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"No Nazi is going to hijack our holiday": Most people at 17 November memorial boo politician for his racism

Petr Macinka, chair of the Motorists party, led a group of party members to the 17 November memorial on Národní třída in Prague just before noon today, where their presence caused disruption. The ...
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Celebrations of 17 November: Romani singers to perform Czech national anthem and "A Prayer for Marta" in main ceremonies in Prague

The 36th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution will be marked today by many actions, assemblies, commemorations, concerts, and "happenings" in the capital city and in the regions. As in past ...
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Czech Ice Hockey Association and Club Prostějov condemn the racist behavior of Prostějov fans, their next match will have no spectators, police still investigating

The Czech Ice Hockey Association and the LHK Jestřábi Prostějov club have emphatically condemned the racist speech by fans of the Prostějov club ahead of their match in Hodonín. The association also ...
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Vice-Chair of Czech Govt Council for Roma Minority Affairs condemns ice hockey fan chants: "This is not fandom, but anti-Romani racism"

The Vice-Chair of the Czech Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs, Marian Dancso, has sharply condemned the racist chanting by fans of the ice hockey club LHK Jestřábi Prostějov which ...
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Czech Govt adopts plan to "transform" excluded locality of housing estate in Šluknov, RomanoNet warns locals could be evicted without guarantee of return

The Czech Government has adopted the proposal titled "Joint procedure of public administration units on transforming the Šluknov housing estate". According to the Ministry for Regional Development, it ...
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Germany: YouTuber Bizzely is restoring the Sinti Roma community's voice in their own language, which has survived the silence of history

Franz-Elias Schneck (25), better known by his Sinto name, Bizzely, carries on his shoulders both the hope of a new generation of Sinti in Germany and the weight of centuries of history. The empirical ...
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"The corpse of a g*psy floats on the water." Czech Police solving case of Prostějov ice hockey fans' racist speech ahead of match in Hodonín

The Czech Police are investigating an incident in which fans of the ice hockey club LHK Jestřábi Prostějov chanted racist slogans and sang a song with hateful lyrics on Saturday, 8 November 2025 in ...
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Jan Čonka: The ANO movement has betrayed its Romani voters, electing Okamura Speaker of the lower house spits in their faces

Tomio Okamura is now Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies. The Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO) movement has broken its promises, and what is happening today in politics is not just about ...
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Inclusion, educating all children together, is like the first button on a coat: Once we misbutton it, even money won't be able to save us

I was never sure, but I once believed inclusion had become so rooted in our education system and in society that there was no longer the need to defend it. I anticipated that we would discuss how to ...
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Civil society members of Czech Govt Council for Roma Minority Affairs and RomanoNet criticize project to transform a housing estate in Šluknov: Tenants' rights could be ...

The plan by the town of Šluknov, Czech Republic to buy out roughly 400 apartments in a socially excluded locality and administer them has sparked a reaction from the volunteer civil society members of ...
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New report to Czech Education Ministry finds 79 segregated schools where Romani children are educated separately

In the Czech Republic there are still 79 segregated schools where half or more than half of the pupils are Romani. A new situational report to the Education Ministry warns the measures taken against ...
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Czech Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies is now Tomio Okamura, indicted for spreading hatred of migrants and Romani people

"Freedom and Direct Democracy" (SPD) leader Tomio Okamura has become the Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies. The candidate of the emerging coalition government of the Action of Dissatisfied ...