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The launch of the guidebook Společně po svých ("Going Our Own Ways Together") in the Czech Republic. (2022). (PHOTO: Nadační fond Krok domů)
New guidebook on children aging out of institutional care hopes to make their transition to adulthood easier in the Czech Republic
24.6.2022 8:32 full story
First Roma Library to open in Sweden, with literature in different dialects of Romanes by Romani authors and books on Romani culture in Swedish
9.11.2021 6:59 full story
First Czech translation of Holocaust survivor Philomena Franz's memoirs being released
23.8.2021 9:00 full story
Radek Bangas new book alleges he was abused as a child, his twin brother remembers things differently
21.4.2021 8:08 full story
Commentary: Work on antisemitism by US professor reminds us of antigypsyism in the Czech Republic today
22.9.2020 8:08 full story
Romani activist, journalist, poet and translator Jan Döme Horváth has passed away in the Czech Republic
6.6.2020 9:42 full story
Czech Police investigate distribution of antisemitic book after media reports
10.2.2020 7:56 full story
Romafuturismo Library moves to northern Czech town of Most with new name: The Josef Serinek Library
23.2.2019 6:47 full story
Czech courts definitively acquit publisher of Salafist book of promoting a movement against human rights
18.2.2019 10:18 full story
Czech Republic: Romafuturismo Library holds its grand opening TODAY
1.2.2018 7:18 Today, 1 February, the grand opening of the Romafuturismo Library will take place at the tranzit office gallery and lecture space (Dittrichova 13, Prague 2). A marathon reading will begin at 7 AM and end at 7 PM of the book Narodila jsem se pod šťastnou hvězdou (A False Dawn) by the eminent Romani author Elena (Ilona) Lacková. full story
19th annual KHAMORO festival in Prague: Conferences, exhibitions, football - and music
21.4.2017 11:45 Prague will soon host the 19th annual KHAMORO World Roma Festival, which has made a name for itself among all of the well-attended festivals in Prague. KHAMORO (“Sun” in Romanes) brings contemporary and traditional Romani music here annually, including top Gypsy jazz players, many workshops, exhibitions, film screenings, theater performances, a défilé (parade) by performers through the center of Prague, and many other special treats.full story
Czech Republic: Prestigious literary award goes to book some commentators and Romani people find offensive
9.4.2017 15:27 The 16th annual Magnesia Litera book award announced its winners last week. In the newly-revived category for journalism, the award has been given to the book called BRNOX, a guidebook to the neighborhood in Brno nicknamed the "Bronx" that purports to be about that socially excluded locality. full story
Czech artist's guide to Brno neighborhood nominated for award, Romani activists are not happy
20.3.2017 21:02 A guidebook to the neighborhood in Brno colloquially referred to as the "Bronx" that has been published by artist Kateřina Šedá, has been previously reviewed by news server Romea.cz. The book,"Brnox", has now been nominated for the Magnesia Litera award in the category of "Journalism". full story
Three-volume biography of Czechoslovak Romani partisan, decades in the making, has been published
2.11.2016 12:30 On 21 October the Moravian Museum and the Triáda publishing house launched a new book, "Česká cikánská rapsodie" (Bohemian Gypsy Rhapsody) by Josef Serinek and Jan Tesař at the Dietrichstein Palace in Brno. Those scheduled to discuss this three-volume biograpy of Serinek included Jiří Mitáček, the General Director of the museum, former dissident and former chair of the Czech Senate Petr Pithart, historians Daniel Říčan, Petr Koura and Vítězslav Sommer, conservationist Marta Procházková, publisher Robert Krumphanzl and the author, Jan Tesař, who has worked on the book for decades. full story
Sweden: History of the persecution of Roma in the Czech lands is published
30.3.2016 16:05 In April 2016 a book about the persecution of Romani people in Bohemia and Moravia will be published in Stockholm for Swedish readers, entitled "Inadaptable Citizens: A History of the Persecution of Roma in the Czech Lands". Swedish publishing house Atlas has informed news server Romea.cz of the release. full story
Czech Republic: Romani author and journalist Gejza Demeter has passed away
9.12.2015 17:28 The eminent Romani author and journalist Gejza Demeter has passed away; his funeral will be this Friday, 11 December, at 13:00 in the ceremonial hall of the cemetery in Neratovice. Jan Červenka, head of the Romani Studies Seminar at Charles University in Prague contacted news server Romea.cz on behalf of Mr Demeter's family last week with the news. full story
Czech prosecutor finds no evidence that radical Islamic book disseminates racism
9.7.2015 22:46 Czech Television reports that prosecutors have returned the case of an allegedly radical Islamic book said to have been disseminating racism back to police for further investigation. Jan Lelek, head of the Prague 1 District State Prosecutor, confirmed the information to the Czech News Agency. full story
Czech court rules publication of Hitler's speeches was legal
Brno, 24.1.2015 20:43, (ROMEA) The publication of a book entitled Adolf Hitler: Projevy (Adolf Hitler: Speeches) is not a felony and its publisher should not face prosecution. Yesterday the Regional Court in Brno upheld the verdict of the Municipal Court in Brno from last September, which came to the same conclusion. full story
Czech NGO releases publication on hate marches
Brno, 17.9.2014 21:03, (ROMEA) The NESEHNUTÍ NGO has issued a new publication dedicated to the phenomenon of hate marches focusing on the role of the extreme right and the media in these events. What actually happened behind the scenes of the largest anti-Romani marches in the Czech Republic during 2013? full story
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