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Czech Government, Lety, and Roma

August 25, 2017 Published by: RF

Following the decision by the Czech government to buy the pig farm located on the site of the Roma concentration camp of Lety, the contract could be signed as early as next month.
This would close the chapter of Lety, but certainly not of the Holocaust in the Czech Republic where Roma were almost totally annihilated – essentially by the Czech themselves.

– Czech Government Agrees to Buy Roma Holocaust Site. In: TOL. 22.08.2017. http://www.tol.org/client/article/27139-czech-government-agrees-to-buy-roma-holocaust-site.html

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Hungarian Roma Refugees in Canada

August 25, 2017 Published by: RF

A long article on the Roma refugees from Hungary in Canada. This story covers the years between the 1990’s and 2000.

– Hungarian Roma refugees in Canada — The Roma fiasco (Part 1). In: The Hungarian Free Press. 24.08.2017. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/08/24/hungarian-roma-refugees-in-canada-the-roma-fiasco-part-1/

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Bulgaria – Law and Order

August 25, 2017 Published by: RF

The Bulgarian Interior Minister Valentin Radev promised the return of Law and Order in Asenovgrad by adding policemen policing the Roma neighbourhood there. The city had been the scene of riots against Roma – allegedly because of petty criminality …
The right answer would be a different one.

– Minister Valentin Radev: There will be law and order in Roma neighbourhood in Asenovgrad. In: Focus Network. 24.08.2017. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/08/24/422311/minister-valentin-radev-there-will-be-law-and-order-in-roma-neighbourhood-in-asenovgrad.html