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UK: Thousands of Czech citizens, mainly Roma, don't have the documents they need to apply for settled status
24.8.2020 7:22 full story
Vladimír Leško: Dozens of Roma are returning from the UK to the Ostrava area of the Czech Republic, they and others will be tested for COVID-19
7.4.2020 7:19 full story
EU citizens in the UK - many of them Roma - requesting "settled status" so they can live and work there after Brexit
6.7.2019 9:44 full story
UK court sentences neo-Nazis for threats against Prince Harry because of his marriage to Meghan Markle
20.6.2019 11:07 full story
EU analysis finds main target of pro-Kremlin disinformation last year was Ukraine
12.1.2019 15:45 full story
Ian Hancock, Romani linguist at the University of Texas, has been awarded an OBE
4.1.2019 8:30 full story
Petr Torák rejects media reports of tensions between Pakistanis and Roma in England
9.11.2018 11:39 full story
UK: Police say there are no suspicious circumstances about death of young Romani girl in Sheffield
13.1.2018 13:08 According to the police command in South Yorkshire, England, which is investigating the death of a Romani girl named Janička in Sheffield, the circumstances of her death are not suspicious. The police have given a statement to news server Romea.cz about the case. full story
Internationally renowned Romani artist Damian Le Bas has passed away
13.12.2017 8:57 Damian Le Bas, a leading artist from the Romani community, passed away on Saturday, 9 December 2017 at the age of 54 at home in the small British town of Worthing in West Sussex. The Kai Dikhas Gallery in Berlin, Germany announced the sad news. full story
videoRomani psychology student who is a ROMEA scholarship winner featured on Czech Television
8.9.2017 9:30 "Our parents never went to college, but I was told I would go to college by them at home from an early age," Roman Koky, a Romani student of psychology, says in a reportage produced by the "168 Hours" program on public broadcaster Czech Television. Along with his brother Michal, who is studying pharmacy, Roman Koky has attended a recent "Baruvas" ("We Are Growing") meeting of Romani high school and college scholarship recipients.full story

Czech Republic: Romani musicians give benefit concert for families of girls killed in hit-and-run in England
6.1.2017 6:36 Today, 6 January, at the Arena Club in Děčín, Czech Republic, a concert will be given by Romani musicians and the profits will be donated to the families of the two girls who tragically died after a man driving a car ran into them as they were crossing the street in the English town of Oldham. One girl died on the spot and her cousin succumbed to her injuries in hospital. full story
Petr Torák, Romani police officer, on Brexit: I believe we will remain
21.6.2016 7:41 Czech and Slovak citizens living in Peterborough, England have been discussing the EU referendum a lot in recent weeks, and many are concerned about what it will mean for them. That's according to Petr Torák, a Romani man from the Czech Republic who has been serving on the Peterborough police force for 10 years in a part of the country where, according to polls, proponents of Brexit may achieve a resounding victory. full story
videoEXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Romani police officer originally from Czech Republic becomes a Member of the British Empire
31.10.2015 17:46 On 29 October, police officer Petr Torák received the honor of being appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) from the UK Home Office. The high civilian honor was awarded to him by Queen Elizabeth II for his community work in the town of Peterborough. full story
Petr Torák: "I'm proud to be the first Romani man from the Czech Republic to receive the MBE"
24.4.2015 3:31 Petr Torák, a Romani émigré from the Czech Republic who serves with the British police, will be receiving an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) . Queen Elizabeth II will present him with the high civilian honor next month for his service to the Romani community. full story
UK: Roma police officer receives MBE from Queen Elizabeth II
24.4.2015 1:38 Petr Torák a Romani émigré from the Czech Republic who serves with the British police, will be receiving an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). Queen Elizabeth II will present him with the high civilian honor next month for his service to the Romani community.full story

Czech Republic: Sellers of plaques from Terezín convicted
30.1.2015 2:48, (ROMEA) The District Court in Litoměřice has sentenced two men to suspended sentences of between 10 and 12 months and one man to a year in prison without the possibility of parole for selling bronze plaques with the names of victims from the National Cemetery at Terezín to a scrap metal dealer. The court did not find the men guilty of having stolen the plaques. full story
Britain planning stricter measures against Islamist radicals
London, 25.8.2014 15:58, (ROMEA) Great Britain is planning harsher laws against British Islamist radicals. Home Secretary Theresa May has announced the plans through the British media. full story
Cyril Koky: Address Romani unemployment through responsible public procurement
Prague, 14.7.2014 6:48, (ROMEA) The high level of unemployment among the Romani population causes a stigmatizing factor that negative influences the majority society's position toward the Romani minority. The majority society sees the cause of unemployment more in Romani people themselves and in their "unwillingness" to work and will not admit the existence of systemic barriers in access to employment or of discrimination on the labor market. full story