November 16, 2022 - rroma.org

An interview with dental hygienist Daniela Patkaňová. For years she has been working as a dental hygienist in one of the facilities in Prague. It originally comes from Svidňik, Slovakia. Her journey to the dentist’s office was far from straightforward. She started in the field of sales, went to the Czech Republic for work and later also to Great Britain. It was there that she completed her education and started as a dental nurse. Although she encountered rejection in the areas of housing and employment because of her Roma status, she did not give in. What was decisive for her was the meeting with associate professor Mariá Bartoňová, with whom she still works.

Dentální hygienistka Daniela Patkaňová v Desetiminutovce: Občas narážím na předsudky, ale jdu dál. Moje práce mě baví. In: Romea. 14.11.2022. https://romea.cz/cz/domaci/dentalni-hygienistka-daniela-patkanova-v-desetiminutovce-obcas-narazim-na-predsudky-ale-jdu-dal-moje-prace-me-bavi

Zoran Janković, the current mayor of Ljubljana, Slovenia, is trying to be re-elected for the fifth time in a row and also to get a majority in the city council to govern. He is however involved in a controversy about the burial of Roma from Ižan, victims of the Nazis and of the Partisans in Ljubljana’s cemetery. He is opposing the burial and has now been officially accused of racism by the Assembly for the Republic who published a harsh statement: By not burying the Roma from Ižan, he showed a level of racism hitherto unknown in Ljubljana, that he despises the sanctity of life by abusing cemeteries, that he incited intolerance and hatred with his political appearances.

JANKOVIĆU OČITAJO RASIZEM, RAZPIHOVANJE SOVRAŠTVA, ZDRAVSTVENA OSKRBA PA PRED ZLOMOM. In: Spletnicasopis. 15.11.2022. https://spletnicasopis.eu/2022/11/15/jankovicu-ocitajo-rasizem-razpihovanje-sovrastva-zdravstven-oskrba-pa-pred-zlomom/

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