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The municipality of Telgárt, where a fire destroyed the Roma settlement, has neither the money nor the means to deal with the situation. The Roma are still housed in tents.. The district office does not have the capacity to resolve the situation, and only the county has the competence.

Th temperatures are dropping rapidly, and soon someone will freeze.

• Telgárt je ukážkou, ako sa nemá riešiť situácia Rómov po požiari. In: Dennik N. 04.10.2023. https://dennikn.sk/3606456/telgart-je-ukazkou-ako-sa-nema-riesit-situacia-romov-po-poziari/?ref=inc

Roma in Telgárt have been living in military tents in makeshift conditions for more than two months following a fire in the Roma settlement there. When it rains, water flows inside them.

After the tragic night fire on July 20, more than a hundred people, including approximately sixty children, were left without a roof over their heads. One man died. After nine weeks, Roma families are still huddled in six military tents, which were provided as emergency accommodation by the Department of the Interior.

The situation has still not been resolved.

• Dva mesiace po požiari žije stovka ľudí v Telgárte stále v stanoch. Preto, že sme Rómovia, tvrdia (reportáž). In: Aktuality. 25.09.2023. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/AlBENgP/dva-mesiace-po-poziari-zije-stovka-ludi-v-telgarte-stale-v-stanoch-preto-ze-sme-romovia-tvrdia-reportaz/

Roma from the settlement near the ecoduct of the D3 highway in Kysuck, near the border crossing in Svrčinovec, were to be moved by the end of March. It only succeeded six months after the deadline. Petitions, filed criminal reports and dissatisfaction of people in places where an external company provided them with accommodation did not help either.

Part of the Roma were relocated to a house in Lupušné Pažiaty in the district of Kysucké Nové Mesto, and another family found a new home in a property in Rakova on Zákopecká cesta. Even the house in Čadc – Podzávoz, where the settlers were moved by a truck of the National Highway Company in the early evening of Wednesday, September 13, is no longer abandoned. The rest of the inhabitants of the settlement were moved to the customs building in Makovo, where they found temporary accommodation.

• Rómov z osady pri ekodukte presťahovali, termín dostavby aj financovanie sú tajomstvom. In: SME. 20.09.2023. https://mykysuce.sme.sk/c/23215421/budovy-pri-ekodukte-vo-svrcinovci-zburaju-o-posunuti-terminu-dostavby-a-financovani-kompetentni-mlcia.html

A Roma settlement in Telgárt, Slovakia almost totally burnt out in July. Now, the Slovak state announced they will end the aid for those families who lost their homes. Will they also take away the tents they currently live in?

• Štát hlási koniec pomoci pre Rómov z Telgártu postihnutých požiarom. Zoberú im aj stany? In: Plus 7 Dni. 15.09.2023. https://plus7dni.pluska.sk/kauzy/stat-hlasi-koniec-pomoci-pre-romov-telgartu-postihnutych-poziarom-zoberu-im-aj-stany

A call for projects entitled “Assistance to municipalities with the presence of marginalized Roma communities in arranging legal relations to land under settlements” has been started in Slovakia. More than 17 million euros have been allocated from European Union. “The aim of the call is to support the processes associated with the arrangement of ownership and use relationships to land in settlements in municipalities with the presence of marginalized Roma communities,” the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma communities said.

• Výzva na projekt pomoci pre Rómov. Štát chce podporiť vysporiadanie pozemkov miliónmi eur. In: TA3. 28.08.2023. https://www.ta3.com/clanok/272707/vyzva-na-projekt-pomoci-pre-romov-stat-chce-podporit-vysporiadanie-pozemkov-milionmi-eur

The Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic has published a call in the amount of almost 60 million euros, the aim of which is to create “development teams” in selected municipalities. They will contribute to solving adverse situations with an impact on both the minority and the majority at the level of the entire residential community. They will focus on employment, education, housing and the fight against anti-Roma racism.

• Úrad vlády zverejnil výzvu na vytváranie rozvojových tímov. In: Teraz. 31.07.2023. https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/cielom-vyzvy-uradu-vlady-sr-je-vznik/731708-clanok.html

Exactly a quarter of a century has passed since the tragedy in which 50 people – mostly children – died. July 20, 1998 was a hot summer day. Around three in the afternoon, heavy rain started, and shortly before six in the early evening, the sky split open. Water rushed through the valley of Mala Svinka. In a single hour, the water level rose by six meters. There was panic and shouting in the settlement in Jarovnice in the local part of Močidľana where 50 people died.

Not much has changed since …

• Štvrťstoročie od tragédie, pri ktorej zomrelo 50 ľudí. V Jarovniciach stále žijú v strachu. In: Aktuality. 20.07.2023. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/tDHuUCM/stvrtstorocie-od-tragedie-pri-ktorej-zomrelo-50-ludi-v-jarovniciach-stale-ziju-v-strachu/