konflikt

Sokolov, Czech Republic, Friday, 23 June 2021, a group of non-local boaters sparks conflict with local Roma. (PHOTO: Facebook, collage: Romea.cz)
Out-of-town youth assault Romani child and then other Roma in Sokolov - Czech Police defused the conflict and are investigating, local Roma not happy with their response
25.7.2021 8:51 full story
Dozens of Roma protest in front of restaurant in Czech town after food server allegedly assaults a Romani woman, police are investigating
12.7.2021 7:22 full story
Russia: Mayor says 900 Romani residents relocated after fatal conflict - but were they forced to?
20.6.2019 12:39 full story
Bulgaria: Roma fear imminent genocide after mob violence, police have been deployed
14.4.2019 8:37 full storyCzech Police charge five more suspects in poolside brawl that sparked radical demonstration
29.11.2018 8:07 full story
Greece: Roma block traffic to resist eviction
Athens, Greece, 3.10.2014 0:23, (ROMEA) Press TV, Iran's English-language news agency, reported yesterday that Stelios Kalamiotis, the leader of an encampment of Romani people in the Greek capital of Athens, said his community had temporarily blocked an eviction and relocation order issued against them by the government. The community set up road blocks on Tuesday, 30 September for 12 hours, keeping police forces away from their dwellings. full story
Ukrainian soldiers wearing helmets with Nazi symbols
Ukraine, 20.9.2014 17:36, (ROMEA) The German television station ZDF has broadcast footage showing members of the Ukrainian Army with Nazi symbols on their helmets such as a swastika and the symbol of Hitler's special SS units. News server Echo24.cz cited NBC News as reporting that ZDF broadcast the footage as part of its reporting on the situation in Ukraine earlier this month. full story
Czech Republic: Defense and prosecution appeal Strýčkovice verdict
Domažlice, 2.5.2014 20:10, (ROMEA) Ladislav Matuš and his nephew David Matuš of Strýčkovice (Domažlice district) were given prison sentences on 25 April for assaulting their neighbor, Jiří Sýkora. David Matuš was sentenced to 10 months behind bars and Ladislav Matuš to two years. full story
Czech media again fail to report the full story of an alleged interethnic conflict
Strýčkovice, 26.3.2014 19:03, (ROMEA) The Czech daily Právo and several online tabloids have been reporting that the 100-plus inhabitants of the village of Strýčkovice (Domažlice district) are currently being terrorized by a Romani clan whose members are assaulting them. Czech MP Tomio Okamura, the chair of the "Dawn of Direct Democracy" (Úsvit) movement, has published a piece about it on his blog called "No to a Czech Romanistan!" full story
Commentary: For whom is the bell tolling in Ukraine?
Prague, 25.3.2014 23:05, (ROMEA) This article was written for the print edition of Romani vod'i magazine at the start of March. full story