As a contribution to the International Weeks Against Racism, the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site is offering the thematic tour “(Dis)Continuities of Racist Discrimination, Exclusion, and Persecution” on Saturday, March 28.
A blogger with around 52,000 followers posted on Twitter (now X) accusing a “large portion of the Sinti and Roma” of excluding themselves “from civilized society.” She listed accusations including welfare fraud, truancy, theft, littering, and “rental nomadism.”
The Higher Regional Court of Jena clarified that not every discriminatory statement violates human dignity. Describing Sinti and Roma as “rotating Europeans with a property-ownership disability” is grossly tasteless and defamatory—but not incitement to hatred.
An interview on Radio Romano in Sweden of a Romni who is afraid to say she is one when looking for work.
Minister of Culture Vaida Aleknavičienė says she disagrees with the statements of Audrius Valotka, head of the State Language Inspectorate, about “gypsies” and “negroes”, and invites him for a conversation.
The Roma issue in southeastern Slovenia remains one of the most pressing issues in the region, which has been causing social tensions, security incidents and differences in the development of individual areas for many years. That is why, before Sunday’s parliamentary elections, Social Democrats candidates from Dolenjska were asked about this issue and presented their views on the recently adopted Šutar’s law. Their answers show that they see the law as a necessary step, but they also warn of its limitations and risks.
Bad.
According to the ERRC, Salvini launched himself into a racist diatribe against Roma. Bad.
The extreme-right My Hazánk Mozgalom (Our Homeland Movement) party, together with their anti-Roma Bűnvadászok (Crime Hunters) vigilante group did an action in the small Nógrád village of Kálló. They were met by local Roma who peacefully told them they should leave.
The party represented this as having been aggressed, even though there are no records of people being wounded or of any police action.
Bad.
Michael Brand, the CDU politician and commissioner for combating anti-Gypsyism, sees a societal regression in the way minorities are treated. He wants to increase the positive visibility of Sinti and Roma.
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) condemned North Macedonia for violating several provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The country had confiscated passports of Roma who were forced returned from Germany after they had lost their asylum case.
There are approximately 450,000 Roma living in Slovakia, yet we often know little about their everyday experiences. Discussions about Roma communities are often full of stereotypes, emotions, and simplifications that obscure the complex reality of the life of the Roma minority. This new episode of the SAS Scientific Podcast, welcomed social psychologist Barbara Lášticová from the Institute of Social Communication Research of the SAS, v. v. i., and anthropologist Andrej Belák from the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the SAS, v. v. i. In an interview with Peter Boháč, they talk about anti-Roma racism, the everyday experiences of Roma in Slovakia, and why the integration of Roma communities is so difficult.
Another article about a Rom, his wife and child refused service in a restaurant in Novo Mesto, just because they were Roma.
Bad, and so far without consequences.
A testimony in a Restaurant in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. “Today, my family and I experienced something that really shocked and angered me. My wife and my 4-year-old daughter and I came to a restaurant in Novo mesto. We sat down at a table like any normal guest and waited for someone to come and serve us. I watched as the waiters served other guests normally, but no one came to our table.”
When his wife went to ask for a cake or ice cream and something to drink, the waiter told her: “We don’t have any cakes and we don’t have anything to drink, we’ve run out of everything.” When the man went to ask why they weren’t serving them, he was shocked by the answer: “The waiter told me that they wouldn’t serve us because I’m Roma – in the local language, because I’m a ‘gypsy’. He said that the boss ordered them not to serve Roma.”
As part of the Education Weeks Against Racism, Berlin-based photographer Nihad Nino Pušija is exhibiting images of members of this community. The 60-year-old has been documenting the lives of this group for over 30 years.
Romani activist and founder of Ara Art association David Tišer announced at the beginning of this year that he will leave the Council of the Czech Republic because of the issues of the Romani minority. That fulfills the function of the advisory body of the state. Tišer made his decision based on the fact that he was reacting to the development of the political environment in the Czech Republic. “Okamura and Turek are not among the people I can trust, who will push the Roma issue forward,” he explains in an interview.
A scary article about the Hungarian “Bűnvadászok” (Crime Hunters), a vigilante group linked to the extreme right party “Mi Hazánk” who regularly target Roma whiom they often call “parasites” in tehir social media chanels.
At least some legal proceedings have been stqarted against them …
The “Berlin Monitor,” funded by the Berlin Senate, published its annual report for 2025 on Monday. The report focuses on the situation of minorities in Germany. NIUS presents a selection of data.
The study’s opening statement reads: “25 to 30 percent of Berliners would like to see Sinti and Roma banned from city centers and assume they are less civilized.”
Forty-two percent of those surveyed believe Sinti and Roma are themselves to blame for the discrimination they face. One in three respondents considers them “not very civilized.” Nearly half (45 percent) believe that the presence of Sinti and Roma leads to conflict.
Racist attitudes are widespread in German administrations, according to the findings of the first comprehensive study on the subject. Prejudice against Sinti and Roma or Muslims, unequal treatment, and denigration are thus part of everyday office life. The Interior Ministry has remained conspicuously silent on the matter.
A highly regarded London police officer and hero of the London bridge attacks has been sacked for having used the racist term “p*key” to denote Travellers and Roma in WhatsApp messages.
The European Court of Human right has ruled in favour of a Roma couple who were tortured by the Serbian police after having declared their car stolen.
An article in the Ukrainian press about who is popular in Poland… Poles feel the most sympathy for Italians – 58% of respondents expressed a positive attitude. They are followed by Czechs (55%), Slovaks (52%) and the British (49%).
Poles traditionally feel the most hostility towards Russians – 74% of respondents noted a negative attitude. A high level of hostility is also observed towards Belarusians and Roma (46% each). A noticeable increase in hostility was recorded towards Jews, Americans and Ukrainians, while sympathy towards these groups decreased by several percentage points.
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