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Hungarian Census

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Another article on the recent Hungarian Census. The overall population decreased by 3.4%, and, more astonishingly, the number of Roma passed from 300’000 to 200’000. All other “ethnic” minorities, Germans, Slovaks, etc. also decreased but not by as much as in the case of Roma.

The 300’000 number was anyhow a fallacy, as the government itself acknowledges more than half a million. So simply, Roma did not declare themselves as such …

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Slovenian Roma Settlement

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A reportage in a notorious Roma settlement in Slovenia. The reportage is titled “Roma time bomb: reportage from the Roma settlement Žabjak-Brezje”. This says it all.

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Croatia and Romanes

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As part of the program “Celebration of the World Day of the Roma Language at the Koprivnica Vocational School”, numerous activities were organized on Tuesday, including a 3D modeling and printing workshop, a workshop for learning the Roma language, a reading workshop about and in the Roma language, a digital exhibition of student works and plenary lectures.

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Hungary and the War

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Shortly before the end of the war, Hungarians committed mass murder against Hungarians: At the beginning of February 1945, snipers and gendarmes gathered local Roma at the border of Várpalota, dug a pit with them, and then shot them: one hundred and eighteen people were murdered, while another five victims were executed in the main square of the city.

Despite this, plans for a memorial to the victims of the Roma Holocaust were prepared in Hungary early in 1974, even by international comparison: the sculptor was György Jovánovics, an outstanding figure of the neo-avant-garde generation of artists. The sculptor was interviewed by art historian Dániel Véri.

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Slovenia and Roma

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An initiative in Slovenia in the Črnomelj library started fairy-tale meetings in the multipurpose Roma centre for Roma children. According to the article After school, children can come to nicely decorated and warm rooms, where they create, cook, do homework, go out together into nature, on trips, even to the sea. Sounds a bit too good to be true, and the tone and the statements seem to indicate that the children don’t live in such nice conditions.

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Slovakia and the Telgart Debacle

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Amnesty international stated that the Slovak government failed to resolve the Telgart issue. A Roma settlement totally burned out in the summer, and the residents of the settlements are still in tents as we speak. A bit of caution is needed on the reporting due to its source, as it is very critical of the previous government.

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Slovenia: Conference

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Discrimination is a big issue in Slovenia, but everyone can help ensure that everyone receives decent treatment and equal opportunities. These are the main messages of the conference of the European co-financed project Let’s face discrimination, with which the Defender of the Principle of Equality, the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of the University of Ljubljana (AGRFT), the Association of Municipalities of Slovenia and the Prizma Foundation raise awareness about protection against discrimination.

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Tomáš Kač

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An interview of renowned pianist Tomáš Kač. He is a native of Nové Jičín from a Roma family and recalls with a smile how his parents were afraid to let him go to the conservatory in Ostrava. But nothing could stop him. He settled in California and performs concerts all over the world.

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Timişoasa Exhibition

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An exhibition on the Roma Genocide during the Holocaust in Timişoara, Romania.

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Slovakia: Portraits

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The portraits of ten Slovak Roma writers, as part of the exhibit “Portraits Between the Lines” from the artist  Šarlota Bottová opened on Tuesday (November 7) in the Ethnographic Museum in Martin. It was prepared by the Museum of Roma Culture in Slovakia on the occasion of the World Day of the Roma Language (November 5).

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Slovakia, Fico, and Roma

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An increasing number of Roma are worried about the prime minister Fico and his plkans to abolish the office of the plenipotentiary for Roma of the Slovak government. Reason behind it might well be, that this office will decide on EU funds earmarked for Roma …

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Brno: Romanes Day

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A reportage on the celebrations of the International Romanes Day in Brno on November 5th. It took place in the former Penitentiary is a walled creative centre that served as a prison in the second half of the 20th century and was organised by the organisation IQ Roma servis.

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Telgart: A Solution?

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28 containers are already standing near the Roma settlement, where a fire broke out in July, almost totally destroying it. 105 people could move into them, 60 of them children. “Everyone is impatient, they have been here too long to be in a good mood,” said Telgárt mayor Jozef Štajer.

The catch: Electricity has not yet been installed.

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Polish Campaign

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An article in the Ukrainian press about the polish campaign calling on tech giants Google, Meta and Netflix to improve their services and products to be more inclusive of Roma people.

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Serbia and Romanes

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The Roma Cultural Center Pancevo brought school supplies as a gift to the children who learn the Romani language with elements of the Roma national culture at the “Đura Jakšić” Primary School in Pavliš, on the occasion of the International Day of the Romani Language.

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Czech Roma Government Representative

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The Roma government representative Lucie Fuková says she is not a superwoman and cannot change the sometimes unfair system in a few days. She gets dozens of messages a day, requests for help with processing a request for compensation for illegal sterilization, with finding an apartment, requests for intervention in criminal proceedings, but also unconstructive insults and insults. Often shouts like: No one from the Roma voted for you, step down. And quite often, on the contrary, words of understanding and support.

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Brno: At last

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Prosecutors finally indicted a Ukrainian national today for committing bodily harm and murder in the case of the young Roma man who died at the Brno Reservoir this summer. The June case led to tensions between Romani people and Ukrainians in the Czech Republic.

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Croatia and Roma

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Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and Minister of Culture and Media Nina Obuljen Koržinek participated in the commemoration of the World Roma Language Day, which took place in Zagreb’s Museum of Contemporary Art. The Prime Minister assessed that the cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and representatives of the Roma community in Croatia in strengthening the position of Roma represents a roadmap for numerous other European countries. He pointed out that the Uštica Roma Memorial Centre is a confirmation that the cooperation has its concrete examples in practice.

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Appeal to Google, Meta, and Netflix

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Billboards appeared on the streets of Warsaw calling on Google, Meta and Netflix to improve their services and products. So that they are more inclusive and include Roma. The main slogan of the campaign is #StopRomophobia.

A proposal for the design of the first Romani Doodle in the history of Google appeared at Towarowa Street in Warsaw. The drawing could appear on the search engine’s home page on November 5, the International Day of the Romani Language. Doodle’s design was consulted with the famous Roma artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas.

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