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Slovakia: 12 Roma communities are quarantined in connection with the coronavirus pandemic. The ombudsman doesn't like it

In Slovakia, 12 Roma communities are currently quarantined in connection with the coronavirus pandemic. This was confirmed by Andrea Bučková, the representative of the Government of the Slovak Republic for the Roma community. The ombudsman Maria Pataky does not like that.

"The current numbers of quarantined communities indicate that we are still struggling with the approach of introducing area-based community quarantines," Bučková said.

The Office is based on data from regular monitoring carried out at the level of selected municipalities. "As of March 23, 2021, the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary registers, on the basis of this monitoring, a total of 45 places / municipalities where either the entire Roma settlement or part of the community has been quarantined since December 2020," she specified.

The closure of marginalized Roma communities due to quarantine has recently been criticized by Ombudsman Marie Patakyová. At the same time, she asked Prosecutor General Maroš Žilink to review the legality of decrees of regional public health authorities (RÚVZ) in this matter and, if necessary, to turn to the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic.

According to her, ordering such quarantine is selective and so far only applies to areas with marginalized communities. At that time, the Public Health Office of the Slovak Republic reacted that regional authorities do not approach the closure of sites automatically.

 

Link: http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/zahranicni/slovensko-v-souvislosti-s-pandemii-koronaviru-je-v-karantene-12-romskych-komunit.ombudsmance-se-to-nelibi

Finland: Recommendation of the Ministry of Interior: Roma flag on the National Roma Day

The Ministry of the Interior recommends general flagging on Thursday, April 8, 2021, Roma National Day. Flagging begins at 8 a.m. and ends at sunset.

- The Ministry of the Interior has ordered government agencies and institutions to flag 8.4. With the Finnish flag. If more than one ticket area is used, it can be flagged with the Roma flag alongside the Finnish flag, the ministry instructs in a press release issued on Friday.

Special planner Aino Tuovinen from the Ministry of the Interior says that the Ministry of the Interior has received proposals from citizens to flag Finland on National Roma Day.

- As a result of these proposals, at the end of last year, the Ministry of the Interior asked the Advisory Board for Romanian Affairs for its position on ordering state agencies and institutions to fly the Finnish flag on Roma National Day. The Advisory Board for Romanian Affairs welcomed the presentation, Tuovinen told Iltalehti on Friday.

Used since 1971

According to the Romanit.fi website, the international Roma flag was approved in 1971 at the First World Roma Congress.

The Roma flag represents the Roma people.

- The blue color of the flag symbolizes the sky, spirituality, eternity and freedom. The color green symbolizes nature, land, fertility and the concrete aspects of life in general. The red wheel with 16 poles is reminiscent of Roma origin, as the same chakra is also on the Indian flag. The chakra symbolizes horse-drawn carriages and travel, development and growth, according to romanit.fi.

 

Link: https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/f170fb94-adbe-47dd-8166-6dc91f39845a

The National Kitchen in Suto Orizari will pause, due to the new wave to Covid 19

 The Municipality of Suto Orizari issued a statement stating that the National Kitchen will pause for some time due to the new wave with Covid 19 on the territory of the municipality. In order to preserve the health of the citizens, we ask for an understanding of this decision in order to keep under control the number of infected citizens within the municipality, inform the municipality. The past week has been an exceptional challenge, especially in terms of maintaining order and distance between all users given that we work with reduced capacity in the team. In order to protect your and our health, and in accordance with the announcements of the Minister of Health that the peak of the third wave is not yet expected, we inform you that the kitchen will not function for a short period of time, starting from Monday, March 29. Users will be informed in the field about the break as well as the date of the initial opening, immediately after the stabilization of the number of infected and the return of all team members. Health above all! Avoid crowds, go out only if necessary and beware! We are here - we continue very soon - and until then stay in good health.

Paul Polanski has passed away, a great friend and protector of the Roma

The American writer and journalist Paul Polanski passed away on the 26th of March 2021 after a short but very difficult illness. He comes from Iowa, he spent most of his life in Europe, where he studied the movements of the Roma population. Before the end of the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, he came to Kosovo, where after a demand from the UN, he was asked to volunteer in a Roma refugee camp. He began living in Knez village near Nish in 2006. During his residence in Kosovo, the Albanians have tried to kidnap him several times. – I am not politically oriented, but I am a witness to those events. I wrote about the refusal of KFOR to protect the minorities. Later on I was a witness of a prosecution in the spring of 2004, when all enclaves were attacked by the Albanians. I was present when the Albanians brought fuel reservoirs, they poured water in the Fushe Hospital in Kosovo and set it up in flames.

The doctors and the medical staff that were inside, were running away through the side exits, while I was standing there with police forces from the UN, which refused to intervene – said Polanski during an interview.

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