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Roman Zach performed a song by the Gipsy Kings on the TV NOVA show "Your Face has a Famous Voice" (Tvoje tvář má známý hlas) (2019). (PHOTO: TV NOVA)
Patrik Banga: Social media is depriving us of context and driving us all crazy
10.10.2019 8:27 full story
Czech SocDem chair threatens to bring down Govt if ultranationalist nominee appointed to Czech News Agency board
19.6.2019 10:27 full story
Russian military television grossly exaggerates Czech turnout for anti-EU demonstration
27.4.2019 15:07 full story
Top Czech YouTuber doing media literacy education for hundreds of thousands was inspired by John Oliver
14.2.2019 9:11 full story
Romani actor from Czech TV sitcom apologizes for using the word "gypsy" in an interview
8.2.2019 14:01 full story
British newspaper The Guardian: Debt collection industry is endangering Czech democracy
14.1.2019 10:30 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
Petr Torák rejects media reports of tensions between Pakistanis and Roma in England
9.11.2018 11:39 full storyCzech Internet trolls have competition - "elves" are combating disinformation and propaganda
5.11.2018 10:22 News server Aktuálně.cz reports that the Internet trolls who are disseminating disinformation and frequently pro-Kremlin propaganda in the Czech language now have strong rivals. They call themselves "elves" there are several dozen of them in the Czech Republic, and they are keeping their identities secret for their own safety. 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
Monika Mihaličková: Silence is consent
19.10.2018 19:52 In mid-August the RomanoNet and ROMEA organizations launched a campaign called "ME DŽAV! A so tu?" (I'M GOING! Are you?), the main aim of which was toawaken Romani voters' interest in local elections. I was in charge of the online part of the campaign. full story
Portugal: Christian radio station awarded prize for working to reduce inter-ethnic tension in Slovakia
18.10.2018 7:58 Agenzia Fides reports that on 10 October the European Conference of Christian Radio (ECCR) held its 25th meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. This year, for the very first time, an award was given there for the best initiative contributing to improving the situation in the country where the radio is broadcasting. full story
videoRacists and populists will not stop us! ROMEA launches crowdfunding campaign to support news server Romea.cz
11.9.2018 7:54 The ROMEA organization and Karel Janeček's Endowment Fund (Nadační fond pomoci Karla Janečka) are launching a crowdfunding campaign to support the work of news server www.romea.cz. The campaign called "Romea.cz - Racists and populists will not stop us!" (Romea.cz - Rasisté ani populisté nás nezastaví!) was launched on 10 September and will run until 10 December 2018. full story
Czech tabloid will not be inviting ultra-right party representatives to its online debates
15.8.2018 6:42 The daily Blesk tabloid has decided not to invite any politicians from the "Freedom and Direct Democracy" (SPD) party to its candidate debates prior to the autumn elections. After the 2017 elections, reporters from the publication were not given access to the party's events, so the move is one of retaliation. full storyCzech Police refute rumors that defecation in public pool was done by Roma - defamatory article sparked a racist wave online
7.8.2018 9:51 A wave of insults, racist posts, and vulgarities against the entire Romani community was sparked at the beginning of last week by an untruthful article written by Jan Vraný for the JV Press server in the Czech Republic. In the article he alleged that a 12-year-old Romani boy was responsible for contaminating the Brná swimming pool in the town of Ústí nad Labem.full story
Renata Berkyová: How a Czech gadjo from Reflex magazine couldn't help showing his racism
30.5.2018 12:40 The discussion of what words we are supposed to use to refer to people who are not Romani has apparently been underway since the term "Rom" became domesticated as part of Czech journalistic discourse. The Editor-in-Chief of Reflex magazine, Marek Stoniš, published a commentary on 24 May in which he objects to the term "non-Rom", specifically, the term "non-Romani children". full story
Czech politician not to be compensated over nickname, courts say reasonable use of it is allowed
16.5.2018 19:23 Czech MP Tomio Okamura ("Freedom and Direct Democracy" - SPD), a vice-chair of the Czech lower house, has failed with his legal appeal over a dispute caused by the use of a nickname for him, "Pitomio" [loose translation - "Tomidiot"] by the Czech weekly magazine Reflex. Okamura appealed a previous court ruling that instructed the magazine to apologize to the politician for using the nickname in two articles in 2013 but did not award him compensation, and the judiciary has at a more general level admitted that it is possible to use the "Pitomio" nickname as part of justified criticism of the public figure. full story
Czech Police arrest two Romani men for attack on police, confirm media exaggerated the incident
17.4.2018 6:32 Police have charged two men in connection with an assault committed against a police patrol in the town of Krupka (Teplice district). Teplice Police spokesperson Daniel Vítek informed the media of the charges on 13 April. full story
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