Lithuania Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/de/category/news-eastern-europe/lithuania/ Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:26:51 +0000 de hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Lithuania Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/de/category/news-eastern-europe/lithuania/ 32 32 Vilnius and Roma “Amaro Džipen – Our Lives” https://rroma.org/de/vilnius-and-roma-amaro-dzipen-our-lives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vilnius-and-roma-amaro-dzipen-our-lives Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:26:51 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26549 A few years ago, the former mayor of Vilnius proudly announced on Facebook that the city had gotten rid of […]

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]]> A few years ago, the former mayor of Vilnius proudly announced on Facebook that the city had gotten rid of the “dark warehouse” that scared everyone. This is how the authorities of that time dehumanized the Roma settlement in the Porubanka district, which was finally razed to the ground in 2020.

Today, four years later, young Roma who grew up in Porubanka decided to take the floor and tell their story on their own terms. The exhibition not only restores the memory of the former settlement, but, above all, challenges established stereotypes and questions the way the city treats its marginalized residents.

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]]> ECRI and Lithuania https://rroma.org/de/ecri-and-lithuania/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ecri-and-lithuania Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:09:02 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25537 In its report on Lithuania, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) said the country should better promote LGBTI […]

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]]> In its report on Lithuania, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) said the country should better promote LGBTI equality and Roma inclusion.

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]]> Opera and Roma https://rroma.org/de/opera-and-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opera-and-roma Sat, 12 Oct 2024 09:03:41 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25405 Gopalas Michailovskis is a Rom from Lithuania who went to high school and who studied opera, one of his great […]

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]]> Gopalas Michailovskis is a Rom from Lithuania who went to high school and who studied opera, one of his great loves.

Listen to what he says about opera and listen to how Gopalas Mikhailovsky sings opera in Romanes.

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]]> Gypsy Fest – Vilnius https://rroma.org/de/gypsy-fest-vilnius/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gypsy-fest-vilnius Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:40:01 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25090 The Gypsy Fest international festival of Roma culture promises many surprises this year: many groups from abroad, impressive performances and […]

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]]> The Gypsy Fest international festival of Roma culture promises many surprises this year: many groups from abroad, impressive performances and the first-ever Roma youth talent competition in Lithuania – “Romavision”. In the center of Vilnius: horses, carriages and colorful dances.

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]]> Lithuania and 8th of April https://rroma.org/de/lithuania-and-8th-of-april/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lithuania-and-8th-of-april Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:49:39 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=23636 An article on Roma in Lithuania in the context of the April 8th celebrations. According to the 2021 census, 2,251 […]

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]]> An article on Roma in Lithuania in the context of the April 8th celebrations.

According to the 2021 census, 2,251 Roma lived in Lithuania.  There are still many false prejudices about this ethnic group, which result mainly from ignorance and lack of education.

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]]> Lithuania: End of a Project https://rroma.org/de/lithuania-end-of-a-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lithuania-end-of-a-project Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:10:58 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=22112 The restaurant “Gypsy Lounge & Grill” of the leader of the Roma community, singer Ištvans Kviks recently closed its doors. […]

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]]> The restaurant “Gypsy Lounge & Grill” of the leader of the Roma community, singer Ištvans Kviks recently closed its doors. The place, full of culture, gathered a lot of people both on weekends and on weekdays. As the restaurant owner testified, it was a place that destroyed stereotypes about Roma people. He said that  “Our task was to introduce Roma cuisine to the public, but unfortunately, the three-year project ended. Our main task was to recruit Roma people. We employed a lot of Roma, and without a higher education, they are now working on their own, creating their own lives.”

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]]> Vilnius: Gypsy Fest https://rroma.org/de/vilnius-gypsy-fest-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vilnius-gypsy-fest-2 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:03:32 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=21706 Another article on the Gypsy Fest festival in Vilnius. It includes an annual Roma march through the city This Roma […]

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]]> Another article on the Gypsy Fest festival in Vilnius. It includes an annual Roma march through the city

This Roma procession was promoted by, among others, Isztwan Kwik, musician and leader of the band Sare Roma – a multi-generational band whose over 70-year history was highlighted by Honorata Adamowicz in the article “Three generations of Sare Roma. The Kwiks and the band revitalize the community” published in November last year.

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]]> https://rroma.org/de/21680-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=21680-2 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:19:27 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=21680 The Gypsy Fest Festival is in full swing in Vilnius Lithuania, with a procession through town on the Sunday. Unfortunately, […]

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]]> The Gypsy Fest Festival is in full swing in Vilnius Lithuania, with a procession through town on the Sunday.

Unfortunately, some of the stereotypes are presented there too.

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]]> Vilnius: Gypsy Fest https://rroma.org/de/vilnius-gypsy-fest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vilnius-gypsy-fest Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:53:35 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=21636 The Gypsy Fest Festival will take place this coming weekend in Vilnius, Lithuania. Ištvanas Kvikas kasmetiniame festivalyje ketina pasirodyti su […]

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]]> The Gypsy Fest Festival will take place this coming weekend in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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]]> Roma in Lithuania https://rroma.org/de/roma-in-lithuania-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-in-lithuania-2 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 07:05:13 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=21322 Roma in Lithuania are a community that still faces discrimination from ordinary people, but also from state institutions. Roma we […]

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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.”

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