The story of the clean-up in Moscow prior and during the world cup. Clearly some Roma were affected.
– Roma Purged from World Cup as Moscow Undergoes ‘Clean-up’. In: Travellers Times. 16.07.2018. https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/news/2018/07/roma-purged-world-cup-moscow-undergoes-clean [link-preview url=”https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/news/2018/07/roma-purged-world-cup-moscow-undergoes-clean”]
The wife of one of the leaders of the notorious Roma mafia clan that reigned in Rome is repentant and is giving testimony to the police.
The clan was notorious an engaged in a whole range of criminal activities including extorsion, drugs, and prostitution.
– Colpo ai Casamonica: ad incastrarli la testimonianza della prima donna pentita. In: Democratica. 17.07.2018. https://www.democratica.com/focus/casamonica-raid-blitz-roma-mafia-capitale/
– Roma, 33 arresti nel clan Casamonica Il giudice: «Metodo mafioso» In: Corriere della Sera. 17.07.2018. https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/18_luglio_16/casamonica-31-arresti-clan-giudice-droga-usura-estorsione-metodo-mafioso-1fee178a-892d-11e8-b6ba-4bfe4aefe0a3.shtml [link-preview url=”https://www.democratica.com/focus/casamonica-raid-blitz-roma-mafia-capitale/ “]
The wife of one of the leaders of the notorious Roma mafia clan that reigned in Rome is repentant and is giving testimony to the police.
The clan was notorious an engaged in a whole range of criminal activities including extorsion, drugs, and prostitution.
– Colpo ai Casamonica: ad incastrarli la testimonianza della prima donna pentita. In: Democratica. 17.07.2018. https://www.democratica.com/focus/casamonica-raid-blitz-roma-mafia-capitale/
– Roma, 33 arresti nel clan Casamonica Il giudice: «Metodo mafioso» In: Corriere della Sera. 17.07.2018. https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/18_luglio_16/casamonica-31-arresti-clan-giudice-droga-usura-estorsione-metodo-mafioso-1fee178a-892d-11e8-b6ba-4bfe4aefe0a3.shtml [link-preview url=”https://www.democratica.com/focus/casamonica-raid-blitz-roma-mafia-capitale/ “]
Roma from several countries are gathered and camp in a park in the Western Slovak spa town of Piešťany. It is apparently due to a vision of the Virgin Mary that a healer had on that spot. Many Roma – from the evangelical churches have been bringing their ill relatives are on the site.
– Rómovia z celého sveta kempujú v parku kúpeľného mesta: Do Piešťan ich láka veľká záhada! In: Novy Čas. 18.07.2018. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/718679/romovia-z-celeho-sveta-kempuju-v-parku-kupelneho-mesta-do-piestan-ich-laka-velka-zahada/
– Rómovia už niekoľko dní okupujú parčík v Piešťanoch. In: MY Trnava. 17.06.2018. https://mytrnava.sme.sk/c/20871828/romovia-uz-niekolko-dni-okupuju-parcik-v-piestanoch.html [link-preview url=”https://www.cas.sk/clanok/718679/romovia-z-celeho-sveta-kempuju-v-parku-kupelneho-mesta-do-piestan-ich-laka-velka-zahada/”]
Roma from several countries are gathered and camp in a park in the Western Slovak spa town of Piešťany. It is apparently due to a vision of the Virgin Mary that a healer had on that spot. Many Roma – from the evangelical churches have been bringing their ill relatives are on the site.
– Rómovia z celého sveta kempujú v parku kúpeľného mesta: Do Piešťan ich láka veľká záhada! In: Novy Čas. 18.07.2018. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/718679/romovia-z-celeho-sveta-kempuju-v-parku-kupelneho-mesta-do-piestan-ich-laka-velka-zahada/
– Rómovia už niekoľko dní okupujú parčík v Piešťanoch. In: MY Trnava. 17.06.2018. https://mytrnava.sme.sk/c/20871828/romovia-uz-niekolko-dni-okupuju-parcik-v-piestanoch.html [link-preview url=”https://www.cas.sk/clanok/718679/romovia-z-celeho-sveta-kempuju-v-parku-kupelneho-mesta-do-piestan-ich-laka-velka-zahada/”]
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Romani high school student and volunteer Daniel Bund, spoke about inclusion and education with Richard Raši, Deputy Prime Minister for Investment and Informatisation at the United Nations saying that Roma should be helped, otherwise Slovakia will not prosper.
– Študent to na pôde OSN povedal na rovinu: Rómom treba pomáhať, inak Slovensko nebude prosperovať. In: Novy Čas. 16.07.2018. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/718379/student-to-na-pode-osn-povedal-na-rovinu-romom-treba-pomahat-inak-slovensko-nebude-prosperovat/ [link-preview url=”https://www.cas.sk/clanok/718379/student-to-na-pode-osn-povedal-na-rovinu-romom-treba-pomahat-inak-slovensko-nebude-prosperovat/”]
Residents of a neighbourhood of Ostrava started an action to protest against their upcoming eviction.
– Residents of Czech neighborhood announce “Two Weeks of Vigilance” to protest their impending eviction. In: Romea. 16.07.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/residents-of-czech-neighborhood-announce-two-weeks-of-vigilance-to-protest-their-impending-eviction [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/residents-of-czech-neighborhood-announce-two-weeks-of-vigilance-to-protest-their-impending-eviction”]
The Hungarian boy scout association stated that they did not willingly discriminate against Roma in the past. We already reported that they are currently directly accused of discrimination against Roma and Jews.
– Hungarian Scouts claim they did not discriminate against Romani applicants. In: Romea. 16.07.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/hungarian-scouts-claim-they-did-not-discriminate-against-romani-applicants [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/hungarian-scouts-claim-they-did-not-discriminate-against-romani-applicants”]
A group of travelling Roma is being expelled in Gossau for littering. This is usually the result of poorly planned sites with not enough infrastructure.
– TOP NEWS vom 14. Juli 2018. In: Top Online. 14.07.2018. http://www.toponline.ch/tele-top/sendungen/top-news/news/heute-auf-tele-top-0092072/ [link-preview url=”http://www.toponline.ch/tele-top/sendungen/top-news/news/heute-auf-tele-top-0092072/”]
Guess who is taking charge of the Roma integration in Odessa in the Ukraine… The police.
The head of the Department of Juvenile Prevention of the Odessa City Police Department, Colonel of Police Vitaliy Kapulyak, spoke with the head of the Romani congress, with whom he discussed ways of overcoming the problems related to violations of the legislation and minor offences by young Roma.
Well, this won’t really work, won’t it?
– Одесская полиция занялась интеграцией ромов в украинское общество. In: Slovo. 13.07.2018. http://slovo.odessa.ua/news/28630-odesskaya-policiya-zanyalas-integraciey-romov-v-ukrainskoe-obschestvo.html [link-preview url=”http://slovo.odessa.ua/news/28630-odesskaya-policiya-zanyalas-integraciey-romov-v-ukrainskoe-obschestvo.html”]
An exhibition in Leipzig is showing photographs of Sinti taken in central Germany between 1932 and 1939. Hanns Weltzel, the photographer knew the families and published some of his work in the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society in 1935.
– Ausstellung zu Sinti und Roma im Felsenkeller. In: Leipziginfo. 14.07.2018. https://www.leipziginfo.de/aktuelles/artikel/leipzig/2018/07/ausstellung-zu-sinti-und-roma-im-felsenkeller/ [link-preview url=”https://www.leipziginfo.de/aktuelles/artikel/leipzig/2018/07/ausstellung-zu-sinti-und-roma-im-felsenkeller/”]
A kindergarten burnt down in Mukachevo in Western Ukraine. The police is investigating and suspects arson.
– На Закарпатье горел детский сад ромов. In: Telegraf. 15.06.2018. https://telegraf.com.ua/ukraina/mestnyiy/4251045-na-zakarpate-gorel-detskiy-sad-romov.html
– На Закарпатье сгорел детский сад ромов. In: RBC. 15.07.2018. https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/zakarpate-sgorel-detskiy-sad-romov-1531671705.html
– На Закарпатті згорів ромський дитячий садок. In: RBK. 15.07.2018. https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/zakarpate-sgorel-detskiy-sad-romov-1531671705.html [link-preview url=”https://telegraf.com.ua/ukraina/mestnyiy/4251045-na-zakarpate-gorel-detskiy-sad-romov.html “]
An interview of Goran Miljan, author of the book “Croatia and the Rise of Fascism” published by Tauruns (2018).
– La Croatie face à son passé fasciste. In: La Liberté. 13.07.2018. https://www.laliberte.ch/news/magazine/societe/la-croatie-face-a-son-passe-fasciste-447094 [link-preview url=”https://www.laliberte.ch/news/magazine/societe/la-croatie-face-a-son-passe-fasciste-447094″]
The president of the ultra nationalist Ukrainian C14, Eugene Karas missed a good opportunity to shut up. In an interview with Glavkom, he described how, according to him, in Ukraine it is possible to “socialize” Roma and described how his group “polices” the streets of Ukrainian cities.
As a reminder – C14 was behind the attack in Kiev against a Roma camp.
– Націоналісти запропонували рецепт соціалізації ромів в Україні Повний. In: Glavkom. 13.07.2018. https://glavcom.ua/news/nacionalisti-zaproponuvali-recept-socializaciji-romiv-v-ukrajini-512457.html [link-preview url=”https://glavcom.ua/news/nacionalisti-zaproponuvali-recept-socializaciji-romiv-v-ukrajini-512457.html”]
In a UNN interview, a human rights activist, Zemfira Kondur, vice president of the Russian Chikryli Women’s Foundation said that today, up to 400,000 Roma live in Ukraine, but only 5-7% of the total live in camps and migrate around the country. The official numbers of Roma are much lower, essentially because most Roma simply don’t declare their origins.
– Today, up to 400,000 Roma live in Ukraine, but only 5-7% of the total live in camps and migrate to the country. In: UNN. 12.07.2018. http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/exclusive/1740902-pravozakhisnitsya-lishe-5-7-romiv-v-ukrayini-vedut-taboroviy-sposib-zhittya [link-preview url=”http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/exclusive/1740902-pravozakhisnitsya-lishe-5-7-romiv-v-ukrayini-vedut-taboroviy-sposib-zhittya”]
A French politician from Marine Le Pen’s extreme right party “Rassemblement National” – formerly the Front National – has published a video of himself in front of a Roma camp claiming success in his fight so that at long last “Marseilles finally becomes Marseille again”.
Other news are more usual. A camp closed and a few families re-housed in Champs-sur-Marne near Paris; the fate of squatters in Melun-Vaux-le-Pénil will be fixed this week; a family of Roma is housed in a temporary housing site in the North; and in Toulouse, the city ponders what to do after having evacuated a camp.
– Marseille : Stéphane Ravier, les Roms, sa com’. In: FR3 France Info. 12.07.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/marseille-stephane-ravier-roms-sa-com-1511391.html
– Champs-sur-Marne : 70 Roms évacués des bidonvilles ce mercredi matin. In: Le Parisien. 11.07.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/champs-sur-marne-70-roms-evacues-des-bidonvilles-ce-mercredi-matin-11-07-2018-7816782.php
– Champs-sur-Marne : un gymnase réquisitionné pour héberger en urgence les Roms. In: Le Parisien. 13.07.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/champs-sur-marne-un-gymnase-requisitionne-pour-heberger-en-urgence-40-roms-13-07-2018-7818687.php
– Champs-sur-Marne : une aide de l’Etat pour abriter cinq familles roms. In: Le Parisien. 11.07.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/champs-sur-marne-une-aide-de-l-etat-pour-abriter-cinq-familles-roms-11-07-2018-7816851.php
– Melun-Vaux-le-Pénil : le sort des squatteurs de l’ancien hôpital fixé ce vendredi. In: Le Parisien. 12.08.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/vaux-le-penil-77000/melun-vaux-le-penil-le-sort-des-squatteurs-de-l-ancien-hopital-fixe-ce-vendredi-12-07-2018-7817907.php
– La famille Lingurar a emménagé dans le Sas Roms de la commune. In: La Voix du Nord. 14.07.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/416656/article/2018-07-14/la-famille-lingurar-emmenage-dans-le-sas-roms-de-la-commune
– CAMPEMENTS DES IZARDS ET CHEMIN DE LA BUTTE : QUELLES SOLUTIONS APRÈS L’ÉVACUATION ? In: Le Journal Toulousain. 12.07.2018. https://www.lejournaltoulousain.fr/societe/campements-des-izards-et-chemin-de-la-butte-57702 [link-preview url=”https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/marseille-stephane-ravier-roms-sa-com-1511391.html “]
The situation of Roma and Sinti in Mannheim, Germany is not always good. There is a clear lack of money to help the poorest members of the minority, and their academic achievements are often low.
– Geld und Bildung fehlen. In: Morgenweb. 14.07.2018. https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-mannheim-geld-und-bildung-fehlen-_arid,1282271.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-mannheim-geld-und-bildung-fehlen-_arid,1282271.html”]
The Canadian university professor David Scheffel (63) has been in custody since last November for allegedly sexual offenses with children. He claims the photographs of naked children are related to his research on Roma. He also said he was studying the sexual practices among Roma.
REALLY????
– Obvinený kanadský profesor: Pred súdom opisoval sexuálne praktiky Rómov! In: Pluska. 11.07.2018. https://www1.pluska.sk/Krimi/Obvineny-kanadsky-profesor-Pred-sudom-opisoval-sexualne-praktiky-Romov [link-preview url=”https://www1.pluska.sk/Krimi/Obvineny-kanadsky-profesor-Pred-sudom-opisoval-sexualne-praktiky-Romov”]
Finally, a suspect was named in the case of the destruction of the Roma camp in Kiev in April. It is Sergei Mazur, the coordinator of C14, an ultra-nationalist organisation.
– Полиция сообщила о подозрении участнику разгона лагеря ромов на Лысой горе в Киеве. In: 112.ua. 10.07.2018. https://112.ua/glavnye-novosti/policiya-soobshhila-o-podozrenii-uchastniku-razgona-lagerya-romov-na-lysoy-gore-v-kieve-453329.html
– Нападение на ромов на Лысой горе: координатору С14 сообщили о подозрении. In: RBK.ua. 10.07.2018. https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/napadenie-romov-lysoy-gore-soobshcheno-podozrenii-1531241692.html [link-preview url=”https://112.ua/glavnye-novosti/policiya-soobshhila-o-podozrenii-uchastniku-razgona-lagerya-romov-na-lysoy-gore-v-kieve-453329.html “]
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