique tzigane. In: La Liberté. 13.03.2019. https://www.laliberte.ch/news-agence/detail/deces-de-vera-bila-la-reine-tcheque-de-la-musique-tzigane/495416
– La reine tchèque de la musique tzigane est morte. In: 24 Heures. 13.03.2019. https://www.24heures.ch/culture/musique/reine-tcheque-musique-tzigane-morte/story/19831921
– Czech Roma singer Vera Bila dies at 64 of heart attack. In: News 1130. 12.03.2019. https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/03/12/czech-roma-singer-vera-bila-dies-at-64-of-heart-attack/
– Czech Roma singer Vera Bila dies at 64 of heart attack. In: Star Tribune. 13.03.2019. http://www.startribune.com/czech-roma-singer-vera-bila-dies-at-64-of-heart-attack/507043442/
– CZECH ROMANY SINGER VĚRA BÍLÁ DIES AT 64. In: Radio Praha. https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/czech-romany-singer-vera-bila-dies-at-64
– Zemřela Věra Bílá (†64): Před smrtí přežívala na ubytovně a doufala v další šanci. In: Blesk. 12.03.2019. https://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrity-ceske-celebrity/580165/zemrela-vera-bila-64-pred-smrti-prezivala-na-ubytovne-a-doufala-v-dalsi-sanci.html
– Zemřela zpěvačka Věra Bílá, bylo jí 64 let. Zpívala i Clintonovi v Bílém dome. In: Aktualne. 12.03.2019. https://magazin.aktualne.cz/kultura/hudba/zemrela-vera-bila-slavne-romske-zpevacce-bylo-64-let/r~aeca806444ae11e9b2a00cc47ab5f122/?redirected=1552461516
– Elhunyt a legendás roma énekesnő, akit Bill Clinton is meghívott, Vera Bílá. In: Contextus. 12.03.2019. https://contextus.hu/vera-bila-roma-enekesno-elhunyt/
– Rómska kráľovná, ktorá hrala Clintonovi. Zomrela Věra Bílá. In: SME. 12.03.2019. https://kultura.sme.sk/c/22072953/zomrela-hviezdna-romska-spevacka-vera-bila.html
– Aktualizované: Zomrela svetoznáma rómska speváčka Věra Bílá. In: Web Noviny. 12.03.2019. https://www.webnoviny.sk/vo-veku-64-rokov-zomrela-spevacka-vera-bila/
– Na ubytovně byla mámou pro všechny, vzpomíná na Věru Bílou synovec. In: Dnes. 12.03.2019. Zdroj: https://www.idnes.cz/plzen/zpravy/vera-bila-romska-zpevacka-umrti-smrt-rokycany-ubytovna.A190312_132930_plzen-zpravy_vb [link-preview url=”https://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/roma-saengerin-vera-bila-gestorben100.html “]
An editorial from Rome on the Czech TV series “Most”.
– Disinformation servers allege Czechs depicted as “white trash” in new comedy series. In: Romea. 21.02.2019. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/disinformation-servers-allege-czechs-depicted-as-white-trash-in-new-comedy-series [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/disinformation-servers-allege-czechs-depicted-as-white-trash-in-new-comedy-series”]
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