Settlements Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/de/tag/settlements/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:01:45 +0000 de hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Settlements Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/de/tag/settlements/ 32 32 Poland and Roma Settlements https://rroma.org/de/27900-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=27900-2 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:01:12 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27900 An old story, in the Polish town of Limanowsa, local Roma lived in a insalubrious building. So the municipality decided […]

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]]> An old story, in the Polish town of Limanowsa, local Roma lived in a insalubrious building. So the municipality decided to purchase another building to house these Roam families. The catch: They did not buy the building in the town but in another one …

That town is a touristy one and did not appreciate this. Neither did Roma who were de-facto forced resettled.

Since no one moved in, the town of Limanowa needs to repay loans.

We are not going to cry here …

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]]> Bulgarian Politics, Roma, and Mahalas https://rroma.org/de/bulgarian-politics-roma-and-mahalas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgarian-politics-roma-and-mahalas Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:57:11 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27885 Kiril Petkov, a former Bulgarian prime minister and candidate in the upcoming elections is defending the rights of a Mahala […]

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]]> Kiril Petkov, a former Bulgarian prime minister and candidate in the upcoming elections is defending the rights of a Mahala (a Roma neighbourhood) in Sofia. He is not alone in defending the “Zaharna Fabrika” which has who has called for manifestations in front of the parliament.

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]]> Slovakia: Illegal Buildings https://rroma.org/de/slovakia-illegal-buildings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-illegal-buildings Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:39:49 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27825 The mayor of the village of Torysa near Sabinove has ordered the residents of the Roma settlement to remove illegal […]

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]]> The mayor of the village of Torysa near Sabinove has ordered the residents of the Roma settlement to remove illegal buildings. They are using the land on which their homes stand without any legal title.

According to the mayor of the village, Jozef Stedina, the residents of the settlement have not yet responded to repeated calls to legalize their homes and have not even paid a fine. For this reason, he sent them calls to definitively remove the illegal buildings within nine months.

This is a usual trend to remove settlements. The issue is that at the fall of communism, Roma were not given the land on which they lived. Thus, all buildings are illegal. The same argument was done in Bulgaria to remove Roma.

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]]> Slovakia: Atlas of Roma Communities https://rroma.org/de/slovakia-atlas-of-roma-communities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-atlas-of-roma-communities Sat, 29 Mar 2025 09:44:03 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27705 The Office of the Government Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities (ÚSVRK) is preparing an update of data […]

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]]> The Office of the Government Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities (ÚSVRK) is preparing an update of data related to the facilities and infrastructure of municipalities with a significant Roma representation. The data collection will be carried out in April 2025. Unlike previous updates, this will be conducted online. The Office has already pilot-tested the new sociographic mapping of Roma communities in Slovakia in seven municipalities, from February to March.

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]]> Italy and Segregated Roma Camps https://rroma.org/de/italy-and-segregated-roma-camps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=italy-and-segregated-roma-camps Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:46:44 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27687 Following the intervention of Roma activists and the European Roma Rights Center, the Calabria region had to change the plan […]

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]]> Following the intervention of Roma activists and the European Roma Rights Center, the Calabria region had to change the plan that envisaged the construction of segregated housing for Roma families with European money. At their instigation, the European Commission began to look into the case and the project was modified – instead of a new ghetto, Roma families are to be integrated into regular municipal housing. However, activists warn that the new version of the plan still has serious shortcomings.

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]]> Slovakia and Roma Settlements https://rroma.org/de/slovakia-and-roma-settlements-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-and-roma-settlements-4 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:40:02 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27643 The Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities Alexander Daško, who has been in place for […]

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]]> The Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities Alexander Daško, who has been in place for 15 months, says that there have been enough concepts and analyses, and that one already knows everything about the living conditions in the communities, now we need to work. He also claims that nothing has been done in the last 30 years. He added that changes will take a long time.

Fact is, fires such as the one in Veľký Šaris will continue to happen, for as long as people have to resort to burning plastic in stoves to heat their homes.

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]]> Slovenian Settlements https://rroma.org/de/slovenian-settlements/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovenian-settlements Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:31:50 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27502 In the municipality of Metlika in Slovenia, there are approximately 400 Roma living in five Roma settlements, mostly on municipal […]

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]]> In the municipality of Metlika in Slovenia, there are approximately 400 Roma living in five Roma settlements, mostly on municipal land. Some have already purchased land from the municipality at a price of 7 euros per square meter. However, some issues in this area are still unresolved. In the municipality of Crnomelj, there are around 1,000 Roma.

Not much is done for integration there either.

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]]> Roma and Slovenes https://rroma.org/de/roma-and-slovenes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-and-slovenes Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:48:23 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26628 Relations between the Ribnica Roma, the municipal administration and the majority population have long been at a standstill, the state […]

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]]> Relations between the Ribnica Roma, the municipal administration and the majority population have long been at a standstill, the state must put an end to this. On March 2, 2014, 16 Roma men and women from two Slovenian Roma settlements filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights for violation of the right to water. These are the settlements of Dobruška vas in Škocjan and Gori. They lost their case in 2022. But the situation has not improved at all…

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]]> A Fire in Zvolen https://rroma.org/de/a-fire-in-zvolen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-fire-in-zvolen Mon, 09 Dec 2024 07:33:45 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26041 Five families in Zvolen, Slovakia, saw their homes burn down in mid-November, and it caused almost no commotion. They were […]

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]]> Five families in Zvolen, Slovakia, saw their homes burn down in mid-November, and it caused almost no commotion. They were Roma from the area below Pustý hrad. The families refused to go to a community centre temporarily; they were afraid they would lose their children. They moved in with their relatives and acquaintances and don’t know how they will survive the winter.

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]]> Slovenia and Access to Water https://rroma.org/de/slovenia-and-access-to-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovenia-and-access-to-water Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:48:46 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25903 Representatives of Amnesty International Slovenia, Roma organizations and Roma people warned at a press conference in Ribnica that a fifth […]

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]]> Representatives of Amnesty International Slovenia, Roma organizations and Roma people warned at a press conference in Ribnica that a fifth of Roma settlements in Slovenia still do not have drinking water, even though the right to water is guaranteed as a human right under the constitution. They therefore called on the government with a special petition to provide water where it is not yet available.

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