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The public call for the incoming Population Census in North Macedonia is open, 113 Roma enumerators

On the occasion of the upcoming Population Census which should be held form the 1st to the 21st of April this year, the State Statistics Office published the call for Regional Instructors and enumerators. During the selection of the candidates who have applied to be Regional Instructors, the ethnic structure of the population in that region will be taken into account.

The candidates who will apply should fulfill the following criteria:

  1. A) General Conditions
  • To be citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia
  • To be an adult
  • To have completed at least secondary education
  • To not be employed
  1. B) Additional conditions
  • Knowledge in working with a computer
  • Knowing the appropriate language of the community in accordance to the tabular overview.

The electronic application can be found at (https://www.stat.gov.mk/popis/PrijavaPopis2021.aspx - Macedonian Form and   https://www.stat.gov.mk/popis/PrijavaPopis2021_al.aspx - Albanian Form

The application period is from 23.02-28.02.2021

The interested candidates which will deliver the electronic form, the necessary documents are exclusively delivered in real form via mail to the State Statistics Office, Str. Dame Gruev. No. 4 in Skopje, p.fax 506, not later than 01.03.2021 or at the day of the scheduled testing within the premises where the testing will occur.

The documents which are in a paper form which will be delivered via mail or personally should contain the following documents.

  1. a) Proof of Citizenship – copy of a: ID card or Citizenship Certificate or a valid passport.
  2. b) Proof of graduated secondary education – copy of the school card or a certificate or diploma for finished education.
  3. c) Written statement that the individual is not employed
  4. d) Written statement that the individual knows how to use a personal computer

The engagement of the selected candidates will be defined by a Work Contract.

The candidates who don’t have the complete documentation will not be taken into account upon the review.

Czech NGO director tells ombudsman he should resign for refusing to acknowledge discrimination against Roma

According to the director of the Open Society (Otevřená společnost) organization, Marta Smolíková, the Czech Public Defender of Rights (ombudsman), Stanislav Křeček, should resign for refusing to acknowledge the existence of discrimination against Romani people. She told him so on a program broadcast by the Proglas 13+ radio station. 

An open letter signed by representatives of organizations that promote human rights, people facing adversity and the Romani minority called on Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) and members of the lower house to distance themselves from the anti-Romani remarks made by the ombudsman and was raised as a topic of discussion. "During the 30 years that we have been doing the integration of Roma, nothing has changed. The situation keeps getting worse - more Romani children dropping out of school, many not preparing themselves for future employment, unemployment growing, excluded localities increasing. However, when I critically mention that we must not continue this, that we have to change the situation, it's considered an anti-Romani attack. That is an example of where the discourse on the integration of Romani people finds itself at this time," the ombudsman said when asked to comment on the open letter.   

 

Link: http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-ngo-director-tells-ombudsman-he-should-resign-for-refusing-to-acknowledge-discrimination-against-roma

Singer Ida Kellarová – an ambassador for Romany culture

Ida Kelarová is a singer, musician and choirmaster, who performs some of the best Romany music to come out of the Czech Republic. On the occasion of Ida’s 65th birthday we are offering you some of the best of Ida Kellarová’s music.

In addition to her concerts, the singer organizes international workshops, multi-ethnic projects, the Roma festival Gypsy Celebration and helps found choirs with a repertoire of Romany songs. In 1999, together with her current partner Desiderio Dužda, she formed the group Romano Rat (Roma Blood), with which she tours many countries of the world.

Paradoxically it was years before Ida discovered her Romany roots and drew inspiration from Roma culture and music. Because of the prejudices against the Romany minority, her father Koloman Bitto, a Romany from southern Slovakia with incredible musical talent, took the drastic step of covering up his family’s origin. He believed he was doing the right thing for his three daughters and giving them a better start in life. Since the girls were light-haired and Ida herself was a blond baby the deception went undetected for years.

Today her Roma legacy has become an important part of Ida Kellarova’s life and she works hard to help talented Romany children living in excluded localities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

 

Link: https://english.radio.cz/singer-ida-kellarova-ambassador-romany-culture-8707476?fbclid=IwAR0XTOz9ZlM3Qv5ox3zSKc9Y9RpticWLSAeEJ7_JtIvWLe0czG35iQC4o1Y

Strasbourg court: Bulgarian courts allow Volen Siderov's speech, which is extremely stigmatizing for Roma and Jews

On February 16 this year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg ruled in the cases of Behar and Gutman v. Bulgaria (application № 29335/13) and Budinova and Chaprazov v. Bulgaria (application № 12567/13), concerning systematic anti-Semitic and anti-Roma speech of Volen Siderov before and soon after his election as Member of Parliament in 2006

The court's ruling comes after the Supreme Court of Cassation upheld the refusals of the Sofia District Court and the Sofia City Court in August 2012 to convict Siderov of discriminatory speech under the Protection against Discrimination Act in August 2012.

In both cases, the ECtHR found that the Bulgarian courts had not ensured the right balance between Volen Siderov's freedom of expression and the applicants' right not to be discriminated against. Moreover, the Court emphasizes the obligations of national authorities to combat racial discrimination, which includes discrimination on ethnic grounds.

The court found that national courts had downplayed Siderov's statements to stigmatize Jews and Roma in Bulgaria, and instead identified the statements as a legitimate debate on issues of public importance.

 

Link: https://www.bghelsinki.org/bg/news/20210216-press-ECtHR-Behar-and-Gutman-and-Budinova-and-Chaprazov?fbclid=IwAR3h2Q6YSYqpx9y5dhkMunCf4_t-QHXNkNyLXqIawNQXxjhAmmKjUqL1HLY

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