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Slovakia, Roma and NGOs

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Slovakia, Roma and NGOs

Representatives of the civic association eduRoma claim in an open letter that the Minister of Finance of the Slovak Republic Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) is building rough walls between the current government of the Slovak Republic and the civic sector.

The controversy follows the allocation of 330’000 EUR to the Conference of  Bishops of Slovakia to support missionary pastoral work in Roma communities and ignoring the work of other NGOs and churches.

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Slovak Census

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Slovak Census

Where are the Roma in the Census? There is a lot of excitement, even outrage at the fact that Roma in their large majority, did not declare themselves as Roma in the latest Slovak census, but rather as Slovak or in quite a few cases as Hungarians.

Well, first, they are Slovaks… Whether the majority population likes it or not. Second, asking for ethnicity is fraught with problems. Third, the main reason people will not declare themselves as a minority is simple: Racism and discrimination. That question is absent from the articles on the topic.

Sad.

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Slovakia’s Census

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Slovakia’s Census

The case of Nižný Slavkov, a small town in Eastern Slovakia, where none of the roughly 230 the Roma living in the local Osada (Settlement) declared themselves as Roma in the census, saying that they are Slovaks (which, by the way it technically correct).

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Win!

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Win!

Nine Roma who sued for having been evicted under the pretext of “waste collection” in 2012 by the then mayor Richard Raši (then Smer, now Hlas) from their homes in the Nižné Kapustníky district of Košice, have finally won in court.

It is a moral win, they lost their homes and were awarded 1’000 EUR each…

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Slovakia, Covid, and Roma

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According to the Slovak Government, patients from the Roma community are twice as likely to die from Covid than the rest of the population. It is a combination of low vaccination, low living standards, insufficient health knowledge and high population density in these communities.

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Ireland, Slovakia, and Roma

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Ireland, Slovakia, and Roma

The person arrested for the murder of a young teacher, Ashling Murphy, is a Slovak, and apparently also Rom. This is bad. A Slovak MP, Peter Pollak, urged to refrain from collective guilt on Roma.

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Ireland, Slovakia, and Roma

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Ireland, Slovakia, and Roma

The Slovak view on the intervention of the Slovak MP Peter Pollak on the arrest of a suspect for the murder of the Irish teacher Ashling Murphy.

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Slovakia Settlements

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Slovakia Settlements

A recent study has shown the abysmal differences of living conditions of Roma in Settlements in comparison to the rest of the population. The settlements need water, schools, and a minimum of infrastructure and services.

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Martina Horňáková, author of a Romanes-Slovak phraseological dictionary, which received the Roma Spirit 2021 award for Act of the Year says “When you don’t know the difference between Gypsy and Roma, you have no idea that Romanes has its grammar, nice phrases, phraseology, riddles, spelling, short stories – you can’t be proud of your culture or language.”

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Moroslav Rác

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Moroslav Rác

The pianist Miroslav Rác decided to dedicate his music to the victims of the Holocaust. Especially on the Roma one.

Miroslav Rác grew up in a family of musicians and was drawn to music as a child. “I chose the piano. I’ve been living classical music since I was a child,” he explains.

His family had a tragic personal experience. “Many of my parents’ relatives died in concentration camps. My grandfather was even in a few, but fortunately he survived them.” That is why Rác has been intensively concentrating on the Holocaust since studying at the Dezider Kardoš Conservatory in Topoľčany.

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Slovakia and Education

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Slovakia and Education

An article about a schoolteacher, teaching at a Roma school, who says schoolbooks need to be made more attractive. To make it easier for Roma children, she designed special workbooks with letters for dyslexics.

She definitively helps Roma in her school. Whether her approach is the right one remains to be seen.

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The burial of a popular Rom Vajda Ligač in Nitra, Slovakia, made the headlines in the press. May he rest in peace.

– S nitrianskym vajdom sa rozlúčili stovky ľudí, polícia regulovala dopravu. In: SME. 11.05.2019. https://mynitra.sme.sk/c/22118254/s-nitrianskym-vajdom-sa-rozlucili-stovky-ludi-policia-musela-regulovat-dopravu.html
– VIDEO Rómovia pochovávali obľúbeného vajdu Ligača († 67): Toto nešťastní trúchliaci nečakali! In: Pluska. 11.05.2019. https://www1.pluska.sk/krimi/smutny-den-pre-romov-pohreb-nitrianskeho-vajdu-ligaca-67-sprevadzaju-nareky-poziar
– VIDEO Žalostný nárek Rómov v areáli nitrianskej nemocnice: Ich vajda vraj zomrel. In: Topky. 11.05.2019. https://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1792815/VIDEO-Zalostny-narek-Romov-v-areali-nitrianskej-nemocnice–Ich-vajda-vraj-zomrel [link-preview url=”https://mynitra.sme.sk/c/22118254/s-nitrianskym-vajdom-sa-rozlucili-stovky-ludi-policia-musela-regulovat-dopravu.html “]

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Slovakia and Integration

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According to the press and government, more than half of the 154 planned integration activities have been completed in 2018. This stems from the monitoring report on the implementation of the Strategy for Roma Integration until 2020. The balance of 2018 was submitted by the Ministry of the Interior to the interdepartmental comment procedure.
Whether this half is actually effective remains to be seen.

– Zo 154 aktivít na integráciu Rómov sa v roku 2018 plnilo 85. In: Teraz. 14.05.2019. https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/zo-154-aktivit-na-integraciu-romov-sa/394429-clanok.html
– Viac než polovica. Zo 154 plánovaných aktivít na integráciu Rómov sa v minulom roku splnilo 85. In: Hlavne Dennik. 10.05.2019. https://www.hlavnydennik.sk/2019/05/10/viac-nez-polovica-zo-154-planovanych-aktivit-na-integraciu-romov-sa-v-minulom-roku-splnilo-85/ [link-preview url=”https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/zo-154-aktivit-na-integraciu-romov-sa/394429-clanok.html “]

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Roma 2020

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An essay on the Slovak Integration plans for Roma called Roma 2020. The “Strategy for Roma Integration by 2020” seeks to address the problems of all Roma, ie. Roma living in small communities inside towns and villages as well as Roma outside villages in settlements. In its broad sense, this “strategy” is a comprehensive strategy.

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Slovak Candidate

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The liberal candidate to the Slovak presidency, Zuzana Čaputová, who is also the clear front runner of the first voting round, is courting the Roma vote and addressed them in Romanes.
A first in Slovakia!

– Slovak Presidential elections: Frontrunner speaks Romanes when thanking first-round voters. In: Romea. 17.03.2019. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovak-presidential-elections-frontrunner-speaks-romanes-when-thanking-first-round-voters [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovak-presidential-elections-frontrunner-speaks-romanes-when-thanking-first-round-voters”]

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Kiska and Roma

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The president of Slovakia, Andrej Kiska, will be travelling to Brussels where he will meet Jean-Claude Junker on the 19th of March.
He will be awarded the Sinti and Roma Human Right prize for his work for the integration of Roma in Slovakia.
Well, he was engaged, but …

– Kiska prevezme v Bruseli Európsku cenu za ľudské práva Sintov a Rómov. In: Dobre Noviny. 15.03.2019. https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/157954/kiska-prevezme-v-bruseli-europsku-cenu-za-ludske-prava-sintov-a-romov
– Prezident SR Andrej Kiska odštartuje na budúci týždeň sériu rozlúčkových návštev v Bruseli a prevezme si aj Európsku cenu za ľudské práva Sinti a Rómov. TASR o tom informovali z kancelárie prezidenta. In: Hlavne Spravy. 15.03.2019. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/prezident-kiska-odstartuje-buduci-tyzden-seriu-rozluckovych-navstev-bruseli/1698621 [link-preview url=”https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/157954/kiska-prevezme-v-bruseli-europsku-cenu-za-ludske-prava-sintov-a-romov “]

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GUILTY!!!!

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Really, the victims of a police attack in Moldova nad Bodvou who denounced the police were condemned by a court in Slovakia for defamation of the police.
THIS IS A SCANDAL!

– Z obetí sú vinníci. Prípad Rómov z Moldavy nad Bodvou má dohru na súde. In: Glob SK. 12.03.2019. https://glob.zoznam.sk/z-obeti-su-vinnici-pripad-romov-z-moldavy-nad-bodvou-ma-dohru-na-sude/ [link-preview url=”https://glob.zoznam.sk/z-obeti-su-vinnici-pripad-romov-z-moldavy-nad-bodvou-ma-dohru-na-sude/”]

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