At this 10th Congress of the IRU will show our unity and also will serve as a good opportunity to review and to bring a proposal Resolution which will raise the reputation and the respect of amongst the Romani and the non Roma people, and we will deepen the democracy and the legitimacy of the IRU. The Congress will have discussions regarding the plans of the implementation for the Electronic Internet Voting System which should be implemented at the IRU Congress which is planned to be held in 2020.
The new President is the Delegate from Macedonia Mr. Zoran Dimov, his deputies are the Delegates Ms. Jasmina Ahmetaj from Slovenia, Agush Demirovski from Switzerland, Ajten Berlafa from Finland and Gerard Linder from Poland. The new General Secretary of the IRU is Mr. Ramush Muarem and the new Treasurer of the IRU is Mr. Veli Husein from Croatia. The new President of the IRU Parliament is Mr. Stevo Balog from Austria , while as the Vice Presidents of the IRU Parliament are Ms. Angelica Mashtakova from Italy and Stefan Kuzhicov from Sweden.- Details
Within the Parliamentary session of IRU on June 28 and 29, to be held in Skopje, one of the activities is the origin of the Roma, their genesis, language, history and religion.
It is titled as First Scientific Symposium where its latest findings, discussions, suggestions and activities in their speeches directly address the audience. Presentations among others will include: Verandra Rishi -Indija, Dr. Trajko Petrovski RSM, Dipl.etnologist Daniel Petrovski, Andris Teratas - Latvia, David Berat, Imer Kajtazi - Belgium, Robert Alagjozovski - Nat. coordinate. for once. of culture and intercourse. sorab.
At the same time, from an innovative point of view through their own video presentations, they will have prominent experts from that segment, among other things, names such as: prof. Jan Hancock - USA, Dr. Rajko Djuric - R. Serbia, Gratan Pucson - V. Britain and Nadezhda Demeter - Russian Federation
This section will be held on June 28 - Friday in the Hotel Continental in Skopje.
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It says: In your capacity as President of the Council of Ministers you are bringing great shame on Italy!
The eviction of 500 Roma, men, women and children in the municipality of Giugliano in Campania, on 10 May (this time 100 children) is but the latest inhuman action taken by the state and the municipalities against Roma and Sinti, known to be the most vulnerable and under-represented people in Europe.
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A major police action involving around 1,200 police officers, which was conducted in the morning on 7 May 2019, at 19 locations across Belgium, was targeted at the Roma community (Travellers).
The accusation for which this action was carried out is due to trade in illegally obtained vehicles.
IRU highly respects the work of the police and dealing with criminals in Belgian society, because it is necessary for everyone to be equal before the Belgian legal system.
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From 25 to 27 March in Heliski, Finland, a Conference on the Roma woman is held with several topics for discussion.
Representatives from federal ministries and international organizations also take part in that conference. The International Roma Union - IRU is also participating in this important conference.
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This 2019 from 23 to 26 May will have elections for the new 750 MEPs in the new composition of the European Parliament.
Knowing the capacity of the current MEPs who at the same time need to defend the interests and policies of the Roma Nation of Europe that number over 12 million Roma from the old continent, IRU is of the opinion that future MPs in the EP will need to pay more attention and towards the burning problems of the Roma people.
That's why IRU, as the largest and oldest organization of Roma, sends an appeal to all Roma political activists, and fighters for Roma rights are encouraging and urging them to join a campaign of their choice. IRU, with its full capacity and structure, will stand and lobby for future MEPs.
Encourages all candidates to join the political European movements that have good intentions towards the Roma nation. Otherwise, candidates need to have lobby from their own party members, as well as support from the Roma community from their originating country, and they are an EU member state.
This means that the IRU will be supported by all our Roma activists who will be part of the European Democrats, the Party of European Socialists and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, the Union for Europe of Nations, the European Green Party - the European Free Alliance, the European United Left - Nordic Green Left and Independence and Democracy.
This call applies only to candidates whose countries are members of the European Union and have the right to stand for the European Parliament.
All of the Roma organizations are joining this call to IRU with its support and lobby, who are members of the ERTF, (IRU, RNC, IRFIN, Phenjalipe, IREM, Roma political group, EastWestMet) ERIO and Roma intellectuals from all over the world.
Therefore, the IRU invites all those candidates, and they need to send their CV, as well as information about their previous experience and work in this field on the following e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.