A nice article on the artists behind the “Roma Army” and on Roma culture.
– EUROPÄISCHE ROMA ARMEE: WIR MÜSSEN HERR ÜBER UNSERE EIGENEN NARRATIVE WERDEN. In: Bell Tower. 01.03.2018. http://www.belltower.news/artikel/europäische-roma-armee-wir-müssen-herr-über-unsere-eigenen-narrative-werden-13391 [link-preview url=”http://www.belltower.news/artikel/europäische-roma-armee-wir-müssen-herr-über-unsere-eigenen-narrative-werden-13391″]
Uzhgorod City Council’s press service reported that the city has adopted a program for the construction of new neighbourhoods for Transcarpathian Roma. The program is being implemented in accordance with the plan of measures for the implementation of the Strategy for Protection and Integration into the Ukrainian Roma Society until 2020, developed by the Cabinet, the website of the representative authority said.
Nice, let’s hope this is not a new segregated area.
– В Ужгороде построят жилые кварталы для закарпатских ромов. In: UBR. https://ubr.ua/market/real-estate/v-uzhhorode-postrojat-zhilye-kvartaly-dlja-zakarpatskikh-romov-3866017 [link-preview url=”https://ubr.ua/market/real-estate/v-uzhhorode-postrojat-zhilye-kvartaly-dlja-zakarpatskikh-romov-3866017″]
An act at the memory of the Roma killed in Dubnica nad Váhom as part of the Ma bisteren project which aims to remind people about the victims of the Roma Holocaust. In 1942-1944 a work unit was established in Dubnica nad Váhom, where Romani men were interned. In November 1944,
a “rehabilitation camp for Gypsies” was set up by the Ministry of National Defense. In essence, it was a concentration camp from which transports were planned to the extermination concentration camps abroad. More than 700 Romani men, women and children were concentrated during the month. On February 23, 1945, under the pretext of transportation to the hospital, they were loaded with a truck and taken to a local garrison where they brutally assassinated them.
May they rest in peace.
– Z. Kumanová: Príkoria spáchané na Rómoch nemôžu upadnúť do zabudnutia. In: Teraz. 01.02.2018. http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/z-kumanova-prikoria-spachane-na/311309-clanok.html [link-preview url=”http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/z-kumanova-prikoria-spachane-na/311309-clanok.html”]
A Photo exhibition on Vlach Roma women is opening in Bratislava. There are a few problems with the presentation and with the text which mentions a lot “nomadic” Roma. Which Vlach were not really until they were freed from slavery in the 1860’s
– Svet veštkýň z komunity olašských Rómov vám priblíži výstava Lucie Sekerkovej. In: Bratislave Noviny. 28.02.2018. https://www.bratislavskenoviny.sk/kultura/48554-vystava-aku-ste-zrejme-nevideli-zavedie-vas-do-sveta-vsetkyn-z-komunity-olasskych-romov [link-preview url=”https://www.bratislavskenoviny.sk/kultura/48554-vystava-aku-ste-zrejme-nevideli-zavedie-vas-do-sveta-vsetkyn-z-komunity-olasskych-romov”]
The new laws on Roma have been adopted in Slovenia. These laws have been controversial and contested by Roma organisations.
– Govt adopts changes to Roma law. In: STA. 01.03.2018. https://english.sta.si/2488273/govt-adopts-changes-to-roma-law [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2488273/govt-adopts-changes-to-roma-law”]
An article about volunteers helping homeless and Roma in Kiev. Nice, but actually disturbing: A state of life, i.e. being homeless is cobbled together with a minority. This amalgamation is dangerous as it perpetuates clichés about the minority.
It would have been simple to say “homeless” and add “and among them some Roma” …
– Kyiv volunteers help homeless, Roma people. In: Kyiv Post. 01.03.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/lifestyle/people/journalism-of-tolerance/kyiv-volunteers-help-homeless-roma-people.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/lifestyle/people/journalism-of-tolerance/kyiv-volunteers-help-homeless-roma-people.html”]
Although the high rate of Roma unemployment in Central and South-Eastern Europe is often attributed to a low level of education and professional skills, one of the more important reasons is discrimination that prevents Roma from entering the labour market on an equal footing.
Integration into the labour market should be a priority in promoting a full social inclusion. Some steps towards this goal were made by the recently completed two-year international Working Roma project, which included the Novo Mesto Society for the Development of Volunteer Work.
As project coordinator Tina Cigler says, in the Working Roma project, partners from nine European countries have tried to develop new tools to prevent intolerance against Roma in the labour market, thereby increasing their employment prospects. The tools and recommendations were developed on the basis of study visits by partner countries, consultations within different groups and good practices that we detected in our partner countries: Italy, Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Greece, Malta and the United Kingdom.
Let’s see.
– Se zaposlovanju Romov obetajo boljši časi? In: Dolenski List. 28.02.2018. http://www.dolenjskilist.si/2018/02/28/191553/novice/dolenjska/Se_zaposlovanju_Romov_obetajo_boljsi_casi/ [link-preview url=”http://www.dolenjskilist.si/2018/02/28/191553/novice/dolenjska/Se_zaposlovanju_Romov_obetajo_boljsi_casi/”]
The Pole Szymon K., a 33-year-old from Środa Wielkopolska, appears on the Internet under the name ‘IsAmUxPompa’ and produces videos that are extremely racist against Roma. He says openly “I hate Roma” and some of his videos have had more than a million views.
The Poznan prosecutor office is investigating. Everyone should ask Google to remove the guy from YouTube.
– Popularny youtuber: “Nienawidzę Cyganów. Jeb… brudasów. Jeśli ich nienawidzisz, daj lajka”. Prokurator wyrozumiały. In: Wyborca. 01.03.2018. http://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,23081636,popularny-youtuber-obrazal-na-nagraniu-romow-prokurator-wyrozumialy.html [link-preview url=”http://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,23081636,popularny-youtuber-obrazal-na-nagraniu-romow-prokurator-wyrozumialy.html”]
The Romani artist and Holocaust survivor Ceija Stoika is being honoured with a full retrospective of 150 of her works the in Paris “Maison Rouge” foundation, near the Paris Bastille Opera.
A must see!
– Paris würdigt Roma-Künstlerin Ceija Stojka. In: WN. 28.02.2018. http://www.wn.de/Welt/Kultur/Kunst/3201937-Das-Grauen-zeigen-Paris-wuerdigt-Roma-Kuenstlerin-Ceija-Stojka [link-preview url=”http://www.wn.de/Welt/Kultur/Kunst/3201937-Das-Grauen-zeigen-Paris-wuerdigt-Roma-Kuenstlerin-Ceija-Stojka”]
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