Romani people in Slovakia

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ethnic group in Slovakia
gptkbp:censusRecognition officially recognized as ethnic minority
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Slovakia
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Romani music
Romani crafts
Romani dance
gptkbp:discrimination face educational segregation
face high unemployment
face housing discrimination
face social exclusion
gptkbp:educationLevel lower than national average
gptkbp:hasNGO active in human rights organizations
gptkbp:housingSituation many live in marginalized settlements
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Romani people in Slovakia
gptkbp:internationalResponse receive EU funding for integration
gptkbp:languageStatus Romani language is recognized minority language
gptkbp:largest_populations_in gptkb:Košice_Region
gptkb:Banská_Bystrica_Region
gptkb:Prešov_Region
gptkbp:lifeExpectancy lower than national average
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Romani
Slovak
gptkbp:mediaType often stereotyped in Slovak media
gptkbp:migratory arrived in Slovakia in the 14th and 15th centuries
gptkbp:notableEvent Velvet Revolution participation
Roma Holocaust remembrance
gptkbp:notableOrganization Slovak Roma Union
gptkbp:notablePerson Ladislav Fízik
Peter Pollák
Ábel Ravasz
gptkbp:notableSettlementType segregated settlements
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:Letanovce
Jarovnice
Luník IX (Košice)
gptkbp:parliamentary_representation limited
gptkbp:policy subject to integration programs
gptkbp:population about 7% to 9%
gptkbp:populationEstimate about 400,000
gptkbp:relatedEthnicGroup gptkb:Romani_people
gptkb:Hungarians
gptkb:Slovaks
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkb:Greek_Catholicism
gptkbp:schoolSegregation frequent issue in Slovak education
gptkbp:traditionalOccupation gptkb:art
gptkb:merchant
gptkb:musician
seasonal laborers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Persecution_of_Roma
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7