Roma community

Slovak bodybuilder Adam Cibuľa signs an autograph for a fan during the awards ceremony of the Slovak Association of Bodybuilding, Fitness, and Powerlifting for 2009, held on January 15, 2010, in Poprad.
Jozef Mikuš
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Court rules state discriminated against Roma girl during pandemic

Girl did not have access to computer nor the Internet.

Six Roma boys were reportedly bullied by police officers in Košice in March 2009
Ladislav Rácz.

Roma, whom a cafe refused to serve, wins in court

The case first landed in court in 2017.

The Sendrei family band during the Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows premiere in London.

From small Slovak town to London red carpet – the Sendrei family band

Recording with famous film composer helped make musicians’ international name.

The discrimination of Roma children in education in Slovakia continues to persist.

Slovakia referred to EU court over Roma segregation

Steps taken to deal with problem deemed insufficient.

March in support of LGBT+ community in Bratislava on Friday, October 14, 2022.

'High time' to adopt action plan to help LGBT+ people in Slovakia, says ECRI

Commission assesses implementation of recommendations by Slovakia.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Roma children attending a primary school in Stará Ľubovňa - Podsadek are segregated.

Supreme Court rules school in eastern Slovakia segregates Roma children

A historic ruling, says the Centre for Civil and Human Rights that filed a lawsuit against state and local government.

People in Michalovce commemorate the death of nurse Erika on January 8, 2023.

Fearless Roma people boo far-right politician, call him a fascist

In eastern Slovakia, a nurse's murder led to a face-off between the Roma and Marian Kotleba.

A community house which is part of the Building Hope project in Košice, eastern Slovakia.

Healthy relationship with Roma minority a necessity, experts say

Majority needs to recognise societal and economic injustice.

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Romani disappearing from Roma communities

In some areas, language no longer used by young generation.

Euro Commissar for Equality, Helena Dalli in Sečovce.

EU Commissioner: There are EU funds to help Roma, but why aren't they used in Slovakia?

EU Commissioner Dalli visited poverty-stricken marginalised communities, highlighting the situation of local children.

Illustrative photo, march against discrimination.

Extremism has grown stronger in Slovakia

Right-wing and ultranationalist groups threaten the safety of minorities.

Illustrative photo, workplace.

Roma workers: last chance for the East?

Anton Marcinčin and Ábel Ravasz join forces to discuss the demographic time-bomb which is already ticking in Slovakia and a possible solution at least for its Eastern part.

President Zuzana Čaputová meets with Adela Maková whose family fell victim to the Roma Holocaust.
A Roma woman in the settlement in the village of Petrovce nad Laborcom.

MEPs blast "Middle Ages" conditions for Roma

Committee says lack of prospects for minority is "absolute scandal".

Roma settlement in Bystrany, eastern Slovakia, is an example of a segregated Roma community.

Define hate speech and address segregation, Slovakia advised

The authorities need to deal with segregation of Roma, use of minority languages in public, and online hate speech, the Council of Europe's committee advises.

Moldava nad Bodvou, eastern Slovakia.

Special needs Roma compensated for illegal custody

The incident happened nine years ago.

The portrait of Roma mother Jitka Pištová will be displayed in an art gallery window in Bratislava until April 2022.

In a Bratislava gallery window, a Roma breastfeeds her baby

The photo is one of many depicting Roma people taken by photographer Šymon Kliman.

Ďevjatkakere Čhave, a Roma children's choir from Košice, during a recording session at the Slovak Public Radio building in Bratislava in December 2021.
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The world belongs to all of us, Košice Roma children sing

The choir Ďevjatkakere Čhave has put out its first music video.

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