Category Archives: Slovenia

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Slovenia: Attack

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On Sunday, several members of the Roma community clashed with the police officers who arrested the underage driver. The Roma then tried to prevent the arrest by hitting, pushing and threatening the police. Two police officers were slightly injured. The editorial office of 24UR received a video of the attack, and their journalist spoke with representatives of one of the Roma communities from the Kočevje area, who are outraged that “they are all being thrown into the same bin.”

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Dive Maky

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The gala program of the civic association Divé maky brought Roma temperament and several inspiring stories to the center of Bratislava. The celebration of the talent of Roma children took place on Saturday in Hviezdoslav Square, where young Roma scholarship holders will presented the results of their work.

The program offered music and singing, dance, a theater performance and a discussion about the future of Roma youth in Slovakia, which was discussed by the leaders of Dive Maky (Wild Poppies).

Unfortunately, this is full of stereotypes…

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Documentary

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A documentary on Slovenian TV on Jože Horvat Didi who was the first and only Roma footballer in the second division of the Yugoslav Football Association. He took his first football steps at Pušča, played for Mura, then in the second German league and then in Austria. He was born on May 4, 1946 in Pušča, and died on February 2, 2024.

  • Na ogled dokumentarna oddaja o Didiju, romski nogometni legendi. In: Vestnik. 11.08.2024. https://vestnik.svet24.si/clanek/aktualno/na-ogled-bo-dokumentarna-oddaja-o-didiju-romski-nogometni-legendi-1298907
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Slovenia, Roma, and the Police

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An attack by the “citizens of Kočevje on the police” made the news in Slovenia. When pursuing the underage drivers who did not want to surrender, they encountered a “group of people” who then tried to prevent the arrest by hitting, pushing and threatening the police.

Robert Tomazin, a “real” citizen of Kočevje, warned that this is grossly distorted reporting that does not say anything about the real attackers. He wrote on his Facebook profile that it is a distorted report that casts a bad light on the other citizens of Kočevje, while the real perpetrators were members of the Roma community.

Bad in every sense.

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Slovenia and the Roma “Problem”

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The SDS (Slovenian Democratic Party) parliamentary group is proposing the establishment of a Subcommittee for monitoring Roma issues.

According to SDS deputy Anja Bah Žibert, the initiative is a call to all political parties in the National Assembly to come together and find appropriate solutions for the Roma issue. “Despite the large financial resources earmarked for the integration of the Roma population, the situation is getting worse. We are retreating and we already witness conflicts and violent behaviour practically every day, which is really worrying.”

She added that one doesn’t even know how many Roma there are in Slovenia.

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The Roma Problem

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Another article about the Roma “problem” in Slovenia.

he mayor of Ribniška, Samo Pogorelc, said that in Ribnica, there are approximately 220 Roma who live in three illegal settlements. Half of them have registered permanent residence in Ribnica Municipality. Only two Roma are employed. Children attend kindergarten and school, but with high absenteeism, and they generally leave  school in the 6th grade. According to municipal employees, the situation is alarming.

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Roma Problem in Posavje

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The sad story of Roma two settlements in the South of Slovenia where less than 1’000 Roma live. According to the article, in spite of the work of the municipalities, the situation in those settlements is bad. They say that Roma destroyed the sewers and other infrastructure that has been installed, that in spite of schools being set up, not a single Roma child has completed primary school.

The blame is on the Roma in these kinds of articles. No one asks why this is happening…

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Slovenia, Roma, and Violence

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A long article following the recent beating of a child in a school by a 14-year-old Roma boy. The child is still in hospital. The article states that the government has done nothing, and worse, is de-facto condoning. The article speaks about the Roma violence against the majority population. This is bad.

The article says “We are witnessing the escalation of Roma attacks on the majority population of Southeastern Slovenia, with the ruling coalition rejecting measures that would stop this part of the country from sliding into lawlessness for ideological reasons.”

And is also seen in the other article on the same topic.

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Slovenia, Roma, and LGBT

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The Slovenian government assessed that it is very important for the Roma community living in Slovenia to be educated in the field of the LGBT+ agenda. Thus, the Ministry of Culture financed a Slovenian-Roma LGBT dictionary prepared by the DIH Association and the Roma Academic Club. The translation is written in Prekmur Romanes. The dictionary of LGBTQ+ terms explains different sexual orientations and gender identities, and the personal experience of being gay in the Roma community is also added.

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Slovenia: Another Attack

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The story of Danijel Supančič who was stabbed by a Rom while sitting in his car waiting for his wife and child in front of a supermarket. He barely survived the attack that took place end of February and is only now returning to work. The attacker has been charged with causing serious bodily injury, but not with attempted murder.

In the interview he continues telling how Roma steal goods from the supermarkets and resell them afterwards.

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Slovenia: Brawl

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A fight, between non-Roma and Roma in Breže, Slovenia ended up badly with one person with a broken arm. According to this person, the fight was provoked and started by Roma.

Bad.

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Slovenia: Roma Problematic

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At the request of Martina Legan Janžeković, the mayor of the Municipality of Metlika, a meeting was called on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, as citizens have recently been calling for help due to daily incidents perpetrated by Roma residents.

At the outset, the mayor explained that according to unofficial data, 450 Roma live in the Metlika municipality. She emphasized that matters should not be generalized, as not all Roma are bad, but repeated acts of violence by individuals or of individual families “cast a black light” on the entire community. She added that younger Roma have become arrogant, arrogant, insolent.

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Slovenia and Roma

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The situation is not getting better in Slovenia, especially in the South East of the country. The article starts with “After the municipal councilors met in an extraordinary meeting last Wednesday due to the increasing insolence, violence and crime of individual Roma or groups of Roma in the municipality of Škocjan, another meeting was also organized last night by the village community of Grmovlje, which in addition to Grmovlje also includes Hudenje, Dobruško village and Doljno Staro village, and also invited villagers from the village communities of Dobrava pri Škocjan and Tomažja village.”

In brief, bridges are burnt. And this is bad.

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Slovenia: Extorsion

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An article that highlights the issues in Slovenia: In Šentjernej – A group of underage Roma – two girls and a boy – are extorting drivers at parking lots, forcibly opening car doors and inspecting the interior and making it impossible to start the vehicle, demanding money from drivers violently and with threats. Many women no longer dare to go to the store, bank, or church alone without the accompaniment of men, nor do the elderly and children.

This is bad for all.

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Slovenia and the Roma “Problem”

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The government should immediately ensure the safety of the citizens of the municipality of Škocjan and inform them within one month of the already adopted or promised measures and systemic plans for solving the Roma problem. This is what the Škocjan municipal council decided at yesterday’s extraordinary meeting, which was called by mayor Jože Kapler due to the increase in violence and crime by individual Roma or groups of Roma in their municipality in recent weeks.

Not good.

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Slovenia, Schools, and Roma

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An emergency meeting of the Slovenian Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities was held in the National Assembly yesterday on the role of the Parents’ Council of the Velika Dolina Elementary School in connection with the attack on a student at the Velika Dolina Primary School.

According to the mayor of the town where the attack occurred, the government does not want to talk about Roma issues. The session was also not attended by members of the commission from the left parties. They said they estimate that it is indecent and inappropriate for the Commission to serve as a platform for spreading intolerance and pointing fingers by convening the meeting.

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Slovenia and Roma

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There was an altercation between Roma and non-Roma in an elementary school in the municipality of Brežice, Slovenia. This made the news in the country, and a controversy arose as the mayor of Brežice wrote in social media “a Roma student attacked an eighth-grader in class.” The question raised whether this is an incitation to racial hatred or not.

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