Věra Jourová

European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová (left) and Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality (right), held a press conference on 7 October 2020 about the EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation for 2020-2030. (PHOTO: European Commission)
EU Commissioner for Values: EU money is meant to help the Roma too, data collection is important so we aren't flying blind
18.12.2020 8:06 full story
videoEuropean Commission VP Věra Jourová: Not enough was done during the last decade for Roma, the EC is launching a new 10-year plan
7.10.2020 14:12 full story
European Commission sending millions of euro for independent media to combat disinformation
28.3.2020 18:13 full story
Italian Deputy Prime Minister says EU Justice Commissioner's critique of Italy's treatment of Roma is "nonsense"
31.10.2018 11:44 full story
EU Justice Commissioner kicks up her heels in Brussels after Romani theater performance from the Czech Republic
17.10.2018 7:09 ARA ART, a Romani theatrical group from the Czech Republic, gave a reprise performance in Brussels for the second time this year of their original play "…a zase jsme spali pindral" ("...and again we all slept pindral"). While in the spring the group accepted an invitation to the Roma Week festival there and performed for a young audience of Romani youth from all over Europe, the October reprise was part of the conference of the European Platform for Romani Inclusion as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage. full story
EU Justice Ministers call on Facebook to be stricter about removing hoaxes and threats
14.12.2015 20:20 The European Union's council of Member State Justice Ministers announced on 3 December that they are planning to jointly call on Facebook to be faster and stricter about removing hateful threats and hoaxes from the social networking site. "We are seriously debating this at the council of ministers. Here in the Czech Republic we are not very interesting [to Facebook] because we are a small market, and that is why we are doing our best to get Europe as a whole to agree to tell Facebook these matters need to be overseen," Czech Justice Minister Robert Pelikán told news server Aktuálně.cz. full story