Entertainment

videoBest of the Romani musicians program BAŠAVEL in 2020, broadcast online by Czech NGO ROMEA

4.1.2021 6:56  full story

Romani film festival in Berlin gives special recognition to film about removing pig farm from WWII-era concentration camp site in Czech Republic

24.11.2020 7:29  full story

Postponed celebrations of International Romani Day to be held in Czech capital on 22 July

6.7.2020 7:51  full story

Romani fashion designer Pavel Berky joins the top 16 round of the Czech edition of the MasterChef competition

9.2.2020 11:14  full story

Czech-Slovak co-production of TV singing contest to feature Romani celebrity on the jury

31.12.2019 9:08  full story

videoRomani vocalists from Czech Republic and Slovakia record pop music video duet

26.2.2019 7:57  full story

videoRomani sisters launch new music video in the Czech Republic

20.2.2019 10:41  full story

Famous Romani vocalist Věra Bílá returns to the Czech music scene with Jan Bendig and Milan Kroka

9.2.2019 7:43  full story

Romani community opinion divided over new Czech Television sitcom with Romani characters

3.2.2019 13:32  full story

videoCzech and Romani-Slovak rappers box each other in front of sold-out arena in Prague

29.12.2018 11:57 The long-awaited boxing match between rappers Marpo and Rytmus was the high point of the "XFN Night of the Champions" in a sold-out O2 arena in Prague on 27 December. Marpo (given name Otakar Petřina) won on points against Rytmus (given name Patrik Vrbovský).  full story

Czech alternative rock band features non-Roma and Roma performers

26.12.2018 13:23  full story

Romani community in Czech Republic's second-largest city films the first-ever Romani sitcom

7.12.2018 6:51  full story

New comedy series on Czech public television to feature crude humor, racist remarks and vulgar language

6.12.2018 8:58  full story

videoCzech Television launches new detective serial, "Lynch", about the murder of a young Romani man

27.10.2018 14:05 On 22 October, Czech Television broadcast the first episode of its new serial, "Lynch" (Lynč). The eight-part series tells the story of a fictional small Czech town of "Buchnov" where a young Romani man named Denis has been brutally murdered. A documentary filmmaker named Tomáš, who has known Denis since childhood, comes to the town to investigate.  full story

videoLIVE BROADCAST: Opening of the 20th annual World Roma Festival KHAMORO in Prague

27.5.2018 13:14 The 20th annual World Roma Festival KHAMORO will begin as is traditional with a party under the open skies on the banks of the Vltava River in Prague. Střelecký ostrov (Shooter's Island) will be the venue for the very first concert of the festival.  full story

20th annual World Roma Festival KHAMORO begins tomorrow - ROMEA TV to broadcast several live performances

26.5.2018 20:04 The 20th annual World Roma Festival KHAMORO is upon us and the launch party on Prague's Střelecký ostrov will happen Sunday evening. The Milan Kroka live band,
Gipsy.cz, and the Slovak singer Gitana will perform.  full story

Czech play focuses on hateful commentaries posted to Internet discussions - #nejsemrasista_ale

25.5.2018 18:44 The Divadlo Petra Bezruče theater in Ostrava, Czech Republic has premiered an original production entitled #nejsemrasista_ale ("#I'm not a racist, but..."), directed by Braňo Holiček. The play about anonymous opinions on the Internet that frequently mask emotions of fear and hatred premiered on 18 May.  full story

Mário Bihári and Bachtale Apsa launch new video Saturday with concert in Prague

30.11.2017 10:24 On 2 December the Dlabačov cinema in Prague's Břevnov quarter will host the only concert this winter by Romani musician Mário Bihári and his band, Bachtale Apsa. As part of a special program of guest performers (such as Nicholas Arthofer on trumpet), the band will launch a video they filmed thanks to their friends from the "Unexcused Theater" ensemble (Neomluvené divadlo).  full story

videoROMEA broadcast live online Saturday's concert by Romani rapper Rytmus and others

26.7.2017 5:40 On Saturday 22 July 2017 the 13th annual Multicolored Festival (Různobarevný festival) in the Czech town of Trmice near Ústí nad Labem took place. The festival was organized by the local Romani organization Romano jasnica and the main star this year was the Czechoslovak-Romani rapper Rytmus, but lovers of classical Romani folk music came to see their genre represented as well.  full story

Belgian edition of TV competition "The Voice" won by 13-year-old Romani girl from Slovakia

30.6.2017 7:50 The most recent season of the Belgian branch of the music show "The Voice Kids 2017" has been won by 13-year-old Katarina Pohlodková, whose parents are originally from Slovakia. She fought her way through to the final round with the song "She Believes in Me", originally performed by the Belgian singer André Hazes, which was a mega-hit as "Empire State of Mind" by Alicia Keys.  full story