Two exhibitions on the Roma Holocaust in Germany.
– Ausstellung zum Völkermord an den Sinti und Roma. In: Neue Westfälische. 30.08.2018. https://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_herford/herford/22229778_Ausstellung-zum-Voelkermord-an-den-Sinti-und-Roma.html
– Ausstellung zu Schicksal der Sinti. In: Nordwest Zeitung. 28.08.2018. https://www.nwzonline.de/ammerland/politik/rastede-ausstellung_a_50,2,1404006956.html
News of Roma thieves in Kyiv. And commentaries that are really bad.
– “Посадити і депортувати”: в мережі шоковані кричущою поведінкою ромів у Києві (фото). In: In Lviv. 28.08.2018. https://inlviv.in.ua/ukraine/posadyty-i-deportuvaty-v-merezhi-shokovani-krychushhoyu-povedinkoyu-romiv-u-kyyevi-foto
A reportage on Ukrainian media in Slovakia – in Košice in the Lunik IX neighbourhood – and a reflection of Roma in Europe. What is positive is that they say that the integration of Roma is more of a problem of the majority than of the Roma. What is less so is that they say idiocies (that Roma lived in tent prior to the creation of the “vertical” ghettoes) and that they push a whole series of stereotypes.
– Місце ромів у Європі: як живуть та хто допомагає. In: Fakti. 28.08.2018. https://fakty.ictv.ua/ua/svit/20180828-mistse-romiv-u-yevropi-yak-zhyvut-ta-hto-dopomagaye/
A reportage on the Roma Armee performance in Sweden…
– https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=7030032
Another article about the Roma thieves in Kyiv’s railway station. And again the generalisations / stereotypes.
– Банда цыган на центральном вокзале Киева ворует деньги у пассажиров (ВИДЕО). In: UA Reporter. 27.08.2018. https://ua-reporter.com/news/banda-cygan-na-centralnom-vokzale-kieva-voruet-dengi-u-passazhirov-video
The head of the Federal National-Cultural Autonomy of Russian Gypsies told the press that the authorities pay little attention to the Roma, and that the media only write about them in a negative light. In Russia, the number of those who approve the slogan “Russia for Russians” has increased according to the Levada Center poll, which states that the share of citizens supporting such a statement has grown from 10 to 19%. As the “360” TV channel notes, the number of those who favour restriction of the rights of Roma to live in Russia has increased especially from 17 to 32%.
– Глава автономии цыган объяснила неприязнь россиян к кочевому народу. In: MSN. 27.08.2018. http://nsn.fm/society/glava-avtonomii-cygan-obyasnila-nepriyazn-rossiyan-k-kochevomu-narodu.html
The Guardian article on Roma in the Ukraine has gotten a Russian and a Ukrainian translation.
Good
– Они хотели убить нас. Неофашисты в масках наводят страх на ромов Украины – Guardian. In: Novoe Vremya. 28.08.2018. https://nv.ua/ukraine/events/oni-khoteli-ubit-nas-neofashisty-v-maskakh-navodjat-strakh-na-romov-ukrainy-2490742.html
– They wanted to kill us’: masked neo-fascists strike fear into Ukraine’s Roma. In: The Guardian. 27.08.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/27/they-wanted-to-kill-us-masked-neo-fascists-strike-fear-into-ukraines-roma
There is a shortage of workers in Slovakia and the state is taking measures to employ Roma and bring in skilled workers (who often are actually also Roma) …
– Recept na nedostatok ľudí? Rýchlejší príchod cudzincov a práca pre Rómov. In: Spary Pravda. 28.08.2018. https://spravy.pravda.sk/ekonomika/clanok/482066-recept-na-nedostatok-ludi-rychlejsi-prichod-cudzincov-a-praca-pre-romov/
– Aktualizované: Dovoz pracovníkov zo zahraničia by sa mal zjednodušiť, Pellegrini chce zamestnať aj Rómov. In: Web Noviny. 28.08.2018. https://www.webnoviny.sk/dovoz-pracovnikov-zo-zahranicia-sa-mal-zjednodusit-pellegrini-chce-zamestnat-aj-romov/
Minister of Labour Ján Richter has repeatedly said that there are many Roma in Slovakia who want to work, only companies have many prejudices against them.
The most recent analysis of the Institute of Financial Policy at the Ministry of Finance shows that most of the work Roma do does not really benefit the state ad that the measures to help Roma find work are inadequate.
– Rómov firmy nechcú, veľmi nepomáha ani štát. In: SME. 28.08.2018. https://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/20901099/romov-firmy-nechcu-velmi-nepomaha-ani-stat.html
What we don’t need – a report of “bands” of “Gypsy thieves” “robbing” people in the Kyiv railway station. And, while it is unfortunately probably true that there are Roma who steal there, the blanket statements in an already hot and tense situation do not help.
– Орудуют целой группой: на вокзале в Киеве засекли ромов-воров. In: Obozrevatel. 27.08.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/crime/oruduyut-tseloj-gruppoj-na-vokzale-v-kieve-zasekli-romov-vorov.htm
The mayor of Tatarbunar, Andrei Glushchenko, in the Odessa region close to Moldova and Romania, has an adviser on Roma issues. He will consult with the communities of this people and choose one representative who will sit in the city council. The mayor wants Roma to participate more actively in the life of the city.
Let’s see …
– В Одесской области появился советник по делам ромов. In: USI. 25.08.2018. https://usionline.com/2018/08/25/v-odesskoj-oblasti-poyavilsya-sovetnik-po-delam-romov/
– У главы Татарбунар, Одесская область, есть советник по вопросам ромов. In: Slovo. 22.08.2018. http://slovo.odessa.ua/news/29444-u-glavy-tatarbunar-odesskaya-oblast-est-sovetnik-po-voprosam-romov.html
Not surprisingly, Russians are getting increasingly nationalists and think that Russia is for Russians. The first victims thereof are clearly Roma …
Bad, especially in a country where there were very little stereotypes against Roma.
– Mehr Russen lehnen Fremde ab. In: Tageschau. 27.08.2018. https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/lewada-institut-101.html
The Roma shantytowns in Slovakia are seeing high levels of infectious diseases such as measles, mumps, jaundice, and now mosquito borne diseases.
– Prečo má východné Slovensko také veľké problémy s epidémiami chorôb (mapy). In: Aktuality. 22.08.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/615828/preco-ma-vychodne-slovensko-take-velke-problemy-s-epidemiami-chorob-mapy/
Nothing to be proud of, but the Belgians are applying the same failed policies as their southern neighbour in the case of Roma: Repeated expulsions.
Bad …
– Neder-over-Hembeek : le groupe de Roms installé dans la rue des Prés Communs a été expulsé ce jeudi. In: BX1. 23.08.2018. https://bx1.be/bruxelles-ville/neder-over-hembeek-groupe-de-roms-installe-rue-pres-communs-a-ete-expulse-jeudi/
– La police évacue un camp de Roms rue du Pavillon à Schaerbeek. In: BX1. 20.08.2018. https://bx1.be/news/police-evacue-camp-de-roms-rue-pavillon-a-schaerbeek/
Rastislav Trnka, in early July, the president of Kosice Self-governing, filed a criminal complaint regarding a bribe he was offered and for the intimidation he has been subjected to related to the mismanagement of funds in the case of an education program in Sečovcia, which belongs to the Unesco School in Dobšin. Trnka said the operation of program was too costly for the region and there were suspicions of breaching the law. It is unfortunately a program aimed at integrating Roma …
– Trnka o elokovanom pracovisku v Sečovciach: “Nechcem zrušiť vzdelávania pre Rómov. Prekáža mi množstvo porušení zákona a plytvanie peniazmi nás všetkých”. In: Hlavne Spravy. 24.08.2018. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/trnka-elokovanom-pracovisku-secovciach-nechcem-zrusit-vzdelavania-romov-prekaza-mi-mnozstvo-poruseni-zakona-plytvanie-peniazmi-nas-vsetkych/1500940
– Keď rozum nepustí… In: HN Kommentare. 24.08.2018. https://komentare.hnonline.sk/komentare/1798603-ked-rozum-nepusti
A report on the fears and lives of Roma in the Ukraine following the numerous attacks they have been subjected to by far-right extremists.
– ‘They wanted to kill us’: masked neo-fascists strike fear into Ukraine’s Roma. In: The Guardian. 27.08.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/27/they-wanted-to-kill-us-masked-neo-fascists-strike-fear-into-ukraines-roma
A retrospective of Josef’s Koudelka’s photograph can be seen in Prague. Besides having documented the Societ invasion of 1968, he also did an iconic work on Roma.
A must see.
– JOSEF KOUDELKA – UNE VIE SACRIFIÉE À LA PHOTOGRAPHIE. In: Radio Praha. 25.08.2018. https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/literature/josef-koudelka-une-vie-sacrifiee-a-la-photographie
An editorial on the debate about child social money in Germany, saying with right that Roma and Sinti are collectively presented as guilty …
– KINDERGELD-DEBATTE: UND WIEDER WERDEN SINTI UND ROMA KOLLEKTIV ZU TÄTERN GEMACHT. In: Belltowers. 24.08.2018. http://www.belltower.news/artikel/debatte-um-kindergeld-und-wieder-werden-sinti-und-roma-kollektiv-zu-taetern-gemacht-14122
Not many news this week on Roma. In the North, the headline asks what alternatives there are to shantytowns. Warranted question in France, where the very same 20’000 people get pushed from one to the next precarious lodging. Then, a camp closure in Lille; an aggression of firemen as they came to the rescue of a person in a Roma camp in Montpellier (Bad); in Lyon, an expulsion ith the expulsed people squatting in a square; and finally in Lyon, the insertion village closure, after a really successful period seing all the Roma having found a job an housing.
– Quelle alternative aux bidonvilles ? In: La Voix du Nord. 21.08.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/435458/article/2018-08-21/quelle-alternative-aux-bidonvilles
– À Lille, les Roms du carrefour Pasteur ont levé le camp. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.08.2018. http://lavdn.lavoixdunord.fr/434582/article/2018-08-20/lille-les-roms-du-carrefour-pasteur-ont-leve-le-camp
– Les Roms du carrefour Pasteur n’ont pas attendu le face-à-face avec la police. In: La Voix du Nord. 19.08.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/434550/article/2018-08-19/les-roms-du-carrefour-pasteur-n-ont-pas-attendu-le-face-face-avec-la-police
– Montpellier : Les pompiers agressés dans un camp de Roms alors qu’ils venaient secourir une personne. In: Actu 17. 21.08.2018. https://actu17.fr/montpellier-les-pompiers-agresses-dans-un-camp-de-roms-alors-quils-venaient-secourir-une-personne/
– Montpellier : des pompiers agressés au camp de Roms, une plainte déposée. In: Midi Libre. 20.08.2018. https://www.midilibre.fr/2018/08/20/montpellier-des-pompiers-agresses-au-camp-de-roms-une-plainte-deposee,4679290.php
– Expulsion à Lyon : des familles précaires à la rue. In: Lyon Capitale. 22.08.2018. https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/actualite/expulsion-a-lyon-des-familles-precaires-a-la-rue/
– Lyon : des familles roumaines et moldaves expulsées installées place Sathonay. In: FR3. 24.08.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/rhone/lyon/lyon-familles-roumaines-moldaves-expulsees-installees-place-sathonay-1530084.html
– Le village d’insertion de St-Genis-les-O. ferme, la plupart des Roms ont trouvé travail et lodgement. In: Le Progrès. 25.08.2018. https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-ouest-lyonnais/2018/08/25/le-village-d-insertion-ferme-la-plupart-des-roms-ont-trouve-travail-et-logement
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