An interview in a French / Belgian magazine of the actress Alina Serban, a Romanian Romni who stars in the movie “Seule à mon marriage” – Alone at my wedding.
Well done!
– Cannes 2018 : Interview exclusive de l’actrice Alina Serban à l’affiche de « Seule à mon mariage ». In: Marie Claire. 10.05.2018. http://marieclaire.be/fr/interview-alina-serban-seule-a-mon-mariage/ [link-preview url=”http://marieclaire.be/fr/interview-alina-serban-seule-a-mon-mariage/”]
One reportage and one article on the criminality in Rome with a Roma clan being heavily involved in Casamonica, a suburb of Rome. The article is really bad too, with many stereotypes and disparaging remarks.
– Casamonica, il clan di origine Sinti che spadroneggia a Roma. In: TG LA 7. 09.05.2018. http://tg.la7.it/cronaca/casamonica-il-clan-di-origine-sinti-che-spadroneggia-a-roma-09-05-2018-127369
– Quel marcio che strozza Roma. In: Articlo21. 10.05.2018. https://www.articolo21.org/2018/05/quel-marcio-che-strozza-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://www.articolo21.org/2018/05/quel-marcio-che-strozza-roma/”]
A survey on the situation of Roma by the United Nations Development Program and the World Bank, supported by the European Commission in the Western Balkan, while showing some progress highlighted high unemployment (up to 80%) and continuing discrimination.
As usual, these studies need to be taken with a grain of salt as they never include integrated Roma – tilting the results.
– Survey shows unemployment, poverty among W. Balkans’ Roma. In: The Tribune. 09.05.2018. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/nation-world/world/article210766949.html
– Survey shows unemployment, poverty among W. Balkans’ Roma. In: The Tampa Bay. 09.05.2018. http://www.tampabay.com/survey-shows-unemployment-poverty-among-w-balkans-roma-ap_world53a4952ffaf64347a088ee76c22b68e6 [link-preview url=”http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/nation-world/world/article210766949.html “]
Roma who emigrated to the UK are facing serious issues following Brexit: Uncertainty as to their status; increasing hate crimes against them; and loss of EU funding for programs aimed at their integration in the UK.
Not pretty.
– Where next for migrant Roma communities post-Brexit? In: Open Democracy. 09.05.2018. https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/cristian-tileag-salomea-popoviciu/where-next-for-migrant-roma-communities-post-brexit [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/cristian-tileag-salomea-popoviciu/where-next-for-migrant-roma-communities-post-brexit”]
An analysis of the situation of Travellers and Roma in Ireland and the continuing discrimination they face.
– Perniciousness of racism and ableism in Ireland still continues. In: The Irish Times. 08.05.2018. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/perniciousness-of-racism-and-ableism-in-ireland-still-continues-1.3480297 [link-preview url=”https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/perniciousness-of-racism-and-ableism-in-ireland-still-continues-1.3480297″]
Not really sure about an exhibition in Slovakia entitled “Red Skirt” and retracing the way Roma have dressed in the country from their arrival in the middle ages to last century. The difficulty here is always the stereotypes and their perpetuation.
– Červenú sukňu mám… Myturiec. 04.05.2018. https://myturiec.sme.sk/c/20816013/cervenu-suknu-mam.html [link-preview url=”https://myturiec.sme.sk/c/20816013/cervenu-suknu-mam.html”]
The Berlin police intervened last Sunday in a park after finding a group of Roma roasting entire lambs on a spit for Djudjevan. They had to leave but other than that, no further actions were taken. The Roma were from Croatia and Bosnia.
– Romi iz BiH in Hrvaške so kar sredi berlinskega parka postavili žar in si pekli ovce. In: Reporter. 09.05.2018. https://reporter.si/clanek/magazin/romi-iz-bih-in-hrvaske-so-kar-sredi-berlinskega-parka-postavili-zar-in-si-pekli-ovce-637422
– Sredi Berlina skupina Romov pekla jagenjčke na ražnju. In: Primorske Novice. 08.05.2018. https://www.primorske.si/zanimivosti/sredi-berlina-skupina-romov-pekla-jagenjcke-na-raz [link-preview url=”https://reporter.si/clanek/magazin/romi-iz-bih-in-hrvaske-so-kar-sredi-berlinskega-parka-postavili-zar-in-si-pekli-ovce-637422 “]
A German Sinto, a distant relative of Unku, a Sintica who died in Auschwitz, recently wrote the continuation the book Ede and Unku. That book told the story of a friendship between a worker and a Sintica and was forbidden by the Nazis in 1933.
– Die wahre Geschichte von Ede und Unku. In: Deutschlandrundfunk. 07.05.2018. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/janko-lauenberger-die-wahre-geschichte-von-ede-und-unku.1310.de.html?dram:article_id=417351
– Das letzte Kapitel Unkus qualvoller Tod in Auschwitz. In: Berliner Zeitung. 07.05.2018. https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/30126746 [link-preview url=”https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/30126746″]
Two Bernese politicians from the youth section of the right-wing party SVP were effectively convicted for racism for a picture depicting “stinking” Roma during the election campaign for the Bern parliament this spring.
They are appealing their conviction.
– Die Chefs der Berner JSVP müssen vor den Richter. In: Der Bund. 07.05.2018. https://m.derbund.ch/articles/5af0784dab5c37201c000001 [link-preview url=”https://m.derbund.ch/articles/5af0784dab5c37201c000001″]
The Ukrainian police announced at last that they have identified suspects in the violent closing of a Roma camp in Kiev on April 21st.
They had trouble explaining what took them so long with the number of videos produced by the criminals themselves …
– Разгром лагеря ромов в Киеве: полиция объявила подозрения. In: Liga. 07.05.2018. http://news.liga.net/incidents/news/razgrom-lagerya-romov-v-kieve-politsiya-obyavila-podozreniya
– Разгон ромов в Киеве: Аваков похвалился успехами. In: Obozrevatel. 07.05.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/answer/za-razgrom-romov-v-kieve.htm
– Погром лагеря ромов в Киеве: полиция объявила подозрения. In: Korrespondent. 07.05.2018. https://korrespondent.net/city/kiev/3968573-pohrom-laheria-romov-v-kyeve-polytsyia-obiavyla-podozrenyia
– Аваков рассказал о подозрениях в деле о поджоге лагеря ромов. In: Vesti. 07.05.2018. https://vesti-ukr.com/kiev/288213-avakov-rasskazal-o-podozrenijakh-v-dele-o-podzhohe-laherja-romov [link-preview url=”https://www.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/answer/za-razgrom-romov-v-kieve.htm “]
An article about Romanian Roma migrants in Florence, their work and a person helping them.
– The maverick’s ministry. In: The Florentine. 06.05.2018. http://www.theflorentine.net/lifestyle/2018/05/english-cemetery-florence-julia-holloway/ [link-preview url=”http://www.theflorentine.net/lifestyle/2018/05/english-cemetery-florence-julia-holloway/”]
An article about the Roma in Nograd, a region North East of Budapest, amongst the poorest in the country. A study has just been published and its results are not good.
Segregation has increased, something that anyone visiting the region can testify to.
– Dans le nord de la Hongrie, la situation se dégrade pour les familles roms. In: Le Courrier d’Europe Centrale. 30.04.2018. https://courrierdeuropecentrale.fr/nord-hongrie-enfants-roms-condamnes-misere/ [link-preview url=”https://courrierdeuropecentrale.fr/nord-hongrie-enfants-roms-condamnes-misere/”]
A controversy is brewing in Slovakia on the allocation of subsidies for the culture of minorities. A commission was created to allocate the funds, but its members associations and families were allowed to bid for subsidies. Not good and bad publicity.
– Pred veľkou hostinou mali predjedlo: otec tvoril zákon, syn schválil dotácie. In: Aktuality. 04.05.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/586262/velka-hostina-mala-predjedlo-otec-tvoril-zakon-syn-daval-dotacie/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/586262/velka-hostina-mala-predjedlo-otec-tvoril-zakon-syn-daval-dotacie/”]
An interview with Sandra Selimovic on her activism, identity, and art.
– EN GUERRE CONTRE LES PRÉJUGÉS. In: 360.ch. 03.05.2018. http://360.ch/culture/43384-en-guerre-contre-les-prejuges/ [link-preview url=”http://360.ch/culture/43384-en-guerre-contre-les-prejuges/”]
Roma and Sinti are being described as “Invaders” in Italy in the press. The news are full of the use of “Invasion”, but, according to the Association “21 July”, the Roma and Sinti in Italy number about 180,000, of which about 26 thousand live in an emergency housing. One should add that these living in the camps have actually been prevented by the Italian state from settling properly and kept in camps for many decades.
– Rom e sinti “invasori” in Italia? Quelli senza casa sono solo lo 0,04%. In: Il Dubbio. 05.05.2018. http://ildubbio.news/ildubbio/2018/05/05/rom-e-sinti-invasori-in-italia/ [link-preview url=”http://ildubbio.news/ildubbio/2018/05/05/rom-e-sinti-invasori-in-italia/”]
Again an article on the pseudo-link between Jews and Roma advocated by a Israeli “scholar” Schmuel Avuka.
This begs the question of why????
– The Jewish-Romani connection: Are Gypsies descendants of tribe of Simeon? In: YNet World. 05.05.2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5248902,00.html [link-preview url=”https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5248902,00.html”]
Almost no news on Roma in France this week. First, an article on an initiative aimed at closing the shantytowns and at integration, also making sure that the situation of Roma improves in their home countries. Then the more usual story of a squat near Paris, and the usual story of the illegal garbage dumps that are often (and wrongly so) associated with Roma.
– « Peu de villes s’engagent dans la résorption des bidonvilles » – Michaël Guet. In: La gazette. 04.05.2018. http://www.lagazettedescommunes.com/561671/peu-de-villes-sengagent-dans-la-resorption-des-bidonvilles-michael-guet/
– Montévrain. Les familles de Roms squattant l’école d’Alembert en sursis. In: Actu.fr. 03.05.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/montevrain_77307/montevrain-familles-roms-squattant-lecole-dalembert-sursis_16657418.html
– Montévrain : face aux squatteurs, la mairie et les riverains dans l’impasse. In: Le Parisien. 04.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/montevrain-face-aux-squatteurs-la-mairie-et-les-riverains-dans-l-impasse-04-05-2018-7698501.php
– En région parisienne, la maladie chronique des décharges sauvages. In: GoodPlanet. 01.05.2018. https://www.goodplanet.info/actualite/2018/05/01/en-region-parisienne-la-maladie-chronique-des-decharges-sauvages/ [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/montevrain_77307/montevrain-familles-roms-squattant-lecole-dalembert-sursis_16657418.html “]
28% of the Roma in Croatia feel discriminated against… Only?
Most of the Roma in Croatia came after the War as the Ustaša killed almost all Croatian Roma during the war.
– Many Roma feel discriminated against. In: Total Croatia News. 04.05.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28003-many-roma-feel-discriminated-against [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28003-many-roma-feel-discriminated-against”]
Again, in typical fashion, bad journalism based on a crime. And all stereotypes are there. We don’t need this and neither do we need these kinds of criminals.
– Roma slave gang who splashed out on champagne parties and lavish holidays with cash stuffed in suitcases after trafficking victims from Slovakia to Newcastle are jailed for a total of 40 years. In: Daily Mail. 04.05.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5692301/Roma-slave-gang-jailed-total-40-years.html
– Victims told they should be ‘eating dogs’ by Roma slave gang who trafficked them from Slovakia to Newcastle reveal years of hell as their tormentors face years in jail. In: Daily Mail. 03.05.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5687831/Victims-told-eating-dogs-Roma-slave-gang.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5692301/Roma-slave-gang-jailed-total-40-years.html “]
A concert of the Roma Philharmonic was a public hit. Unfortunately, a collect by the ensemble in order to be able to perform during the “Requiem for Auschwitz” in Wiesbaden is still missing 8’000 EUR.
Please look at the second article and help!
– „Roma- und Sinti-Philharmoniker“ begeistern rund 300 Zuhörer. In: GN Online. 30.04.2018. https://www.gn-online.de/nordhorn/roma-und-sinti-philharmoniker-begeistern-rund-300-zuhoerer-234373.html
– Spenden für Konzert. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 30.04.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/wiesbaden-spenden-fuer-konzert-a-1497170 [link-preview url=”https://www.gn-online.de/nordhorn/roma-und-sinti-philharmoniker-begeistern-rund-300-zuhoerer-234373.html “]
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