12/03/2009 News
Strasbourg, 12.03.2009 - József Berényi (Slovakia, EPP/CD), Chair of the Sub-Committee on Rights of Minorities of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make a fact-finding visit to the Czech Republic on 17 and 18 March 2009 in connection with the preparation of his report on the situation of Roma in Europe.
In Prague, he is due to meet the Minister for Human Rights and National Minorities, Michael Kocáb, the Deputy Minister for Education, Youth and Sport, Klára Laurencíková, and representatives of the Ministries of the Interior, Health and Labour and Social Affairs. Mr Berényi will also hold talks with the members of the Sub-Committee on National Minorities of the Chamber of Deputies. In Litvínov, he will meet the local authorities and visit social services.
Talks are also scheduled in Prague and Litvínov with representatives of Roma organisations and NGOs.