News Eastern Europe Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/fr/category/news-eastern-europe/ Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:01:03 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png News Eastern Europe Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/fr/category/news-eastern-europe/ 32 32 Prague – International Roma Day https://rroma.org/fr/prague-international-roma-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prague-international-roma-day Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:57:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27595 The International Roma Day celebrations will begin in Prague on April 4th, offering concerts, exhibitions, discussions and a gala evening. […]

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]]> The International Roma Day celebrations will begin in Prague on April 4th, offering concerts, exhibitions, discussions and a gala evening. This year’s 11th year will be held in the spirit of the theme FUTUROMA, which focuses on the future of Roma culture in society. The celebrations are organized by the ARA ART organization and will culminate on April 8th with a gala evening.

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]]> Czechia, the Web and Neo-Nazis https://rroma.org/fr/27591-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=27591-2 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:55:34 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27591 The Brno Municipal Court today began hearing the case of Igor Mižák, who, according to the indictment, was supposed to […]

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]]> The Brno Municipal Court today began hearing the case of Igor Mižák, who, according to the indictment, was supposed to have founded and managed the neo-Nazi website White Media. In the past, the website published hundreds to thousands of private documents and personal data, including e-mail correspondence between former prime ministers Bohuslav Sobotka and Vladimír Špidla. Among the victims are also activists fighting against racism and xenophobia, including several Roma. However, the court is not addressing the website’s hateful content due to the US position. Mižák defends himself by claiming that he only rented the website. If found guilty, he faces up to five years in prison.

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]]> Slovakia: Fire https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-fire-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-fire-2 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:54:43 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27588 The fire in a Roma settlement in Veľký Šariš on March 19th claimed the lives of four young children and […]

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]]> The fire in a Roma settlement in Veľký Šariš on March 19th claimed the lives of four young children and one adult woman and burnt 8 homes to the ground. It has severely affected not only the local Roma community, but also the general public. Roma activists, politicians and representatives of institutions are reacting to the tragedy. Roma leader Jozef Stojka called on Roma in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and throughout the European Union to light a candle in memory of the victims on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. According to him, the tragedy revealed a long-term crisis in the state’s approach to marginalized Roma communities.

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]]> Czechia, Roma, and Ukrainians https://rroma.org/fr/czechia-roma-and-ukrainians-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=czechia-roma-and-ukrainians-3 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:33:26 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27583 An interview with the coordinator of a facility for children in unfavourable situation who explains that they now have Roma […]

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]]> An interview with the coordinator of a facility for children in unfavourable situation who explains that they now have Roma and Ukrainians amongst their client, and that they had to deal with prejudice towards Roma.

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]]> Czechia: Neo-Nazi Threats https://rroma.org/fr/czechia-neo-nazi-threats-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=czechia-neo-nazi-threats-2 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:32:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27580 A video about physical violence against Roma has caused great concern in Písek. The author of the video, who is […]

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]]> A video about physical violence against Roma has caused great concern in Písek. The author of the video, who is a teenager who has been identified, and about which the police cannot provide more information, claimed in it that about a hundred extremists would arrive in Písek on Monday, March 17, and would bring order to the city.

“It’s Písek on Monday. At seven in the evening. There were skinheads everywhere here and it was quiet. Now they’re not here and it’s a mess,” the video, which has already been removed from social media, said.

Some Roma did not want to be liked by the threats and wanted to organize their own rally via social media. Michal Mižigár from Písek, however, called for prudence. “Please be prudent, let’s not be scared by the provocateurs from Tiktok,” he said on the social network Facebook.

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]]> Slovakia: Displaced https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-displaced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-displaced Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:31:43 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27577 The mayor of the municipality of Dolné Vestenice in Slovakia, Viliam Šuhajda, declared an emergency situation for the territory of […]

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]]> The mayor of the municipality of Dolné Vestenice in Slovakia, Viliam Šuhajda, declared an emergency situation for the territory of the municipality, specifically in the Kopanice part, with effect from March 19, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. The reason for this decision is slope deformation, which poses a serious risk to residents and infrastructure in the area.

The issue: Below that slope lies a Roma settlement. And the municipality said they had no alternative place to resettle them…

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]]> Slovenia: New Book https://rroma.org/fr/slovenia-new-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovenia-new-book Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:08:17 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27564 A new book by the Roma author, mag. Jožek Horvat-Muc, entitled Roma Musicians in Prekmurje, was published by the Institute […]

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]]> A new book by the Roma author, mag. Jožek Horvat-Muc, entitled Roma Musicians in Prekmurje, was published by the Institute for Roma Studies, Education and Culture in Murska Sobota.

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]]> Slovenia, Roma, and Schools https://rroma.org/fr/slovenia-roma-and-schools-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovenia-roma-and-schools-2 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:07:24 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27561 Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Luka Mesec presented a package of measures to address Roma issues in Novo mesto. […]

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]]> Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Luka Mesec presented a package of measures to address Roma issues in Novo mesto. Among the measures, a new one will allow  to consider failure to attend primary school as child neglect. The minister said that this can have serious legal consequences. The proposal also envisages the mandatory inclusion of Roma children in kindergarten one year before entering school.

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]]> Slovakia: Deaf Roma https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-deaf-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-deaf-roma Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:06:34 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27558 A conference entitled We Create a Community of Deaf Roma Together: Deaf Roma as an Invisible Minority was dedicated to […]

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]]> A conference entitled We Create a Community of Deaf Roma Together: Deaf Roma as an Invisible Minority was dedicated to discussing the challenges faced by the deaf Roma community, as well as finding concrete solutions supporting inclusion. It will took place on Tuesday in a café on Svätopluková Street in Prešov. As the director of the civic association Svet ticha Tomáš Dunko it also highlighted the results of mapping deaf Roma living in socially excluded localities.

According to Dunko, who is deaf and sign language Roma, this is a relatively new topic that is little known in Slovakia. But it affects a large number of people who experience linguistic and social isolation without sufficient support from the state and society.

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]]> Czechia, Roma, and the Genocide https://rroma.org/fr/czechia-roma-and-the-genocide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=czechia-roma-and-the-genocide Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:15:32 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27551 March 11, 1943, 642 Roma men, women and children were deported to Auschwitz Birkenau from the Protectorate of Bohemia and […]

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]]> March 11, 1943, 642 Roma men, women and children were deported to Auschwitz Birkenau from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. This was the beginning of the systematic extermination of Roma in that region.

For the majority of Czechoslovak society at the time, this remained on the fringes of interest. Although there were cases where local residents showed sympathy or tried to help, in general, there was little awareness of the fate of the Roma. And after the war, the tragedy of the Roma Holocaust was neglected for a long time. The participation of Czech gendarmes and camp commanders in the genocide of the Roma during World War II was denied for forty years under communism. The taboo was broken after the revolution by historian Ctibor Nečas and journalist Markus Pape, and courageous activists from among Roma also played their part. For example, Jan Hauer, Antonín Lagryn or Čeněk Růžička, all sons of Leti prisoners.

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