Non-infectious and chronic diseases among the Roma population and how these could be tackled.
– Addressing the Roma health gap by tackling non-communicable diseases. In: EPHA. 12.12.2018. https://epha.org/addressing-the-roma-health-gap-by-tackling-non-communicable-diseases-ncds/
Scary …
– The Dangerous New Face of Salvini’s Italy. In: Der Spiegel. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/matteo-salvini-has-emboldened-fascists-in-italy-a-1243164.html
Better not be Rom or Traveller in the UK if you want to go to a pub …
– Gypsies and Travellers ‘regularly’ face discrimination in pubs, says charity. In: Morning Advertiser. 10.12.2018. https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2018/12/10/Gypsies-and-travellers-regularly-face-discrimination-in-pubs-says-charity
Roma and travellers associations have filed a complaint against the police in the Netherlands for discrimination. They accuse the police of portraying them and handling them as a criminal organisation.
– Travellers file police complaint against mayors for discrimination. In: Dutch News. 10.12.2018. https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/12/travellers-file-police-complaint-against-mayors-for-discrimination/
A new survey in the Ukraine is chilling. According to the survey, 27% of respondents are convinced that the rights of drug addicts must certainly be restricted, and 38% believe their rights should be limited in certain circumstances.
About Roma, 12% of respondents are convinced that the rights of the Roma must definitely be limited, 35% believe that their rights may be limited in certain circumstances.
So much for Democracy …
– Українці за обмеження прав геїв, ромів та наркозалежних – опитування. In: Korrespondent. 10.12.2018. https://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/4041862-ukraintsi-za-obmezhennia-prav-heiv-romiv-ta-narkozalezhnykh-opytuvannia
– Українці вважають, що права наркозалежних та ромів потрібно в окремих ситуаціях обмежувати — опитування. In: Visokii Zamok. 10.12.2018. https://wz.lviv.ua/news/381918-ukraintsi-vvazhaiut-shcho-prava-narkozalezhnykh-ta-romiv-potribno-v-okremykh-sytuatsiiakh-obmezhuvaty-opytuvannia
– Українці вважають, що права ромів, наркозалежних та секс-меншин потрібно обмежити. In: 1 News. 11.12.2018. https://1news.com.ua/ukraine/ukrayintsi-vvazhayut-shho-prava-romiv-narkozalezhnih-ta-seks-menshin-potribno-obmezhiti.html
The Slovak president, Andrei Kiska, remembered the Roma victims of the Holocaust in Zvolen, and stated that the Roma Holocaust is part of the Slovak History.
– Kiska si vo Zvolene pripomenul rómske obete holokaustu. In: MY Zvolen. 10.12.2018. https://myzvolen.sme.sk/c/22005103/kiska-si-dnes-vo-zvolene-pripomenul-romske-obete-holokaustu.html
– Kiska na židovskom cintoríne vo Zvolene: Na začiatku každej ľudskej nenávisti je slovo. In: Zvolen 24. 10.12.2018. https://zvolen.dnes24.sk/kiska-na-zidovskom-cintorine-vo-zvolene-na-zaciatku-kazdej-ludskej-nenavisti-je-slovo-317275
A case real case of proselytism, and in addition catering to stereotypes.
Bad…
– Do svojej školy pozvali Rómov. In: MY Turiek. 10.12.2018. https://myturiec.sme.sk/c/22003829/do-svojej-skoly-pozvali-romov.html
The tales of Roma mothers in Slovak hospitals.
Scary!
– Slovak hospitals hold new Roma mothers against their will. In: The Washington Post. 10.12.2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/roma-mothers-held-in-slovak-hospitals-against-their-will/2018/12/10/944813cc-fc52-11e8-a17e-162b712e8fc2_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.aae50c53a7ac
– Roma Mothers Held In Slovak Hospitals Against Their Will. In: Kurv. 10.12.2018. http://www.kurv.com/roma-mothers-held-in-slovak-hospitals-against-their-will/
May he rest in peace!
The story of a town near Katowice in Poland, where only the poorest and Roma still remain and where the pollution is atrocious.
– En Pologne, Bytomn cité polluée de Silésie. In: La Croix. https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Europe/En-Pologne-Bobrek-ghetto-pollue-Silesie-2018-12-07-1200988183
The dire reality of some Roma in Kosovo.
– Coins and risks: The harsh reality of Roma beggars in Kosovo streets. In: Prishtina Insight. https://prishtinainsight.com/13687-2-mag/?fbclid=IwAR1TLKhhvYoq7LikgtmRHO_v8obBGiDrhbBmR1Hdm7o555xgG6dXFmk-rms
The EU doesn’t approve the way Switzerland is treating its Roma minority. The EU reciew of the 4th Report by Switzeralnd on the Framework Agreement for the Protection of National Minorities is scathing on Switzerland. Amongst others, it says Switzerland needs to take concrete actions against racism and hate speech; improve the infrastructure for travellers; cease discrimination of foreign Roma travellers; tell Switzerland that their criteria for recognition of the Roma minority need to be reviewed; and asks the country to stop racial profiling…
Welcome to the “cradle of democracy”…
The Geselschaft für Bedrohte Völker Press communiqué: https://mailchi.mp/0d3d78fe0120/medienmitteilung-gutachten-des-europarats-zeigt-handlungsbedarf-zur-situation-von-jenischen-sinti-und-roma?e=107f67f2cd
And the EU Report: https://www.eda.admin.ch/dam/eda/de/documents/aussenpolitik/voelkerrecht/4-gutachten-schweiz-schutz-nationaler-minderheiten-31.05.18_de.pdf
And the whole overview from the Swiss administration: https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/de/home/aussenpolitik/voelkerrecht/internationale-uebereinkommenzumschutzdermenschenrechte/rahmenuebereinkommen-europarat-schutz-nationaler-minderheiten.html
Yet another article on the Roma settlement of Podvinogradov.
– Московские доллары и тоска по Януковичу: как живут ромы-миллионеры на Закарпатье. In: Obozrevatel. 06.12.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/society/moskovskie-dollaryi-i-toska-po-yanukovichu-kak-zhivet-samoe-bogatoe-selo-romov-v-ukraine.htm
A case where the mayor of Limanowa, a Polish town purchased a house in another town for the Roma living in the centre of his city has had another round in court. The purchase and relocation was declared invalid, and the mayor of Limanowa did a recourse. This one was thrown out of court.
Good.
– NSA oddaliło skargę kasacyjną – uchwała dotycząca kupna domu dla Romów w Czchowie nieważna. In: Limanowa. 07.12.2018. https://limanowa.in/aktualnosci/nsa-oddalilo-skarge-kasacyjna-uchwala-dotyczaca-kupna-domu-dla-romow-w-czchowie-niewazna/43625
The Roma beggars from Lausanne are back. And are now looking for jobs (as begging is forbidden).
– Des mendicants reviennent à Lausanne pour y travailler. In: Le Matin. 09.12.2018. https://www.24heures.ch/lematindimanche/Des-mendiants-reviennent-a-Lausanne-pour-y-travailler/story/18627828
If there are news in France, Roma are no news … This is clearly the case this week. There are literally no articles in the French press on Roma:
A traffic of luxury cars in the north, with the petty criminals living in a Roma camp; a pickpocket in Montpellier expelled from France for three years; and a camp expulsion on hold in Grenoble.
– Métropole lilloise: Un trafic international de voitures de luxe orchestré… depuis un bidonville. In: La Voix du Nord. 04.12.2018. http://lavdn.lavoixdunord.fr/500118/article/2018-12-04/un-tres-vaste-trafic-international-de-voitures-de-luxe-avec-pour-epicentre-un
– Montpellier : une pickpocket interdite de séjour pendant 3 ans. In: e-Metropolitain. 08.12.2018. https://e-metropolitain.fr/2018/12/03/montpellier-pickpocket-interdite-de-sejour-pendant-3-ans/
– EXPULSION DES ROMS DU TERRAIN COURTADE À FONTAINE : LE JUGEMENT RENVOYÉ AU 19 DÉCEMBRE. In: Place Grenet. 07.12.2018. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2018/12/07/fontaine-roms-jugement-renvoye/220122
Roma organisations have called for a permanent manifestation for the respect of the inclusions agreements signed by Italy, and have also written a letter to the Lombard authorities asking them to respect the agreements.
Lombardy has been at the forefront of the eviction and closure of Roma camps.
– #Indivisibili Rom, Sinti e Caminanti Gallarate: manifestazione permanente per il rispetto degli accordi di inclusion. In: Pressenza. 05.12.2018. https://www.pressenza.com/it/2018/12/indivisibili-rom-sinti-e-caminanti-gallarate-manifestazione-permanente-per-il-rispetto-degli-accordi-di-inclusione/
– #indivisibili Rom, sinti e caminanti a Gallarate per la manifestazione permanente per il rispetto degli accordi di inclusione: basta guerra ai poveri. In: Agora Vox. 05.12.2018. https://www.agoravox.it/indivisibili-Rom-sinti-e-caminanti.html
A Roma Film Festival in Berlin.
– Nicht mehr Fremde im eigenen Land sein. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur. 06.12.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/roma-filmfestival-in-berlin-nicht-mehr-fremde-im-eigenen.2156.de.html?dram:article_id=435255
Another article on the Roma villas in the Ukrainian village of Podvinogradov close to the Romanian border.
– JOURNALISTS SHOWED THE RICH SETTLEMENT OF ROMA IN TRANSCARPATHIA. VIDEO. In: Bobr Times. 07.11.2018. https://bobrtimes.com/journalists-showed-the-rich-settlement-of-roma-in-transcarpathia-video/158614/
An Israeli editorial on Salvini qualifying him as a fascist. Besides being an ardent admirer of Mussolini, the Israeli papers argues he has taken several measures that are fascist. One of them is proposing a census based on race, for Roma… Same thing Mussolini did with Jews.
– Italy’s Salvini Should Be Persona Non Grata in Israel. In: Haaretz. 07.11.2018. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-italy-s-salvini-should-be-persona-non-grata-in-israel-1.6723870
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