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Patrick Banga

May 1, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

“I am sincere and not politically correct,” says Patrik Banga, author of the autobiographical novel titled Skutečná cesta ven – The real way out. This book, which traces the eventful life of a Roma child and adolescent in the effervescence of the 1990s, won its author the Magnesia litera prize for the first novel.

Patrik Banga, un écrivain rom qui ouvre les portes. In: radio Prague International. 29.04.2023. https://francais.radio.cz/patrik-banga-un-ecrivain-rom-qui-ouvre-les-portes-8781407

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Forced Sterilisation in the Czech Republic

May 1, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

Time has passed since the legislation allowing people who were forced sterilised to ask for compensation. Well, so far, only 275 have received the money. This is almost deliberately slow.

Stérilisations forcées : la double peine des femmes rom face aux lenteurs des indemnisations. In: Radio Prague International. 26.04.2023. https://francais.radio.cz/sterilisations-forcees-la-double-peine-des-femmes-rom-face-aux-lenteurs-des-8781406
Commissioner: 275 Roma forced sterilisation victims compensated to date. In: Radio Prague International. 304.2023. https://english.radio.cz/commissioner-275-roma-forced-sterilisation-victims-compensated-date-8781101

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The Pope in Hungary

May 1, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

The pope met Roma, Ukrainian refugees, and many other refugees and migrants while on visit in Budapest this weekend.

Les roses de sainte Elisabeth et le défi de conjuguer identité et charité. In: Vatican News. 29.04.2023. https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/pape/news/2023-04/voyage-apostolique-pape-francois-hongrie-refugies-pauvres.html
Hongrie: des Ukrainiens et des Roms à la rencontre du pape. In; Cath.ch. 29.04.2023. https://www.cath.ch/newsf/hongrie-des-ukrainiens-et-des-roms-a-la-rencontre-du-pape/

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French Chronicle …

May 1, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

Not much this week in the press about Roma in France. In Lyon, Roma are being housed in bungalows. Definitively better than the camps. Ear Paris, Roma left a camp. In Western France, a camp was closed. And in the South two Roma from Bosnia were arrested while attempting to steal bicycles.

Des Roms hébergés dans un village de bungalows : «Ce n’est pas parfait mais c’est mieux qu’ailleurs». In: Le Progrès. 27.04.2023. https://www.leprogres.fr/societe/2023/04/27/a-jean-mace-des-roms-heberges-dans-un-village-de-bungalows-ce-n-est-pas-parfait-mais-c-est-mieux-qu-ailleurs
Houilles : les Roms ont quitté le camp installé près de la gare dans la plus grande discretion. In: 78 Actu. 28.04.2023. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/houilles-les-roms-ont-quitte-le-camp-installe-pres-de-la-gare-dans-la-plus-grande-discretion_59287811.html
Évacuation d’un squat à Villenave-d’Ornon : d’un camp de Roms à l’autre, « on a déplacé le problème ». In: Sud Ouest. 28.04.2023. https://www.sudouest.fr/gironde/villenave-d-ornon/evacuation-d-un-squat-a-villenave-d-ornon-d-un-camp-de-roms-a-l-autre-on-a-deplace-le-probleme-14944039.php
Près de Montpellier. Pérols : deux frères, Rambo et Rocki, voleurs de vélos ou receleurs ? IIn: Actu.fr. 30.04.2023. https://actu.fr/occitanie/perols_34198/pres-de-montpellier-perols-deux-freres-rambo-et-rocki-voleurs-de-velos-ou-receleurs_59315761.html