Serbian Elections and Vučić

März 25, 2026 Published by: Roma Foundation

The DW article had repercussions: Accusations of vote buying, new registration of voters, and also, Roma Sherifs (sic.) who promised Vučić that 90% pf the Roma will vote for his list.

Bad.

Vučićev bankomat za glasove: “romski šerifi” so mu obljubili 90 odstotkov glasov. In: Dnevnik. 25.03.2026. https://www.dnevnik.si/novice/svet/vucicev-bankomat-za-glasove-romski-serifi-so-mu-obljubili-90-odstotkov-glasov-2793055/
Bitka za Bor: „Romski šerifi“, kupovina glasova, 3.000 novih glasača, lokalni „informer-mediji. In: Vreme. 24.03.2026. https://vreme.com/vesti/bor-lokalni-izbori-2026-kupovina-glasova/

News Osteuropa Serbien

Serbian Elections and Roma

März 25, 2026 Published by: Roma Foundation

A reportage by Deutsche Welle ahead of the local elections in ten municipalities in Serbia. The DW team was in one of them, in Bor, where there is a lot of talk about the bought votes of local Roma and a sudden increase in the population before the elections.

Promises are made to Roma before those elections, promises seldom held …

Izbori u Srbiji: “Uhvate ih pod ruku i vode na glasanje”. In: Deutsche Welle. 24.03.2026. https://www.dw.com/hr/lokalni-izbori-u-srbiji-uhvate-ih-pod-ruku-i-vode-na-glasanje/a-76506068

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia Statistics

März 25, 2026 Published by: Roma Foundation

The employment of Roma from excluded communities depends heavily on whether there is a crisis or growth, the IFP Chart of the Day shows. While only 16% of them were working in 2013, in the following six favourable years it was on average 24%. However, the pandemic interrupted this trend and the subsequent recovery has been slow.