A comedian in Slovakia Andrej Bajič Šarkezi, who performs under the stage name Andrej Bakreni, is poking fun at Roa and Stereotypes about Roma. He is of Romani origins and he wants to draw attention to the prejudices we have about the Roma, and at the same time to show that Roma and non-Roma can live in harmony.
Last Tuesday, a literary evening was held in the Sobos library with the book “White Rom” by Sandi Horvat, and the poetry collection “Tvoj ciganski obraz bledi” by Marcelo Baranja. The two authors shed light on the literary creation, and also spoke about their experiences, challenges and the issue of cultural identity in modern society.
In the book Beli Rom, Horvat describes the experiences of growing up and identity as a member of the Roma community. The book is not only an autobiographical insight into his life, Horvat told STA, but it is also a contribution to the understanding of the broader Roma culture, history and challenges faced by Roma in modern society.
On Saturday, September 28, a protest was held in Šentjerne in support of a parent who physically attacked an elementary school student because he allegedly bullied his son. It turned out that the Roma child who was attacked was not the perpetrator of peer violence at all. The protesters also pointed out the violence that Roma children allegedly cause in school.
This is called racism…
SDS MP Anja Bah Žibert revealed that a group of Roma allegedly beat up several members of the Slovenian Army last week in Cerklje ob Krka, where the military air base is located, and allegedly used tear gas for animals. In the meantime, the Slovenian Army explains that the members of the SV were outside the barracks, outside working hours and in civilian clothes.
Really????
Slovenia held some “Roma Olympiad” in the Primary School III Murska Sobota. This grand Title covered a sports and recreational event intended for children between the ages of 4 and 9 who attend the first triad of the nine-year primary school and the last year of the kindergarten program. Special emphasis was placed on the inclusion of Roma children through sports.
Nice intentions, zero effect…
A manifestation will be held, aimed at drawing attention to the long-standing problem of violence at Šentjernej Primary School, which was mostly initiated by Roma children, supporting the father of the abused child during the last incident, and demanding measures that will lead to an improvement in the security situation at the elementary school.
The candidate for the office of the mayor of Kočevje, mag. Robert Tomazin was interviewed in Demokracija. Of course, he speaks about the Roma “Problem” and Roma “Crime”, and of the inaction of the government on the topic.
Same populists views about the situation in Slovenia on Roma.
Bad.
Communist partisans murdered 3’450 in the cave under Macesnova gorica in early 1945. These were Slovenians prisonners of war and Roma. Some of theme still do not have a burial place. The mayor of Ljubljana refused recently that the Roma killed in this massacre be buried in the city’s cemetery.
On September 18, 2024, Mayor of Novo mesto Municipality Gregor Macedoni hosted Minister of Internal Affairs Boštjan Poklukar, General Director of Police Senad Jušić and Director of Novo mesto Police Administration Igor Juršič at Rotovža. The central topic of the meeting was the security situation in the municipality of Novi Sad and the related Roma issue.
On September 8, shots were fired in the Roma settlement of Šmihel in Novo Mesto, and just a few minutes later another house caught fire. Apparently, two Roma families quarreled. One of thm reported the other for illegal construction, whereby the second shot at his neighbour.
Bad.
A protest will be held in the Slovene town of Škocjan on Thursday. The reason for the protest is the inaction of the current government regarding Roma crime.
According to th paper, the Roma “problem” in south-eastern Slovenia has reached its lowest point in the period of independent Slovenia, say representatives of civil initiatives. Despite numerous appeals from the desperate population, the authorities, which can adopt solutions and measures, do not respond. That is why the protest will take place.
Another one of those extremist Slovenians diatribes. This one claims a bias against Western Civilisation (when mentionning LGBT etc.). The article says that: “Left-wing politics, the media and non-governmental organizations have been convincing us for decades that they are a neglected ethnic group.”
Bad.
An article that says the mantra of the government that if Roma have decent living conditions, they would integrate more is totally wrong, and that there are Roma who are not willing to integrate at all. They cite all ills: violence, threats, burglaries, thefts, attacks on police officers, unemployment, only a handful of children who finish primary school, illegal constructions, non-payment of utility bills, numerous traffic violations, shootings from settlements, drug dealing, living on social assistance, burning toxic substances, vandalism…
Another article about the incident in a School in Eastern Slovenia where a non-Roma father entered in school and aggressed a young Roma with whom his son had had an argument. The Roma child and a teacher were injusred in the attack.
If it had been the other way around, one would have spoken of the Roma “Problem” and Roma violence …
In the Novo Mesto region of Slovenia, a 48 years old man entered a school and beat up a Roma child. Well, the man is not a Rom, and, according to the article, “The police continue to gather information and determine all the circumstances. In order to clarify all the circumstances, they will conduct interviews with representatives of the school, children and parents. Based on the findings, appropriate action will be taken against the 48-year-old.”
Spot the issue? Just imagine it had been the other way around.
The Slovenian police union demanded that a member of the Parliament of the Svoboda Movement, Sara Žibrat, publicly apologize to all police officers for the doubts and unverified statements she made at one of the sessions in the Parliament. During the debate, Žibratova drew attention to information that the police officers in Kočevje allegedly beat up a minor Roma. The union strongly rejected her insinuations and emphasized that the supervision of the work of the police officers did not show any irregularities, nor was there any evidence that Roma were beaten.
Well ……
The local community of Pušča shows a rather different image of a Roma settlement compared to the Roma settlements in Dolenjsko. In the village there is a shop, a fire brigade, a football club and also a bookstore. The kindergarten, which has been around for more than 60 years, is especially important.
In the Romano kindergarten in Pušča, in addition to the teachers, there is also a Roma helper who makes sure that the children from the village get used to everyday life in the kindergarten as soon as possible.
Nice, but this is segregated schooling, which is not good.
We are not all the same, say the Roma at the community center in the Brezje Roma settlement in Novo Mesto. The coordinator for Roma groups at the DRPD, Elzana Adnan Odjoski, deals with them there. She runs a program aimed at teenagers and young mothers, in which young people from the age of 15 are involved.
The young mothers agree that their children should go to kindergarten, but not to a Roma kindergarten, but to a normal kindergarten, where they get to know other children and learn the language at the same time. They also said that “Some talk to us, some don’t even look at us, and some immediately run away when they see us”.
A young Rom who injured a ninth-grader at the Velika Dolina primary school in the municipality of Brežice in Slovenia no longer attends the school, principal Anja Zevnik confirmed for STA. HE has been moved to another school. This prompts the media to ask if his is a good solution and whether he will be less violent in the new environment.
The usual current articles in the Slovenian Press. Roma “Issues”, inaction from the central government, and so on.
This is bad.
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