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Slums, streets littered with trash, alcoholism, prostitution, drugged kids… – the living conditions of certain Roma communities in Slovakia are “sparking mounting tensions with the Slovak population,” writesHospodářské Noviny. The Prague financial daily points out that the ultra-right-wing is no longer the sole source of the most virulent anti-Roma rhetoric nowadays: Slovakia’s minister of human rights has announced the formation of citizen watch groups charged with alerting the police to any incidents of crime or delinquency in the Roma community. “The selection of vigilance committee members is to be coordinated by a commissioner for the Roma community, who will be appointed on 1 September by the government.” And the government is likely to request EU funding for the new citizen patrols, adds the Czech paper.
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