Czech Republic

Czech primary school materials feature a total of 71 sentences about Roma - and they promote stereotypes

5.9.2020 16:16  full story

Czech school claims it's "random" that white children are segregated from Romani children in separate first-grade class

4.9.2020 9:58  full story

Commentary: The Czech and Slovak Romani community on the battlefield that is Facebook

3.9.2020 12:46  full story

Czech bus driver refuses to drive city bus with bigoted campaign ad, mayor negotiates its removal

2.9.2020 11:53  full story

Czech Republic: 11th Romani student meeting BARUVAS is changing lives

2.9.2020 7:43  full story

Newest Czech party tries to exploit altercations between Vlax Romani families as part of its election campaign

27.8.2020 7:29  full story

Czech Radio moderator poses for photo with right-wing extremist, but public broadcaster says the rules were not broken

26.8.2020 6:50  full story

Czech expert says haters' attention is fixating on Roma again, "migration" as a subject is over

2.12.2019 8:01  full story

Czech lower house will not discuss accepting unaccompanied minor refugees - ANO, Communists, SocDems and ultra-nationalists opposed it

1.12.2019 10:12  full story

Czech Government Agency for Social Inclusion publishes analysis of segregation in primary schools

30.11.2019 7:07  full story

Czech fan of ultra-nationalist party gets suspended sentence for wearing Nazi symbols to demonstration

25.11.2019 5:40  full story

The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944

16.5.2019 9:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day.  full story

The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944

16.5.2018 0:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day.  full story

Roma and Sinti Genocide Survivors, Descendants and Scholars Unite in Prague

26.9.2017 10:30 Roma and Sinti Genocide Survivors, Descendants and Scholars Unite in Prague By Clare Profous.  full story

The Romani Uprising in Auschwitz, 16 May 1944

16.5.2017 0:01 On 16 May 1944, in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, something completely extraordinary occurred: Romani people imprisoned in the so-called "Gypsy Camp" there rebelled against the SS. This historical event is still almost unknown in the Czech Republic, but 16 May is becoming more and more popular worldwide as Romani Resistance Day.  full story

Czech Police liaisons to minority communities and Regional Coordinators for Romani Affairs discuss collaborating

9.4.2017 16:22 The Czech Interior Ministry, in cooperation with the Office of the Czech Government Council for Romani Minority Affairs, recently held a three-day working meeting between Czech Police liaisons to minority communities, Regional Coordinators for Romani Affairs, and Regional Crime Prevention Managers. The aim of the meeting was to assess the existing ways in which these three kinds of officials collaborate, to present examples of good practice in the area of cooperation at regional level, to present their plans for activity this year and, through discussions, to state proposals and recommendations for intensifying cooperation among these partners.  full story

Czech Republic: Prestigious literary award goes to book some commentators and Romani people find offensive

9.4.2017 15:27 The 16th annual Magnesia Litera book award announced its winners last week. In the newly-revived category for journalism, the award has been given to the book called BRNOX, a guidebook to the neighborhood in Brno nicknamed the "Bronx" that purports to be about that socially excluded locality.  full story

videoVIDEO: Gala celebration for International Romani Day in Prague

9.4.2017 12:22 Prague's La Fabrika club was the location last night of a gala celebration for this year's International Romani Day that was streamed live online by Romea.cz. Czech and Romani circus artists and musicians performed together.  full story

Czech Government should have comprehensive data about Roma this year

9.4.2017 10:29 The Czech Government and its various agencies should receive this year, for the first time, more comprehensive data about the life of Romani people in the Czech Republic. The data should be about access to health care or social services in ghettos as well as education, employment and housing.  full story

videoCzech presidential candidate Michal Horáček on International Romani Day: Believe in yourselves, go for your dreams

8.4.2017 11:06 On the occasion of International Romani Day, Czech presidential candidate Michal Horáček has sent Romani a video message online. "I would like to send this message to
Romani people on their 8 April holiday: Be happy in this world and believe in yourselves."  full story