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Integration of Roma

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Integration of Roma

In response to the Novo Mesto tragedy, the Human Rights Ombudsman strongly condemned all violence. According to the Ombudsman, the state has failed to integrate the Roma. He warned that the right to security is one of the fundamental pillars of trust in the rule of law, and added that the incident reveals deeper social and systemic problems.

“The outbreaks of violence are a reflection of systemic shortcomings,” it is written on the Ombudsman’s website. They also recalled that the Ombudsman has been warning for many years about the lack of sustainable and inclusive measures, ghettoization, spatial and social segregation, and unequal opportunities that deepen differences, strengthen mistrust, and prevent coexistence.

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Horvath Muc on the recent death

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Horvath Muc on the recent death

The entire Roma community, like every member of the Roma community of southeastern Slovenia, must do everything to stop the criminal acts of individual Roma immediately, wrote the president of the Roma Community Council of the Republic of Slovenia Jožek Horvat Muc in a message to the mayor of Novo Mesto, Gregor Macedoni.

On behalf of the Roma Community Council and on his own behalf, Horvat Muc expressed his sincere condolences to the family and relatives of the deceased and condemned “all acts of violence and gross violations of security and endangering the life of every citizen”.

The entire Roma community and every individual within the Roma community in the area of ​​southeastern Slovenia must, in his belief, be aware that everything must be done to stop the criminal acts of individual Roma immediately.

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Conference on the Genocide

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Conference on the Genocide

Preserving the memories of the survivors and survivors of the genocide of the Roma during Holocaust and passing them on to future generations was the main topic of the three-day Czech-German conference, which took place at the Straka Academy and was dedicated to the memory of the murdered Roma and Sinti during World War II. The conference was organized by the Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war.

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Slovenia: Again

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Slovenia: Again

Bad news. According to the news, a gang of Roma in Novo Mesto., Slovenia, beat up a father who defended his son, he died in hospital.

All articles say there is a problem with Roma violence, criminality, and that the government doesn’t do anything. All Roma are being put in this category, regardless. This is bad.

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungarian Segregation

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Hungarian Segregation

An article on a new Hungarian law and its application that we have already mentioned. Mezokeresztes was the first municipality in the country to implement the so-called Local Identity Preservation Act, passed by Parliament in June, which allows municipalities to screen people who settle there.

The Mezokeresztes municipality purchased houses, mostly belonging to Roma, on the grounds that they were unsanitary and demolished them.

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Award in Brno

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Award in Brno

Jozef Miker, a well-known Roma activist and human rights fighter, received the Museum of Roma Culture Award for 2025. The ceremony took place on Thursday, October 23, at 4 p.m. in Brno and was broadcast live by the first Roma internet television.

News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Roma Employment

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Roma Employment

The Slovene Ministry of Labour launched the Roma Model programme in May this year, with the aim of increasing Roma employment. The programme is currently implemented only by the Kočevje Business Incubator. Nine Roma women have joined it. Employers’ experiences with them vary, but currently, according to the programme’s implementers, the biggest problem is low pay.

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria, Roma, and Schools

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Bulgaria, Roma, and Schools

Kristiana Koleva, who was the weightlifting coach of 15-year-old Krasi, who was stabbed and killed in a Sofia mall, was a special guest on “Darik’s Day” and shared what her calling is.

“We tell them how to be decent people, to study, to get up early, not to be on those phones. But do you know what I think? That the state is also very guilty of this. And the family. Believe me, these children have a lot of bread in them and they are good people, but we have to work with them. This is not only done by the coaches in the gym. We are like a father, like a mother to them. But the state also has to work.”

News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Health for Roma in Slovenia

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Health for Roma in Slovenia

The Institute for the Study of Gender Equality (Ipes) presented the Fortuna project, which addresses discrimination in healthcare, which makes it more difficult for Roma men and women to access services and often receive worse treatment. They investigated administrative, linguistic and logistical barriers, lack of information, distrust in institutions, experiences of discrimination, as well as the quality of treatment received by members of this largest European minority, which is known to have a significantly worse health picture compared to the majority population. According to Ana Pavlič, Ipesa’s program director, life expectancy in Slovenia for its members is more than 20 years lower, and child mortality is four times higher. A major indicator of inequality in health care is also early childbirth, with two-thirds of births among Roma women occurring between the ages of 15 and 24. “So women are starting to give birth at very young ages, which certainly indicates a high level of distrust in health institutions related to contraception and reproductive rights,” Pavlič said at a press conference.

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Bulgaria: New Web Platform

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Bulgaria: New Web Platform

“Romalo” is the new voice of the Roma community in Bulgaria – the platform where Roma can find answers to important questions. The goal is to significantly reduce misconceptions about Roma, says its creator Mihail Mishev.

If you type “Roma” into the most popular online search engines, you will mostly come across headlines about crimes committed by Roma. You will also find publications about the attitude of other ethnic groups towards Roma, and most likely a video by the most popular YouTuber in Bulgaria – Slavi Katsarov (The Clashers), entitled “50 facts and myths about Roma, between reality and stereotypes”. You may also come across a story from the “good example” category.

In “Romalo”, Roma people tell stories, explain the daily problems of the community and comment on political events and important topics. “There was no platform where we could talk and read, communicate in a meaningful language for the community,” says the activist, political scientist and freelance journalist. In conversations with his relatives and acquaintances from the Roma community, Mihail recognized the need for such a place. And decided to create it.

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Really?

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Really?

Quite a buzz because of a Bulgarian romani video on Instagram that highlight the commonality of Romanes, Hindi, and Urdu.

Ever heard about Sanskrit and Prakrit?

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Croatia: Living together

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Croatia: Living together

The deputy mayor of the Pribislavec Municipality, a Rom, Rajko Kovačić, spoke out, expressing great dissatisfaction at the stop of the work in the Roma settlement aimed at preventing the illegal dumping of garbage. Ther cause of the stop seems to be tensions within the municipal council.

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Croatia: Multicultural Centre

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Croatia: Multicultural Centre

The contract for building a new multicultural centre in the Sitnice settlement in Mursko Središće was signed. With the construction of the Roma Multicultural Centre, the Sitnice settlement will receive a long-awaited space that will be used for work with children, education, culture and various social activities of the Roma community, which will significantly contribute to improving the quality of life and integration.

We’re not sur this is the best help for integration.

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

School Segregation

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School Segregation

Roma students from Malý Slivník, Slovakia, were segregated at school according to the court. The anti-discrimination lawsuit, which has been won, has created an issue with the so-called two shift classes (one for Roma, one for others).

News Eastern Europe Poland

Poland: Exhibition

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Poland: Exhibition

The opening of the exhibition “The Great Wagon. A Wanderer’s Belonging. A Roma Caravan at a Stopover Near Łomża” will take place on Friday, November 7, 2025, at 6:00 PM. The gathering will be an opportunity to discover a world that has almost disappeared.

It focuses on the more stereotypical aspects of travellers, and showcases the poetry of Papusza, a Romani poet.

News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Romani “Problematic”

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Romani “Problematic”

Another diatribe from a Slovenian MP regarding the security in Southeastern Slovenia. MP Anja Bah Žibert stated at a press conference: Due to the failure to resolve the Roma issue, the situation in the southeast of Slovenia is deteriorating. We are no longer talking about individual incidents, but about steadily increasing violence. Despite numerous warnings from residents, mayors and people’s initiatives, which have been warning about the increase in crime, violence and threats to security for a long time, the state remains passive. The government of Robert Golob has repeatedly promised measures, but these have not been implemented in practice, the SDS MP reminded.

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Movie on Hate

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Movie on Hate

As part of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODHIR) conference in Warsaw on October 13 focusing on Roma human rights the screening of the movie That Boy follows the journey of Toby, a former Roma refugee, and Mirek, a former neo-Nazi, as they confront the roots of hate and explore the possibilities of dialogue and reconciliation. It revisits the largely untold story of anti-Roma violence that spread across parts of Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s.

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