Roma activist Selviya Mustafi from North Macedonia discussed a “Democratic Digital Organization” with former US President Barack Obama at the Copenhagen Democratic Summit in a panel.
The Czech have been saying that they had many Roma refugees from the Ukraine that had a Hungarian passport, thus justifying the blanket denial of help.
Well, it is not quite like that. 150 Roma out of 5’000 had a Hungarian passport, according to the Czech police.
A survey conducted by Laura Kovač, a student at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Slovenia, as part of her master’s thesis, showed that Roma students in Prekmurje and Dolenjska feel comfortable in primary school. Discrimination and stereotypes are still present, but Roma students mostly describe school relations as good.
Somewhat doubtful…
Roma culture days will be held in Lublin from the 13th to the 15th.
Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová returned a proposed law to the parliament. The law is on financing the child’s leisure time, in which deputies propose, among other things, that child allowances be reduced depending on the pupil’s regular participation in school. This provision was included in the bill after the extreme right from the ĽSNS requested the Minister of Finance Igor Matovič. According to Marian Kotleb, the reduction of allowances was one of four changes that they “pushed” into the law. Probably in such an alliance, although not surprising to me, it should be noted that this is a measure aimed mainly at Roma children.
It will do nothing to further school attendance.
Interview with Petr Torák, Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Peterborough, England. Invitation to the Open Road exhibition.
An international Roma conference is being held in Murska Sobota to discuss the current situation of Roma in Europe, including the problems facing the Roma community in Ukraine.
The Roma culture days have started in the Polish city of Lublin.
An article highlighting the fact that Roma refugees from the Ukraine are not welcome.
Refugees in the Ukraine have issues. They have even more when they are Roma.
An interview and views from the Ukraine.
The artists of the Khamoro festival performed in a refugee camp.
Two articles on the Roma festival Khamoro in Prague.
A workshop in Prague discussing ways to promote the study of Romani history.
Measures to support the culture, language and identity of the Roma national minority are part of the action plan for 2022-2024, based on the main strategy of Roma inclusion until 2030. The plan focuses on stabilizing and developing institutions dedicated to Romani culture, supporting Romani culture, supporting Romani media, the development and vitality of the Romani language, and raising awareness of the rights of the Romani national minority.
The Romani language is the first topic covered in a ten-part series of reports entitled Visegrad Romani Magazine. It is prepared jointly by three Roma television stations: Dikh TV from Hungary, TV Romana from Slovakia and ROMEA TV from the Czech Republic.
The Council of Europe Project “Strengthening the protection of national minorities, including Roma and minority languages in Ukraine” is launching a call for proposals to receive Grants for activities protecting the rights of national minorities and Roma, as well as the implementation of the Council of Europe standards in the context of Russian military aggression against Ukraine.
An article on Ukrainian Roma in Poland, and the story of discriminations in Poland and in the Ukraine.
An interview with Ms. Talewicz-Kwiatkowska on the situation of Roma in the Ukraine, on the reasons of their flight, and on racism.
The case of the Roma who were beaten up by the police in the Slovak city of Moldova nad Bodvou and who, when they went to court were condemned for perjury for having defamed the police, is finally closed. The condemnation of the Roma was overturned in Slovak courts, Slovakia was condemned by the European Court of Human Rights, and now, the court has approved an agreement between the state and beaten Roma from Moldova over Bodvou.
At last.
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