Norway is ready to sponsor a monument to commemorate the victims of the Lety concentration camp in the Czech Republic.
Nice, but it would have been nicer if the Czech had done it themselves.
– Norway ready to sponsor Czech monument to Roma Holocaust. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 17.04.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/04/17/norway-ready-sponsor-czech-monument-roma-holocaust
A survey of the situation of Roma settlements in Slovakia. There are 2’927 municipalities and towns in Slovakia and there are Roma settlements in 1’170 of them. The general situation seems to be improving but really slowly.
– Zaplavia Slovensko chudobné osady? Črtá sa iný trend. In: Aktuality. 17.04.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/580532/zaplavia-slovensko-chudobne-osady-crta-sa-iny-trend/
Terrible article on Roma in Kiev who are allegedly “flooding” the city and stealing its citizen, all coupled with a total police inactivity. The Roma camp in the railway station, sleeping in the waiting rooms.
This is bad for all.
– “Огромные отряды”: журналист раскрыл схему беспредела ромов в Киеве. In: Obozrevatel. 17.04.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/ogromnyie-otryadyi-zhurnalist-raskryil-shemu-bespredela-romov-v-kieve.htm
After having had Roma evicted from several places (to be transformed in real estate for his party friends), after having had the police beat them up, the Turkish president Erdogan now seems to be courting them. He is certainly using Roma to criticise Germany.
– Le président Erdogan accueille les citoyens Roms dans le Complexe présidentiel. In: TRT. 11.04.2018. http://www.trt.net.tr/francais/turquie/2018/04/11/le-president-erdogan-accueille-les-citoyens-roms-dans-le-complexe-presidentiel-949370
An initiative calls for Canada to officially recognise the Roma Holocaust. Good, but we just wished they would not use the word “Porrajmos” …. Please let’s drop this one.
– Canadians Call for Official Recognition of the Roma Genocide. In: You Lead Now. https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/canada-officially-recognize-the-roma-genocide
Milan Mazurek, a MP from the far right party Kotelba’s People Party was condemned to a fine of 5’000 Euros for his racist statements on a radio in 2016. He is appealing the verdict. Let’s hope he looses again!
– Far-right MP Ordered to Pay Fine by Court for Statements on Roma. In: New Now. 16.04.2018. http://newsnow.tasr.sk/policy/far-right-mp-ordered-to-pay-fine-by-court-for-statements-on-roma/
– Mazurek si na súde vypočul trest za výroky v rádiu na adresu Rómov. In: TV Noviny. 16.04.2018. http://www.tvnoviny.sk/domace/1915412_mazurek-si-na-sude-vypocul-trest-za-vyroky-v-radiu-na-adresu-romov
A festival in Rezé in Western France on the 21/22 of April is meant as a be a cultural exchange, featuring music, food, and meetings.
– Le festival RomàRezé… à Rezé. http://www.lesonunique.com/content/le-festival-rom-rez-rez
As usual … A short presentation of Roma by l’Express mixes a few correct facts (Indian origins) with total BS, assimilating the Roma as a whole to the Vlach Roma from Romania, stating that they starting arriving in Europe in the 1980’s (in fact they arrived about 80 years earlier) etc…
This is supposed to be informative …
– Roms: quatre lettres pour comprendre. In: L’Express. 08.04.2018. https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/roms-quatre-lettres-pour-comprendre_1998299.html
An interview of the Slovak journalist Stanislava Harkotova on Roma, stereotypes, and how they are presented in the press in that country. Her comments are not devoid of some stereotypes, but she did make the step and went to see for herself.
– Myslela som si, že Rómov sa treba báť. Až kým sa o mňa nestarali rómski učňovkári. In: HN Slovensko. 13.04.2018. https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1727343-myslela-som-si-ze-romov-sa-treba-bat-az-kym-sa-o-mna-nestarali-romski-ucnovkari
Slovenia is said to have made progress in addressing minority issues, but more needs to be done, especially in relation to the Roma community, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes.
– Posebni poročevalec ZN za manjšine: Slovenija mora na področju Romov storiti več. In: STA. 13.04.2018. https://www.sta.si/2503606/posebni-porocevalec-zn-za-manjsine-slovenija-mora-na-podrocju-romov-storiti-vec
– UN minorities rapporteur calls on Slovenia to do more for Roma. In: STA. 13.04.2018. https://english.sta.si/2503648/un-minorities-rapporteur-calls-on-slovenia-to-do-more-for-roma
A recent statistic from the World Bank in the Western Balkans shows some improvements in schooling for Roma but also shows an increasing gap between Roma and Gadže regarding health and work.
– Roma integration in the Western Balkans still far away. In: The Brussels Times. 11.04.2018. http://www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/10960/roma-integration-in-the-western-balkans-still-far-away
A movie screening on Roma in Paris. Difficult to know what the movie actually says and shows, but the French have very definitive views on Roma …
Will be screened on the 17th of April.
– Les Roms des citoyens comme les autres. In: Le Courrier de l’Atlas. http://www.lecourrierdelatlas.com/agenda/les-roms-des-citoyens-comme-les-autres-11173
Few news this week on Roma in France. The main one is the one of a video which is a fake and purportedly shows a Rom aggressing a bus driver in the North of France before being beaten up. The video was shared over 240’000 times! Near Paris, a drunken mayor was arrested after having threatened Roma. He was drink, wore a Japanese sword and had a gun with him.
The rest of the news are more like the usual ones: A camp on Triel sur Seine will be dismantled, the illegal dump attributed in part to Roma in the Yvelines is still a hot topic, and also near Paris, a fight between Roma has one of them landing in a hospital.
– «Gitan vs chauffeur de bus de Denain», la vidéo est bidon. In: La Voix du Nord. 12.04.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/357148/article/2018-04-12/gitan-vs-chauffeur-de-bus-de-denain-la-video-est-bidon
– Essonne : alcoolisé et muni d’un sabre japonais, un maire menace des gens du voyage. In: RT France. 09.04.2018. https://francais.rt.com/france/49551-essonne-alcoolise-arme-sabre-japonais-maire-menace-gens-voyage
– Triel-sur-Seine : les Roms installés en bordure de la D 1 bientôt expulses. In: Le Parisien. 11.04.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/triel-sur-seine-les-roms-installes-en-bordure-de-la-d-1-bientot-expulses-11-04-2018-7658886.php
– Triel-sur-Seine : le camp de Roms va être démantelé. In: Evasions. 12.04.2018. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-34032-triel-sur-seine-le-camp-de-roms-va-etre-demantele.html
– Gravats, radiateurs, plaques d’amiante : une “mer de déchets” dans les Yvelines provoque la colère des riverains. In: France TV Info. 13.04.2018. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/gravats-radiateurs-plaques-damiante-une-mer-de-dechets-dans-les-yvelines-provoque-la-colere-des-riverains_2702666.html
– Champs-sur-Marne ► Bagarre entre deux Roms ivres : l’un finit à l’hôpital. In: Mag Journal. 09.04.2018. http://www.magjournal77.fr/champs-sur-marne-bagarre-entre-deux-roms-ivres-lun-finit-a-lhopital/
A report of the first Roma Biennale in Berlin in the Maxime Gorki Theatre.
– 1. Roma Biennale: Gypsy Eyes. In: Artmagazine. 10.04.2018. http://www.artmagazine.cc/content102249.html
The young socialists in Szitwerland want to forbid the term “Zigeunerschnitzel” – a form of grilled meat. The controversy went further and led to discussions about a festival in Switzerland organised by the “Fahrendes Zigeuner Kulturzentrum” – a Jenische Organisation that has been organising events for the last 30 years. The action is now being extended to the use of “Zigeuner” a term which is definitively derogatory.
Not all politicians, even Green ones agree…
– Ist das Wort «Zigeuner-Schnitzel» rassistisch? In: 20 Minuten (CH). 13.04.2018. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/daswortzigeuner-13239387
A reportage on the hotel Gračanica, a Roma hotel in Kosovo and a project against hatred and prejudice.
A must see!
– Re: Projekt Versöhnung. Das Roma-Hotel im Kosovo. In: Arte. 06.04.2018. https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/073399-014-A/re-projekt-versoehnung/
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A reportage on a pilgrimage to Auschwitz of the grand-child of Roma who were deported there 75 years ago.
– Sinti und Roma in Auschwitz: “Das willst du gar nicht wissen”. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.04.2018. http://www.dw.com/de/sinti-und-roma-in-auschwitz-das-willst-du-gar-nicht-wissen/a-43156681
A conference aimed at strengthening the Roma networks at local and regional levels is being held in Athens.
– Michalis ANGELOPOULOS : « We have the moral duty to protect the rights of the Roma people”. In: Council of Europe. 12.04.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/michalis-angelopoulos-we-have-the-moral-duty-to-protect-the-rights-of-the-roma-people-
– Conference in Athens: Strengthening Roma networks at the local and regional level. In: Council of Europe. 12.04.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/conference-in-athens-strengthening-roma-networks-at-the-local-and-regional-level
This can only be qualified as science fiction or pure propaganda. Turkey is “continuing” to support Roma to improve their living standards.
Well, this is one of the most racist societies in Europe and they have ben evicting Roma from the centre of the cities (like the Roma neighbourhood of Sulukule in Istanbul etc.). Police has been conducting violent raids in other places and so on. The list is long.
– Turkey continues to support Roma people. In: AA. 12.04.2018. https://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkey-continues-to-support-roma-people/1116332
The Lunik IX housing estate in Košice has a very bad reputation: It is a rundown neighbourhood of decaying buildings mostly if not entirely inhabited by Roma. There are now plans to destroy some of the worst buildings and to beautify the neighbourhood hoping to create a mixed society.
Let’s not hope it turns out like most gentrification projects, simply evicting Roma.
– Obroda Lunika IX: Môže byť atraktívny nielen pre Rómov. In: Korzar. 10.04.2018. https://kosice.korzar.sme.sk/c/20799565/obroda-lunika-ix-moze-byt-atraktivny-nielen-pre-romov.html
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