Monthly Archives: June 2022

News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Not Sure …

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A survey conducted by Laura Kovač, a student at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Slovenia, as part of her master’s thesis, showed that Roma students in Prekmurje and Dolenjska feel comfortable in primary school. Discrimination and stereotypes are still present, but Roma students mostly describe school relations as good.

Somewhat doubtful…

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Slovakia, Schools, and Roma

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Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová returned a proposed law to the parliament. The law is on financing the child’s leisure time, in which deputies propose, among other things, that child allowances be reduced depending on the pupil’s regular participation in school. This provision was included in the bill after the extreme right from the ĽSNS requested the Minister of Finance Igor Matovič. According to Marian Kotleb, the reduction of allowances was one of four changes that they “pushed” into the law. Probably in such an alliance, although not surprising to me, it should be noted that this is a measure aimed mainly at Roma children.

It will do nothing to further school attendance.

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Appleby Horse Fair

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Brandenburg Constitution

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With the inclusion of the fight against antigypsyism as a state goal, Brandenburg would be the second federal state after Schleswig-Holstein to write this down in its constitution, Central Council of German Sinti and Roma President Romani Rose told the Evangelical Press Service (epd). “This would be an important step that would make it clear that Sinti and Roma have been at home in Germany for centuries, including in Brandenburg.”

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Casamonica

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Or how a case of one mafiosi Roma family, long already in jail, continues to make the headlines. This is bad, as effectively, it is a single case, and is not representative.

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Pavia, the Church, and Sinti

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Quite out of the ordinary: “Sinti and Roma cannot be moved as if they were numbers; a path of integration is needed”. A heartfelt appeal that came last night from the bishop, Monsignor Corrado Sanguineti, during Vespers for the Holy Thorns. He was referring to the potential closure of a camp.

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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Not much this week in France. A book on Roma by Nicolas Clément, a volunteer at the Secours Catholique, with the title: “Precariousness for all luggage. Another look at the Roma” (Editions de l’Atelier). As usual, unfortunately, this reinforces the stereotype that all Roma are poor and other stereotypes. Not good.

Other news include the upcoming closure of a squat in Marseilles and the closure of a camp near Nantes.

Près de Nantes, un camp de Roms évacué à Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire ce jeudi. In : Francelive. 02.06.2022. https://www.francelive.fr/teaser/presse-ocean/un-camp-de-roms-evacue-a-sainte-luce-sur-loire-7456549/

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