An article on extremism, the extreme right and the worrisome involvement of young people in these movements in Slovakia.
– Extrémizmu podlieha čoraz viac mladých ľudí. In: Spravy Pravda. 06.12.2017. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/450271-extremizmu-podleha-coraz-viac-mladych-ludi/ [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/450271-extremizmu-podleha-coraz-viac-mladych-ludi/”]
A lengthy article about a Roma book club in Slovakia. They record videos on the books, giving some basic information about the author, a shortened view of the plot, and what they liked about it. Idea behind it it to motivate others to read.
– Rómky o prečítaných knihách nakrúcajú videorecenzie. In: SME. 30.11.2017. https://kultura.sme.sk/c/20707596/romky-oprecitanych-knihach-nakrucaju-videorecenzie.html [link-preview url=”https://kultura.sme.sk/c/20707596/romky-oprecitanych-knihach-nakrucaju-videorecenzie.html”]
The mayor of a small village in Slovakia wants Roma to be integrated. The village is making efforts, which is good.
Let’s hope it works out.
– Starosta Gerlachova: Rómov treba začleniť do spoločnosti. In: Verbena. 23.11.2017. http://bardejov.dnes24.sk/starosta-gerlachova-romov-treba-zaclenit-do-spolocnosti-285058 [link-preview url=”http://bardejov.dnes24.sk/starosta-gerlachova-romov-treba-zaclenit-do-spolocnosti-285058″]
The mayor of a small village in Slovakia wants Roma to be integrated. The village is making efforts, which is good.
Let’s hope it works out.
– Starosta Gerlachova: Rómov treba začleniť do spoločnosti. In: Verbena. 23.11.2017. http://bardejov.dnes24.sk/starosta-gerlachova-romov-treba-zaclenit-do-spolocnosti-285058 [link-preview url=”http://bardejov.dnes24.sk/starosta-gerlachova-romov-treba-zaclenit-do-spolocnosti-285058″]
The visit of a mayor in a Roma settlement in Slovakia. Not pretty.
– Rómov v Kuzmiciach pobúril pokus starostu Krásnej: Drsný odkaz! In: TIVI. 25.11.2017. https://tivi.cas.sk/video/2513618/romov-v-kuzmiciach-poburil-pokus-starostu-krasnej-drsny-odkaz/ [link-preview url=”https://tivi.cas.sk/video/2513618/romov-v-kuzmiciach-poburil-pokus-starostu-krasnej-drsny-odkaz/”]
The visit of a mayor in a Roma settlement in Slovakia. Not pretty.
– Rómov v Kuzmiciach pobúril pokus starostu Krásnej: Drsný odkaz! In: TIVI. 25.11.2017. https://tivi.cas.sk/video/2513618/romov-v-kuzmiciach-poburil-pokus-starostu-krasnej-drsny-odkaz/ [link-preview url=”https://tivi.cas.sk/video/2513618/romov-v-kuzmiciach-poburil-pokus-starostu-krasnej-drsny-odkaz/”]
Slovakia has a tradition of putting Roma in special school for children with mental problems. An NGO wanted to check the situation. It still exists, but is probably more differentiated. In the Rokycani district, 20% of Roma children are still enrolled in such schools. High by any standards, but lower than it was.
– OĽaNO chce preveriť zaraďovanie Rómov do špeciálnych základných škôl. In: SME Domov. 25.11.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20702484/olano-chce-preverit-zaradovanie-romov-do-specialnych-zakladnych-skol.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20702484/olano-chce-preverit-zaradovanie-romov-do-specialnych-zakladnych-skol.html”]
The Liberal and Libertarian Party SaS in Slovakia unveiled their plans for Roma. A new ministry for “socially excluded communities” and help linked to “merit” and willingness to do something.
One can only wonder how this will be measured …
– Politika hrubšej palice nedostane Rómov z pasce chudoby. In: SME. 16.11.2017. https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20695376/politika-hrubsej-palice-nedostane-romov-z-pasce-chudoby.html
– Nicholsonová chce nové ministerstvo pre Rómov. Vládny splnomocnenec krúti hlavou! In: Plus. 13.11.2017. https://www1.pluska.sk/Spravy/Z-domova/Nicholsonova-chce-nove-ministerstvo-pre-Romov.-Vladny-splnomocnenec-len-kruti-hlavou [link-preview url=”https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20695376/politika-hrubsej-palice-nedostane-romov-z-pasce-chudoby.html “]
It seems that some schools in Slovakia are considering Roma children as a business rather than as pupils who need to be taught. In brief, the staff selected children, apparently overwhelmingly Roma, diagnosing them with various health disabilities, which resulted in their subsequent inclusion in a group of pupils with special educational needs where the school could receive more than twice the amount of money than for standard pupils.
Slovakia has a long story of putting Roma children in classes for mentally disabled people – before basically as racism, now for profit…
– Kto zarába na rómskych žiakoch. In: Dennik. 15.11.2017. https://dennikn.sk/blog/kto-zaraba-na-romskych-ziakoch/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/blog/kto-zaraba-na-romskych-ziakoch/”]
A few articles from Slovakia on the comments of the Czech President on Czech Roma. Zeman said on television that 90% of “inadaptable citizen” are Roma and only10% are white.
– Zeman nahneval českých Rómov. In: Aktuality. 12.11.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/538263/zeman-nahneval-ceskych-romov/
– Český prezident popudil proti sebe Rómov. In: Pravda. 13.11.2017. http://kormidlo.blog.pravda.sk/2017/11/13/cesky-prezident-popudil-proti-sebe-romov-2/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/538263/zeman-nahneval-ceskych-romov/ “]
A Slovak documentary on Roma and music. Quite a few clichés.
– Útrapy Rómov, ich hudobné nadanie a spôsob, akým dedia umenie už celé generácie. To a oveľa viac nájdete v novom slovenskom dokumente. In: Filmkult. 10.11.2017. https://filmkult.refresher.sk/9475-Utrapy-Romov-ich-hudobne-nadanie-a-sposob-akym-dedia-umenie-uz-cele-generacie-To-a-ovela-viac-najdete-v-novom-slovenskom-dokumente [link-preview url=”https://filmkult.refresher.sk/9475-Utrapy-Romov-ich-hudobne-nadanie-a-sposob-akym-dedia-umenie-uz-cele-generacie-To-a-ovela-viac-najdete-v-novom-slovenskom-dokumente”]
According to the Slovak president Andrej Kiska, one should never generalise about Roma.
Among the Roma, according to him, there are a huge number of people who are amazing members of our society.
– Rómov nesmieme podľa Kisku nikdy posudzovať ako celok. In: SME Domov. 09.11.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20692762/romov-nesmieme-podla-kisku-nikdy-posudzovat-ako-celok.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20692762/romov-nesmieme-podla-kisku-nikdy-posudzovat-ako-celok.html”]
Martin Kotleba, the president of the extreme right People’s party in Slovakia lost his seat as governor of the Banksa Bystrica!
Good – he is a racist who refers to Roma as “parasites”
– Slovakian far right suffers blow in regional polls. In: The Financial Times. 05.11.2017. https://www.ft.com/content/79ab4c96-c210-11e7-b2bb-322b2cb39656 [link-preview url=”https://www.ft.com/content/79ab4c96-c210-11e7-b2bb-322b2cb39656″]
An article on the voting patterns of Roma in the settlements (Osada), stating that Roma will only vote for people they know or for people who buy their votes.
Bad in severy sense.
– Rómovia v osadách volia len toho koho poznajú alebo kto si ich hlas kúpi, tvrdí Pollák. In: SME Domov. 30.10.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20684657/romovia-v-osadach-volia-len-toho-koho-poznaju-alebo-si-hlas-kupi-tvrdi-pollak.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20684657/romovia-v-osadach-volia-len-toho-koho-poznaju-alebo-si-hlas-kupi-tvrdi-pollak.html”]
The Special Criminal Court judge in Banská Bystrica arrested four men on Thursday for electoral corruption. They are accused of having offered Roma votes to politicians in the region, asking for 3 Euro per vote.
All too common, unfortunately.
– Súd poslal pre volebnú korupciu do väzby štyroch mužov. In: Domov SME. 03.11.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20687832/volby-do-vuc-2017-zupne-predavali-hlasy-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20687832/volby-do-vuc-2017-zupne-predavali-hlasy-romov.html”]
The Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák presented measures to tackle the criminality in Roma settlements in Slovakia. He singled three problematic regions (Banska Bystrica, Prešov, and Kosiče) as the pilot for the measures.
He proposes not only to tackle the petty criminality that comes from poverty and alienation, but also the issue of crimes against minorities.
Only unfortunate item here is presenting this almost as measures against Roma crimes …
– Kaliňák rieši kriminalitu Rómov. Každá osada má mať na mieru šitý project. In: Aktualne. 29.10.2017. https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/politika/kalinak-riesi-kriminalitu-romov-kazda-osada-ma-mat-mieru-sity-projekt.html
– KALIŇÁK: Kriminalitu Rómov chceme riešiť presne cielenými opatreniami. In: Teraz. 29.10.2017. http://www.teraz.sk/import/monitor-rkalinak-kriminalitu-romov/289185-clanok.html [link-preview url=”https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/politika/kalinak-riesi-kriminalitu-romov-kazda-osada-ma-mat-mieru-sity-projekt.html “]
The Slovak view of the vote demanding an end of the discrimination against Roma and more efficient programs for Integration.
– Europoslanci žiadajú zastavenie dlhodobej diskriminácie Rómov v EÚ. In: Dobre Noviny. 25.10.2017. http://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/114430/europoslanci-ziadaju-zastavenie-dlhodobej-diskriminacie-romov-v-eu
– Podľa europoslancov by sa mali štáty ospravedlniť za vyzývanie k sterilizácii. In: TA3. 28.10.2017. https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1115305/podla-europoslancov-by-sa-mali-staty-ospravedlnit-za-vyzyvanie-k-sterilizacii.html
– Štáty musia zakročiť voči diskriminácii Rómov, zhodli sa europoslanci. In: TA3. 25.10.2017. https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1115161/staty-musia-zakrocit-voci-diskriminacii-romov-zhodli-sa-europoslanci.html [link-preview url=”https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1115305/podla-europoslancov-by-sa-mali-staty-ospravedlnit-za-vyzyvanie-k-sterilizacii.html “]
A forum on Roma employment will be held in Kosiče in Eastern Slovakia on October 26th. Experts from the non-governmental sector, as well as companies that are already working with marginalized Roma, will share their experience and know-how for other companies and help solve their particular issues. The event is called the Pro Bono Action Forum: Practical steps for Roma employment in your company.
– V Košiciach sa uskutoční fórum o zamestnávaní Rómov. In: Teraz. 24.10.2017. http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/kosice-forum-romovia-zamestnanie/288009-clanok.html [link-preview url=”http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/kosice-forum-romovia-zamestnanie/288009-clanok.html”]
How do you turn a village around? An analysis of a successfully integrated mixed village in Slovakia.
– Rady zo Spišského Hrhova podľa skutočných udalostí. In: SME. 20.10.2017. https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20670590/rady-zo-spisskeho-hrhova-podla-skutocnych-udalosti.html [link-preview url=”https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20670590/rady-zo-spisskeho-hrhova-podla-skutocnych-udalosti.html”]
Jozef Červeňák , the candidate of the Roma Initiative of Slovakia (RIS) to the post of Chairman of the Košice Self-Governing Region (KSK) wants a significant improvement in the state of roads in the region, in the stability and development of small municipalities as well as a dual two-year education of children from socially weak families geared towards the automotive industry. The self-governing region should, according to him, be more keen to revive tourism. The shift in the solution of the Roma issue is seen in the transfer of competences from the central government to the region.
– ČERVEŇÁK: Riešeniu problematiky Rómov v KSK pomôže presun kompetencií. In: Dobre Noviny. 18.10.2017. http://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/113702/cervenak-rieseniu-problematiky-romov-v-ksk-pomoze-presun-kompetencii [link-preview url=”http://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/113702/cervenak-rieseniu-problematiky-romov-v-ksk-pomoze-presun-kompetencii”]
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