Monthly Archives: August 2023

Ungarn News Osteuropa

Romani Design

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Romani Design is the first Roma fashion studio, established in 2010 with the aim of helping the social and cultural integration of Roma communities. Erika and Helena Varga, the founders, and designers of the brand, create quality, handcrafted design products: Romani Design is the first, widely known brand that proudly represents Roma culture and its connections to Hungarian culture.

News Osteuropa Serbien

Festival dedicated to Šaban Bajramović

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Šaban Bajramović (1936–2008), inspired many with his songs and rich creativity. The artist, who composed more than 700 songs, 20 albums and about fifty singles during his lifetime, is an inspiration to many musicians. In order to revive the memory of the legendary singer, the Association “Veseli Romi” from Niš organized, apart from that city, which is Bajramović’s birthplace, the first festival dedicated to Šaban in Belgrade as well.

News Osteuropa Serbien

Maja Jovanović

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Maja Jovanović is a poet and ambassador of Roma culture and literature: “I find inspiration in children”

She says that it sometimes is very difficult to bare your soul through a song. Sometimes it’s easy to write a poem, but it’s a shame if it doesn’t get into the hands of readers, especially the youngest generations.

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Romsky Bašavel

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The Prague 4 district is organizing the fourth annual music event called Romský Bašavel. Roma Bashavel will take place on Friday, August 18, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Novodvorská Cultural Center. The event is moderated by Czech Radio editor Iveta Demeterová and well-known musician and publicist Vojta Lavička.

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Dortmund Festival

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The Roma culture festival “Djelem Djelem” is taking place in Dortmund for the tenth time in a row. Until September 26, 2023, visitors can get to know the culture of the Sinti and Roma through films, theatre performances, music, training and encounters. Most of the events are free of charge.

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Kamila Kamala Galjuš

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Kamila comes from Prešov from a well-known family of Roma ethno-emancipation activists and intellectuals (František Godla and Erika Godlová). Kamila is a linguist, translator and interpreter. She studies Slovak and English at the University of Prešov, cooperates with the national radio broadcasting RTVS, loves literature and writing.

News Osteuropa Slowenien

Slovenia and the Roma “Problem”

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An article about the Roma “problem” in Slovenia. Alone the title says it all: “Burning Roma issue – Will Ljubljana ever understand what it’s like to be bullied by a rabid horde?” In Brief, residents complain about more and more thefts, mischief, violations of public order and crime, and citizens no longer feel safe and slowly have enough of everything. They just want to work and live in peace, they demand security.

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Bulgaria: Again

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Another big fight with over 100 people took place in the Roma settlement in Kazanlak. According to initial information, two are in hospital, Nova TV reported. Such fights are increasingly common, unfortunately.

News Osteuropa Polen

Netflix and Roma

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A new Netflix series focuses on Polish Roma. According to the article “After years of living in Great Britain, teenage Romni Gita and her family return to Poland. After returning, the girl tries to find herself and discovers her passions, while leading the life of a typical seventeen-year-old. However, when she falls in love, she has to balance between the modern world of teenagers and traditional family rules.”

Let’s hope there are not too many stereotypes.

Litauen News Osteuropa

Roma in Lithuania

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Roma in Lithuania are a community that still faces discrimination from ordinary people, but also from state institutions.

Roma we spoke to admit that they hear almost every day that a “Gypsy is a thief”, that they cannot be trusted, that they are liars and a cheats.

A Romni tells “Kurier Wileński” that “Roma’s life is very hard. Many of us would like to live like people of other nationalities: go to work, have friends not only among the Roma, not feel inferior. I’d love to get a job. I have looked for her many times, but as soon as I say that I am a gypsy, there are a thousand reasons to refuse me a job. I am over 50 years old and have never been to a doctor. Not because I don’t get sick, but because I don’t have insurance because I don’t work. A closed circle.”

Europe

Roma and Jews

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Two articles on the relations between Jews and Roma after World War Two.

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Hungary International Roma Song Day

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The International Roma Song Day was organized again this year. The aim of the international movement is to bring together the gypsy communities, culture and folklore scattered throughout Europe, and present it to society as a whole. In connection with this, we spoke with Mihály Rostás “Mazsi”, who dreamed up and put together the event, and among the performing artists such formations as Etnorom, Kalyi Jag, Kanizsa Csillagai, Karaván Família and Vojasa.

News Osteuropa Slowenien

Slovenia, youth, and work

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On the occasion of International Youth Day, which was declared by the United Nations on August 12 in 1999, Združenje Epeka, a social enterprise from Maribor, on the island of Maribor prepared, as they called it, an event entitled Green knowledge for young people: on the way to sustainable world.

The event was attended by around thirty people, including Roma and refugee teenagers from Syria.

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