After the recent controversy that rocked Belgium, caused by inappropriate remarks of Conner Rousseau, the president of the "VORUIT" political party, leaves a bitter taste not only for the Roma, but also for everyone who cherishes basic values.

The apology given during the press conference is in some respects good, but the lack of a specific apology to the Roma by Mr. Russo casts a shadow over its sincerity and raises the question of whether this incident is just a political maneuver or a genuine apology.

IRU reacts to the silence of the political elite regarding the support for the Roma community. Criticism of racism is present, but solidarity with those directly affected is absent. Where are the ministers from Belgium to express Belgium's bitterness in the EU institutions?

That is why the IRU asks the Belgian authorities, as well as the EU, to react promptly and preventively. So that the Roma from Belgium do not feel that they are left alone and without support. Conner Russo himself should know that it is the responsibility of political leaders to express themselves with great care and respect for all communities."

Belgium, as part and at the same time the "heart" of Europe, must show that it is open to all its citizens, regardless of skin color or cultural backgrounds.

In the future, the IRU will not tolerate such developments, and also, if insults continue in this way, it will engage in organizing, together with other relevant Roma organizations, mass protests throughout Belgium and other European cities," says the statement of the IRU signed by its president Zoran Dimov. .

At the beginning of October of the current year, 111 years have passed since the famous "Battle of Kumanovo". A significant contribution to the unfolding of this legendary battle against the Turkish Ottomans was made by the military trumpeter Amet Ametović, a Roma from Leskovac, who deceived the enemies of the Serbian army by playing the signal for retreat and the signal for the attack to the Serbian army... For such a deed, King of Serbia HRH Petar the First Karadjordjević was awarded him with the highest Serbian award. However, historians who later covered this battle made a careless mistake: that it was Ahmed Amedović (and not properly Amet Ametović). His descendants even today, among whom is Vladimir - Vlada Amzić, editor at the House of Roma Culture in Leskovac, beat the bull that that the mistake is corrected, and that at least one street in Leskovac bears the name of the legendary war trumpeter from Leskovac... During our conversation today, they told us that the people of Leskovac, like Nišlije, could erect a monument to this and other Roma musicians and form a youth music competition in Leskovac...

.Link: https://rominfomedia.rs/2023/09/28/pocetkom-oktobra-111-godina-od-cuvene-kumanovske-bitkenovi-detalji-o-cuvenom-romskom-trubacu/