Monthly Archives: April 2024

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Uzhhorod: Online Museum on Genocide

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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 …

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Uzhhorod: New Book on the Genocide

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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.

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Bulgaria: Scam

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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.

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Prague and April 8th

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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.

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Prague 3 and Roma

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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.

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About April 8th

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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…

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Romanes in Montenegro

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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.

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Bulgaria and Romane Paramisja

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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.

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Slovak Presidential Elections

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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.

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On a Segregated School

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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?

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International Roma Day

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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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Brno: Suspended Sentences

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The two companions of the 23-year-old Rom who died last June after a fight with a 38-year-old Ukrainian near the Brno Dam were given suspended sentences for “disorderly conduct”. The court described the Ukrainian’s actions as necessary self-defence and acquitted him.

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Bulgaria, Schools, and Roma

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Segregated schools still exist in Bulgaria. In Germany, Roma children learn German in 6 months. In Bulgaria, they are forbidden to speak Romanes, and they do not know Bulgarian.

“Do you know how difficult it is to be a Rom in Bulgaria? A Bulgarian child doesn’t want to sit next to you at school. I’m still afraid if someone will want to sit next to me”  says Assoc. Prof. Yosif Nunev from the University of Veliko Tarnovo. He remembers the discussions about Roma inclusion 20 years ago – the only difference now is that the “politicians and the political” are different. “In 40 years, they learned 20-30 new terms. However, the attitude of the Bulgarians has not changed at all, it has even become more critical in some places,” says his colleague Hristo Kyuchukov, professor of intercultural education. Both are adamant that until segregated schools are abolished, nothing different will happen in the next 20 years.

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Bulgaria and Integration

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A public mediator will assist in the integration of the Roma in the Ruse region. The Open Society Club in the Danube city and the Regional Administration are starting a new project, the aim of which is to increase the access of Roma from the region to administrative services and justice.

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Slovenia and the Roma “Problematic”

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The President of the State Council of the Republic of Slovenia, Marko Lotrič, together with the State Secretary dr. sent Monika Kirbiš Rojs and state councilor Bojan Kekce on their third regional visit, this time to Dolenjska. One of the topic of discussion with local mayors was the Roma “problem”.

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