Romea.cz
8.2.2021 9:44
The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (PHOTO: Czech Television)
An amendment to the law on aid to those in material distress currently awaiting a second reading in the Czech lower house does not respect the fundamental principles and rights that such welfare benefits are meant to guarantee, according to some of the volunteer civil society members of the Czech Government Council on Romani Minority Affairs. Romani community members and others on the Council point out that during the last six years, seven such amendments to the law on aid to those in material distress have been submitted to the legislature for consideration.
Czech nonprofits find schools not in touch with one-fifth of disadvantaged parents surveyed
7.2.2021 14:40
(PHOTO: People in Need, Czech Republic - Člověk v tísni)
Of the children living in social disadvantage today in the Czech Republic, one-fifth of their parents are not in contact with their children s schools about the current distance learning that is underway. That fact has been demonstrated by a questionnaire survey conducted by the People in Need (
Člověk v tísni) organization and 15 other nonprofits in the country.
The findings also reveal that more than one-fourth of such children do not comprehend the material being taught today and just half of their teachers are providing pupils with feedback about that comprehension. One-third of parents surveyed have a problem aiding their children with homework because the material being covered is complex.
Romea.cz
27.1.2021 8:57
Recently-elected Slovak MP Milan Mazurek, a member of the fascist LSNS party, is shown here verbally assaulting an Arab family including children on the street in Bratislava in June of 2015. (PHOTO: YouTube.com)
Milan Mazurek, Milan Uhrík and Ondrej Ďurica have left the board of the fascist party in Slovakia called
ĽSNS-Kotleba ( People s Party Our Slovakia-Kotleba because party chair Marián Kotleba has used the party s statutes to change the way in which it is directed so that it now follows the leader principle , stripping them of powers while enhancing his own. Marián Kotleba has cemented himself into the chairmanship of ĽSNS in such a way that nobody will ever remove him, even if he ends up behind bars, journalist Tomáš Kyseľ has reported.
Vaccinations against COVID-19 - how is the Romani community in the Czech Republic responding?
26.1.2021 10:04
The vaccine against COVID-19 developed by Pfizer-BioNTech. (PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons, U.S. Secretary of Defense)
Registration for vaccinations against COVID-19 in the Czech Republic began on Friday, 15 January for citizens 80 years of age or older and initially featured difficulties when the system was unable to keep up with the demand to register. According to data from the state team of what is being called the Smart Quarantine system, as of 13:00 on Monday, 18 January almost half of the senior citizens aged 80 and over who do not live in retirement homes had registered.