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Really?

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This story is so not typical of Slovakia that one almost asks oneself how is this possible. A private school in Bratislava wants to attract Rroma, especially disabled ones to the school. The school costs over 2’00 EUR per year, a sum which is beyond the reach of many Rroma families, and subsidies will be given …

– Na súkromné bratislavské gymnázium chcú prilákať Rómov, deti na vozíčku aj z chudobných rodín. In: Dennik. 01.02.2017. https://dennikn.sk/667891/na-sukromne-bratislavske-gymnazium-chcu-prilakat-romov-deti-na-vozicku-aj-z-chudobnych-rodin/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/667891/na-sukromne-bratislavske-gymnazium-chcu-prilakat-romov-deti-na-vozicku-aj-z-chudobnych-rodin/”]

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A Rrom on Fico

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The interview of a Rroma in Romea – and his statements on the Slovak prime minister Fico.

– Stano Daniel: Fico’s the “gypsy”, I am a Rom. In: Romea. 03.02.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/stano-daniel-fico-s-the-gypsy-i-am-a-rom [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/stano-daniel-fico-s-the-gypsy-i-am-a-rom”]

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Slovakia: Hate Speech …

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An extremist who posted racist views on Rroma and Hungarians and who was condemned in first instance to 40 months of prison appealed. He got two years on probation instead.
BAD …

– Extrémista na internete osočoval Rómov a Maďarov, dostal podmienku. In: Aktuality. 31.01.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/411809/revucan-na-internete-osocoval-romov-a-madarov-dnes-ho-odsudili/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/411809/revucan-na-internete-osocoval-romov-a-madarov-dnes-ho-odsudili/”]

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Slovakia: Fico, Trump, and Rroma

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An article on the recent statements from Fico, the Slovak Prime Minister and leader of the rightist Smer party is enjoying the Trump doctrine of natilonalism, and of course, using it to bash Rroma, who in his eyes and the ones of his followers, are anyhow alien and should vanish.
Shame!

– Fico vníma Trumpa ako šancu a útočí na Rómov. In: SME Domov. 04.02.2016. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20445398/fico-vnima-trumpa-ako-sancu-a-utoci-na-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20445398/fico-vnima-trumpa-ako-sancu-a-utoci-na-romov.html”]

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Slovakia and Rroma Criminality

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A rather long article about Rroma criminality – Rroma offering goods on parking lots in Žilina. The article assumes the goods are stolen and states that Rroma trick people is selling gold and jewellery.
Seems to be a lot of assumptions and a long article for something like this … Well, this is Slovakia and Rroma do not have good press there.

– Skupina Rómov sa v Žiline vypytuje na cestu, ľuďom potom rozdáva elektroniku ako darček. In: Žilinak., 23.01.2017. https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5629/skupina-romov-sa-v-ziline-vypytuje-na-cestu-ludjom-potom-rozdava-elektroniku-ako-darcek [link-preview url=”https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5629/skupina-romov-sa-v-ziline-vypytuje-na-cestu-ludjom-potom-rozdava-elektroniku-ako-darcek”]

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Slovakia and Czech Republic: Testimonies from Elders

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An article about the Rroma documentary about Holocaust and life under Communism largely based on testimonies of Rroma who lived through it.

– Documentary by young Roma records testimonies of their Elders. In: Slovak Spectator. 25.01.2017. http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20443005/documentary-by-young-roma-records-testimonies-of-their-elders.html [link-preview url=”http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20443005/documentary-by-young-roma-records-testimonies-of-their-elders.html”]

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Czech Republic and Sterilisation

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A long article on the forced sterilisations conducted in Czechoslovakia and then in the Czech and Slovak republics, until very recently. These sterilisations were solely motivated by eugenics.
No one has ever been convicted for such a crime, but they should.

– Racism’s cruelest cut: coercive sterilisation of Romani women and their fight for justice in the Czech Republic (1966-2016) In: Open Democracy. 24.01.2017. https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/bernard-rorke-marek-szilvasi/racisms-cruelest-cut-coercive-sterilization-of-roman [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/bernard-rorke-marek-szilvasi/racisms-cruelest-cut-coercive-sterilization-of-roman”]

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Slovakia: Remembering the 20th Century

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An article and testimonies of Rroma and their lives in the 20th century in central Slovakia. Holocaust, life under communism, the fall of the Iron curtain.

– Rómovia spomínajú na 20. storočie: Gadžo bol mojej dcére za svedka. In: Spravy Pravda. 21.01.2017. http://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/417444-romovia-spominaju-na-20-storocie-gadzo-bol-mojej-dcere-za-svedka/ [link-preview url=”http://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/417444-romovia-spominaju-na-20-storocie-gadzo-bol-mojej-dcere-za-svedka/”]

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Slovakia and world War Two

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A testimony of massacres of Rroma during World War Two in Slovakia. Rroma there were often accused to collaborate with the resistance and were therefore deported or simply executed. While this was true in some cases, in others, this was simply a pretext to kill Rroma.
The testimony here is about a massacre in the village of Čierneho Balog in central Slovakia.

– Neviem, kde sa vo mne tá odvaha nabrala. In: Dennik. 20.01.2017. https://dennikn.sk/blog/neviem-kde-sa-vo-mne-ta-odvaha-nabrala/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/blog/neviem-kde-sa-vo-mne-ta-odvaha-nabrala/”]

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Slovakia: Wallenberg Price

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The recipients of this year Wallenberg price, named after the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews in Hungary during World War Two were named. Among them there is a Rroma association, Chakra teachings of Moldava nad Bodvou. The aim of the association is to achieve integration through education.
Well done!

– Wallenbergovu cenu získalo aj slovenské rómske združenie. In: Aktuality. 17.01.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/407616/wallenbergovu-cenu-ziskalo-aj-slovenske-romske-zdruzenie/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/407616/wallenbergovu-cenu-ziskalo-aj-slovenske-romske-zdruzenie/”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Fico, Rroma, and a Change of Attitudes

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Smer, the party of the Slovak prime minister Fico remains popular among Rroma. A large part of the 33 Rroma mayors in the country are in Smer.
But, lately Fico has made statements at his party gathering in Prešov stating that Rroma abuse social help and claimed he would stop it, that one needs to send the police into Rroma settlements, and other repressive measures.
Bad that it too swings towards the hard line of the extreme right. Bad for the half million Rroma in that country.

– Smer je medzi Rómami populárny. Fico aj tak vytiahol v boji o voliča protirómsku kartu. In: Opoštova Banka. 15.01.2017. http://www.pluska.sk/plus-7-dni/domov/lukrativni-volici.html [link-preview url=”http://www.pluska.sk/plus-7-dni/domov/lukrativni-volici.html”]

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Slovakia: Report of Rroma

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A report on the situation of Rroma in Slovakia paints a bad picture. Discrimination, segregation, racism, police violence, poverty and unemployment.
Bad.

– Rómovia čelia problémom a diskriminácii. Dokument odporúča viac rómčiny a menej segregácie. In: Opoštova Banka. 11.01.2017. http://aktualne.atlas.sk/slovensko/spolocnost/segregacia-deti-diskriminacia-potlacanie-prav-takto-si-ziju-romovia-slovensku.html [link-preview url=”http://aktualne.atlas.sk/slovensko/spolocnost/segregacia-deti-diskriminacia-potlacanie-prav-takto-si-ziju-romovia-slovensku.html”]

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A Documentary on Prostitutes

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An article about a documentary on young male Rroma prostitutes in Vienna. This is a rather recent phenomena, and is also seen in Switzwerland. There, the Rroma come from Romania and Slovakia .
Good that one speaks about it, bad that this happens.

– Avec les tapins roms de Vienne dans « Brothers of the night » In: Hétéroclite. 08.01.2017. http://www.heteroclite.org/2017/01/brothers-of-the-night-patric-chiha-38485 [link-preview url=”http://www.heteroclite.org/2017/01/brothers-of-the-night-patric-chiha-38485″]

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Slovakia: Patrols yes or No?

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The patrols of vigilantes of the extreme right party of Kotleba still patrol the trains in Slovakia in spite of the formal interdiction in parliament. The logic is simple: They buy tickets for the train, and are thus “simple” passengers …
No comments

– Törvény van, de Kotleba tovább járőrözik. In: Ujszo.com. 05.01.2017. http://ujszo.com/online/kozelet/2017/01/05/torveny-van-de-kotleba-tovabb-jarorozik [link-preview url=”http://ujszo.com/online/kozelet/2017/01/05/torveny-van-de-kotleba-tovabb-jarorozik”]

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Slovakia and Racism

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Milan Mazurek, an extreme rightist is being investigated for racist comments he made in the Zilina radio Frontinus. He came to the radio in October 2016 instead of Kotleba, the head of the extreme rightist party in Slovakia. The radio itself is also under investigation for breaching broadcasting standards and violating impartiality and objectivity standards in the news.
Let’s see what happens next …

– Mazurek za svoje vyjadrenia o Rómoch zrejme ponesie následky. In: TA3. http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1097425/mazurek-za-svoje-vyjadrenia-o-romoch-zrejme-ponesie-nasledky.html
– Vystúpenie poslanca Mazureka v žilinskom rádiu už začala preverovať Rada pre vysielanie. In: Žilinak. 05.01.2017. https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5518/vystupenie-poslanca-mazureka-v-zilinskom-radiu-uz-zacala-preverovat-rada-pre-vysielanie [link-preview url=”https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5518/vystupenie-poslanca-mazureka-v-zilinskom-radiu-uz-zacala-preverovat-rada-pre-vysielanie”]

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Lunik IX

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Two large apartment blocks in Lunik IX, a settlement in Kosice in Eastern Slovakia are scheduled to be destroyed due to the dire conditions in which the building have fallen. Question remains – where will the mostly Rroma inhabitants go ?

– Hrozba pre obyvateľov Luníka IX: Chystá sa veľké búranie! In: Topky. 07.01.2017. http://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1599873/Hrozba-pre-obyvatelov-Lunika-IX–Chysta-sa-velke-buranie- [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1599873/Hrozba-pre-obyvatelov-Lunika-IX–Chysta-sa-velke-buranie-“]

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Slovakia’s President Wishes

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Andrej Kiska’s address to the Slovaks for New year also had words about Rroma:

“It will be an important year in which it will be seen whether sole general response of the State to problems of socially deprived Roma citizens will only be repression.” The president also said that “in some places we need improvements, and we need a plan that specifically children gradually bring forth of ignorance and poverty”. Small regional examples that work, according to the president and, they should be scaled up to larger dimensions.

– Tretí Kiskov novoročný prejav: Zdravotníctvo je priorita, odkaz Kaliňákovi platí. In: Dennik. 01.01.2017. https://dennikn.sk/646111/treti-kiskov-novorocny-prejav-zdravotnictvo-je-priorita-odkaz-kalinakovi-plati/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/646111/treti-kiskov-novorocny-prejav-zdravotnictvo-je-priorita-odkaz-kalinakovi-plati/”]

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Slovakia: Ombudsman and Rroma

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The Slovakian Ombudsman is quite clear on the deplorable housing situation of Rroma …
Good!

– Ombudsmanka: Situácia ľudí v unimobunkách je žalostná. In: Žilinski Večernik. 30.12.2016. https://www.zilinskyvecernik.sk/clanok/ombudsmanka-situacia-ludi-v-unimobunkach-je-zalostna/5221/ [link-preview url=”https://www.zilinskyvecernik.sk/clanok/ombudsmanka-situacia-ludi-v-unimobunkach-je-zalostna/5221/”]

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Slovakia: Fico and the Survey

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A good commentary on Fico’s statement (Lazy Rroma) and on the survey that showed that 80% of Slovaks agreed with the statement … Well, he asked for the survey and paid for it. Makes it easier to predict the outcome. Other examples are given here too.

– Komentár Daga Daniša: Keď sa Fico hrá na jasnovidca. In: Aktuality. 29.12.2016. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/402655/komentar-daga-danisa-ked-sa-fico-hra-na-jasnovidca/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/402655/komentar-daga-danisa-ked-sa-fico-hra-na-jasnovidca/”]

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Slovak Village in Berlin

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A reportage on a camp in Berlin which houses 20 residents from a small village in Slovakia. Begging, for a meagre 10 to 20 Euros per day. This reinforce the impression that all Rroma are beggars who come from very poor families …

– Bettler-Elend mitten in Berlin. Das slowakische Dorf unter der Berliner Messe-Kreuzung. In: Berliner Zeitung. 25.12.2016. http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/das-slowakische-dorf-unter-der-berliner-messe-kreuzung [link-preview url=”http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/das-slowakische-dorf-unter-der-berliner-messe-kreuzung”]

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