A reportage on Slovak TV about the origins of the Internationa Roma day and the first Roma World Congress.
The current Slovak President Čaputová commemorated International Roma Day. She stated that Roma students would very much like Slovakia to be a more tolerant country that can give Roma children a chance and accept them.
She invited Roma students from universities and secondary schools from all over Slovakia to the palace.
Miroslav Zubaj is a guide at the Museum of Roma Culture, which stands in the middle of the feared and prejudiced Cejl district. In the interview, he describes the history of the Brno Roma community, the roots of the problems there and the current situation of the locals, which is far from ideal.
Several articles on the celebration of the 8th of April in Brno, Czechia.
The Čakovec Cultural Centre in cooperation with the Association of Roma in the Republic of Croatia “KALI SARA” has set up two outstanding exhibitions for the Međimurje audience on the occasion of the World Roma Day. The exhibitions and the motivation behind this cooperation were announced in the introductory part of the opening ceremony by Maja Grubišić, head of the Roma educational and cultural centre, noting that World Roma Day is celebrated in honour of the first World Roma Congress held in London in 1971, during which world Roma community defined its political and social position for the first time.
Romea goes back to the origins of the April 8th celebrations: The first Roma World Congress in 1971 near London (April 7th to 12th). The Czechoslovaks were well represented at this first congress.
In one of the largest Roma housing estates in Slovakia, Lunik IX, Roma did not go and vote for the Slovak Presidential elections. People say they would have gone if there were Roma candidates.
Well, they missed an opportunity to express their views. That is a pity.
Another article about Roma living in Prague’s 3rd neigbourhood. Roma feel safe in Prague 3, but they encounter prejudices in the commercial housing market. This was shown by the research of the city district among the local Roma population. A Roma counselor helps with the solution of specific problems and the support of Roma culture, a position that Prague 3 provides as the only district in the capital. Current advisor Veronika Polášková will continue in her role.
On Wednesday, April 3, Uzhgorod hosted the presentation of the online museum “Poraimos na Transcarpathia”, which presents exhibits of one of the most tragic pages in the history of the Roma – the genocide during the Second World War. The creators of the museum are convinced that future generations should remember the tragic pages of history so that such manifestations of inhumane treatment never happen again.
Unfortunately, they used the P-term …
The book “Genocide of the Transcarpathian Roma: Trying to Understand” was presented at the Uzhhorod Press Club. This book is a teaching and methodical guide to help teachers in teaching the history of Roma in schools, – the author of the book, explained Romologist Evgenia Navrotska.
The Czech town of Liberec hung a Roma flag on the terrace of the third floor of the regional office building for the April 8th celebrations.
The Roma from that region were almost all killed during World War Two.
A story in the Bulgarian press about a scam on house reparation committed by Roma. These articles are dangerous, as they always show Roma as criminals and asocial people and contribute to more exclusion.
The celebration of the International Day of the Roma start today with a conference in the Brožík room of the Old Town Hall focused on the future of financing Roma art and culture.
“Unfortunately, Roma culture is still perceived primarily as community entertainment. This approach has far-reaching effects on many levels, of which, in addition to the social one, for those of us who deal with our culture professionally, the financial level is the most sensitive,” says David Tišer, Roma activist, director and director of the organizing association Ara Art.
Recent research among the local Roma population of the district showed that Roma people feel safe in Prague’s 3rd district, but they encounter prejudices in the commercial housing market.
An article in the Slovak press on the origins of the International day of the Roma. April 8 was established as International Roma Day in 1990 near Warsaw at the Fourth World Roma Congress organized by the International Romani Union (IRU). The choice of this day was related to the commemoration of the first worldwide Roma meeting in April 1971 in Orpington near London.
Now why did they put a picture of young Indian girls on the article? The picture is a stock photograph that has been used numerous times in conjunction with various topics about India. Bad journalism…
A new Roma glossary by Dr. Vesna Delić was published by the Public Institution Centre for the Preservation and Development of the Culture of Minorities of Montenegro. As far as is known, it is a unique publication that allows the interested public to get to know and get more information about Roma.
Children from Montana took part en masse in the contest for illustration of Roma fairy tales organized by the city’s Municipal Council. 139 children between the ages of five and 11 sent their drawings for the competition, announced the chairman of the council, Ivo Ivanov.
Non-parliamentary parties Democrats, Democratic Party, Forum, Modrí – ES, ODS – Citizens’ Democrats of Slovakia, Roma Coalition Party have agreed on a common procedure in the second round of the presidential elections. On Tuesday, at a joint press conference, they officially expressed their support for the civil candidate for president, Ivan Korčok.
The local school in Předlice in Ústí has been purely Romani for two decades. What is scary is what the headmaster says. He says the greatest achievement are when one on the school pupils graduate from high school. He adds this year there is one, next year there will be another one.
Is that an achievement or the sign of an under-performing school?
This year, the Ara Art association is organizing the tenth jubilee celebration of the International Roma Day in Prague, which has grown from a one-day evening at the Meet Factory into a week-long festival full of music, art and discussions about the future of Roma culture.
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