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European Elections

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The organization RomanoNet, an umbrella platform of Roma and pro-Roma non-profit organizations and initiatives, in cooperation with one of its member organizations, ROMEA, launched the awareness and motivational campaign Me žav! on May 20. Its goal is, in the form of short videos, to contribute to increasing the participation of Roma voters in the elections to the European Parliament, which will take place on June 7 and 8, 2024.

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Roma Vakeren

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The third episode of the series ‘Roma Vakeren” speaks about the creation of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust Memorial in Lety u Písek. Other topics include the worship of Black Sarah and the three Marys during the “Gypsy pilgrimage” in the south of France as well as the 20th editions of the World Roma Festival Khamoro.

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The police charged a 78-year-old man with the crime of disorderly conduct and violence against a group of residents, who, according to findings so far, threatened a Roma family in Svitavy with an ax and a gun in his hand at the beginning of May. The Romea.cz server reported on the incident that took place on the street. The witness said the man called people “black monkeys” and threatened to kill them. The police are also investigating a possible racial motive for the crime.

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Khamoro

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From Sunday, May 26, Prague hosts the Khamoro World Roma Festival. In addition to traditional music, it will offer world-renowned gypsy jazz concerts, film screenings, an exhibition about Holocaust survivors, a theatre performance by the Slovak National Theatre and a gastronomic show by culinary star Pavel Berky. The week-long marathon with the motto “Khamoro shines for everyone” will culminate with the final gala concert at the Sasazu club on Saturday, June 1. The largest Roma festival in the world has been organized since 1999 by Slovo 21 and Studio Production Saga.

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Grave Robbers

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42 Roma graves were robbed and desecrated in Obrenovac and the town next to Zvečka, Serbia. This is not the first time that Romani graves have been the target of robbers in Obrenovac.

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Roma Media

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An article in the Serbian press about the first Conference dedicated to the development of media strategy, critical approach and improvement of the position of journalists dealing with issues of the Roma community in Europe which was held in Murska Sobota, Slovenia May 20-22.

One of the key problems faced by Roma in media across Europe is the lack of young Roma who want to engage in journalism. According to the article, Serbia is leading the way with many young Roma engaged in Journalism.

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Novi Sad Roma Ball

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The Novi Sad Roma Ball will be held on Tuesday, May 28, starting at 8 p.m., at the “Vila Moskva” hotel. Every year, the Roma association “Bela Romkinja” organizes a traditional Roma ball.

This year, in addition to the main event, a humanitarian evening will be organized, where packages will be made from the money collected and sent to help families in the Bangladesh settlement whose houses were destroyed by fire.

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Roma Spirit

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In Bratislava, on May, the Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová received the laureates and finalists of the 15th edition of the Roma Spirit award. She stated it on the social network. She pointed to hundreds of stories of hope, humanity and inspiration. According to her, these helped disprove the belief that the exclusion of Roma is an unsolvable problem.

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Romani Artist

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An interview with Šarlota Bottová, a Romni who learned the basics of drawing from her father, and learned the rest by herself. “It’s a big challenge for me, but I prefer to capture the face, the emotion, the personality,” she says.

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Fico’s Aggressor

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Several newspapers articles in the Slovak press about the racist comments that Fico’s aggressor made about Roma.

They also cite several other weird theories and statements of the aggressor.

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A Slovenian Settlement

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The formal inauguration to a small Roma settlement in Slovenia says a lot about the living conditions of Roma in the country.

At the opening, Nataša Horvat, who is the representative of the Roma community in the municipal council of the Municipality of Lendava, expressed her enthusiasm for the positive changes in the settlement and in the Roma community. She emphasized the development of the settlement from its beginnings in 1961 until today, with at last a modern and safe infrastructure.

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Slovenia and Roma Media

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A round-table on the role of Roma media was held in the Research and Education Centre Dvorec Rakičan. there was a round table on the role of the Roma media and information on the current situation.

The main theme was the discussion about how important the Roma media are for the Roma community and how to deepen cooperation between them throughout Europe.

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Online Racism

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A discussion with a young 19 year old Romni and TikTok creator about facing online racism, on how young Roma people live in the Czech Republic and what the biggest prejudice about Roma are.

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Ukraine: Roma Program

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The Kyiv University of Technology and Design launched a bachelor’s program “Roma Music and Theater Art”, reports the Chirikli Roma Women’s Foundation.

Students will be recruited based on the results of a creative competition in which they have to perform a folk Roma song or dance. They will also take an oral exam on the history and culture of the Roma people.
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Kali Sara Festival

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On Saturday, May 18, Letňany in Prague became the scene of the first ever Kali Sara Roma festival. The festival attracted hundreds of visitors and offered a rich program full of traditional Roma music, dances and culinary specialties.

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Vera Bila

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The world-famous Romani singer Věra Bílá recently appeared on the iconic John Lennon wall in Kampa, Prague. This was done by the Roma artist Ladislav Mucha, who performs under the pseudonym Maxim Muchow. In a report for ROMEA TV, he drew a portrait of Věra Bílá on this iconic wall as a tribute to this Roma music legend.

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Lety

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On Sunday, May 12, 2024, the memorial to the Roma Holocaust at the site of the concentration camp in Lety u Písek was opened to the public. Three decades of debates about the nature of the place, which used to be a pig farm, were thus concluded.

But the reality of the perpetrators was not acknowledged for a very long time. The participation of Czech gendarmes and camp commanders in the genocide of the Roma during the Second World War was denied throughout the forty years of communism.

The taboo was broken after the revolution by historian Ctibor Nečas and journalist Markus Pape, and courageous activists from the ranks of the Roma and Sinti also played their part. For example, Jan Hauer, Antonín Lagryn and Čeněk Růžička, mostly sons of Lety prisoners, who also told about the fates of their parents and their own for the Memory of the Nation.

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