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One year after the tragic events in Novi Sad and protests in Serbia. Their successes, failures, and expectations
Our director and senior researcher, Dr Svetluša Surova, has just published an article in the Slovak weekly magazine .týždeň reflecting on one year after the tragic events in Novi Sad and protests in Serbia and their successes, failures, and expectations.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
5 days ago2 min read


MIRI statement on the 30th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
On July 11th, 2025, we mark 30 years since the genocide in Srebrenica

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Jul 102 min read


Seizing the Moment: Forging Lasting Partnerships in the Neighbourhood
A very lively conversation emerged in the panel titled “Seizing the Moment: Forging Lasting Partnerships in the Neighbourhood”, featuring President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Former Chancellor & Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria Alexander Schallenberg and Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic & former EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Jun 165 min read


Globsec Forum 2025
Globsec Forum 2025 took place from June 12 to June 14, 2025, at the Hilton Prague Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Jun 112 min read


Inclusion as a way to promote tolerance and non-discrimination
Finnish OSCE Chairpersonship and OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized a conference on 2 and 3 June 2025 in Vienna on Inclusion as a way to promote tolerance and non-discrimination within the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting III.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Jun 22 min read


Minority experts continued analyzing drafts of laws and meeting with MPs
Minority experts continued analyzing drafts of laws and meeting with MPs

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
May 293 min read


Conference on the Importance of Exploring Ethnicity in the 21st Century
The Institute for Ethnic Studies (IES) organized a conference on the Importance of Exploring Ethnicity in the 21st Century on May 15 and 16, 2025, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
May 163 min read


The first meeting of the working group for the preparation of the minority law
On April 29, 2025, the first meeting on the preparation of the legislative plan for the Law on the Status of National Minorities at the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for National Minorities took place.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Apr 293 min read


Five Recommendations for the Fifth Anniversary of the Militarized Quarantines of Marginalized Roma Communities (MRCs) during the Pandemic in Slovakia
During the 1st and 2nd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia, the members of Marginalized Roma Communities (MRCs) were targeted.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Mar 263 min read


Meeting with Alexander Daško Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities
Our President and Senior Researcher, Dr Svetluša Surová, had the great honour of meeting with Alexander Daško, Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Feb 101 min read


Minorities to Minorities
KOMPROMISSZUM has organized a second conference Minorities to Minorities on November 22, 2024, in Bratislava and MIRI took part in it.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Nov 29, 20241 min read


Experts' recommendations for legislators matter
The work of the Group of Friends of National Minorities in the National Council of the Slovak Republic

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Nov 26, 20242 min read


Meeting with Public Defender of Rights (PDOR)
It has been a great honour for the MIRI representative to participate in the meeting with the Public Defender of Rights Róbert Dobrovodský.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Oct 22, 20243 min read


The D-Word
The book launch of 'The D-Word: Perspectives on Democracy in Tumultuous Times' with authors at ReCentGlobe at Leipzig University.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Oct 10, 20241 min read


Interview for media
Interview by Dr Svetluša Surová about unlawful militarized quarantines of Roma settlements during the pandemic in Slovakia.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
May 30, 20241 min read


MIRI Team at ANS Annual World Convention
The Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI) team has participated at the 28th ASN Annual World Convention from 16 to 18 May 2024.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
May 20, 20241 min read


Impact of expert work on legislative processes
The Group of Friends of Minorities in the National Council of Slovak Republic had a meeting with the members of the Slovak parliament.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Apr 16, 20242 min read


The importance of education and science for society
The objective of the Matthias Bel Day event was to disseminate and promote the essence of the intellectual heritage of Matthias Bel.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Apr 16, 20242 min read


A book talk of our Senior Researcher Kriještorac
Center for Conflict Analysis and Peace Studies at Ibn Haldun University has organized a book talk with our Senior Researcher Dr Kriještorac.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Jan 5, 20242 min read


MIRI Delegate intervened at the UN Forum on Minority Issues
MIRI Delegate intervened at the 3rd Meeting - 16th Session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues.

Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI)
Dec 1, 20231 min read
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