Category Archives: News Eastern Europe

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.

News Osteuropa Serbien

Serbia and Roma

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The event “Roma to your city” was held for the first time in 2011. “This is the eleventh presentation of Romani culture in front of the people of Piroć in this way,” says Silvija Nešić from UG “Ternipe” and adds that the event represents a platform for the promotion and respect of Romani culture, gathering talented young Romani men and women. “Over the years, the conditions for the promotion and development of Roma culture have been created, and soon, with this goal, a Roma cultural centre will be opened in Pirot,” says Nešićeva.

News Osteuropa Polen

Poland: It was not them …

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Again, rumours. A person drew attention to the behaviour of Roma living in the area of the allotment gardens at Lechicka Street in Poznan, Poland. He said that Roma are cutting trees and attached a photo in which people of probably Roma can be seen working on a cut tree.

It turns out, however, that it was not Roma who cut down the tree. The tree fell over in a strong wind, but not completely – the crown of the tree was above the road and was trimmed by the city services – explains Przemysław Piwecki from the city guard. The cut off boughs and branches were left on the side of the road, and Roma took that wood.

News Osteuropa Ukraine

Ukraine: Stereotypes

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Unfortunately, again the type of articles on should not call journalism.

Law enforcement officers and social service workers visited Roma who settled near Ternopil. Ukraine.

The article states: “They do not care about the hygiene and health of children.”

News Osteuropa Polen

Sunday in Terespol

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A festival in Terespol, Poland, right on the Belarus border by Brest starts on August 13 in Terespol under the slogan “Multicultural City”. The aim of the “Multicultural City of Terespol” event will be to present the history and traditions of the communities living in Terespol and its vicinity over the centuries: Poles, Jews, Ruthenians (Ukrainians, Belarusians), Germans, Tatars and Roma.

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Czech Republic: Trial

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Lawyers of the European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) and the Forum for Human Rights (FORUM) filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the Czech Republic over the death of Roma Stanislav Tomáš during a police intervention in Teplice in 2021. The Czech Constitutional Court rejected a complaint by the organization in April 2023. The case before the court is being conducted on behalf of the surviving family member of the deceased Roma.

Moldawien News Osteuropa

Moldova: Award

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The US Embassy in Moldova congratulated activist Victorina Luca on receiving the Global Anti-Racism Hero Award. She is the first member of the Roma Council for the Prevention of Discrimination and Ensuring Equality.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken noted that her work to end discrimination in Moldova and protect the interests of the Moldovan Roma community is an example for everyone. “We honour Victorina and all human rights defenders and are proud to work with them to solve current problems and build a more democratic, prosperous and secure future in Moldova,” Blinken said at the award ceremony.

Koratien News Osteuropa

Croatia: Mixed Marriages

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A Croatian sociologist is married to a Rom from Kosovo. They have a daughter together. And they face lots of prejudice.

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Czech Republic: Memories

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A new Internet project in the Czech Republic collects and presents eyewitness accounts of the persecution of the Roma during the German occupation of the country in World War II.

The touching individual fates have been available for a few days at www.romanestimonies.com – both in Czech and in English translation. They are supplemented by historical notes and an extensive glossary.

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia and Roma

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Zuzana Kumanová, PhD., is one of the most prominent experts in ethnology and history of the 20th century, especially in the topic of the Roma Holocaust. In addition to the academic sphere, she is also active in the field of Roma and women’s activism and in public and state administration. She says that as a society, we don’t know what we actually want to do with the Roma.

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Bulgaria and Roma Weddings

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A “special Operation” of the police in Sliven confiscated musical instruments in a Romani Mahala for violating the night silence ordinance, that is celebrating weddings after 11 PM.

They really have nothing better to do…

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia: Diggers

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A strange story: Roma have allegedly dug up disused cables in the Prešov region. However, it is not a few metres, but rather 10 kilometres of trenches that have been dug up in the region.

Koratien News Osteuropa

Croatia and the Holocaust

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Croatia and the Holocaust

An article on the Genocide of the Roma in Croatia, a Genocide that didn’t leave anyone alive. The historian Danijel Vojak explains.

In fact, if one wants to meet Croatian Roma, the only place is Milan, where a few of them fled in 1944. The Roma currently in Croatia come from other parts of former Yugoslavia.

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Peter Pollak on the Holocaust

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Peter Pollák, Slovak MEP during the commemoration of the Genocide of the Roma in Banská Bystrica that “The pernicious ideology of Nazism and fascism caused millions of victims, including hundreds of thousands of Roma in Europe. Even the Roma bought today’s peace. However, we must keep in mind that if we don’t remember these atrocities, what our ancestors went through, we can also go through.”

Ungarn News Osteuropa

Hungary and Analphabets

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The Hungarian Minister Gergely Gulyás who tried to explain the high percentage of 8th graders who are analphabets by laying the blame on Roma is being countered by an economist and education researcher Júlia Varga.

News Osteuropa Polen

Poland – Eviction

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Moving of a Roma family who lives in an old building failed. The City of Limanowo, due to the lack of social housing in its area, intended to buy an apartment in another community, but failed to raise funds for this purpose.

The Roma are now left by themselves.

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Interview with Lucie Fuková

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An interview with the commissioner for Roma minority affairs of the Czech Republic. She is being asked what the state is doing to prevent the recurrence of conflicts between Roma and Ukrainians and wether the Commissioner of the Council of Europe right when she claims that the Roma in the Czech Republic face discrimination.

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