Monthly Archives: May 2018

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Khamoro

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The Khamoro Festival opened in Prague last Sunday.

– Romské slunce nezapadne celý týden, začal festival Khamoro. In: O24. 28.05.2018. http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/kultura/2492182-romske-slunce-nezapadne-cely-tyden-zacal-festival-khamoro
– Kultura: Festival Khamoro začal ve studiu Seznamu. Poslechněte si romský All-Star Band. In: Zpravy. https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/festival-khamoro-zacal-ve-studiu-seznamu-poslechnete-si-romsky-all-star-band-47914
– IN PRAG BEGINNT FESTIVAL KHAMORO. In: Radio Prague. 28.05.2018. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/nachrichten/in-prag-beginnt-festival-khamoro [link-preview url=”https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/festival-khamoro-zacal-ve-studiu-seznamu-poslechnete-si-romsky-all-star-band-47914 “]

Germany News Western Europe

Khamoro

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The Khamoro Festival opened in Prague last Sunday. An exhibition on Roma was also unveiled in this context. Romani Rose, President of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma was present at the inauguration and gave a speech.

– VERDRÄNGT UND GELEUGNET: DAS SCHICKSAL DER ROMA. In: Radio Prague. 29.05.2018. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/verdraengt-und-geleugnet-das-schicksal-der-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/verdraengt-und-geleugnet-das-schicksal-der-roma”]

News Switzerland

Switzerland: Complaint

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The Society for Threatened People and the Association of Sinti and Roma Switzerland have lodged a complaint against a SVP (right wing populist party) politician for racism and incitation to racial hatred for his comments on Roma travellers.

– «Das ist rassistisch» Strafanzeige gegen Arboner SVP-Mann nach Verbalattacke auf Fahrende. In: Tagblatt. 30.05.2018. https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/nach-verbalattacke-auf-roma-strafanzeige-gegen-den-arboner-svp-fraktionspraesidenten-ld.1024762 [link-preview url=”https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/nach-verbalattacke-auf-roma-strafanzeige-gegen-den-arboner-svp-fraktionspraesidenten-ld.1024762″]

France News Eastern Europe News Western Europe Romania

Frankfurt: Eviction

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Another article on the closure of a migrant’s camp near the Frankfurt’s railway station. Many of its residents were Romanian Roma. As in France, no alternative was provided to the people, and they will land back on the streets.

– Polizei räumt Roma-Elendslager: „Sie werden wieder nur auf der Straße sitzen“. In: Focus. 30.05.2018. https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/sie-lebten-in-huetten-aus-sperrholz-polizei-raeumt-roma-elendslager-in-frankfurt-sie-werden-wieder-nur-auf-der-strasse-sitzen_id_9001339.html [link-preview url=”https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/sie-lebten-in-huetten-aus-sperrholz-polizei-raeumt-roma-elendslager-in-frankfurt-sie-werden-wieder-nur-auf-der-strasse-sitzen_id_9001339.html”]

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Pianist

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The story of a young gifted Roma musician from a shantytown who was given a piano and now is giving concerts.
A drop in the ocean, but nevertheless, a positive story.

– Darovaný klavír ho dostal z osady na koncertné podium. In: Domov SME. 29.05.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20836612/darovany-klavir-ho-dostal-z-osady-na-koncertne-podium.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20836612/darovany-klavir-ho-dostal-z-osady-na-koncertne-podium.html”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia and Children

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A depressing article about the prospects of young Roma from the settlements: If a child is born in a Roma settlement, he has no prospects for the future. He or she usually ends as his parents – without an education and under-employed. According to experts, poverty in Slovakia is due because of the persistent prejudice and the inability of schools to adapt to the needs of Roma children.

– Nikdy z teba nič nebude, počujú neraz deti Rómov. In: Slovensko. 28.05.2018. https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1752058-nikdy-z-teba-nic-nebude-pocuju-neraz-deti-romov [link-preview url=”https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1752058-nikdy-z-teba-nic-nebude-pocuju-neraz-deti-romov”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine and Pogroms

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An article on the series of Pogroms in the Ukraine and the de-facto impunity of the perpetuators. Scary is the fact that this anti-Roma attitude in society has gained hold in recent years.
Bad for all.

– “За погромы ромов так никто и не ответил”. Кто разжигает нетерпимость в обществе. In Vesti. 26.05.2018. https://vesti-ukr.com/strana/290208-za-pohromy-romov-tak-nikto-i-ne-otvetil-kto-razzhihaet-neterpimostv-obshchestve [link-preview url=”https://vesti-ukr.com/strana/290208-za-pohromy-romov-tak-nikto-i-ne-otvetil-kto-razzhihaet-neterpimostv-obshchestve”]

Kosovo News Eastern Europe

Interview

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A video of an Interview with Kujtim Paćaku, who recently died. He was a Roma journalist and poet from Prizren. The interview was realised 4 years ago.

– Kujtim Paćaku poète rrom du Kosovo. https://vimeo.com/88567555 [link-preview url=”https://vimeo.com/88567555″]

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Frankfurt: Camp Closed

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A camp close to Frankfurt’s main railway station was evacuated and closed by the police. Needless to say, no alternatives have been provided …

– „Das Roma-Elendscamp sollte ein gewisser Warnruf sein“. In: Die Welt. 28.05.2018. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article176762320/Frankfurt-Das-Roma-Elendscamp-sollte-ein-gewisser-Warnruf-sein.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article176762320/Frankfurt-Das-Roma-Elendscamp-sollte-ein-gewisser-Warnruf-sein.html”]

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Ukraine: Follow Up

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The lawyer defending the Roma victims of an attack on a camp in the Kharkiv region was brutally attacked. And the leader of the attacker was none other than a local prosecutor. Apparently, the attackers were not even masked and there is CCTV coverage.
Bad.
Also bad that the newspaper used the picture of a Roma shantytown from Paris. It is the camp of the petite ceinture – on the tracks of a disused train line.

– Halya Coynash: Ukrainian prosecutor accused of brutal attack on Roma hate crime lawyer. In: Kyiv Post. 28.05.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-ukrainian-prosecutor-accused-of-brutal-attack-on-roma-hate-crime-lawyer.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-ukrainian-prosecutor-accused-of-brutal-attack-on-roma-hate-crime-lawyer.html”]

News Western Europe Sweden

Resignation Syndrome

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The story of children of refugees in Sweden who fall in total lethargy when their asylum demand is rejected. This so-called resignation syndrome has touched more than 400 children, with some of them remaining in this state for more than 2 years.
It affects many Roma.

– Suède: Qu’est ce que le «syndrome de résignation», cette maladie qui ne touche que les jeunes réfugiés? In: 20 Minutes (FR). 24.05.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/monde/2277303-20180524-suede-syndrome-resignation-maladie-touche-jeunes-refugies [link-preview url=”https://www.20minutes.fr/monde/2277303-20180524-suede-syndrome-resignation-maladie-touche-jeunes-refugies”]

News Switzerland

Switzerland and Holocaust

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An article on Ceija Stojka in the Swiss press, and information about the Holocaust on Roma. This is news in Switzerland, as Roma generally are only beggars or travellers …
Good.

– Le travail de mémoire de Ceija Stojka. In: Le Temps. 25.05.2018. https://www.letemps.ch/culture/travail-memoire-ceija-stojka [link-preview url=”https://www.letemps.ch/culture/travail-memoire-ceija-stojka”]

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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The Bulgarian authorities have begun destroying “illegal” houses, i.e. undocumented constructions, in the Stolipinovo neighbourhood of Plovdiv. Stolipinovo is one of the largest mahala (Roma neighbourhood) in the city.

– Събарят незаконните постройки в кв. Столипиново в Пловдив. In: Novini. 22.05.2018. https://www.facebook.com/Novini.bg/videos/1873962609337056/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/Novini.bg/videos/1873962609337056/”]

News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Slovenia and Roma

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Roma are deprived of health care
According to the President of the Union of Roma of Slovenia Jožko Horvat Muca, the Roma community is deprived of health care. “Roma are still living in often illegal settlements, under bad conditions, without drinking water and electricity. All of this contributes to the poor health situation”.

– Romi so pri zdravstveni oskrbi prikrajšani. In: STA. 25.05.2018. https://siol.net/romi-so-prikrajsani-v-zdravstveni-oskrbi-468470 [link-preview url=”https://siol.net/romi-so-prikrajsani-v-zdravstveni-oskrbi-468470″]

News Switzerland

Switzerland …

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Yet again a SVP politician making rabid statements against Roma. So far, no one made a formal complaint to the police. This is unfortunately being felt as almost useless in Switzerland where a politician stating that all Roma lie, are lazy, dirty etc. has not been considered to the worthy of a condemnation …

– Aussagen zu Roma waren «grenzwertig». In: Tagblatt. 25.05.2018. https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/kreuzlingen/aussagen-zu-roma-waren-grenzwertig-ld.1023682 [link-preview url=”https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/kreuzlingen/aussagen-zu-roma-waren-grenzwertig-ld.1023682″]

Bosnia News Eastern Europe

Bosnia

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Schooling is difficult for Roma in Bosnia. In Modrički Lug, a van was is planned to be bought in order to ferry Roma children to the nearby city of Vukosavlje, where they can pursue their school career. There is no upper secondary school in the city, and due to poverty, most cannot afford the transport. The purchase is a local Roma initiative.

– ROMS DE BOSNIE-HERZÉGOVINE : GRANDE PAUVRETÉ VS. DROIT À L’ÉDUCATION. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 23.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Roms-de-Bosnie-Herzegovine-grande-pauvrete-vs-droit-a-l-education [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Roms-de-Bosnie-Herzegovine-grande-pauvrete-vs-droit-a-l-education”]

France News Eastern Europe News Western Europe Romania

French Chronicle …

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Is it a trend? Or is it a change? The news this week on Roma in France are definitively different. Education, about a Romni in Montreuil fighting for the enrolment of Roma children in school; help, with a story of students of a prestigious French university (Science Po) devoting time to Roma in Poitiers; a Roma manifestation in Nice about the living conditions in Romania; a movie about a Roma family; an integration centre is being discussed in the North of France and one opened near Paris in Ivry; and then the usual news, a fire in a camp in the North, and a camp closure near Paris.
Finally, racism in France with Moslems and Roma coming on the top of the league … A depressing pattern in Europe.

– Montreuil : Liliana se bat pour scolariser les enfants roms. In: Le Parisien. 20.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/montreuil-liliana-se-bat-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-20-05-2018-7726188.php
– Les étudiants de Sciences Po agissent auprès des Roms. In: Centre Presse. 22.05.2018. http://www.centre-presse.fr/article-604073-les-etudiants-de-sciences-po-agissent-aupres-des-roms.html
– Les Roms manifestent contre les ghettos en Roumanie. In: Nice Matin. 21.05.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/les-roms-manifestent-contre-les-ghettos-en-roumanie-231892
– 8, AVENUE LÉNINE. In: Mill Bâbords. http://www.millebabords.org/spip.php?article31813
– Projet «Sas Roms», une seconde réunion publique bien plus calme. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.05.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/382341/article/2018-05-23/projet-sas-roms-une-seconde-reunion-publique-bien-plus-calme
– Ivry : des chalets et de l’insertion pour onze familles roms. In: Le Parisien. 25.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/ivry-des-chalets-et-de-l-insertion-pour-onze-familles-roumaines-25-05-2018-7736010.php
– Une dizaine de caravanes détruites dans l’incendie d’un camp de familles roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.05.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/381676/article/2018-05-23/une-dizaine-de-caravanes-detruites-dans-l-incendie-d-un-camp-de-familles-roms
– Yvelines. Houilles : le camp de Roms de la rue Bapaume démantelé. In: Actu.fr. 25.05.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/yvelines-houilles-camp-roms-rue-bapaume-demantele_16969991.html
– France : Selon un rapport, Roms et musulmans sont les minorités les plus stigmatisées. In: Yabiladi. 25.05.2018. https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/65272/france-selon-rapport-roms-musulmans.html
– Le racisme en 2017 : l’état des lieux de la CNCDH. In: Vie Publique. 24.05.2018. http://www.vie-publique.fr/actualite/alaune/racisme-baisse-du-nombre-actes-racistes-signales.html [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/yvelines-houilles-camp-roms-rue-bapaume-demantele_16969991.html “]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia and Schools

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The EU is giving funds for the integration of Roma in the school system and to avoid the de-facto segregation of schooling that is still prevalent in the country.
Let’s hope it helps.

– Schools open to all? Slovakia uses EU funds to include Roma children. In: EURActiv. 25.05.20128. https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/schools-open-to-all-slovakia-uses-eu-funds-to-achieve-inclusive-education/ [link-preview url=”https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/schools-open-to-all-slovakia-uses-eu-funds-to-achieve-inclusive-education/”]

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Gypsy

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In case anyone doubts it, the use of “Gypsy” is racist … Read point 3.

– 10 common phrases that are actually racist AF. In: Some Cards. 26.05.2018. https://www.someecards.com/news/news/10-common-phrases-racist-af/ [link-preview url=”https://www.someecards.com/news/news/10-common-phrases-racist-af/”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine

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The ERRC is now reporting on the spate of attacks in Ukraine against Roma.

– FAR-RIGHT ATTACK: THIRD IN RECENT WEEKS AGAINST ROMA IN UKRAINE. In: ERRC. 25.05.2018. http://www.errc.org/news/far-right-attack-third-in-recent-weeks-against-roma-in-ukraine [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/news/far-right-attack-third-in-recent-weeks-against-roma-in-ukraine”]

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