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Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungarian Elections

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An article of what is at stake for Roma in the upcoming elections and what the issues are that are relevant to them. The article focuses on Paszto, a small town and Szirak, a village in Nograd, one of the poorer regions of Hungary.

– Hungary’s impoverished Roma to vote with their pocketbooks on April 8th. In: Budapest Beacon. 04.04.2018. https://budapestbeacon.com/hungarys-impoverished-roma-to-vote-their-pocketbooks-on-april-8th-reports-abcug/ [link-preview url=”https://budapestbeacon.com/hungarys-impoverished-roma-to-vote-their-pocketbooks-on-april-8th-reports-abcug/”]

Germany News Western Europe

Romnja

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Several Romnja are fighting prejudice through art, be it acting or other means. They all will participate in the first Roma Biennale opening this week end at the Maxim Gorki theatre in Berlin.

– Not just housewives and whores: Roma women fight prejudice with art. In: Reuters. 05.04.2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-roma-art/not-just-housewives-and-whores-roma-women-fight-prejudice-with-art-idUSKCN1HC042 [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-roma-art/not-just-housewives-and-whores-roma-women-fight-prejudice-with-art-idUSKCN1HC042″]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Pavlovgrad

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The Ukrainian city of Pavlovgrad in the East of the country is being lauded for its action towards its Roma minority and its support of the Roma association “Amaro Kher”.
Good, but frankly, the situation in Ukraine is not that good for Roma.

– Intercultural cities: good practice examples. In: Council of Europe. https://www.coe.int/en/web/interculturalcities/-/successful-roma-of-pavlograd [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/interculturalcities/-/successful-roma-of-pavlograd”]

France News Western Europe

Festival

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The Festival “Welcome en Tziganie” (not the best name, really) will soon open in South Western France near Auch.

– http://www.welcome-in-tziganie.com [link-preview url=”http://www.welcome-in-tziganie.com”]

Germany News Western Europe

New Portal on Sinti and Roma

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The Documentation Centre of the Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg just opened a new web portal on the history of the minority, with a focus on Holocaust and on the continuing discrimination in post-war Germany.

– Webportal dokumentiert Geschichte der Sinti und Roma. In: DlF24. 03.04.2018. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfolgung-von-minderheiten-webportal-dokumentiert.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=868126 [link-preview url=”http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfolgung-von-minderheiten-webportal-dokumentiert.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=868126″]

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Lety – Maybe at Last …

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The Czech State is now officially the owner of the site of the former Roma concentration camp of Lety. The pig farm is now definitively closed. Remains to be seen whether and when a commemorative monument will be erected.

– WIRD ROMA-GEDENKSTÄTTE IN LETY ENDLICH REALITÄT? In: Radio Praha. 03.04.2018. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/wird-roma-gedenkstaette-in-lety-endlich-realitaet
– Firm transfers pig farm at site of WWII Roma camp to state. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 04.04.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/04/04/firm-transfers-pig-farm-site-wwii-roma-camp-state [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/wird-roma-gedenkstaette-in-lety-endlich-realitaet “]

Europe

EU Roma Week

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A reminder of the EU Roma Week that will start on April 8th in Brussels.

– http://ergonetwork.org/2018/03/join-us-eu-roma-week-2018/ [link-preview url=”http://ergonetwork.org/2018/03/join-us-eu-roma-week-2018/”]

Germany News Western Europe

First Roma Biennale

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The Berlin theatre “Maxim Gorki” will open the first Roma Biennale on April 7th. The Biennale will showcase Roma artists and will also organise a Roma Parade through Berlin on April 8th, the International Roma Day.

– Maxim Gorki Theater Erste Roma Biennale startet in Berlin. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 02.04.2018. https://www.mz-web.de/kultur/maxim-gorki-theater-erste-roma-biennale-startet-in-berlin-29954504 [link-preview url=”https://www.mz-web.de/kultur/maxim-gorki-theater-erste-roma-biennale-startet-in-berlin-29954504″]

Italy News Western Europe

A Ciambra

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A review of the movie “A Ciambra” of the Italian-America filmmaker Jonas Carpignano on a friendship of a young Rom with a man from Burkina Fasso in a small town in Southern Italy.

– A Ciambra ou le pénible passage à l’âge adulte. In: El Watan. 03.04.2018. http://www.elwatan.com/culture/a-ciambra-ou-le-penible-passage-a-l-age-adulte-30-03-2018-365377_113.php [link-preview url=”http://www.elwatan.com/culture/a-ciambra-ou-le-penible-passage-a-l-age-adulte-30-03-2018-365377_113.php”]

News Eastern Europe Romania

Giuvlipen

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A long article on the theatre play “Giuvlipen” and on its actors in Romania. The journalists give a portrait of the actors and their engagement both for feminism and against racism.

– THÉÂTRE EN ROUMANIE : GIUVLIPEN, LA TROUPE QUI MET EN SCÈNE LE FÉMINISME ET L’ACTIVISME ROM. In: Le Corrier des Balkans. 28.03.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Theatre-en-Roumanie-Giuvlipen-la-troupe-qui-met-en-scene-le-feminisme-et-l [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Theatre-en-Roumanie-Giuvlipen-la-troupe-qui-met-en-scene-le-feminisme-et-l”]

News Switzerland

Lausanne and Beggars

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Again an article on beggars in Lausanne, this time accusing the police of being to lenient. It is forbidden to beg in that city if in company of children.
Lots of noise for less than a hundred people in that city.

– MENDICITÉ À LAUSANNE: LA POLICE FERME TROP LES YEUX. In: Le Matin. 30.03.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/Mendicite-la-police-ferme-trop-les-yeux/story/16931136 [link-preview url=”https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/Mendicite-la-police-ferme-trop-les-yeux/story/16931136″]

Finland News Western Europe

Finland: Discrimination

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An editorial in a Finnish paper highlights the inherent discrimination encountered by Roma. According to the paper one Romni sent 400 application letters, and received only 4 negative answers. Another cannot graduate as he cannto find a job placement required for his diploma.
Bad…

– Thursday’s papers: Million-euro pay packets, Metro staff disquiet and Roma discrimination. In: Yle Utiset. 29.03.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_million-euro_pay_packets_metro_staff_disquiet_and_roma_discrimination/10138505
– Kun sukunimi on väärä – miltä tuntuisi, jos lapsesi ei olisi tervetullut mihinkään? In: Helsingin Sanomat. 29.03.2018. https://www.hs.fi/mielipide/art-2000005621588.html [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_million-euro_pay_packets_metro_staff_disquiet_and_roma_discrimination/10138505 “]

Ireland News Western Europe

Ireland and Immigration

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Support in Ireland for immigration, especially for Moslems and for Roma, is lower than the European average.

– Irish attitudes to immigration worse than European average – report. In: RTE. 29.03.2018. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0329/950816-attitudes_to_immigration/ [link-preview url=”https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0329/950816-attitudes_to_immigration/”]

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungary, Roma, and Elections

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Even though Janos Lazar claims that Roma show one cannot integrate migrants, Roma are still being courted by Orban’s party for the upcoming elections on April 8th. A scandal just emerged where the president of the Roma Autonomy Janos Balogh was recorded trying to convince an event organiser to just bill him for fictitious events. The money would then be paid by the state, i.e. by the taxpayer.
According to some people, this is a way to pay for the organisation of Roma vote, especially in the country side.

– „Akkor kapol hatszázat, tisztán” – Választási csalást szervezhet a roma vezető. In: Magyar Nemzet. 31.03.2018. https://mno.hu/belfold/akkor-kapol-hatszazat-tisztan-valasztasi-csalast-szervezhet-a-roma-vezeto-2456960
– Választási csalást szervezhet egy roma vezető. In: Magyar Nemzet. 30.03.2018. https://mno.hu/belfold/valasztasi-csalast-szervezhet-egy-roma-vezeto-2457077 [link-preview url=”https://mno.hu/belfold/akkor-kapol-hatszazat-tisztan-valasztasi-csalast-szervezhet-a-roma-vezeto-2456960 “]

France News Western Europe

Paris: Exhibition

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Another article on the photography exhibition in Paris called “Mondes Tsiganes – La Fabrique des Images” in the museum for migration.The exhibition aims at showing how stereotypes were created via photography.
BUT: The name “Tsigane” as well as the place “Immigration” museum are not the right ones. And the Press now speaks of “Travellers”…

– Les gens du voyage sous l’œil des photographes. In: RFI. 28.03.2018. http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes [link-preview url=”http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes”]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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The real news this week is that there is almost no news on Roma in France this week …
First, an article about the origins of the word Rom – and a total fallacy that it stems from “Rama” the Indian God. The article showcases two exhibitions in Paris, one of Ceija Stojka and one of photographs for Roma since 1860. Another article calls for solidarity with Roma (yes). Then, the more usual articles on camps – this time about a illegal dump said to have originated with Roma.

– Ni bohémien, ni gitan : la fabrique du mot “Rom”. In: France Culture. 25.03.2018. https://www.franceculture.fr/histoire/de-la-stigmatisation-a-la-confusion-la-fabrique-du-mot-rom
– Solidarité Rroms. In: RCF. 26.05.2018. https://rcf.fr/actualite/solidarite-rroms
– Yvelines : une chaîne humaine pour dénoncer la « mer de déchets ». In: Le Parisien. 31.03.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/yvelines-une-chaine-humaine-pour-denoncer-la-mer-de-dechets-31-03-2018-7639632.php
– Carrières-sous-Poissy : mobilisation pour la plaine envahie de déchets. In: Le Parisien. 30.03.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/carrieres-sous-poissy-mobilisation-pour-la-plaine-envahie-de-dechets-30-03-2018-7638105.php [link-preview url=”https://www.franceculture.fr/histoire/de-la-stigmatisation-a-la-confusion-la-fabrique-du-mot-rom “]

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Domari in Irak

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One speaks too little about them, but the Domari – the Middle Eastern cousins of Roma suffered tremendously from IS. In one of their villages the school was reconstructed recently in Iraq.
Good but the press should use the proper name instead of calling them “Gypsies” in a more politically correct fashion.

– Iraqi Roma village school reopens 14 years after destruction. In : The Jordan Times. 29.03.2018. http://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/iraqi-roma-village-school-reopens-14-years-after-destruction [link-preview url=”http://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/iraqi-roma-village-school-reopens-14-years-after-destruction”]

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