In Memory, and a very fond one …
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Slovakia: Ombudsman and Rroma
The Slovakian Ombudsman is quite clear on the deplorable housing situation of Rroma …
Good!
– Ombudsmanka: Situácia ľudí v unimobunkách je žalostná. In: Žilinski Večernik. 30.12.2016. https://www.zilinskyvecernik.sk/clanok/ombudsmanka-situacia-ludi-v-unimobunkach-je-zalostna/5221/
Exhibition on Rroma near Paris
A photographs exhibition on Rroma near Paris in Bagnolet. Nice pictures, but as usual, all clichés…
– Bagnolet : les Roms au cœur d’une exposition. In: Le Parisien. 29.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/bagnolet-93170/bagnolet-les-roms-au-coeur-d-une-exposition-29-12-2016-6505749.php
Good Old Times ???
Alexander Gauland, from the AfD party is reminiscing about the “good old times” …
Well, the times he is referring to are not so good if you were not mainstream. It was the time where Nazis exterminated people based on race and eugenics …
– Kommentar zur Forderung des AfD-Vize Was Gauland unter der guten alten Zeit versteht. In: Berliner Zeitung. 30.12.2016. http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/kommentar-zur-forderung-des-afd-vize-was-gauland-unter-der-guten-alten-zeit-versteht-25393796
Local History …
An interesting reconstruction of a lynch in Germany shortly after World War One, following a petty theft by a Rrom. It ended in the death of two people, and had its roots in racism.
– Als ein Mundraub tödlich endete. In: Barmstedter Zeitung. 29.12.2016. http://www.shz.de/lokales/barmstedter-zeitung/als-ein-mundraub-toedlich-endete-id15701716.html
Paris: Cirque Romanes
The latest program of the Cirque Romanes, a Rroma circus that is located just outside of the poshest Paris XVIth arrondissement.
– EN IMAGES. Au nouveau spectacle du cirque tzigane Romanes. In: Le Parisien. 03.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/en-images-au-nouveau-spectacle-du-cirque-tzigane-romanes-03-12-2016-6409737.php
Slovakia: Fico and the Survey
A good commentary on Fico’s statement (Lazy Rroma) and on the survey that showed that 80% of Slovaks agreed with the statement … Well, he asked for the survey and paid for it. Makes it easier to predict the outcome. Other examples are given here too.
– Komentár Daga Daniša: Keď sa Fico hrá na jasnovidca. In: Aktuality. 29.12.2016. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/402655/komentar-daga-danisa-ked-sa-fico-hra-na-jasnovidca/
What to Say
Yet another case where the “good” society goes wrong. One wonders if it is the norm or the exception…
– Children report ‘physical abuse’ by staff in G4S-run youth jails. In: iNews. 29.12.2016. https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/children-report-physical-abuse-staff-g4s-run-youth-jails/
Mallorca: Political Correctness and Reality
An article about the Rroma neighbourhood of Son Banya in Palma de Mallorca. Never mind that there were never Sinti in Mallorca (except as tourists), the whole article is full of stereotypes. Drugs, poverty, and of course, the good helpers …
– Patronat für Elendssiedlung Son Banya verschwindet. In: Mallorca Magazin. 26.12.2016. https://mallorcamagazin.com/nachrichten/gesellschaft/2016/12/26/51998/patronat-fur-die-elendssiedlung-son-banya-verschwindet.html
France: Anti-Semite and Anti-Rroma
A 44 years old man was arraigned for having sprayed swastikas and anti-Jewish as well as anti-Rroma slogans in Paris.
Let’s hope he gets locked.
– À la une ce mercredi 28 décembre… In: Le Point. 28.12.2016. http://www.lepoint.fr/actu-du-jour/a-la-une-ce-mercredi-28-decembre-27-12-2016-2093274_781.php
Slovak Village in Berlin
A reportage on a camp in Berlin which houses 20 residents from a small village in Slovakia. Begging, for a meagre 10 to 20 Euros per day. This reinforce the impression that all Rroma are beggars who come from very poor families …
– Bettler-Elend mitten in Berlin. Das slowakische Dorf unter der Berliner Messe-Kreuzung. In: Berliner Zeitung. 25.12.2016. http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/das-slowakische-dorf-unter-der-berliner-messe-kreuzung
Slovakia … Bad
Prime Minister Robert Fico says that in Roma settlements the next generation of unemployed is growing. According to the polling agency Polis Slovakia, this is what 79.3 percent of respondents of a survey on Rroma done on a sample of 1,275 respondents aged over 18 years in the whole country by telephone. Respondents were asked two questions.
The question: “Robert Fico at the December congress Direction said that in Roma settlements” next generation grows up that will not work. “Do you agree with this statement of his?” was answered positively by 82.4 percent of the respondents. 41.7 percent strongly agree 40.7 percent neither agree nor disagree. By contrast, 12.4% of respondents disagree, and 3.7% certainly disagrees and 8.7% rather disagree. The remaining 5.2% of respondents were unable to comment.
Bad
– – Fico si mal výrokom o Rómoch zavariť, realita je iná: Prieskum hovorí jasnou rečou. In: Topky. 27.12.2016. http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1598339/Fico-si-mal-vyrokom-o-Romoch-zavarit–realita-je-ina–Prieskum-hovori-jasnou-recou
A Bishop in Hungary …
An interview of the Bishop Miklos Beer of Vac, in Hungary… One can seriously ask oneself if he is truly applying the precepts of the church. His views on Rroma are simply not acceptable and outrageous. He wants segregation, especially in school. No further comments, read for yourself…
– Bishop Miklós Beer on the Roma, refugees and Christianity in Hungary. In: Hungarian Free Press. 26.12.2016. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2016/12/26/bishop-miklos-beer-on-the-roma-refugees-and-christianity-in-hungary/
Christmas with Rroma
A reportage on Christmas with Rroma in Italy, mostly in the north. Quite positive for a change, but still with many stereotypes.
– UN NATALE CON I ROM. In: In Terris. 27.12.2016. http://www.interris.it/2016/12/27/109488/posizione-in-primo-piano/schiaffog/un-natale-con-i-rom.html
Italy: We have a Date
Seems that things are now getting serious. Camps will be closed by the 31 of January. Or not? This is not the first attempt to close the camps …
– Roma, campi rom da chiudere entro il 31 gennaio 2017: il piano del Campidoglio. In: Il Messaggero. 27.12.2016. http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/cronaca/campi_rom_da_chiudere_entro_il_31_gennaio_2017_il_piano_del_campidoglio-2162045.html
Bosnia: Rroma Councilor
A Slovenian article about the first elected Rroma councillor in a municipality in Bosnia. And a long litany of the issues that still remain …
A long way to go …
– Bosanski Rom, ki je postal politik. In: Slovenske Novice. 25.12.2016. http://www.slovenskenovice.si/novice/svet/bosanski-rom-ki-je-postal-politik
Austria: Requiem
The Catholic Church staged a concert to commemorate the Rroma Holocaust in Austria. Nice, but still, they could really have done more then …
– Konzert im Steffl. In: Erzdiözese Wien. 21.12.2016. https://www.erzdioezese-wien.at/site/home/nachrichten/article/54369.html
Italy Slammed by UN
Italy was literally slammed by the UN for its treatment of Rroma, especially for its camps. The UN says “close the camps and give them lodgings” …
It is true, this is a disgrace.
– L’Onu all’Italia: “Smantellare i campi rom e fornire ai nomadi abitazioni” In: Libero Quotidiano. 26.12.2016. http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/12260221/onu-zingari-case-italia.html
French Chronicle …
Not much news this week on the French front. The story of a rich Frenchwomen helping Romanian Rroma, and the involvement (not so good as always) of the social services; a riot that followed a car accident generated by a Romanian Rrom in the North of France; an expulsion in Nice; and the story of a young girl living in the streets in Menton; while in the West, a camp will now be managed by an association and in Cognac, “Tisganes” are guests for Christmas, with all clichés; finally an initiative to encounter travellers in Eastern France.
– Réfugiés : bienvenue à la maison. In: Paris Match. 21.12.2016. http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Refugies-bienvenue-a-la-maison-1147100
– «Émeute et déferlement de violences» place Gambetta pour un simple accident. In: La Voix Du Nord. 19.12.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/92337/article/2016-12-19/emeute-et-deferlement-de-violences-place-gambetta-pour-un-simple-accident
– Une famille de Roms expulsée du squat qu’elle occupait illégalement depuis près de 2 ans. In: Nice Matin. 21.12.2016. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/une-famille-de-roms-expulsee-du-squat-quelle-occupait-illegalement-depuis-pres-de-2-ans-103115
– Bianca, 10 ans, dort dans la rue depuis deux mois. In: Nice Matin. 23.12.2016. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/bianca-10-ans-dort-dans-la-rue-depuis-deux-mois-103620
– Le terrain du 86 sera géré par Une famille un toit. In: Ouest France. 20.12.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sainte-luce-sur-loire-44980/le-terrain-du-86-sera-gere-par-une-famille-un-toit-4693262
– Cognac : la culture pour tenter de mettre fin aux préjugés. In: Sud Ouest. 22.12.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/12/22/la-culture-pour-tenter-de-mettre-fin-aux-prejuges-3048190-882.php
– A LA RENCONTRE DES « VOYAGEURS » DE LA MALCOMBE. In: L’Est Républicain. 20.12.2016. http://www.estrepublicain.fr/actualite/2016/12/20/a-la-rencontre-des-voyageurs-de-la-malcombe
Architecture and Ghettoes
An architecture school near Paris is trying to deal with the ghettoes and camps that dot the outskirts of Paris. The result, some successes and lots of disillusions.
– Quand l’Ecole d’architecture planche sur les bidonvilles. In: Telerama. 22.12.2016. http://www.telerama.fr/scenes/quand-l-ecole-d-architecture-planche-sur-les-bidonvilles,151593.php
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