New app aims to connect Sudeten Germans from ex-Czechoslovakia
Prague, Czech Republic – A new digital app launched at the beginning of June seeks to help Sudeten Germans descendantsContinue Reading
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Prague, Czech Republic – A new digital app launched at the beginning of June seeks to help Sudeten Germans descendantsContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Croatia has summoned the Hungarian ambassador in Zagreb over comments from Prime Minister Viktor Orban. In aContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Hungarian authorities vigorously denied claims they were warned in advance by Russia about its intention to invadeContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Czech President Miloš Zeman has called Romani refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine “economic migrants”, localContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Accused of theft, Romani war refugees from Ukraine are being forced to stay in a separateContinue Reading
Hungarians will go to the polls on April 3 to decide who will represent them in parliament in the next 4 years.Continue Reading
On January 25, 1946, the government of a newly restored Czechoslovakia started the forced deportation of ethnic Germans and HungariansContinue Reading
The Polish word “Murzyn” — a racial epithet still frequently used to refer to and address Black people — isContinue Reading
Poland is a largely mono-ethnic country whose minorities are rarely depicted in the media. In her fascinating project “Ba Lan”,Continue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Czech police dismissed allegations that officers were responsible for the death of a Roma man lastContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Hungary will help renovate churches in southern Slovakia despite the Slovak government not giving its approval toContinue Reading
On October 1, 1608, twelve years before the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, the first Polish settlers arrived at Jamestown aboardContinue Reading
On September 14, 1940, following the Second Vienna Award, which assigned Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary, the Hungarian ArmyContinue Reading
This week, Kafkadesk spoke with Andrea Najvirtova, director of People in Need Slovakia, one of the NGOs spearheading local andContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – The Romani man who died on Saturday in Teplice after being arrested by Czech police officersContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – A Romani man has died in the Czech city of Teplice, northern Bohemia, while in policeContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – The lower house of the Czech Parliament approved a bill to financially compensate Roma women victimsContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Yesterday, surrounded by his faithful ministers — Péter Szijjártó, Judit Varga, and Katalin Novák, Viktor Orbán attendedContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – In June 2020, Irena Bihariová was elected chair of the party Progresívne Slovensko (Progressive Slovakia). Her appointment made historyContinue Reading
Warsaw, Poland – A national census will be launched in Poland on April 1. On this occasion, Polish citizens canContinue Reading