Romani people

Czech town puts "container housing" for Romani-inhabited locality on hold, former ombudswoman recommended cancelling it altogether
26.3.2020 8:07 full story
Coronavirus pandemic can make conditions in the Romani settlements of Slovakia deadly, protective gear slow to reach those who need it
17.3.2020 7:24 full story
Outgoing Czech ombudswoman assessed her seven years in office before the lower house today
23.1.2020 18:05 full story
Another volunteer civil society member of Czech Govt Council on Roma Affairs resigns, Human Rights Commissioner convenes special session Friday
22.1.2020 18:56 full story
Committee of Roma Regional Representatives distances itself from Czech Human Rights Commissioner
21.1.2020 8:24 full story
Romani children in the Czech Republic still frequently assessed as mentally disabled and educated separately
17.1.2020 13:46 full story
Czech Government Agency for Social Inclusion publishes analysis of segregation in primary schools
30.11.2019 7:07 full story
Slovak Government says new data show quality of life for Roma is gradually improving
17.9.2019 7:54 full story
Museum of Romani Culture to open Roma and Sinti Center in the Czech capital four years from now
15.9.2019 12:36 full story
Czech kickboxer of Romani origin to compete next week at MMA gala in Prague
21.6.2019 7:43 full story
Czech town refuses to settle out of court with Roma whom they forcibly relocated 13 years ago
6.5.2019 8:36 full story
Bulgaria: Roma fear imminent genocide after mob violence, police have been deployed
14.4.2019 8:37 full story
videoHow a Romani family in the Czech Republic lost their housing through no fault of their own
6.4.2019 18:12 full story
EU Fundamental Rights Agency: Czech Republic's Roma still have problems accessing education, housing and jobs
14.3.2019 17:19 full story
videoVIDEO: Museum of Romani Culture Award given to Romani activist David Tišer
30.10.2018 8:30 The 10th annual Prize of the Museum of Romani Culture has been given by the Czech Public Defender of Rights, Anna Šabatová and museum director Jana Horváthová to the Romani activist David Tišer. The 34-year-old graduated in Romani Studies from the Faculty of Arts at Charles University and for more than 10 years has been dedicated to educating social workers, students and teachers, most frequently on the subject of Romani people's sociocultural specificities and on how to break down prejudices and stereotypes full story
Czech politicians respond to President's antigypsyism: He divides us so we won't unite against him
10.10.2018 8:10 Some other Czech politicians have begun to respond to Czech President Miloš Zeman's remarks about Romani people avoiding work - remarks which promptedRomani people all over Europe to post photographs of themselves at work to Facebook. "When my son Nick was born, my Romani friends came to visit all the
way from Ostrava to give him a medallion of the Madonna. They call me frequently to see whether I might have a job or work for them, to ask how I am, to
tell me how they are. They're business people. Miloš, what the hell have you ever done for them and who gave you the right to insult them like this? former
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek (Civic Democratic Party - ODS) tweeted.
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Czech capital to see seminar on stereotypes in the photographic depictions of Jewish and Romani people
8.10.2018 20:15 On Monday, 15 October, an international seminar about stereotypical depictions of Jewish and Romani people in photography will be held in Prague. The event will involve an historical review as well as the presentation of two unique art projects that have recently been produced on this subject. full story
Czech Republic: Eva Davidová, an ethnographer who loved Romani people, has passed away
26.9.2018 7:34 On Friday, 21 September, at the age of 85, Eva Davidová passed away. She was an art historian, ethnographer, photographer and also a sociologist who had dedicated herself since the mid-1950s to systematically studying the culture and lifeways of Romani people in Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia.full story
