Taking the fight to Covid in Slovakia’s Roma communities
Bratislava, Slovakia – The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was expected to bring a perfect storm to Slovakia’s marginalised RomaContinue Reading
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Bratislava, Slovakia – The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was expected to bring a perfect storm to Slovakia’s marginalised RomaContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Viktor Orbán has called a Supreme Court landmark segregation ruling awarding damages to schoolchildren from the RomaContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovak authorities have ordered the lockdown of Roma settlements after confirmation of several cases of coronavirus infection.Continue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia reported its first confirmed case of Covid-19 infection in the country’s Roma community, local watchdog Romea.czContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – A few days after the government’s initial announcement, Slovakia started testing its sizable Roma community for coronavirusContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – Government plans to hold a national consultation gauging citizens’ views on nine questions concerning, among others, segregationContinue Reading
Budapest, Hungary – On Sunday, February 23, thousands of protesters gathered at Nyugati train station in Budapest to protest againstContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia looks all set for major change in the forthcoming general election on 29 February. Robert Fico’sContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – Local organization ‘Milion Moments for Democracy’ announced it will hold protests in Prague on March 1Continue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – A special prosecutor revoked the racism-related charges against former Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, the TASR newsContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Former Prime Minister and chairman of the ruling Smer party Robert Fico has been officially charged byContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – A far-right MP has lost his seat in the Slovak Parliament after being found guilty of hateContinue Reading
Prague, Czech Republic – ‘The Lynching’, hailed as the first co-production between French-German network Arte and Czech Television, will premiereContinue Reading
Slovakia has many minorities living within its borders, from the historic Hungarian community in the south, to Ruthenians in theContinue Reading
Bratislava, Slovakia – Around 120 Slovak companies and businesses have joined a campaign to fight prejudices and discrimination against the RomaContinue Reading