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Miss Romni …

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Miss Romni …

This Saturday, the 20th anniversary Czech-Slovak Miss Roma 2022 will take place in Hodonín. A total of 12 girls will compete for the crown of Roma beauty queen. The event is organized by the Romia CZ association in cooperation with the Hodonín House of Culture and is held under the auspices of Senator Anna Hubáčková and Governor of the South Moravian Region Jan Grolich.

Croatia News Eastern Europe

Croatia and Roma

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In the last five years, the number of Roma students has increased three times. These data come from the Croatian Government Office for Human Rights and National Minorities, according to which more and more Roma children remain in the school system. They graduate from university, become lawyers, but often do not find work due to racism.

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Germany and Ukrainian Roma Refugees

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More and more municipalities in the German state of Thuringia are turning to the Thuringian State Association of Sinti and Roma for help when taking in refugees from the Ukraine. “We have been receiving calls for help from the authorities since the beginning of July,” said chairman Jens Hellmann on Tuesday when asked. It seems that since the beginning of the month, more and more Roma who have fled have come to Thuringia by bus. Many of them are illiterate, and there are also reservations among the local population. Since then, the association’s social workers and interpreters have been traveling to the respective locations and helping with translation or accommodation.

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Bajram Haliti

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Bajram Haliti

Bajram Haliti, a Roma-Serbian politician, journalist, publicist and writer passed away. He was born in Gnjilan, Kosovo, in 1955. He was a prolific writer and journalist.

May he rest in peace.

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Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungary, Roma, and Education

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Hungary, Roma, and Education

The situation of Roma students in Hungarian schools is critical: segregation is not decreasing, and only half a percent of them go to university. The Romaversitas foundation helps them progress from the 9th grade all the way to graduation. But fewer and fewer people apply to them. They try to equip their students with an activist approach and “talk them out” so that an intellectual Roma stratum with a strong ability to assert their interests can be formed.

Europe News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia, the EU, and Roma

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Slovakia, the EU, and Roma

Another Slovak article about the visit of EU MPs in Slovakia where they were shocked by how neglected some Roma communities are in the east of Slovakia. They stated: “It is absolutely scandalous that European citizens still do not have access to drinking water in the 21st century. It is a shame for Slovakia and a shame for Europe that some Roma live in medieval conditions.”

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Roma Refugees from the Donbas

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Roma Refugees from the Donbas

Some Roma refugees from the Donbas have fled to Lviv. Some of them have found a refuges in a catholic parish, their first contact with Catholicism. Some apparently are even converting …

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Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Plovdiv and Roma

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Plovdiv (Bulgaria) Residents of neighbourhoods bordering the Stolipinovo Mahala (Roma neighbourhood) are complaining about the noise resulting from weddings in the Mahala.

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European Union, Slovakia, and Roma

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European Union, Slovakia, and Roma

A delegation of EU parliamentarians visited Slovakia to see how EU funds were used by the country. They found the situation in Roma settlements “scandalous” and were shocked by the lack of amenities and services in these settlements. This could cost Slovakia quite a bit of EU funds.

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Slovakia, the EU, and Roma

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Slovakia, the EU, and Roma

According to the chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee for Regional Development, Younous Omarjee, the situation in the Roma settlements in Slovakia is an absolute scandal and a shame for the European Union and Slovakia. He stated this after visiting a Roma settlement in the village of Petrovce nad Laborcom (Michalovce district) on Thursday.

News Eastern Europe Poland

August 2nd

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August 2nd

Commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the liquidation by the Germans of the so-called of the Gypsy camp will be held on August 2 at the former KL Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the Association of the Roma in Poland announced on Wednesday. August 2 is the Day of Remembrance for the Genocide of the Roma. During World War II, the Germans killed about 500,000. Roma and Sinti.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Lety – at last

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Lety – at last

The demolition of the pig fram on the site of the former Roma concentration camp of Lety can begin. It took time.

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Roma Weddings

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Roma Weddings

The Serbian folk singer Nadica Ademov who here admits playing at Roma wedding and states that a large part of her revenues come from those sometimes lavish events.

News Eastern Europe Poland

Viki Gabor

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Viki Gabor

A young Polish Romni who is a reality TV star after having participated in the “Voice of Kids” in Poland turns 15. Viki Gabor was born in Hamburg as the daughter of Ewelina and Dariusz Gabor – Roma of Polish origin. She lived first in Poland, then in Great Britain, eventually returning to Poland for good.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria, Schools, and Roma

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Bulgaria, Schools, and Roma

According to e recent study presented at a conference  on the “State of Roma educational integration: from segregation to education in an ethnically mixed environment”, organized by the “Amalipe” center (link is external) on July 4 and 5 in Sofia, almost 1/2 of the schools in our country have a majority of children from vulnerable groups (so Roma and other minorities).

This amounts more and more to a form of segregation.

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