Czech Republic

Hollywood Reporter says "The Painted Bird", starring a Romani child actor, is among the 20 best films this year

23.9.2019 9:03  full story

Czech Police recommend prosecuting woman who wore Nazi swastikas for supporting a movement to suppress human rights

23.9.2019 8:10  full story

Scholars gather in Czech capital to discuss migrations and mobilities of Romani people

20.9.2019 10:03  full story

International Network against Cyber Hate and ROMEA hold conference on antigypsyism and online hate in Czech capital

18.9.2019 16:17  full story

Czech court says police officer who beat Romani worker did not commit a felony

18.9.2019 6:38  full story

Czech Police say man and woman who committed racist attack against Romani children should be prosecuted

15.9.2019 16:26  full story

Jarmila Balážová, renowned journalist from the Romani community, joining commercial Czech online news server

15.9.2019 13:32  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 film of "The Painted Bird" features Romani child actor in the main role

15.9.2019 10:08  full story

Czech archaeologists discover two graves of Romani concentration camp victims at Lety u Písku

14.9.2019 15:46  full story

Tomáš Ščuka: Romani society has unrealistic expectations of the civil society members on the Czech Govt Roma Council

10.9.2019 14:07  full story

Czech court annuls board of directors of Ústecký Region's biggest housing cooperative

9.9.2019 9:28  full story

Czech court overturns acquittal for author of racist online comments, prosecution will continue

7.9.2019 6:57  full story

Czech archaeological survey confirms human remains are located in the vicinity of current memorial to WWII-era concentration camp for Roma

6.9.2019 17:52  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