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Approximately 100 Roma activists gathered at an event organized on Monday, 16 May 2022 by the platform ARESEL in front of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest on the occasion of Roma Resistance Day. (PHOTO: Aresel)
Romania: 100 Roma demonstrate in Bucharest in front of Russian Embassy with mockup of the tank that Romani Ukrainians captured from the occupiers
17.5.2022 16:40 full storyWeek-long education event at Terezín also honors genocide of Roma with concert and flag
24.6.2018 15:15 On 22 June yet another year of the Vlak Lustig ("Lustig Train") project began in the spaces of the former Jewish ghetto at Terezín, the aim of which is to inform the public, including schoolchildren, aout the causes and consequences of genocides in world history. This year the project will include information about Holocaust victims who are Romani. full story
International Roma flag to fly on buildings throughout Czech Republic tomorrow for Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day
1.8.2017 18:38 Buildings in Brno, Ostrava, Prague and Ústí nad Labem will fly the international Roma flag tomorrow at noon to commemorate the tragic night of 2 August and early morning of 3 August when the Nazis murdered the last prisoners in the so-called Gypsy Family Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in the gas chambers. During the 17 months of the camp's existence from February 1943 to July 1944 there were a total of 23 000 Romani children, men and women imprisoned in that particular camp. full story
Czech town's "Multicolored Festival" will feature Romani rapper from Slovakia
18.7.2017 11:17 On Saturday 22 July the 13th annual "Různobarevný festival" (Multicolored Festival) will take place in the Czech town of Trmice near Ústí nad Labem. News server Romea.cz has interviewed organizers Martin Bajger and Martin Cichý from the Romano Jasnica group, which convenes the annual event. full story
Czech Republic: Commemoration of Romani partisan will plant tree in his honor
17.7.2017 8:16 A Romani hero of the Czechoslovak resistance during WWII, the partisan Josef Serinek, will be commemorated by an assembly at the end of this month. The event is beingorganized by the Black Partisan initiative (Černý partyzán), led by former Green Party chair Ondřej Liška, who is currently the country director in the Czech Republic of the Ashoka organization. full story
"Journey to the Past" will mark Roma Genocide Remembrance Day at Auschwitz this August
12.5.2017 6:30 From 1-3 August the site of the former concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland will be visited in order to honor the memory of the Romani victims of the Holocaust. The "Journey to the Past" initiative ("Cesta k minulosti") arose from the need to commemorate the horrors of the Nazi ideology and the Second World War. full story
Czech Cardinal on International Romani Day: We are all members of the same Christian family
2.4.2017 8:31 News server Romea.cz has asked Cardinal Dominik Duka about his motivation for accepting a request to celebrate Mass on International Romani Day in Prague. His entireresponse is presented in translation below. full story
DEADLINE TOMORROW: KHAMORO World Roma Festival to train Romani youth in festival production
29.3.2017 12:48 The organization Slovo 21 is seeking those interested in attending a week-long training called "KHAMORO SHARES ITS EXPERIENCE", which will take place as part of the 19th annual KHAMORO World Roma Festival. The training will be held from 28 May to 3 June 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic.full story
Civil March for Aleppo crosses into the Czech Republic
9.1.2017 17:24 Hundreds of people left Berlin, Germany at the end of 2016 on a 4 000 kilometer long march to Aleppo, Syria. Those participating will continue through Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey to Syria. full story
Czech Republic's well-loved RefuFest begins in Prague
27.5.2016 23:40 RefuFest, a favorite festival in the Czech capital, began today. The 11th annual multicultural gathering will last until the end of next week. full story
ROMEA to hold public debate on "Roma in the Czech Republic - obstacles, opportunities, options" TOMORROW
27.4.2016 11:14 The ROMEA organization will be holding a public debate, "Roma in the Czech Republic - obstacles, opportunities, options" on Thursday, 28 April at the National Minorities House (Vocelova 3, Praha 2). The event will have three sections, the first of which will focus on supporting the higher education of Romani people by providing scholarships. full storyCzech event brings atheists, Christians, Jews and Muslims to the same table
28.8.2015 6:06 On 18 August, 30 people of various minority and religious backgrounds gathered in Prague to eat breakfast together. Those participating in the event wanted to show that people from different backgrounds, cultures and religions are able to understand one another. full storyCzech Republic: Anti-immigration protesters set EU flags on fire
19.7.2015 21:39 Yesterday right-wing extremists backing organizer Adam B. Bartoš marched on the Office of the Government in Prague after 19:00 chanting "Traitors!". The building was guarded by police and metal barricades as the radicals gave speeches. full story
Czech Museum of Romani Culture presents silent film from 1923 featuring Roma character
14.7.2015 5:17 On Thursday, 16 July, the Museum of Romani Culture in Brno will present an extraordinary cultural experience. The museum will screen a unique silent film by Václav Kubásek from 1923, "Bewitching Eyes" (Čarovné oči), accompanied by live music performed by the band The Harmonic Play. full story
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