Monthly Archives: January 2017

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Germany and Social Help

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A new proposal for the dispensation of social help in Germany requires that the applicants have worked before in Germany. This in spite of EU law. If EU citizen fail to find work, they will have some help for ca 6 weeks and then nothing.
This is a measure that is aimed at keeping Romanians and Bulgarians (Rroma in most minds) from “abusing” the system – something they anyhow don’t do. Numbers are small.

– Wer nicht arbeitet, soll gehen. In: TAZ. 11.01.2017. http://www.taz.de/!5369195/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5369195/”]

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UK: Mobbing in Sheffield

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If it is correct, this is dismal. Over a quarter of Slovak Rroma children in Sheffield have stopped going to school because of mobbing there.
Bad.

– A quarter of children from Slovak Roma background have been excluded from Sheffield schools — after daily harassment from fellow students. In: Morning Star. 13.01.2017. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-ff8f-Bullies-Force-Out-Roma-Kids#.WHhnrbGZNyo [link-preview url=”http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-ff8f-Bullies-Force-Out-Roma-Kids#.WHhnrbGZNyo”]

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Hungary, the Cold, and Rroma

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An article about the impact of the cold spell in Hungary on Rroma who struggle to keep warm. To be frank, it is not only Rroma, but also many poor Hungarians who cannot afford the costs of heating. And temperatures dropped to close to -30.

– Roma struggle to keep warm in Hungary’s deadly cold snap. In: SFGate. 12.01.2017. http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Poor-Roma-in-Hungary-struggle-to-keep-warm-in-10852555.php
– Roma struggle to keep warm in Hungary’s deadly cold snap. In: SeattlePi. 12.01.2017. http://www.seattlepi.com/living/article/Poor-Roma-in-Hungary-struggle-to-keep-warm-in-10852555.php [link-preview url=”http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Poor-Roma-in-Hungary-struggle-to-keep-warm-in-10852555.php “]

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Greece: Social Inclusion

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The Greek government is launching a drive for the social inclusion of Rroma in that country… Focus will be on the ca. 370 Rroma settlements in the country.
About time …

– Gov’t launches drive for social inclusion of Roma. In: Ekathimerini. 11.01.2017. http://www.ekathimerini.com/215200/article/ekathimerini/news/govt-launches-drive-for-social-inclusion-of-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/215200/article/ekathimerini/news/govt-launches-drive-for-social-inclusion-of-roma”]

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Koudelka Exhibit in Korea

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An exhibit of Koudelka’s work on Rroma in Korea. Most of the pictures are from the famous 1968 series that was published as a book.

– Koudelka’s work captures the pathos of life as a ‘Gypsy’. In: Korea JoonAng Daily. 12.01.2017. http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3028525&cloc=etc%7Cjad%7Cgooglenews [link-preview url=”http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3028525&cloc=etc%7Cjad%7Cgooglenews”]

France News Western Europe

Kardashian, Paris, and Rroma

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Seems that among the 20 off people that were arrested in Paris for the armed robbery of Kardashian, there are several French Manouches. According to the police, these were well known to the police and some of them have helped sell the stolen jewels.
Bad…

– Did old-timers target Kardashian West’s jewels in Paris? In: BBC News. 11.01.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38568405 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38568405″]

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Slovenia: Complaints to EU

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Slovenian Rroma lodged an official complaint against violation of human rights to the human rights commissioner of the EU stating that Rroma are being divided into unequal groups by Slovenia and treated unevenly.

– Slovenian Roma complain to CoE about status. In: STA. 10.01.2017. https://english.sta.si/2343847/slovenian-roma-complain-to-coe-about-status [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2343847/slovenian-roma-complain-to-coe-about-status”]

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Cologne: Maybe they Can Stay

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The city council of Cologne, in Germany, is giving long term refugees the hope that they will be able to stay. Many of these are Rroma from former Yugoslavia, especially from Kosovo.
Let’s hope!

– Kölner Rat gibt langjährig Geduldeten Hoffnung auf Bleiberecht. Wenn Köln zur Heimat geworden ist. In: Dom Radio. 10.01.2017. https://www.domradio.de/themen/fluechtlingshilfe-und-integration/2017-01-10/koelner-rat-gibt-langjaehrig-geduldeten-hoffnung-auf-bleiberecht [link-preview url=”https://www.domradio.de/themen/fluechtlingshilfe-und-integration/2017-01-10/koelner-rat-gibt-langjaehrig-geduldeten-hoffnung-auf-bleiberecht”]

Germany News Western Europe

Roman Herzog Dies

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Roman Herzog, the former president of Germany died on January 10th, 2017. He will be remembered for many things, but for Rroma, he is the first German president who, in 1997 made and official statement recognising the murder of Rroma and Sinti under the Nazi regime.
May he rest in peace.

– Former president Roman Herzog dies aged 82. In: The Local. 10.01.2017. https://www.thelocal.de/20170110/former-president-roman-herzog-dead-at-82
– Death of a Former President. In: Handelsblatt Global. 10.01.2017. https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/death-of-a-former-president-675110 [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.de/20170110/former-president-roman-herzog-dead-at-82 “]

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Jenische of Singen

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An article about the Jenische in Singen, Germany.

– Vergessene Minderheit? In Singen leben viele Jenische. In: Reutlinger Nachrichten. 09.01.2017. http://www.swp.de/reutlingen/nachrichten/suedwestumschau/vergessene-minderheit_in-singen-leben-viele-jenische-14278137.html [link-preview url=”http://www.swp.de/reutlingen/nachrichten/suedwestumschau/vergessene-minderheit_in-singen-leben-viele-jenische-14278137.html”]

Latvia News Eastern Europe

Latvia: Hunger Death

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A report on the death by hunger of several members of a Rroma family in Dobel. Really bad, and yes, some of the small Rroma community there are really poor and left out.

– Трагедия в Добеле: вновь встал вопрос интеграции ромов (29) In: Delphi. 07.01.2017. http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/latvia/tragediya-v-dobele-vnov-vstal-vopros-integracii-romov.d?id=48384925 [link-preview url=”http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/latvia/tragediya-v-dobele-vnov-vstal-vopros-integracii-romov.d?id=48384925″]

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A Documentary on Prostitutes

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An article about a documentary on young male Rroma prostitutes in Vienna. This is a rather recent phenomena, and is also seen in Switzwerland. There, the Rroma come from Romania and Slovakia .
Good that one speaks about it, bad that this happens.

– Avec les tapins roms de Vienne dans « Brothers of the night » In: Hétéroclite. 08.01.2017. http://www.heteroclite.org/2017/01/brothers-of-the-night-patric-chiha-38485 [link-preview url=”http://www.heteroclite.org/2017/01/brothers-of-the-night-patric-chiha-38485″]

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Slovakia: Patrols yes or No?

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The patrols of vigilantes of the extreme right party of Kotleba still patrol the trains in Slovakia in spite of the formal interdiction in parliament. The logic is simple: They buy tickets for the train, and are thus “simple” passengers …
No comments

– Törvény van, de Kotleba tovább járőrözik. In: Ujszo.com. 05.01.2017. http://ujszo.com/online/kozelet/2017/01/05/torveny-van-de-kotleba-tovabb-jarorozik [link-preview url=”http://ujszo.com/online/kozelet/2017/01/05/torveny-van-de-kotleba-tovabb-jarorozik”]

France News Western Europe

Western France: The True Numbers

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An interesting statistic about Rroma and travellers in Western France in the Nantes region. 1’460 people … Not an awful lot. The site is a bad one, i.e. a rightist one, but the info is actually quite interesting, The twist of the page, clearly not.

– Roms et gens du voyage en Loire-Atlantique : les chiffres en 2015. In: Breizh Info. 04.01.2017. http://www.breizh-info.com/2017/01/04/57278/roms-gens-voyage-loire-atlantique-chiffres-2015 [link-preview url=”http://www.breizh-info.com/2017/01/04/57278/roms-gens-voyage-loire-atlantique-chiffres-2015″]

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Ramush Harradinaj …

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The former prime minister of Kosovo and ex Leader of the UCK, Ramush Harradinaj has been arrested in France on a Serbian warrant. Harradinaj is being sought for crimes against Serbs, Rroma, and other minorities in Kosovo during the Kosovo war. This resulted in an outrage in Kosovo, but fact is, Kosovo was ethnically cleansed under his rule, and very thoroughly so, with only 10% of the Rroma remaining.
Nothing could ever be proven against him, but many witnesses were pressured and intimidated if not simply vanished (we know such cases).

– Haradinaj to be kept in custody until extradition request. In: B92. 05.01.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2017&mm=01&dd=05&nav_id=100158
– Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France on Serbian warrant. In: Swissinfo. 04.01.2017. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/kosovo-ex-pm-arrested-in-france-on-serbian-warrant/42811398
– Ramush Haradinaj arrêté en France. In: La Libre. 08.01.2017. http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/ramush-haradinaj-arrete-en-france-586ff6b0cd708a17d55b3b5f
– Réclamé par Belgrade, un ex-Premier ministre kosovar arrêté en France. In: Romandie. 04.01.2017. http://www.romandie.com/news/Reclame-par-Belgrade-un-exPremier-ministre-kosovar-arrete-en_RP/766355.rom
– Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France – police sources. In: The Star. 05.01.2017. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2017/01/05/kosovo-expm-arrested-in-france–police-sources/
– Kosovo calls on France to release its ex-premier Haradinaj. In: Yahoo News. 06.01.2017. https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-calls-france-release-ex-premier-102345806.html
– “Unacceptable and unjustifiable” – outrage at the arrest of Ramush Harradinaj. In: Euronews. 05.01.2017. http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/05/unacceptable-and-unjustifiable-outrage-at-the-arrest-of-ramush-haradinaj [link-preview url=”https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-calls-france-release-ex-premier-102345806.html “]

France News Western Europe

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Not much in the French news this week… The Rroma camp on the disused rail tracks of the “petite ceinture” is recreated in Paris, more than a year after its closure; a camp is cloed in Bonneuil, near Paris; an article about the 84% increase of so-called SDFs – Sans Domicile Fixe, i.e. without a fixed home in Paris; 4 young Rroma kids arrested near Paris for stealing 2 cars; Christmas with Rroma in Montreuil; in Lille in the North about security near a Rroma camp, where the street lights no longer work; and finally, in Toulouse a new squat with close to 400 people.

– Paris : un camp de Roms grossit à nouveau sur les rails de la “petite ceinture” In: Europe 1. 07.01.2017. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/paris-un-camp-de-roms-grossit-a-nouveau-sur-les-rails-de-la-petite-ceinture-2944268
– Paris: un nouveau camp de Roms sur la “Petite ceinture” In: FR3. 07.01.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/paris/paris-nouveau-camp-roms-petite-ceinture-1169533.html
– Paris : un nouveau camp rom s’est reconstituée sur les rails de la partie nord de la «petite ceinture» In: Libération. 06.01.2017. http://www.liberation.fr/direct/element/paris-un-nouveau-camp-rom-sest-reconstituee-sur-les-rails-de-la-partie-nord-de-la-petite-ceinture_55319/
– Bonneuil : grâce à la Métropole du Grand Paris, le Bec de canard va être rendu aux promeneurs. In: Le Parisien. 03.01.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/bonneuil-sur-marne-94380/bonneuil-grace-a-la-metropole-du-grand-paris-le-bec-de-canard-va-etre-rendu-aux-promeneurs-03-01-2017-6520989.php
– A Paris, le nombre de sans domicile fixe a augmenté de 84 % en douze ans – Regardez. In: M. 06.01.2017. http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-363274-a-paris-le-nombre-de-sans-domicile-fixe-a-augmente-de-84-en-douze-ans-regardez.html
– Arrêtés après avoir tenté de s’emparer de deux véhicules. In: Le Parisien. 06.01.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/arretes-apres-avoir-tente-de-s-emparer-de-deux-vehicules-06-01-2017-6531447.php
– Avec Agnès Cluzel, un Noël 2016 chez les roms du terrain Voltaire à Saint Denis (93). In: Mediapart. 03.01.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/392809/blog/030117/avec-agnes-cluzel-un-noel-2016-chez-les-roms-du-terrain-voltaire-saint-denis-93
– La sécurité en question sur le boulevard Schuman plongé dans le noir. In: La Voix du Nord. 04.01.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/98378/article/2017-01-04/la-securite-en-question-sur-le-boulevard-schuman-plonge-dans-le-noir
– Toulouse: A trois kilomètres du Capitole, un squat insalubre accueille 400 personnes. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 06.01.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/toulouse/1990575-20170106-toulouse-trois-kilometres-capitole-squat-insalubre-accueille-400-personnes [link-preview url=”https://blogs.mediapart.fr/392809/blog/030117/avec-agnes-cluzel-un-noel-2016-chez-les-roms-du-terrain-voltaire-saint-denis-93 “]

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Slovakia and Racism

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Milan Mazurek, an extreme rightist is being investigated for racist comments he made in the Zilina radio Frontinus. He came to the radio in October 2016 instead of Kotleba, the head of the extreme rightist party in Slovakia. The radio itself is also under investigation for breaching broadcasting standards and violating impartiality and objectivity standards in the news.
Let’s see what happens next …

– Mazurek za svoje vyjadrenia o Rómoch zrejme ponesie následky. In: TA3. http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1097425/mazurek-za-svoje-vyjadrenia-o-romoch-zrejme-ponesie-nasledky.html
– Vystúpenie poslanca Mazureka v žilinskom rádiu už začala preverovať Rada pre vysielanie. In: Žilinak. 05.01.2017. https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5518/vystupenie-poslanca-mazureka-v-zilinskom-radiu-uz-zacala-preverovat-rada-pre-vysielanie [link-preview url=”https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5518/vystupenie-poslanca-mazureka-v-zilinskom-radiu-uz-zacala-preverovat-rada-pre-vysielanie”]

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Bosnian Rrom Actor

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The Bosnian Rroma actor Nazif Mujic who won a Silver Bear award for Best Actor for his performance in the film ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’ at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013 is selling his trophy because he needs money.
A shame for Bosnia and for us all.

– Roma actor sells Silver Bear award to feed kids. In: ENCA. 07.01.2017. http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids [link-preview url=”http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids”]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany AfD and their Program

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Scary, the AfD is continuing its campaigns against migrants and immigration. All Rroma are clearly beggars in their minds. And oh God, what if they realise there are also Moslem Rroma …
Sick minds.

– Wir bleiben mal ganz sachlich. In: Taz. 05.01.2017. https://www.taz.de/AfD-in-Berlin/!5368561/ [link-preview url=”https://www.taz.de/AfD-in-Berlin/!5368561/”]

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