A few weeks ago, tow Roma families clashed in Kazanlak, Bulgaria, leaving 2 victims and several wounded. The police and the involved municipalities decided to re-settle these families to avoid other clashes.
Remains to be seen if that works.
The Slovak historian and member of the Science Adademy Ondrej Ficeri debated Roma issues:
High unemployment, poor hygiene, low literacy, crime and, most recently, an epidemic of infectious diseases.
He specialised in the Study of the Roma and claims that the situation will not change easily. In the discussion, however, things went really bad. In the debate, they discussed “whether and how to change the mindset of some Roma, who do want sewage and drinking water, but do not want to pay for it.”
According to Ficeri, “No, that cannot be changed in my opinion. But even so, it is the responsibility of the municipality to ensure adequate housing and re-educate residents to pay at least for unavoidable services such as rent, water, electricity. Hopefully it will be beneficial at least in the long run, even though it may seem like throwing peas against a wall at the moment. We cannot do nothing.”
So basically, Roma are incapable to adapt and change … Nice statements.
The Provincial Vojevode office of Lodz organized a conference devoted to the situation of Roma children in schools. In its course, cultural and historical issues were often referred to. There was also a presentation of the achievements of the most talented Roma.
Erwin Brzeziński, is a Roma painter who started early at the age of 6.. His work is at a border between imagination and reality. Each of the works focuses on a man and each shows a fragment of Roma culture to the viewer.
The Gypsy Roma Urban Balcan Beat (GRUBB) is a show in Serbia created by young Roma artists. Here, in the article, a young Rom participated for two years and wants to continue. A reportage on Serbian television that will be shown on April 26th.
The official announcement of the referral to court of Slovakia in school segregation against Roma.
The European Commission is suing Slovakia for not doing enough in ending segregation of Roma in the school system. Although Slovakia has carried out several legislative reforms and is trying to integrate Roma, progress is insufficient, the EC said in a statement. According to Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, the practical solution to the problem goes beyond one election period.
Viki Gabor appeared with her parents in the weekend studio “Questions for Breakfast”, where she promoted the documentary “Viki Gabor: My World”. The 8-episode documentary series tells the story of an ordinary, though extraordinary, 15-year-old girl who, thanks to her passion and talent, has developed from a shy, introverted girl into a successful idol of the young generation. The camera accompanies Viki during concerts, foreign trips, but also in everyday life.
The Romano Journalist and writer recently published his first book called “The Real Way Out”, which won the prestigious Czech Magnesia Litera Award in the Debut category on Monday.
As a Kid, an educational counsellor predicted to him in elementary school that he would become a parasite, and the police already assigned him the role of a criminal at the age of five.
Well, wrong predictions …
A review (very enthusiastic) of a restaurant and club in Donany ut 78 in Budapest 7th district. It is called “Like the Gypsies”. The club and restaurant caters unfortunately to all clichés including fortune telling, caravans and the like.
On the occasion of International Roma Day, the 26th edition of the Romano suno / Roma Dream competition was launched a week ago, in which Roma speakers can express themselves creatively and publicly in their mother tongue. Moreover, thanks to the competition texts, the general public can also take a closer look at the world of the Roma. Since 1996, the competition has been organized by the non-profit company Nová škola.
“Paleta” is a program of the Radio-television Vojvodina.It is a selection from the content prepared by the television editorial offices in the languages of the national communities, thus also in Romanes. In order to get closer to each other, “Paleta” is broadcast in the languages of the national communities, with a Serbian translation.
The newly elected Czech President Petr Pavel met with Romane students in Prague’s castle, his official residence.
Serbia is working on an initiative to amend family law to define and recognize child marriage as a form of human trafficking, as 22-50% of Serbian Romane girls are married before the age of 18 years old.
A recent UNICEF report revealed that more than half of girls from Roma settlements in Serbia and 22% of girls from low-income families marry before the age of 18. Even more worryingly, 16% of Roma girls marry before the age of 15 and 5% give birth at this age.
As usual, take these percentages with a pinch of salt. These usually refer to the Roma that are recorded as such, not to all Roma.
On the occasion of April 8th, the City of Poznań, in cooperation with the Bahtałe Roma Foundation, organized a meeting with Roma culture in the White Room of the office. There was music and performance by the Sara Czureja Band.
The head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Brian Aggeler was in Mostar. He insisted that there is a need to improve education and the status of Roma besides fighting corruption in the country.
Roma high school students visited the Faculty of Law. The Faculty of Law of the University of Niš has signed an agreement on cooperation with the Roma Education Foundation to ensure the greatest degree of inclusivity in education.
Let’s see if this works out …
33 books are nominated for the prestigious Czech Magnesia Litera award for the year 2022. Among them, a book by a Romano author, Patrick Banga entitle “True Way Out”.
Another article on the speech of the Slovene President Nataša Pirc Musar who stated that the Roma community in our country is still very neglected, without access to basic rights such as drinking water, education, social and health care.
According to this article in the Bulgarian press, about half of the Roma in the Ukraine are currently refugees and about a quarter of them have a relative fighting on the front. This statement was made by Ned’s Korunovska, of the European Institute for Art and Culture.
These numbers seem somewhat stretched. We doubt that many of the Roma from Transcarpathian Ukraine and Bessarabia fled. Some did, we can testify to this. This will need to be followed up.
On World Roma Day, the President of the Slovenian Republic, Nataša Pirc Musar, organised a consultation in the presidential palace attended by members of the Council of the Roma Community and councillors from municipalities where Roma have the right to elect their representatives to the municipal council.
She bemoaned the lack of access to clean water, and the fact that the health and social services have let the Roma down in many communities.
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