The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) issued a press release on 6 March 2023 announcing the high probability that Romani children who were previously in state care in Ukraine are among the thousands abducted by the Russians, a policy that has been called cruel, inhumane, and genocidal. According to a newly-published report by the Yale School of Public Health's Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), since 24 February 2022, when Russia launched its full-fledged invasion of Ukraine, more than 6,000 children and youth between the ages of four months and 17 years have been forcibly relocated and detained in camps and other facilities.

Link: https://romea.cz/en/world/errc-new-research-to-show-romani-children-likely-among-the-thousands-russia-has-abducted-from-ukraine

Within the framework of the project "Bair - a joint action of Bitola for the inclusion of Roma" the call for applications for the renovation of households of the Roma population in the settlement of Bair is published. The purpose of this call is to renovate the households of 27 Roma families, whose buildings have a title deed.

It envisages three types of interventions from installing PVC windows, rebuilding the facade and reconstructing the roof. Citizens will have the opportunity from today, September 21, and every working day, including October 7, until 2 p.m., to register. If an insufficient number is called, the call will be extended," said Klimentina Gjorgjioska, project manager.

The project "Bair - joint action of Bitola for the inclusion of Roma" is financed by the European Union through the pre-accession aid instrument IPA 2, EU for Roma and people living in deep poverty. The implementers of the project are the Italian non-governmental organization COSV, "PREDA plus foundation" and the Municipality of Bitola.