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Kiska: Facebook to reinforce teams focusing on extremist posts
Kiska's US visit brings several high-profile meetings.
NY Times highlights partnership in a Roma settlement
NY Times reports on the achievements of Spišský Hrhov where the mayor decided to improve the integration of Roma.
Charges now brought against witnesses in infamous Moldava raid
The police inspectorate finds no errors in the actions of police officers.
Light a symbolical candle to commemorate the Roma Holocaust victims
The fact that we do not know much about the Roma Holocaust does not mean it did not happen, said the Slovak government’s proxy for Roma communities.
Flexi Cards program tries to help Roma find employment
Slovakia is one of eight central and eastern European countries participating in an international project to reduce barriers to work.
Court awards over €16,000 in compensation for unlawful sterilisation
On May 26 a district court awarded financial compensation to an illegally sterilised Roma woman from a case going back to the 1990s. This is just the second case with such a decision.
ERRC studies allege inappropriate police violence in Roma community
The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) scrutinised alleged police violence in the Romani neighbourhood of Zborov from April 16, based on a video footage by a witness.
Roma proxy: toluene epidemic breaks out
The Government Proxy for Roma Communities requires restriction on the sale of toluene.
Slovak project focused on Roma awarded
The Agents of Equality project receive an international award for social innovations SozialMarie.
Young Roma played football match against diplomats
Dimplomats, MPs, and Roma came together on the field to play football and create new ties.
There are efforts for positive changes in Roma community
The many active Slovak citizens we met – of both Roma and non-Roma heritages – give me optimism that future International Roma Days will give us more to celebrate, US envoy writes.
What Slovakia loses when it neglects the Roma
If the employment rate of Roma matched that of the majority, the labour market would get 150,000 people it badly needs.
Amnesty International slams Slovak discrimination against Roma
The organization's report also points to Fico and anti-migrant rhetoric.
Action plan for Roma integration to bring financial literacy
The action plans approved by government for 2016-2018 aim for better financial literacy, Roma children studying at common elementary schools and also fewer long-term unemployed.
Roma civil patrols will continue
The Interior Ministry allocated €10 million for the project.
Analyst: Society has the tools to prevent the worst from happening
Robert Fico did not appear in the Washington Post story about European far right by accident, says political analyst and director of the Institute for Public Affairs Grigorij Mesežnikov.
One step forward, two steps back
Roma patrols were one of the few examples that brought actual results for the minority and the majority. But at some point the project was allowed to drown during the change in governments.
Plan to fight Roma criminality questioned
The Interior Ministry defends its plan to increase the number of police officers in problematic localities, but mayors would welcome other measures.
A police officer charged in the Vrbnica case
But the investigator failed to accuse concrete police officers who reportedly beat the local Roma.
Not everybody has access to water, ombudswoman warns
Roma settlements also face problems with insufficient fire-fighting means.
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