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Peter Pollák, Jr. (PHOTO: Facebook page of Peter Pollák, Jr.)

Czech Justice Minister and lawmakers clash over proposed changes to collections proceedings
2.11.2020 8:47 full story
Czech lower house sees tussle over President's claims that "Black Lives Matter" is a "racist" slogan
8.7.2020 9:01 full story
Czech MP who compared Muslim immigrants to "invasive species" will not be stripped of immunity from prosecution
3.6.2020 7:34 full story
Czech lower house committee suspends discussion of stripping ultranationalist MP of immunity from prosecution for xenophobic remarks
15.3.2020 10:02 full story
Newly-elected Slovak MP Jarmila Vaňová: I thank Romani voters for coming out and demanding change
1.3.2020 16:47 full story
Spanish MP of Romani origin calls on OSCE to focus on greater participation of Roma in politics
9.10.2019 18:06 full story
Spain: Two Romani men and two Romani women elected to national legislature, an historic success
4.5.2019 8:57 full story
Czech prosecutor can't see racist subtext in assault on MP where eyewitness heard racial abuse
26.4.2019 11:17 full story
videoMEP of Romani origin Soraya Post asks ROMEA TV: How can Czech President Zeman be so stupid?
22.3.2019 9:31 full story
Czech lower house committee does not recommend stripping MP of immunity over denying the Holocaust of the Roma
8.3.2019 10:04 full story
Czech Police ask lower house to lift immunity on MP who called Romani genocide site a "non-existing pseudo-concentration camp"
17.12.2018 6:57 full story
Slovakia now has an MP from the Romani minority, Štefan Vavrek
19.9.2018 9:14 Wire services report that Slovakia's unicameral legislature has just seated a new MP. After MP Edita Pfundtnerová (Most-Híd) relinquished her seat in order to become a state secretary at the Justice Ministry, Romani community member Štefan Vavrek has now replaced her. full story
Czech Social Democrats would withdraw controversial plan to further restrict housing benefits
17.6.2018 10:13 If the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) is put in charge of the Labor and Social Affairs Ministry as part of the next Government, then it will withdraw a controversial planned bill to further restrict housing benefits. Czech MP Jan Chvojka (ČSSD) announced that plan during the 14 June debate in the lower house. full story
Czech anti-immigration activist launches book on the premises of the lower house, ultra-conservatives support it
18.3.2018 10:19 Petr Hampl, the anti-immigration and anti-Islam activist and sociologist, has launched his new book about Islam and the alleged "Islamicization" of society on the premises of the Czech Chamber of Deputies. Hampl is known for having publicly expressed support for the father who filmed himself urging his preschool-aged daughter to hit a pillow with a baseball bat while pretending she was hitting a Muslim or a Romani person, and his book launch was attended by the son of former Czech President Václav Klaus and by other MPs. full story
Czech MPs refuse to approve program of extraordinary session to remove vice-chair accused of denying the Romani Holocaust
10.3.2018 7:24 The chair of the "Freedom and Direct Democracy" (SPD) party, Czech MP Tomio Okamura, has survived an attempt to dismiss him from his function as vice-chair of the Chamber of Deputies as his fellow legislators decided a second time not to vote on the issue. During two separate votes the lower house failed to adopt the agenda of the extraordinary session convened for 7 March to discuss Okamura's remarks about the concentration camp at Lety. full story