Category Archives: Czech Republic

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Khamoro

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Khamoro

Two articles on the Roma festival Khamoro in Prague.

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Visegrad Roma Cooperation

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The Romani language is the first topic covered in a ten-part series of reports entitled Visegrad Romani Magazine. It is prepared jointly by three Roma television stations: Dikh TV from Hungary, TV Romana from Slovakia and ROMEA TV from the Czech Republic.

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Ukrainian Roma and the Czechs

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Ukrainian Roma and the Czechs

The Czech government is denying Roma from the Ukraine who have a Hungarian passport or no Ukrainian proof of citizenship asylum. They ended up sleeping in Prague’s central railway station. Now, they will no longer be allowed to and are being put up in a tent camp. On Tuesday (May 31), they opened another temporary tent town for them, and the state offers them the opportunity to return home or to Hungary, if they also have Hungarian citizenship, free of charge. The editor of RTVS Boris Kršňák dealt with the topic at Rádiožurárna on Radio Slovakia.

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Khamoro Festival

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Khamoro Festival

The concerts of the bands Imperio and Connection on Sunday at the Prague Exhibition Grounds started the international festival of Romani culture Khamoro. The core of the event, which will last until June 4, will be Romani music. Visitors can also watch a theatrical performance and a parade of artists through the centre of Prague is also planned. The festival is organized by Slovo 21 and Studio Production Saga.

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Khamoro Festival

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Khamoro Festival

The International Roma Festival started in Prague on May 29 and will last until June 4. This is the 24th year of the festival, which brings Romani music combined with Yiddish music, gypsy jazz and tambourine tones to the city streets. In addition to concerts, people can also look forward to an accompanying program in the form of exhibitions, theatre performances or a procession of artists through the centre of Prague. Jelena Silajdžicová, the director of the organization Slovo 21, and the production manager of the festival, Inka Jurková, promise this varied program.

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Prague and Roma Refugees

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Prague and Roma Refugees

An article on the fate of Roma refugees from the Ukraine camping at the railway station in Prague. The Prague government denies them help given to Ukrainian refugees, as many of these Roma also have a Hungarian passport.

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Scholarship

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Scholarship

A young Roma was awarded a Vaclav Havel Scholarship, allowing him to start studying at the prestigious English College n Prague. Money for the scholarships is being raised by concerts.

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Prague and Refugees

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The RFK and Kolektiv 115 groups convened a demonstration in support of Ukrainian Roma in front of the Czech Interior Ministry on Thursday. The organizers wanted to express that, according to them, the Czechia did not ensure basic security for all people fleeing Ukraine before the war.

Many of the Roma currently stuck in Prague’s central station have fled Ukraine but have a dual citizenship (Hungarian/Ukrainian) and are denied any help in the Czech Republic.

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Dual Nationality

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Dual Nationality

The issue of the Ukrainian Roma refugees who also have a Hungarian passport but whom no one wants, starting with Hungary itself. They were granted a Hungarian passport as part of Orban’s drive to grant citizenship to Hungarian speakers in neighbouring countries, but they are not wanted.

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Czech Republic and Roma

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Czech Republic and Roma

For several weeks, hundreds of Roma refugees who fled Ukraine have been refused residence permits in the Czech Republic. In Prague, dozens of families sleep on the floor of the Central Station. An open-air humanitarian crisis that led the authorities to build, last weekend, a guarded camp on the outskirts of the city for these unwanted war refugees.

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Literary Event

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What is the position of Romani writers in the Czech literary scene? Can minority literature emerge from the shadows of a marginal genre? And what does it actually mean to be a Romani writer? Stanislava Miková and Patrik Banga shared their experiences during the evening. The Roma Literary Evening took place in the Václav Havel Library in Prague on the 16th  of May and the whole event was broadcast live by the first Roma internet television ROMEA TV.

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Ukrainian View on the Czech Decisions

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Ukrainian View on the Czech Decisions

The Czech Republic will strengthen passport control for refugees and provide assistance only to those fleeing the war and crossing the Ukrainian border.

Basically the statement is: Due to Roma, conditions are harder. The entire issue stems from the Hungarian Prime Minister Orban who gave Hungarian passports to many people in Transcarpathian Ukraine. Now, there are Roma with dual Ukrainian and Hungarian citizenship who obviously do not want to stay in Hungary…

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

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An article highlighting the plight of Ukrainian Roma refugees from Transcarpathia in the Czech Republic. The ones with a Hungarian passports have gone, but the ones that are still there lodge in tents in difficult circumstances.

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