A reportage from the Slovenian RTV on Roma education and inclusion.
– IZOBRAŽEVANJE ROMOV IN VKLJUČEVANJE. In: RTV4. 20.08.2018. https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/slovenska-kronika/174557591 [link-preview url=”https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/slovenska-kronika/174557591″]
The Roma museum of Murska Sobota will given new space in the centre of the city, according to the city’s mayor.
– Murska Sobota: Nov prostor za muzej Romov. In: Prlekija. 08.08.2018. https://www.prlekija-on.net/lokalno/18682/murska-sobota-nov-prostor-za-muzej-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://www.prlekija-on.net/lokalno/18682/murska-sobota-nov-prostor-za-muzej-romov.html”]
Quite a few articles in Slovenia on the Roma Holocaust for the commemorations of August 2nd.
– Pred 74 leti so nacisti usmrtili več kot 3.000 Romov. In: RTV. 02.08.2018. https://www.rtvslo.si/svet/pred-74-leti-so-nacisti-usmrtili-vec-kot-3-000-romov/462198
– Mednarodni dan spomina na zamolčane žrtve porajmosa, nacističnega genocida nad Romi. In: STA. 02.08.2018. https://www.sta.si/2539150/mednarodni-dan-spomina-na-zamolcane-zrtve-porajmosa-nacisticnega-genocida-nad-romi
– Dan spomina na žrtve nacističnega genocida nad Romi. In: SIOL.net. 02.08.2018. https://siol.net/novice/svet/dan-spomina-na-zrtve-nacisticnega-genocida-nad-romi-474285
– Porajmos – pozabljeni romski holokavst. In: Dnevnik. 02.08.2018. https://www.dnevnik.si/1042835049 [link-preview url=”https://www.rtvslo.si/svet/pred-74-leti-so-nacisti-usmrtili-vec-kot-3-000-romov/462198 “]
Slovenia will mark the International Roma Holocaust Day with several events.
– Roma Holocaust remembered in Slovenia. In: STA. 01.08.2018. https://english.sta.si/2539494/roma-holocaust-remembered-in-slovenia [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2539494/roma-holocaust-remembered-in-slovenia”]
The Slovenian press is beginning to report on the closure of legal Roma camps in Rome and the deportation of some of its residents.
– Občina Rim se je prva lotila izgona Romov. In: RTV Slovenia. 21.07.2018. http://www.rtvslo.si/svet/obcina-rim-se-je-prva-lotila-izgona-romov/461271 [link-preview url=”http://www.rtvslo.si/svet/obcina-rim-se-je-prva-lotila-izgona-romov/461271″]
Roma are deprived of health care
According to the President of the Union of Roma of Slovenia Jožko Horvat Muca, the Roma community is deprived of health care. “Roma are still living in often illegal settlements, under bad conditions, without drinking water and electricity. All of this contributes to the poor health situation”.
– Romi so pri zdravstveni oskrbi prikrajšani. In: STA. 25.05.2018. https://siol.net/romi-so-prikrajsani-v-zdravstveni-oskrbi-468470 [link-preview url=”https://siol.net/romi-so-prikrajsani-v-zdravstveni-oskrbi-468470″]
The President of the Republic, Borut Pahor, met with Roma representatives, the municipalities and the state in what happens to be the biggest consultation on Roma in the Presidential Palace. Purpose was discussing the housing situation of Roma, and the fact that many of them live without electricity, water, and sewers.
– Brez elektrike in kanalizacije okrog polovica Romov na jugovzhodu države. In: Dnevnik. 17.05.2018. https://www.dnevnik.si/1042822276
– Živijo v Sloveniji, a nimajo dostopa do pitne vode in električnega omrežja. In: STA. 16.05.2018. https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/zivijo-v-sloveniji-a-nimajo-dostopa-do-pitne-vode-in-elektricnega-omrezja-467585 [link-preview url=”https://www.dnevnik.si/1042822276 “]
Slovenia is said to have made progress in addressing minority issues, but more needs to be done, especially in relation to the Roma community, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes.
– Posebni poročevalec ZN za manjšine: Slovenija mora na področju Romov storiti več. In: STA. 13.04.2018. https://www.sta.si/2503606/posebni-porocevalec-zn-za-manjsine-slovenija-mora-na-podrocju-romov-storiti-vec
– UN minorities rapporteur calls on Slovenia to do more for Roma. In: STA. 13.04.2018. https://english.sta.si/2503648/un-minorities-rapporteur-calls-on-slovenia-to-do-more-for-roma [link-preview url=”https://www.sta.si/2503606/posebni-porocevalec-zn-za-manjsine-slovenija-mora-na-podrocju-romov-storiti-vec “]
For the international Roma Day, the Slovenian press chose to thematise the report from the EU on poverty.
– Svetovni dan Romov: Največja manjšina v Evropi pogosto na robu družbe. In: Delo. 09.04.2018. https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/svetovni-dan-romov-najvecja-manjsina-v-evropi-pogosto-na-robu-druzbe.html [link-preview url=”https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/svetovni-dan-romov-najvecja-manjsina-v-evropi-pogosto-na-robu-druzbe.html”]
The new law on the Roma minority is being implemented. One of the main changes is in the future composition of the Roma Parliament, which has been extended from 21 members to 30. Whereas prior to this new law, the main decisions were taken by the Union of Roma of Slovenia (ZRS) and its President Jožko Horvat Muca, a two-thirds majority of 20 Roma municipal councillors will now be required. The parliament will have representatives of the Roma community and from the current five Roma associations.
– Muc ob večino v romskem svetu. In: Delo. 03.03.2018. http://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/muc-ob-vecino-v-romskem-svetu.html [link-preview url=”http://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/muc-ob-vecino-v-romskem-svetu.html”]
The new laws on Roma have been adopted in Slovenia. These laws have been controversial and contested by Roma organisations.
– Govt adopts changes to Roma law. In: STA. 01.03.2018. https://english.sta.si/2488273/govt-adopts-changes-to-roma-law [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2488273/govt-adopts-changes-to-roma-law”]
Although the high rate of Roma unemployment in Central and South-Eastern Europe is often attributed to a low level of education and professional skills, one of the more important reasons is discrimination that prevents Roma from entering the labour market on an equal footing.
Integration into the labour market should be a priority in promoting a full social inclusion. Some steps towards this goal were made by the recently completed two-year international Working Roma project, which included the Novo Mesto Society for the Development of Volunteer Work.
As project coordinator Tina Cigler says, in the Working Roma project, partners from nine European countries have tried to develop new tools to prevent intolerance against Roma in the labour market, thereby increasing their employment prospects. The tools and recommendations were developed on the basis of study visits by partner countries, consultations within different groups and good practices that we detected in our partner countries: Italy, Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Greece, Malta and the United Kingdom.
Let’s see.
– Se zaposlovanju Romov obetajo boljši časi? In: Dolenski List. 28.02.2018. http://www.dolenjskilist.si/2018/02/28/191553/novice/dolenjska/Se_zaposlovanju_Romov_obetajo_boljsi_casi/ [link-preview url=”http://www.dolenjskilist.si/2018/02/28/191553/novice/dolenjska/Se_zaposlovanju_Romov_obetajo_boljsi_casi/”]
More reactions in Slovenia following the publications of an Amnesty International report on the situation of refugees and Roma in Slovenia. The report says that the country does too little to stop discrimination and segregation against Roma.
– AI: Slovenija se nikakor ne more pohvaliti glede sprejemanja beguncev. In: RTV SLO. 22.02.2018. http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/ai-slovenija-se-nikakor-ne-more-pohvaliti-glede-sprejemanja-beguncev/446745
– Odnos do Romov in beguncev pod drobnogledom. In: Delo. 22.02.2018. https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/odnos-do-romov-in-beguncev-pod-drobnogledom.html
– Amnesty International Notes Plight of Refugees and Roma in Slovenia. In: STA. 22.02.2018. http://www.total-slovenia-news.com/news/705-amnesty-international-notes-plight-of-refugees-and-roma-in-slovenia [link-preview url=”https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/odnos-do-romov-in-beguncev-pod-drobnogledom.html “]
Slovenia has been slammed by Amnesty International for undermining the rights of refugees and for the continuing discrimination and seggergation of Roma.
– AI v letnem poročilu opozarja na slab položaj beguncev, Romov in izbrisanih v Sloveniji. In: STA. 22.02.2018. https://www.sta.si/2485287/ai-v-letnem-porocilu-opozarja-na-slab-polozaj-beguncev-romov-in-izbrisanih-v-sloveniji [link-preview url=”https://www.sta.si/2485287/ai-v-letnem-porocilu-opozarja-na-slab-polozaj-beguncev-romov-in-izbrisanih-v-sloveniji”]
The news that isn’t one: The police confiscated “several pieces of weapons” and “smaller quantities of drugs” in several Roma settlements as they had received information that Roma were engaged in weapon dealing…
If they were and are, it is a real retail operation judging by the reported numbers… How about the simpler explanation of poverty and petty criminality?
– Roma settlements targeted in weapons bust. In: STA. 16.02.2018. https://english.sta.si/2483082/roma-settlements-targeted-in-weapons-bust [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2483082/roma-settlements-targeted-in-weapons-bust”]
On the occasion of the visit in Novo Mesto of Borut Pahor, the Slovenian President, Bogdan Miklič, President of the Roma Union of Dolenjska, showed the President the life of the Roma in the largest Roma settlement Žabjak, and pointed out that many of the Roma have been living without electricity or water for more than seventy years in extremely bad conditions. He was also critical of the municipality, which does too little for the Roma settlements and warned of their uncontrolled spread. He went somewhat overboard though in comparing the situation of the slums with that of Darfur … This is a comparison better not done.
– Zveza Romov za Dolenjsko: V Žabjaku je kot v Darfurju. In: Lokalno. 08.02.2018. http://www.lokalno.si/2018/02/08/190398/zgodba/Zveza_Romov_za_Dolenjsko_V_Zabjaku_je_kot_v_Darfurju/ [link-preview url=”http://www.lokalno.si/2018/02/08/190398/zgodba/Zveza_Romov_za_Dolenjsko_V_Zabjaku_je_kot_v_Darfurju/”]
The Council of Europe published a report on the status of minorities in Slovenia. The report emphasized that the Italian and Hungarian minorities are the primary beneficiary of special privileges in Slovenia and that the government should make more efforts to improve the Roma situation. Slovenia should therefor implement several measures, with, among other things, greater efforts in the fight against hate speech.
– Slovenija mora izboljšati položaj Romov. In: SiO1 Net. 01.02.2018. https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/slovenija-mora-izboljsati-polozaj-romov-459000
– CoE appeals to Slovenia to do more for Roma. In: STA. 01.02.2018. https://english.sta.si/2477877/coe-appeals-to-slovenia-to-do-more-for-roma [link-preview url=”https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/slovenija-mora-izboljsati-polozaj-romov-459000 “]
Slovenia is trying to introduce measures including penalties for parents whose children do not attend school.
This is not a solution.
– Kazni za romske starše. In: Mladina. 12.01.2018. http://www.mladina.si/183647/kazni-za-romske-starse/ [link-preview url=”http://www.mladina.si/183647/kazni-za-romske-starse/”]
Evictions of Roma settlements continues in Slovenia. And in addition, the Roma get jail terms. REALLY!
Ljubo Novak, a Rom of Dobruška Vas was sentenced to a prison sentence last Wednesday because he built a barracks on land belonging to an agricultural cooperative two decades ago. He had no other choice. Novak now sues Slovenia in Strasbourg.
– Skorajda v zapor – zaradi barake in hleva, brez vode in elektrike. In: Dvenik. 03.01.2018. https://www.dnevnik.si/1042796610 [link-preview url=”https://www.dnevnik.si/1042796610″]
The new law on Roma community has been undergoing public hearing. During this period, 16 complaints were received at the Nationalities Office on the proposed amendments to the law on the Roma community. While, according to some Romani organizations, there are some positive ideas, others point to an even greater discrimination against the Roma and think that the proposed change in the composition of the Council of the Roma community are not positive.
To be watched.
– V javni razpravi o romskem zakonu pripombe na sestavo sveta romske skupnosti in opozorila o diskriminaciji. In: STA. 31.12.2017. https://www.sta.si/2466367/v-javni-razpravi-o-romskem-zakonu-pripombe-na-sestavo-sveta-romske-skupnosti-in-opozorila-o-diskriminaciji [link-preview url=”https://www.sta.si/2466367/v-javni-razpravi-o-romskem-zakonu-pripombe-na-sestavo-sveta-romske-skupnosti-in-opozorila-o-diskriminaciji”]
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