The Brná Thermal Pool in the Czech town of Ústí nad Labem has employed several Romani people as attendants and lifeguards, and according to Martina Mata, director of the Municipal Services of Ústí nad Labem, which operates the facility, visitors are responding very positively to the Romani staff.

Last summer conflicts happened at several different swimming facilities between non-Romani and Romani swimmers around the country.

The Brná facility had to deal with deceptive reports last year alleging that a Romani boy had defecated in the pool. Mata said the Romani staffers were not even specifically recruited by the city.

"They all applied by themselves to the advertisement we posted to social media, on public transportation, at the university and at the Labor Office. They all underwent the standard selection procedure," he told Romea.cz.

"These people want to work. A total of two male Romani lifeguards, one female Romani lifeguard and an attendant are working at the Brná Thermal Pool - the attendant does some cleaning as necessary and other small jobs," Mata said.

Link: http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-town-hires-romani-lifeguards-swimmers-respond-positively-especially-romanes-speakers

 "I wonder if the protests would be done without being at stake in the Roma people?" Was the first comment by the representative of the Roma in the Croatian Parliament, Veljko Kitasi, on the request of Al Jazeera to comment on this moment that 29 Romani families were recently relocated a residential building in Zagreb's Petrusevac settlement

The city of Zagreb for these needs bought real estate and Roma families were supposed to take over the keys, but were prevented. Protestants claimed that the objects were not adapted for living, and prevented their relocation, with the emphasis that they were not here to protest only because they were Roma.
Later on, with police assistance, Roma families were moved.

But this was not the first time that citizens from this settlement protested against the Roma. It is also not the first time in Zagreb to protest against Roma.

But such images when it comes to Roma and improving their living conditions there are everywhere in the Balkans. But also not only in the Balkans, sociologist and political scientist Srdjan Dvornik warned, but also in Europe, citing examples in the Czech Republic, "a state that is considered by the post-socialist community as being civilized, and which does not treat the Roma better than these "Our region.

Link: http://www.romskiportal.com/2019/07/08/zasto-su-romi-nepozeljni-susjedi/