Another unfortunate article about Roma in the Slovenian press. They speak of criminality, brutality, gangs, and the like. In this article, they “explain” that Roma are driving customers away with the intent to extorting money from the businesses.
Bad.
Some articles from Eastern Europe on the commemoration of the Genocide of the Roma.
Recordings of Czech and Slovak Roma victims of the Holocaust are now available in a new database.
Recent statistics (see second article cited here) in Hungary give a dim view of the state of the education system. According to the result, 40% of the 8th grade students are functional analphabets. What is the response of the government (see first article cited here), well, according to Gergely Gulyás, Minister of the Prime Minister office of the Orban government, it is because of the Roma.
He is not a friend of arithmetic… If 40% of the children in Hungary are Roma, it is an interesting trend. Currently, the Roma minority in the country stands at around 10%. And it is true that their education level is low, mostly since in the countryside, they are taught in de-facto segregated schools.
An interview with Joanna Talewicz, PhD, co-founder and president of the Foundation for Dialogue and the Roma Community Centre in Warsaw on stereotypes and prejudice.
The Russian government forcibly evicts the “Gypsy population” from the territory of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, because they “distribute prohibited substances and violate the laws of the Russian Federation.”
In addition, in the document, they call for strengthening the controls over publications in Telegram channels – since dissatisfaction among the “Gypsy youth” with the forced deportation has become a noticeable problem for the Russian authorities.
Another Russian crime.
Manifestations of Roma against Ukrainian refugees continue in the Czech Republic. Not only due to the few incidents, but also because of the resentment of the Roma who feel that while nothing has been done in the country for them, the Ukrainians are helped more than they ever were.
The Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic has published a call in the amount of almost 60 million euros, the aim of which is to create “development teams” in selected municipalities. They will contribute to solving adverse situations with an impact on both the minority and the majority at the level of the entire residential community. They will focus on employment, education, housing and the fight against anti-Roma racism.
A commemoration of the genocide of the Roma in Auschwitz on August 2nd.
The Slovak Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport published a call for proposals entitled “Support for the provision of early care and early intervention to children aged 0 to 6 years from the environment marginalized Roma communities and from an environment of generational poverty”.
Let’s see …
The position of Government Commissioner for Roma Minority Affairs was established by the government in December 2022 and is independent of political parties. Lucie Fuková, a Romni, is the first one. There are already voices in the Roma community who say “We didn’t vote for you, don’t speak for the Roma! You won’t do anything anyway!”
Her answer is: “So I am the very first person in the Czech Republic to take on this position. In contrast, in Slovakia, the Roma government representative has been operating for many years. I’m only a few months in and I’m building my entire office from scratch – in every way. I have nothing to follow up on. That’s why I spend a lot of time setting up the functioning of the office (people, processes…) and unfortunately I can’t be everywhere.”
From 1 August, the Małopolskie Voivodeship will take over the Museum of Remembrance of Oświęcim from the Oświęcim District and will co-run it together with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
As explained by the Marshal of Małopolska, Witold Kozłowski, after signing the document, the change of the museum’s organizer is aimed at expanding the scope of its activities. In that context, a Centre for Roma History and Culture will be established.
Journalist and presenter Alica Sigmund Heráková is the co-founder of Internet television Tuke TV. She says that “The mainstream media only shows Roma people when there is a problem. We have created our own media world,”
The Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities will allocate financial aid from the subsidy scheme for emergency situations to the fire-stricken village of Telgárt, where more than half of the huts in the local settlement burned down.
Agátka Berková is a twelve years old Romni from Slovakia who grew up in a Roma settlement. She is an already well-known chess champion and she represents Slovakia at prestigious international chess events with excellent results. The media write about her as a unique chess phenomenon, because not everyone can boast of a draw with chess grandmaster and world chess champion Anatoly Karpov.
Her father Milan, an excellent Romano poet, external editor of the national broadcaster RTVS and chess coach, known for founding and leading the Romani chess club Hrochoťský jazci, took care of her. It is he who has a large share in the fact that his daughter has become a passionate chess player who defeats much older opponents.
According to Daniel Strauss, chairman of the State Association of Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg, Roma were discriminated against in Ukraine, a discrimination which continued after fleeing the war zone to Germany.
Posts on social media in Plovdiv, Bulgaria showed the same photo of a car was with a warning that it was driving around neighbourhoods in the district and stealing children. In the last 24 hours alone, more than 50 reports have been received from worried people who thought their families were in danger. The police categorically denied these rumours. At an extraordinary press conference, they clarified that the car filmed belongs to a 53-year-old man from Plovdiv, who has no criminal record.
This was disinformation against Roma.
The Language Centre of the Faculty of Philology of the University of Pristina is planning to open a course where basic Romani language will be taught for the first time, the Kosovo media reports.
On August 8, the International Roma Song Day will be held for the second time. The organizer of the initiative is Mihály “Mazsi” Rostás, who, in addition to active musicianship (Romengo, MazsiMó–GipsyMó), is the artistic manager of the formations of Mónika Lakatos, winner of the Kossuth Prize and Womex Lifetime Achievement Award. A well-known representative of gypsy music told our newspaper that the idea of a day related to Roma musical culture came to mind already in 2008, on the occasion of Hungarian Song Day, but the idea turned into action the previous year.
In addition to several Hungarian locations, the event will also be held in Parkany, Slovakia, and in Krakow, Poland.
A video purposedly showing three Roma beating a Ukrainian in Brno, is a total fake. Yesterday, it came out that the person beaten up was not a Ukrainian, but today, the Brno police confirmed that neither Roma nor Ukrainians were involved.
Total disinformation.
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