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Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria: Weapons …

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The extreme right and anti-Roma Bulgarian MP Angel Dzhambaski was arrested at Sofia’s airport with a weapon…

– Bulgarian MEP Angel Dzhambazki was Detained with Weapon at Sofia Airport. In: Novinite. 27.11.2018. https://www.novinite.com/articles/193517/Bulgarian+MEP+Angel+Dzhambazki+was+Detained+with+Weapon+at+Sofia+Airport?fbclid=IwAR2PxLlRkP7d7lvxC0x2QdfsSrjGlRuyiUB2QRFCiQYggFVedQpVbAfbIR0 [link-preview url=”https://www.novinite.com/articles/193517/Bulgarian+MEP+Angel+Dzhambazki+was+Detained+with+Weapon+at+Sofia+Airport?fbclid=IwAR2PxLlRkP7d7lvxC0x2QdfsSrjGlRuyiUB2QRFCiQYggFVedQpVbAfbIR0″]

News Switzerland

Swiss Headlines – All we need … Or Don’t

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Deaf Roma beggars suddenly are playing guitar and singing … And a warning from the police on organised bands of brazen beggars.

– «Und plötzlich singen die gehörlosen Bettler». In: 20 Minuten (CH). 03.12.2018. https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/-Und-ploetzlich-singen-die-taubstummen-Bettler–15836255
– Polizei warnt vor dreisten Bettler-Banden. In: 20 Minuten (CH). 03.12.2018. https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/Polizei-warnt-vor-dreisten-Bettlern-25100846 [link-preview url=”https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/-Und-ploetzlich-singen-die-taubstummen-Bettler–15836255 “]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Belfast: Intimidation

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An article that we really rather not see. It is a continuation of a saga between the city of Belfast and Roma organisations regarding social welfare distribution. There a leader of a Roma NGO and apparently pastor is heard making threatening comments about Roma families who do not follow his directions.

– Belfast Roma leaders ‘intimidating and exploiting’. In: BBC News. 03.12.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46419101 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46419101″]

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Czech Republic: Assault

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Foreign students were assaulted in Ostrawa, 10 of them landed in hospital. More than 14 days after the attack, the Czech police hasn’t taken statements from the victims. If they deal with foreigners that way, what happens when it is Roma …

– Czech Police have yet to take statements of 10 foreign students assaulted two weeks ago in Ostrava. In: Romea. 02.12.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-police-have-yet-to-take-statements-of-10-foreign-students-assaulted-two-weeks-ago-in-ostrava [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-police-have-yet-to-take-statements-of-10-foreign-students-assaulted-two-weeks-ago-in-ostrava”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Fire and Deaths

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Four Romani girls and their mothers died in a fire of their house in Richnava in Eastern Slovakia. The police is investigating the cause of the fire as well as investigating racist comments on their own Facebook page following the fire.

– Pri tragickom požiari v Richnave zahynula matka a jej štyri deti (video). In: SME. 30.11.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20974394/richnava-poziar-zabil-styri-deti-uhorela-aj-ich-matka.html
– Slovakia: Four Romani girls and their mother die in house fire, police investigate racist comments about the news on their own Facebook page. In: Romea. 02.12.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-four-romani-girls-and-their-mother-die-in-house-fire-police-investigate-racist-comments-about-the-news-on-their
– Slovakia house fire kills 4 children, 1 adult. In: Texomas. 30.11.2018. https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/slovakia-house-fire-kills-4-children-1-adult/1628979100
– Foto: Štyri deti zahynuli pri požiari v obci Richnava, hasiči likvidovali oheň niekoľko hodín. In: Webnoviny. 30.11.2018. https://www.webnoviny.sk/foto-poziar-chatrce-v-richnave-neprezili-styri-deti/
– Pri požiaru v osade v obci Richnava zahynuli štyri deti. In: Dennik Postoj. 30.11.2018. https://www.postoj.sk/38448/pri-poziaru-v-osade-v-obci-richnava-zahynuli-styri-deti [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20974394/richnava-poziar-zabil-styri-deti-uhorela-aj-ich-matka.html “]

Moldova News Eastern Europe

Chisinau, Moldova

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The ADAMI media prize, a prize for cultural diversity in Eastern Europe, was awarded in the video category to a portrait of a Rom – The life of Goran.

– ADAMI MEDIA PRIZE IN 2018: FROM THE LIFE OF GYPSIES TO LOVE IN THE NETWORK. In: The Koz Week. 30.11.2018. https://kozweek.com/adami-media-prize-in-2018-from-the-life-of-gypsies-to-love-in-the-network/19318/ [link-preview url=”https://kozweek.com/adami-media-prize-in-2018-from-the-life-of-gypsies-to-love-in-the-network/19318/”]

Germany News Eastern Europe News Western Europe Slovakia

Slovakia, the EU, and Lunik IX

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Slovakia was reprimanded in the European Parliament on its treatment of Roma in Košice and specifically in Lunik IX. Romeo Franz, MEP from Germany and Sinto said “In Košice, Roma cannot take buses on the basis of their ethnic origin and I think this is an aspect that we have to illuminate once more”. The Slovak press is not pleased to say the least.

– Europoslanec nahneval Košičanov. Podľa neho tam Rómov väznia. In: Noviny. 25.11.2018. https://www.noviny.sk/slovensko/391081-europoslanec-nahneval-kosicanov-podla-neho-tam-romov-vaznia [link-preview url=”https://www.noviny.sk/slovensko/391081-europoslanec-nahneval-kosicanov-podla-neho-tam-romov-vaznia”]

Belgium France News Western Europe

Belgium: Like France

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Belgium is following the French pattern of expulsions. This time in Namur, although one has to say there is also a mobilisation of citizen to help the Roma.

– Carrières : expulsion imminente. In: DH. 30.11.2018. http://www.dhnet.be/regions/namur/carrieres-expulsion-imminente-5c003531cd70fdc91bb493c3
– Les «Roms» ne passeront pas l’hiver aux anciennes carriers. In: L’Avenir. 29.11.2018. https://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20181128_01263392/les-roms-ne-passeront-pas-l-hiver-aux-anciennes-carrieres
– Mobilisation citoyenne pour aider des familles de SDF et de Roms. In: Canal C. 26.11.2018. http://www.canalc.be/mobilisation-citoyenne-pour-aider-des-familles-de-sdf-et-de-roms/ [link-preview url=”https://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20181128_01263392/les-roms-ne-passeront-pas-l-hiver-aux-anciennes-carrieres “]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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Very few news on Roma this week in France. Probably due to a more animated political scene in the country at this stage.
First, a video on Roma and their history – no comments on the history ! – showing all these news in France are about less than 16’000 people! In Grenoble, people went to court over the right for lodging while in Fontaine, near Grenoble, as well as in Annecy, two Roma camps are threatened with closure. Finally, in the North, in Lille, people living in camps will be given cheaper passes on public transports.

– VIDEO. Roms : histoire d’un peuple persécuté, discriminé et longtemps caricature. In: France TV Info. 28.11.2018. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/polemiques-sur-les-roms/video-roms-histoire-dun-peuple-persecute-discrimine-et-longtemps-caricature_3052545.html
– Grenoble : 135 personnes sans domicile fixe devant la justice au nom du Droit au logement opposable. In: France Info. 26.11.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/grenoble/grenoble-135-personnes-domicile-fixe-devant-justice-au-nom-du-droit-au-logement-opposable-1581959.html
– Expulsion des Roms du terrain Courtade : dernière tentative de faire fléchir le maire. In: Le Dauphiné. 27.11.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/politique/2018/11/27/expulsion-des-roms-du-terrain-courtade-derniere-tentative-de-faire-flechir-le-maire
– [PHOTOS] Annecy: la menace d’évacuation plane au-dessus du bidonville. In: Le Messager. 30.11.2018. http://www.lemessager.fr/a-la-une-l-essor-savoyard/photos-annecy-la-menace-d-evacuation-plane-au-dessus-ia919b0n208085
– Métropole lilloiseLes habitants des bidonvilles bénéficieront d’un tarif social Transpole pendant un an. In: La Voix du Nord. 28.11.2018. http://lavdn.lavoixdunord.fr/497049/article/2018-11-28/les-habitants-des-bidonvilles-beneficieront-d-un-tarif-social-transpole-pendant [link-preview url=”https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/polemiques-sur-les-roms/video-roms-histoire-dun-peuple-persecute-discrimine-et-longtemps-caricature_3052545.html”]

Croatia News Eastern Europe

Croatian Roma

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An article about the Roma from Croatia emigrating. Well, not surprising if one knows the racism against Roma in that country. To be noted, The Croatian Ustaša exterminated nearly all Roma in the country during World War Two, the ones living there currently being descendants of Roma from other parts of Yugoslavia who migrated there after the war.

– Croatia’s Roma Join Mass Emigration. In: Total Croatia News. 29.11.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/32702-croatia-roma-emigration [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/32702-croatia-roma-emigration”]

News Switzerland

Basle: A new Site for Travellers

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After many years, the city of Basle in Switzerland finally opened a camping site for travellers in the city.
It took time!

– Nach langem Hin und Her: Basel-Stadt weiht ersten fixen Standplatz für Fahrende ein. In: BZ Basel. 29.11.2018. https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/nach-langem-hin-und-her-basel-stadt-weiht-ersten-fixen-standplatz-fuer-fahrende-ein-133782286
– Platz für Fahrende. In: Basler Zeitung. 30.11.2018. https://bazonline.ch/basel/stadt/platz-fuer-fahrende/story/21578188
– Erster Fahrendenplatz in Basel-Stadt eröffnet. In: Smopo. 29.11.2018. http://smopo.ch/erster-fahrendenplatz-in-basel-stadt-eroeffnet/ [link-preview url=”https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/nach-langem-hin-und-her-basel-stadt-weiht-ersten-fixen-standplatz-fuer-fahrende-ein-133782286 “]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine: Bad Press

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Yet another negative article in the Ukrainian press. This time in Uzhgorod, in the Transcarpathian Ukraine. Roma robbing …

– В Ужгороді двоє ромів пограбували чоловіка, – соцмережі. In: Karpath News. 28.11.2018. https://karpatnews.in.ua/news/154768-v-uzhhorodi-dvoie-romiv-pohrabuvaly-cholovika-sotsmerezhi.htm [link-preview url=”https://karpatnews.in.ua/news/154768-v-uzhhorodi-dvoie-romiv-pohrabuvaly-cholovika-sotsmerezhi.htm”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Kiev: Roma Squat Burning

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A fire in a house squatted by Roma in Kiev prompted a flurry of articles, some with the usual mention of thefts and the like…

– У Києві горів будинок ромів (ФОТО). In: One News. 25.11.2018. https://1news.com.ua/ipol/u-kiyevi-goriv-budinok-romiv-foto.html
– В столице дотла сгорел дом ромов (ФОТО). In: Depo. 25.11.2018. https://www.depo.ua/rus/life/u-stolici-vschent-vigoriv-budinok-romiv-foto-20181125875389
– У столиці вщент вигорів будинок ромів (ФОТО). In: Depo. 25.11.2018. https://www.depo.ua/ukr/life/u-stolici-vschent-vigoriv-budinok-romiv-foto-20181125875389 [link-preview url=”https://1news.com.ua/ipol/u-kiyevi-goriv-budinok-romiv-foto.html “]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Polish Ghettoes

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The case of a death in a Roma ghetto in Maszkowice in South Eastern Poland prompts a discussion on living conditions.

– Śmierć przyszła do Romów w Maszkowicach, bo nikt do nich nie przychodził? In: Sadeczanin. 28.11.2018. https://sadeczanin.info/telewizja-rozmowy-sadeczanina/smierc-przyszla-do-romow-w-maszkowicach-bo-nikt-do-nich-nie [link-preview url=”https://sadeczanin.info/telewizja-rozmowy-sadeczanina/smierc-przyszla-do-romow-w-maszkowicach-bo-nikt-do-nich-nie”]

Uncategorized

Gypsy Tales

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A new book of Gypsy tales which has nothing to do with Gypsies nor with anything remotely close to them… Interview with the Author.

– Cigány újmesék egy kincsesbarlang mélyéből. In: Nepszava. 29.11.2018. https://nepszava.hu/3016724_cigany-ujmesek-egy-kincsesbarlang-melyebol [link-preview url=”https://nepszava.hu/3016724_cigany-ujmesek-egy-kincsesbarlang-melyebol”]

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Budapest Tours …

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Another article about the tours organised by Roma of the 8th district of the city.
Good project!

– Cigány önkéntesekkel sétáltunk a nyolcker legveszélyesebb negyedében. In: Zoom. 25.11.2018. https://zoom.hu/hir/2018/11/25/cigany-onkentesekkel-setaltunk-a-nyolcker-legveszelyesebb-negyedeben/ [link-preview url=”https://zoom.hu/hir/2018/11/25/cigany-onkentesekkel-setaltunk-a-nyolcker-legveszelyesebb-negyedeben/”]

News Western Europe Spain

Movies

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A healthy debate in Spain about the portrayal of Roma in movies has been prompted by the two films that were directed by non-Roma.

– Two films prompt a debate about portrayals of Spain’s Roma on screen. In: The Economist. 29.11.2018. https://www.economist.com/prospero/2018/11/29/two-films-prompt-a-debate-about-portrayals-of-spains-roma-on-screen [link-preview url=”https://www.economist.com/prospero/2018/11/29/two-films-prompt-a-debate-about-portrayals-of-spains-roma-on-screen”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Adopted

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The tales of several Roma children from Slovakia who were adopted in Sweden.

– Romani people adopted as children from Slovakia to Sweden 20 years ago revisit their native settlement. In: Romea. 29.11.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/romani-people-adopted-as-children-from-slovakia-to-sweden-20-years-ago-revisit-their-native-settlement [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/romani-people-adopted-as-children-from-slovakia-to-sweden-20-years-ago-revisit-their-native-settlement”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Roma Mayors

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There are 41 mayors in Slovakia who are Roma. Highest number ever, but well below the Roma population percentage in the country. Still some way to go.

– Slovakia has 41 Romani mayors – 39 male and two female – a record high. In: Romea. 13.11.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-has-41-romani-mayors-39-male-and-two-female-a-record-high [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-has-41-romani-mayors-39-male-and-two-female-a-record-high”]

Netherlands News Western Europe

Dutch Rail to pay

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The Dutch Railway is to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors and their relatives for having transported people to the Westerbrock Transit camp. Under the victims where several Roma and Sinti families.

– Holocaust: Dutch rail firm NS to pay families compensation. In: BBC News. 28.11.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46370611
– Dutch to pay holocaust compensation. In: The Nation. 29.11.2018. https://nation.com.pk/29-Nov-2018/dutch-to-pay-holocaust-compensation [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46370611 “]

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