Minorities Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/fr/tag/minorities/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:32:05 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Minorities Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/fr/tag/minorities/ 32 32 Serbia and Minority Languages https://rroma.org/fr/serbia-and-minority-languages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=serbia-and-minority-languages Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:32:05 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26942 Živorad Ajdačić, a Serbian politician, said in a statement at the session of the Committee for Culture and Information of […]

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]]> Živorad Ajdačić, a Serbian politician, said in a statement at the session of the Committee for Culture and Information of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia held on January 23, 2025 questionned whether it is possible for us to have a program in the Romani language and at 7 p.m.?

Opre Roma says that “this statement represents an unacceptable act of belittling the Romani language and culture, as well as open disrespect for the Romani community, which has been an integral part of Serbian society for centuries.

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]]> Slovakia and Minority Languages https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-and-minority-languages-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-and-minority-languages-2 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:35:42 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26833 The Slovak Act on the Use of Languages ​​of National Minorities permits the use of the minority language in official […]

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]]> The Slovak Act on the Use of Languages ​​of National Minorities permits the use of the minority language in official relations and at council meetings. In practise, this is not the case.

One example is the meeting of the city council in Veľké Kapušany, a town which, according to the 2021 census,  has 8,799 inhabitants, of which 32.9% of Slovaks, 53% of Hungarians, and 4.4% of Roma. There are probably more Roma, but they often declare themselves as Hungarians.

Last December the council decided to increase kindergarten fees. The debate was partly in Slovak, and partly in Hungarian. No translations provided…

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]]> Montenegro and Roma https://rroma.org/fr/montenegro-and-roma-6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=montenegro-and-roma-6 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 08:05:08 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26131 The representative of the Roma Council, Šejla Pepić, spoke at the session of the Parliamentary Committee for Human Rights and […]

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]]> The representative of the Roma Council, Šejla Pepić, spoke at the session of the Parliamentary Committee for Human Rights and Freedoms about the current position of the Roma community in Montenegro. According to the Roma Council, there has been “no talk about Roma and their recognition as a national minority and later changes to the law concerning political participation.”

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]]> Finland’s Roma https://rroma.org/fr/finlands-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finlands-roma Fri, 14 Jun 2024 05:56:55 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=24242 An article about the history of Roma in Finland, from their arrival in the 16th century via Sweden to the […]

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]]> An article about the history of Roma in Finland, from their arrival in the 16th century via Sweden to the present day. Discrimination in the Swedish Kingdom was very strong, and after Finland’s annexation by Russia in 1809, continued. They are now recognised as a minority in Finland, but still face strong prejudice.

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]]> Slovakia Elections https://rroma.org/fr/slovakia-elections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-elections Sat, 16 Mar 2024 10:04:52 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=23374 A reportage Cakov, a village in Eastern Slovakia. The current Slovak president Zuzana Čaputová won almost 98 percent of the […]

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]]> A reportage Cakov, a village in Eastern Slovakia. The current Slovak president Zuzana Čaputová won almost 98 percent of the votes in Cakov last time. Who the residents will support this year will depend on how the candidates approach the problems of the Roma and Hungarian minorities.

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]]> Minorities in the Czech Republic https://rroma.org/fr/minorities-in-the-czech-republic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minorities-in-the-czech-republic Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:02:53 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=22738 An article on minorities in the Czech Republic. Thy by now make up 10% of the Czech population. The article […]

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]]> An article on minorities in the Czech Republic. Thy by now make up 10% of the Czech population. The article highlights the continuing difficulties encountered by Roma, and also stats that the state created a register of Roma as early as 1927 which was then used to deport them to concentration camps. In the Czech lands, almost none survived.

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]]> 30 years https://rroma.org/fr/30-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=30-years Thu, 18 May 2023 05:55:45 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=20399 Sinti and Roma have been recognized as an autochthonous ethnic group in Austria for 30 years. At a celebratory event […]

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]]> Sinti and Roma have been recognized as an autochthonous ethnic group in Austria for 30 years. At a celebratory event in Parliament, the chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, acknowledged the progress made towards equality for the minority, but at the same time warned against anti-Semitism becoming stronger again.

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]]> Roma and other Minorities in Serbia https://rroma.org/fr/roma-and-other-minorities-in-serbia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-and-other-minorities-in-serbia Tue, 14 Mar 2023 07:34:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=19786 The Serbian Roma Centre for Strategy, Development and Democracy submitted an initiative to introduce the Romani language into official use […]

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]]> The Serbian Roma Centre for Strategy, Development and Democracy submitted an initiative to introduce the Romani language into official use where, based on the census, the Roma community is represented in the local self-government bodies. They also proposed to introduce the Albanian language into official use throughout the territory of Serbia.

If Serbia is on the way to the European Union, then it is obliged to respect the rights and freedoms of minorities, in this case Roma and Albanians, but also Egyptians, Ashkali, Goranians, Bosniaks and Turks who use the Albanian language, according to the announcement.

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]]> Slovenia and Minorities https://rroma.org/fr/slovenia-and-minorities-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovenia-and-minorities-2 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 07:18:42 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=19162 On January 13, the inter-municipal Roma association Romano Vozo organized a round table entitled Ethnic minorities in Slovenia, their cooperation […]

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]]> On January 13, the inter-municipal Roma association Romano Vozo organized a round table entitled Ethnic minorities in Slovenia, their cooperation and integration. This covered Roma, Serbs, Albanians, Bosnians. Regarding Roma, though, the usual views and statements were made: Jožek Horvat Muc, president of the Association of Roma of Slovenia. First of all, he explained that the Roma live in different regions, where they are accepted and organized in different ways depending on the economic, social and social situation of the region.

“Conditions regarding integration, cooperation, political participation and employment are the best in Prekmurje, and the worst in SE Slovenia. Part of the blame also lies with the Roma, who are not sufficiently organized, do not want to integrate into society, cooperate, take care of the development of the Roma community, and part of their worse situation is also the fact that they live in Roma settlements.

Part of the blame???

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]]> Slovenia and Minorities https://rroma.org/fr/slovenia-and-minorities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovenia-and-minorities Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:26:45 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=18648 The interesting story of a Slovenian village, Dobrovnik,  where Slovenes are the minority and where Hungarians and Roma are present. […]

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]]> The interesting story of a Slovenian village, Dobrovnik,  where Slovenes are the minority and where Hungarians and Roma are present. During the local mayoral and local elections, there are three electoral commissions, and as many as seven ballots were in front of the voters. Ironically, the village will have to elect a Slovene minority representative in the village administration, a unique case in Slovenia.

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