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According to this article, there are more and more weapons to be found in Roma settlements in Slovenia. Why this is the case is not explained, nor is the source of those weapons.

Bad for all.

• Vedno več nelegalnega orožja med Romi v Sloveniji. In» Svet 24. 15.05.2023. https://novice.svet24.si/clanek/novice/slovenija/6462861a5fbd1/vedno-vec-nelegalnega-orozja-med-romi-v-sloveniji-zupan-novega-mesta-opozarja-na-slabsanje-razmer

According to the Slovenian Ombudsman, the Constitution guarantees equality to the Roma, but in fact they are pushed away and excluded from society. The president of the Association of Roma in Slovenia, Jožek Horvat – Muc, assessed that the situation of the Roma community in Slovenia is better than in many other countries, despite this, many problems remain. Many Roma settlements are still communally unorganized, there are challenges in the education of Roma children and the employment of adult Roma. In order to improve the situation, it would be necessary to renew some measures that have proven to be outdated and ineffective in recent years, he warned.

• Varuh: Ustava Romom zagotavlja enakopravnost, dejansko pa so iz družbe odrinjeni in izključeni. In: STA. 08.04.2023. https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/varuh-ustava-romom-zagotavlja-enakopravnost-dejansko-pa-so-iz-druzbe-odrinjeni-in-izkljuceni/664184

The President of the Association of Roma in Slovenia, Jožek Horvat Muc, says that assessments of the situation of Roma in Slovenia vary, depending on who gives them, but in his opinion, this is better than in many other countries. Compared to other EU countries, the position of the Roma is relatively good, but there are also areas to which more attention should be paid, the President of the Roma Association, Jožek Horvat Muc, and the Director of the Office for Nationalities, Stanko Baluh, warn ahead of World Roma Day. In doing so, they highlight the areas of education, employment and security.

Frankly, this is not quite the truth. The situation is quite bad, as the press in Slovenia loves to highlight.

• Položaj Romov v Sloveniji relativno dober, ostaja pa tudi še kar nekaj težav. In: STA. 06.04.2023. https://www.sta.si/3157575/polozaj-romov-v-sloveniji-relativno-dober-ostaja-pa-tudi-se-kar-nekaj-tezav

Around two hundred Roma live in the municipality of Šentjernej in Slovenia in several. Roma representatives in the local administration are now boycotting the sessions of the municipal council. Darka Brajdič, the former elected Roma representative, says without hesitation what bothers her about her work so far in the Šentjernej municipal council:

“I was not heard, much less considered. In the last mandate, the current mayor has never been among the Roma, he does not know how they live, what needs and opportunities they have. In our municipality, Roma families are not treated the same as others, they even oppose Roma if they want to do something themselves.”

• DL: Romska problematika v Šentjerneju – Nezadovoljni tako Romi kot občina. In: Lokalno. 28.01.2023. https://www.lokalno.si/2023/01/28/270497/aktualno/DL_Romska_problematika_v_Sentjerneju___Nezadovoljni_tako_Romi_kot_obcina/

From 2016 to 2019, former Zares MP Franci Kek received 20,950 euros from the municipality of Novo mesto to participate as a social worker in the coordination of work between local community authorities and state authorities in the field of Roma integration in their municipality. The municipality explained this as follows: “His work, with his understanding of the Roma issue and the many contacts he has acquired through his previous work, covered an area for the municipality of Novo mesto that was not covered by the colleagues of the municipal administration.”

Some of the conclusions on dealing with the Roma “issue” are interesting: It is particularly pressing in Novi Mesto, as the city is surrounded by Roma settlements, which are the source of crime, violence, unemployment, lack of education… His report on the work done in October 2018 is a cause for concern, in which, among other things, it is written that he was at a meeting with the then to the State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, Dominika Švarc Pipan (now the Minister of Justice).

“The secretary believes that it is not up to the Ministry of Justice to implement the measure of abolishing fines at the same time as introducing the possibility of reducing the penalty from the work of social transfers. I think that this move would arouse great resistance in the public, so it would be necessary to hold quite a lot of talks with the non-governmental sphere before that.” for various offenses (Roma in Dolenjska are among the record holders) fines are taken from social assistance’s cash.

• Kako sta bila Mesec in Švarc Pipanova gluha za svarila o kriminaliteti in socialnem razsulu Romov v Novem mestu. In: Reporter. 08.01.2023. https://reporter.si/clanek/slovenija/franci-kek-opozarjal-na-kriminal-in-socialno-razsulo-romov-na-dolenjskem-pvarc-pipanova-in-mesec-sta-bila-za-svarila-gluha-1018641

A very special comedy is coming to Murska Sobota, Slovenia, on the menu there will be a real ‘Gypsy roast’, a so-called ‘Ciganska pechenka’. On Wednesday, December 21, at 6 p.m., you will be able to taste a real gypsy roast next to the skating rink in Murska Sobota. It is also on stage and the comedy, with the same name is was prepared by well-known representatives of the Sobos Roma community.

• V Murski Soboti romska komedija: »To je ciganska pečenka, kjer se ena oseba postavi na ‘žar’ in jo ljudje ‘pečejo’«. In: Sobota Info. 20.12.2022. https://sobotainfo.com/novica/lokalno/v-murski-soboti-romska-komedija-je-ciganska-pecenka-kjer-se-ena-oseba-postavi-na-zar

A defender of the principle of equality recommended to the government in September to prepare and adopt the four missing strategic plans at the national level as soon as possible. Two strategic documents are already being prepared, for gender equality and for anti-Semitism, the Government Communications Office (Ukom) announced after the government meeting. Guess what is among the missing strategic plan? The Roma.

• Vlada po priporočilu zagovornika pripravlja dve od štirih manjkajočih strategij. In: STA. 08.12.2022.https://www.sta.si/3115372/vlada-po-priporocilu-zagovornika-pripravlja-dve-od-stirih-manjkajocih-strategij

Another diatribe against Roma. Alone the title says it all: “Shooting, extortion, drugs… This is the reality of Roma settlements, but the state closes its eyes!”

The article requests that the  Robert Golob’s government should seriously tackle the “Roma problem”, especially in the area of ​​Dolenjska, Bela krajina and Posavije. The problems there have not been eliminated over the years, but rather they are intensifying due to the growth of the Roma population while at the same time maintaining harmful patterns.

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• Streljanje, izsiljevanje, droge … To je realnost romskih naselij, država pa si zatiska oči! In: Reporter. 27.11.2022. https://reporter.si/clanek/slovenija/streljanje-izsiljevanje-droge-to-je-realnost-romskih-naselij-drzava-pa-si-zatiska-oci-1010007