Over last weekend there was a shooting in the Roma settlement Kerinov Grm in the area of the Krško Municipality. While the police intervened and wanted to detain one of the suspects, residents of the local settlement threw stones at the police car.

The former Director General of the Police, Anton Olaj, believes that “the government’s lack of readiness to systematically regulate the Roma issue is reflected in the escalation of violence”. At the same time, he calls on the government to “present the promised softer and “better” solutions to the public after the rejection of the legal initiative of the eleven mayors of SE Slovenia”.

This is a recurring theme in Slovenia and of course populists are on the forefront.

• Romska problematika in kje so obljubljene mehkejše in “boljše” rešitve za reševanje le-te? In: Nova 24. 19.04.2024. https://nova24tv.si/romska-problematika-in-kje-so-obljubljene-mehkejse-in-boljse-resitve-za-resevanje-le-te/