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Slovenian scandal when weekly close to PM says God sent COVID-19 to "protect whites from corruption"

14.12.2020 13:42  full story

Documentary on WWII-era concentration camp for Roma in Czech Republic screening TONIGHT ONLINE

20.11.2020 14:41  full story

Miss Czech Republic, who is Romani, wins title of "Miss Elegance" and is now in the top 15 of the Miss Globe 2020 beauty competition

16.11.2020 8:31  full story

Leading Romani activist and co-founder of Dikh TV, the musician Lajos "Paci" Balogh, has succumbed to COVID-19 at the age of 28

15.11.2020 7:59  full story

Slovak Govt Roma Plenipotentiary says Romani community rates of COVID-19 infection the same as majority-society rates

10.11.2020 8:25  full story

Rajko Djurić, academic, author and former president of the International Romani Union, has passed away

3.11.2020 10:31  full story

Pope supports registered partnership for same-sex couples, Romani community member in the Czech Republic calls it progress

30.10.2020 9:52  full story

Slovak fascist politician says he is mixing cough medicine with vodka for his COVID-19, authorities warn that is dangerous

30.10.2020 9:09  full story

Slovak fascist politician claimed COVID-19 didn't exist. Now he has it.

28.10.2020 15:25  full story

Slovak court says school, not state, is responsible for segregating Romani children

15.10.2020 11:29  full story

Slovak media and NGOs welcome conviction of right-wing extremist

14.10.2020 11:28  full story

Civil society skeptical as to whether EU Member States will align with European Commission's 10-year Roma Strategy

14.10.2020 9:44  full story

Facebook will delete posts denying or distorting the Holocaust, ignorance of it among youth one reason

14.10.2020 8:39  full story

Slovak politician gets 4 months and 4 years for establishing a movement to suppress human rights, he appeals

14.10.2020 7:21  full story

Portugueuse police ordered to remove racist tattoos

12.10.2020 10:07  full story

UN: Slovakia must act to eliminate racism against Roma

19.3.2018 11:15 In response to a submission made by the European Roma Rights Centre late last year of their concerns about pervasive racism in Slovakia, the UN has endorsed such concerns and has made recommendations to Slovakia as to how the country should progress towards being more accepting of the Roma, as well as of individuals who are Muslim or of African descent.  full story

AMER: Human rights defenders in Turkey should be released immediately!

7.7.2017 15:19 The situation in Turkey is serious. Association for Monitoring Equal Rights/AMER published a statement calling for the release of human rights defenders. Our news server Romea.cz publishes it in its entirety. Human rights defenders in Turkey should be released immediately!  full story

Commentary: Romani people should not live in fear, but justice systems are not helping

9.4.2017 14:33 At the beginning of March 2012, after the arson attack was committed against a Romani-occupied residential hotel in Aš, I and other members of the Romea.cz editorial team set out to visit the crime scene. We were unable to find out anything more by being there in person.  full story

videoVIDEO: Discussion of International Romani Day at the European Parliament

8.4.2017 10:44 A discussion marking International Romani Day took place at the European Parliament yesterday. "This day is a particular opportunity to recall that we are a union of values in the European Union, and we need to look at events all around the world, it's important to us what happens with minorities around the world and others who may happen to think differently, and it's important to define those values clearly," the moderator began the session.
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American and Canadian embassies in Prague display Romani flag for International Romani Day

8.4.2017 8:02 The Ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic, Barbara Richardson, put up the Romani flag yesterday afternoon at the embassy. "On April 8, International Romani Day is celebrated all around the world. Ambassador Richardson supports this international day and is happy to display the Romani flag here at the Embassy! International Romani Day celebrates Romani culture and raises awareness of the economic and social issues facing Romani people. There are approximately 250,000-300,000 Roma in the Czech Republic. Canada recognizes the importance of promoting understanding between Roma and non-Roma people and Roma integration in the Czech Republic. For Canada, inclusion and diversity are part of our fabric and a source of openness, acceptance, progress and prosperity," the embassy's Facebook profile reads.  full story