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The European energy crisis will affect the Roma the most

European Roma are bracing for the worst winter in decades as many cannot afford to pay skyrocketing energy prices.

The rise of energy in Europe mostly affects the most vulnerable, and one of the most vulnerable are the approximately 12 million Roma, as many as there are on the continent (and maybe more). Higher entitlement bills are a disaster for anyone already living on a working livelihood.

European Roma are bracing for the worst winter in decades as many cannot afford to pay skyrocketing energy prices.

In Romania, as many as 2 million Roma earn up to 40 percent less than the average salary, said Alin Ban, national coordinator in the non-governmental organization there. Average utility bills are now roughly double that.

He stated that receiving financial support from the state this winter will be the only salvation for many Roma in the country.

In Serbia, there are also Roma families who sometimes illegally connect to the electricity network and often fall into debt by borrowing money from moneylenders to cover their utility costs. Such situations are noticeable among the rest of the Roma in other countries due to economic reasons

Sibela Mamudoska, the best student at Bitola University: I had the opportunity to go abroad, but I stayed here to give back to my country"

Sibela Mamudoska graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Prilep with an average of 10 and immediately after her studies she found a job where she put her theoretical knowledge into practice.

Nothing less than ten, this is the success that Sibela Mamudoska from Prilep has achieved in the past four years at the Faculty of Economics in Prilep. Recently, she was declared the best among the top ten graduates of the University of "St. Kliment Ohridski" in Bitola.

- It was not difficult to find a job. Previously, I was an intern for two years at a bank in Bitola and they recognized my quality, which resulted in employment immediately after my graduation - said Mamudoska.

Like all young people, she considered opportunities to build her career abroad, but something much bigger kept her here.

- I was thinking of going abroad, there were opportunities for that. But I stayed here, everything is familiar to me here, I upgraded myself here, so I wanted to give back to my homeland for the opportunities that were given to me - says the best student for the 2021/2022 academic year at the University of Bitola.

She is already making her contribution because in addition to her work, she is also involved in projects of non-governmental organizations that fight for greater rights of Roma women, especially for equal treatment in employment. So far, she has received other awards, including the one from the citizens' association "Romaversitas" for the student with the highest average, as well as other successes and recognitions during her studies.

- No achievement can be so great that it cannot be surpassed by another achievement - adds Mamudoska and reveals that her next goal is to enroll in postgraduate studies at the University of "St. Kliment Ohridski" in Bitola.

 

Link: https://www.fakulteti.mk/news/26122022/imav-mozhnost-da-zaminam-vo-stranstvo-no-ostanav-tuka-za-da-i-vozvratam-na-tatkovinata-veli-sibela-

On February 12, after nine months, electricity was connected to the Roma from the Niš settlement

On Friday, after nine months, the residents of the Nis settlement "12. February" in Nis received electricity, said Stevan Nikolić from the Opre Roma movement.

Residents of the settlement "12. February" they lived without electricity for nine months and during the two biggest world crises they spent their days and nights in the dark. However, they persevered in the fight and now they can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, according to the statement of the movement.

The resident of the settlement Ljubiša Vučković claims that in nine months none of the Roma representatives, including the National Roma Council, has even deigned to ask them how they are doing, except for the Opra Roma movement.

Slovak President gives high state honors to Ľudovít Didi and Anna Koptová, both of Romani origin

On 1 January 2023, Anna Koptová was awarded the Order of Ľudovít Štúr Second Class. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of an independent Slovak Republic, President Zuzana Čaputová has given state honors to dozens of figures. Many of them were involved in the struggle against totalitarianism. Ľudovít Didi and Anna Koptová, both of Romani origin, were among those honored. Didi received the Order of Ľudovít Štúr Third Class in memoriam.

The president bestowed the honor upon Didi for his exceptional services to democracy and its development, as well as to human rights and freedoms and their protection. His debut as a prose writer happened at the age of 73.

Didi made his mark in the history of Slovak literature as the author of the first novel about Romani people. His prose work Příběhy svěcené větrem [Tales Sanctified by the Wind] comes from the milieu with which he was intimately familiar, the Romani world.

 

Link: https://romea.cz/en/world/slovak-president-gives-high-state-honors-to-ludovit-didi-and-anna-koptova-both-of-romani-origin

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