Slovak Village Sets Record with 736-Meter Human Chain Linking Roma and Majority Communities
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Residents of Vítkovce, a village in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia, created a record-breaking 736-meter human chain on Monday, officially confirmed by Igor Svitok, commissioner of the Book of Slovak Records. The initiative was designed to symbolically connect the village's majority population with its Roma community, representing an effort to bridge ethnic divisions through community participation. Alexander Daško, the government's plenipotentiary for Roma communities, attended the event to recognize the achievement. The human chain represents both a sporting record and a gesture of social inclusion in a country where integration between Roma and non-Roma populations remains a significant social challenge.