Only through respect and mutual support can we build a more inclusive and strong state, where every person matters and no one is left behind. This was the message expressed by President Maia Sandu on the occasion of International Roma Day on April 8.
On Wednesday April 8th, in honour of International Roma Day, the Roma flag was raised on the Vilnius TV Tower.
Some of the activities and articles about April 8th in Croatia.
The Czech president Pavel received two dozen Roma for the April oth celebration.
Some of the activities and articles about April 8th in Slovakia.
Some of the activities and articles about April 8th in Slovenia.
Some of the activities and articles about April 8th in Serbia.
Some of the activities and articles about April 8th in Germany.
A Roma association is calling for France to recognize the genocide of the “Sinti, Gitans, Manouches, Yenish, and Travellers.” The association, represented by lawyer and writer Anina Ciuciu, great-granddaughter of Romanians deported during the Second World War, initiated a proposed resolution, which was placed on the agenda for April 8th in the European Affairs Committee of the National Assembly.
A statement of the ODHIR about the International Roma day.
A recapitulative of the events and people who were involved in the first World Roma Congress which led to the recogintion og the International Roma day on April 8th.
ROMEA TV broadcasted a live coverage of a memorial service in Prague’s Ruzyne on Tuesday, March 10, at 3 p.m., commemorating the Roma and Sinti Holocaust victims. The memorial service took place at the former forced labor camp, from where Roma and Sinti were deported to the Auschwitz II – Birkenau extermination camp in March 1943.
Roma expressed solidarity and condolences at a rally in Črnomelj: We are not all the same. They emphasized that this was not a protest, but an expression of solidarity and condolences. They also pointed out the growing intolerance towards Roma and emphasized that not all Roma are the same.
In the European Roma Institute for Art and Culture Serbia – ERIAC Serbia in Belgrade, on July 16, 2025, a commemoration was for Dr. Dragoljub Acković, who recently died.
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