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Slovak Education Ministry establishes expert team focused on solving problems with the education of members of national minorities

25.5.2020 8:27  full story

Romani competitive dancer Tomáš Kaluja aids non-Romani foster parents of Romani children in Slovakia with understanding ethnic identity

13.2.2020 7:24  full story

Czech Republic: Charles University's Romani Studies Seminar accepting applications

15.12.2019 6:19  full story

videoAcademic Huub van Baar has found Romani people succeed on the labor market when given a chance

11.10.2019 7:59  full story

Norway: Oslo City Council wants to ask Government for a memorial to Holocaust victims of Romani origin

21.9.2019 13:33  full story

Scholars gather in Czech capital to discuss migrations and mobilities of Romani people

20.9.2019 10:03  full story

videoCzech town sees its first-ever Romani music festival

19.7.2019 6:53  full story

Czech senior citizen threatens arson against Romani neighbors for playing loud music

16.7.2019 8:00  full story

High schoolers in the Czech capital don't discuss minorities, poll finds they distrust media and politicians

5.6.2019 10:10  full story

Czech Human Rights Commissioner nominates former Culture Minister to Human Rights Council for organizing buyout of pig farm on Holocaust site

1.6.2019 8:13  full story

Czech MP with extreme-right group is evicting Roma onto the street

3.3.2019 11:30  full story

Czech candidate for party that used racist slogan now works for new group aiding Roma

17.2.2019 9:50  full story

videoCzech Republic: Nationwide Talent 2018 competition for children from drop-in clubs holds its final show

20.12.2018 9:20  full story

Slovak ironworks prefers to hire Romani citizens instead of foreign nationals

9.12.2018 10:01  full story

Czech Govt Agency for Social Inclusion introduces itself to Romani coordinators in South Moravia

1.12.2018 7:04  full story

Italian Police evict almost 400 Romani people from homes they have lived in since 2005, European Commission says it cannot take legal action

1.8.2018 8:18 During the past week the Italian Police have evicted approximately 400 Romani people living in cottages on the outskirts of Rome. They have had to move away from the Camping River campsite, where they have been living since 2005.  full story

Czech Republic: Romani Student Movement says Roma must be involved in addressing affairs that affect them

20.7.2018 11:04 Earlier this month, Romani college students in Ostrava, Czech Republic officially established their group called the Romani Student Movement. In an interview for ROMEA TV, they say they are convinced that only by involving Romani people themselves in addressing affairs that affect the Romani community will effective solutions be found to various problems.  full story

Czech Public Defender of Rights calls for social housing law, says media should stop blaming Roma

13.7.2018 20:40 At the beginning of this month the annual report on the activity of the Office of the Public Defender of Rights, Anna Šabatová, was discussed in the Czech lower house. The report included motions for Government review that Šabatová last managed to bring forward in 2014.
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Belgium: Roma Travellers evicted from caravan site in Anderlecht neighborhood of Brussels

5.7.2018 15:38 The Brussels Times reported on 29 June that Romani families, including families with minor children, were eventually forced by Anderlecht municipality to move away from a privately-owned caravan site. News server Romea.cz reported on the impending eviction on 26 June.
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Tomáš Bystrý: The Czech national anthem gives me chills

21.3.2018 9:11 The ARA ART organization is organizing celebrations of this year's International Romani Day in the Czech Republic and has chosen to focus on the theme of romipen (the Romani world view). Because identity is something that we are all engaged with, this year we will be interviewing people to ask how they perceive their own identity.  full story