The Vice-Governor of the Slovak Central Bank, Ľudovít Ódor, said in an interview that
“It is high time to talk more openly about controlled migration, activation of the Roma minority, brain drain and education system in Slovakia.” The focus is on getting more skilled worked in the country.
– SLOVENSKO potrebuje riadenú MIGRÁCIU a RÓMOV aktivizovať. In: Dennik. 28.12.2018. http://dennikpolitika.sk/archiv/51321
Law enforcers completed a pre-trial investigation into the attack on the Roma camp in Lviv in May 2018 which resulted in one dead Rom and there injured ones. A criminal case against an adult organizer and nine juvenile offenders were transferred to court. This is on Friday, December 28, according to the prosecutor’s office of the region.
– Напад на табір ромів у Львові: розслідування завершилося. In: Korrespondent. 28.12.2018. https://ua.korrespondent.net/city/lvov/4048504-napad-na-tabir-romiv-u-lvovi-rozsliduvannia-zavershylosia
– Розслідування нападу на табір ромів у Львові завершено: 10 осіб постануть перед судом. In: Warta 1. 28.12.2018. https://varta1.com.ua/rozsliduvannya-napadu-na-tabir-romiv-u-lvovi-zaversheno-10-osib-postanut-pered-sudom/
The tale of a group of young Roma actors who perform all over Hungary and now maybe beyond.
– Cigánynak akartam születni, mert cigánynak lenni jó. In: 444. 26.12.2018. https://444.hu/2018/12/26/ciganynak-akartam-szuletni-mert-ciganynak-lenni-jo
The fate of a Slovak Rom adopted at the age of one and a half in Sweden. Interview and a proof of what the environment can do …
– Narodil sa v osade, adoptovali si ho Švédi: Vo Švédsku sa k migrantom správajú asi ako Slováci k Rómom. In: Dennik. 28.12.2018. https://dennikn.sk/1335595/narodil-sa-v-osade-adoptovali-si-ho-svedi-vo-svedsku-sa-k-migrantom-spravaju-asi-ako-slovaci-k-romom/
The preliminary enquiry in the attack on a Roma camp in Lvov in May that left one Rom dead and three injured has been completed. One adult and two minors were involved in the murder.
– Нападение на ромов во Львове: завершено досудебное расследование. In: Fokus. 28.12.2018. https://focus.ua/ukraine/416278-napadenie-na-romov-vo-lvove-sud-vynes-prigovor.html
Unfortunately, Roma made it …
– A billion-dollar bust, gypsy teen brides and a web of lies: Catch up on the ABC’s best long reads of 2018. In: ABC. 30.12.2018. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-29/abcs-best-long-reads-of-the-year-2018-virginia-trioli/10668510
Almost no news in France for the last French Chronicle of 2018. Christmas for Roma children in Marseilles; Christmas near Paris; and a book on migration. Finally, an article on fake news using the picture of the petite ceinture camp near Paris (losed a long while back) but with interesting statistics on people living in camps.
– Framboise met du soleil et de l’art dans les squats. In: La Marseillaise. 26.12.2018. http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/marseille/societe/74148-framboise-met-du-soleil-et-de-l-art-dans-les-squats
– Créteil-Bonneuil : la Cabane des associations sur tous les fronts. In: Le Parisien. 26.12.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/creteil-bonneuil-la-cabane-des-associations-sur-tous-les-fronts-26-12-2018-7976904.php
– Vient de paraître : «La Ville Accueillante». In: Le Moniteur. 24.12.2018. https://www.lemoniteur.fr/article/vient-de-paraitre-la-ville-accueillante.2012054
– Les Fake News de la semaine. In: Le Tribunal du Net. http://www.letribunaldunet.fr/actualites/fake-news-semaine-3.html
The camp of Castel Romano is slated to be closed by Rome’s mayor.
– Castel Romano, accelerata sullo smantellamento del campo rom di via Pontina. In: Il Corriere della Citta. 27.12.2018. https://www.ilcorrieredellacitta.com/ultime-notizie/castel-romano-accelerata-sullo-smantellamento-del-campo-rom-di-via-pontina.html
Rome wants to introduce a code of conduct for Roma in the capital. Really ??????
– Rom a Roma, codice di condotta e redditi al setaccio tutto l’anno. In: Il Messaggero. 27.12.2018. https://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/news/rom_codice_condotta_redditi_roma-4194059.html
A new series of articles on the “abuse” of social care for children. The articles claim the abuse is actually even more widespread than originally thought.
This is bad in all cases – bad if true and bad as reported …
– Analyse “Task Force” Kindergeld. In: Abendzeitung München. 27.12.2018. https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.analyse-task-force-kindergeld.04f6d3e5-ff15-4e4d-9e16-66dc1eaf5821.html
– «Task Force» Kindergeld. In: Die Harke. 27.12.2018. https://www.dieharke.de/Nachrichten/Top-Themen-787/570961/Task_Force_Kindergeld.html
– Betrug bei Sozialleistungen: Zu viel gezahltes Kindergeld soll zurückgeholt warden. In: Der neue Mann. 28.12.2018. http://derneuemannde.com/2018/12/28/betrug-bei-sozialleistungen-zu-viel-gezahltes-kindergeld/
An unrecognised minority in Scotland in spite of its long presence there. Studies in the Irish Travellers have shown that they too form nowadays a distinct ethnic group, even though their history is shorter. So 900 years should be sufficient …
– The last “acceptable” prejudice. In: The Overtake. 27.12.2018. https://theovertake.com/~beta/scottish-travellers-in-crisis/
The Slovenian state wants to bury the Roma killed during World War Two in the central Ljubljana cemetery of Žale, but the cemetery management rejects it, which is unheard of. The victims were killed by Partisan units between 1941 and 1945.
– “Nezaslišano in nesprejemljivo”: Janković Romov, ki so jih ubili partizani, ne pusti pokopati na Žalah, je ogorčen Stres. In: Reporter. 20.12.2018. https://reporter.si/clanek/slovenija/nezaslisano-in-nesprejemljivo-jankovic-romov-ki-so-jih-ubili-partizani-ne-pusti-pokopati-na-zalah-je-ogorcen-stres-677143
– Na Žalah zavračajo obtožbe o nespoštovanju do pokojnih Romov. In: SIOL. 20.12.2018. https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/na-zalah-zavracajo-obtozbe-o-nespostovanju-do-pokojnih-romov-486091
– Pravica do pokopa Romov na Žalah. In: Družina. 21.12.2018. https://www.druzina.si/ICD/spletnastran.nsf/clanek/pravica-do-pokopa-romov-na-zalah
A book review of Wolfgang Freitag’s book “Der Fall Karl Horvath” who was deported in 1939 to Dachau as an “asocial” and freed from Mauthausen in 1945, but then indicted as a war criminal, judged, condemned and upon review of the case, freed in 1952.
A Romani girl died in a fire of the van she lived in with her family near Cagliari.
Bulgaria significantly increased state funding for religions, including Islam, in an attempt to prevent radical Islam. The bad point here is that the Roma are mentioned in the same sentence together with radical Islam. And while many Roma are Moslems, up till now they haven’t radicalised at all. Anyhow, best weapon against this is integration …
– La Bulgarie légifère pour mieux contrôler l’islam radical. In: i24 Europe. 21.12.2018. https://www.i24news.tv/fr/actu/international/europe/191452-181221-la-bulgarie-legifere-pour-mieux-controler-l-islam-radical
Not surprising in view of the current protests in France, the Roma are not on the front pages…
First, two occasions to see the documentary “8 Avenue Lenine” in Paris. Not to be missed.
Then, the usual litany: Annecy pondering whether to close a camp or first find a decent lodging for its residents (really????); in Grenoble, 15 families are threatened with expulsion; and in the Vosges, a family is expulsed, and alternate lodgement is refused (which is illegal in France).
– Documentaire “8, avenue Lénine” : 2 projections à Paris en janvier 2019. In: Respect Mag. 18.12.2018. https://www.respectmag.com/31931-documentaire-8-avenue-lenine-2-projections-a-paris-en-janvier-2019
– Annecy : camp de roms des Ilettes, démanteler tout de suite ou reloger d’abord ? In: Le Dauphiné. 18.12.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2018/12/18/annecy-camp-de-roms-des-ilettes-demanteler-tout-de-suite-ou-reloger-d-abord
– Quinze familles roms menacées d’expulsion à Fontaine, agglomération de Grenoble. In: France Info. 19.12.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/grenoble/quinze-familles-roms-menacees-expulsion-fontaine-agglomeration-grenoble-1595373.html
– Saint-Dié-des-Vosges : une famille de roms expulsée, le 115 refuse de les reloger. In: Vosges Matin. 21.12.2018. https://www.vosgesmatin.fr/societe/2018/12/21/saint-die-des-vosges-une-famille-de-roms-expulsee-le-115-refuse-de-les-reloger
An interview of Stefan Heinichen on Roma, Switzerland, and Racism.
– “Die Behörden haben Angst vor den Roma, weil sie nichts über sie wissen”. In: Swissinfo. 23.12.2018. https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/gesellschaft/anerkennung-von-minderheiten_-die-behoerden-haben-angst-vor-den-roma–weil-sie-nichts-ueber-sie-wissen-/44608000
– «Les autorités ont peur car elles ne savent rien sur les Roms». In: Swissinfo. 23.12.2018. https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/societe/reconnaissance-des-minorités_-les-autorités-ont-peur-car-elles-ne-savent-rien-sur-les-roms-/44575924
The recent manifestations against the latest laws passed by the Orban government (the so-called slave laws) saw a unique constellation: The flag of the extreme right party Jobbik next to the Roma flag.
It highlights the range of opposition to the laws.
– Egymás mellett lengett a romák és a Jobbik zászlója. In: 444. 17.12.2018. https://444.hu/2018/12/17/egymas-mellett-lengett-a-romak-es-a-jobbik-zaszlaja
A further article about the Roma organisation in Northern Ireland who exploited members of their own community.
It apparently went on for years.
– Community group ‘knew about Roma exploitation’. In BBC News. 21.12.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46640384
A long article from RT on Roma in Russia. While some of the facts are correct (Xaladytka, Servi, and then Kalderaša), they miss quite a few things (Kirimlides who are just a footnote on religion, Lovara, etc. who also came at the beginning of the 20th century – not 19th as they state).
But there are also lots of folklore such a caste system and “values”.
Full stereotypes indeed.
– Fact and Fallacy: History, beliefs & culture of Russian Gypsies. In: RT. 20.12.2018. https://rtd.rt.com/stories/gypsy-culture-the-art-is/
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