Rom on the air

Daily life of a Roma Tv-Station, broadcasting from SkopjeWITH ©Manuela_Marchetti

he BTR-Sat tv-station broadcast all over Europe satellite television programs from its seat in Shukta (Macedonia), tenth municipality of the city of Skopje, and the first and only city-hall in the world, recognized institutionally by nationals of Roma origin. This place, therefore, has become now the destination and haven for Roma men and women from all European and Balkan, who will find a place where to realize their own home, but especially in the area need to root and transmit their culture and identity.

The Btr broadcasts programs of entertainment and information 24 hours a day, has about 30 staff based on three work shifts, and it supports thanks to the activism of its owner and manager; the television network is also responsible for the organization of annual events such as festivals, beauty contests and music festivals and film, more and internationally, in Romanes language and reserved for the Roma.

Created to develop the information and disclosure of Roma culture, a people no longer nomadic but that remains to this day without their land, nor can not find place in the new political and economic geography, BTR-TV arrive into the homes of the Roma thus creating a shared imaginary vision, necessary to build a "new geography" even for those who are outside the boundaries of the community.