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News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia and Housing

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A report on a project of self-help affordable housing for Roma in Slovakia.

– Slovakia: Self-help house building project changes Romani people’s lives. In: Romea. 02.02.2019. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-self-help-house-building-project-changes-romani-people-apos-s-lives?fbclid=IwAR2jicUT4rfORsn8UPdORDS-byMW8ZdadNzzbOnbhxhsJO6Z9Zf5TbTGGLo#.XFWKrzPQRIo.facebook [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-self-help-house-building-project-changes-romani-people-apos-s-lives?fbclid=IwAR2jicUT4rfORsn8UPdORDS-byMW8ZdadNzzbOnbhxhsJO6Z9Zf5TbTGGLo#.XFWKrzPQRIo.facebook”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Danko and Roma

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Andrej Danko, Slovak MP and chairman of the Slovak National Party has been condemned by Roma and other personalities for his comments on television calling MP Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová “a little gypsy”.
He should apologise to all Roma.

– Roma personalities condemn Danko’s racist comment. In: The Slovak Spectator. 05.02.2019. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22046474/roma-personalities-condemn-dankos-racist-comment.html
– Rómovia obvinili Danka z rasizmu za výrok o Ďuriš-Nicholsonovej. In: SME. 06.02.2019.
https://domov.sme.sk/c/22045748/romovia-obvinili-danka-z-rasizmu-duris-nicholsonova.html#ixzz5ejypruMn
– Rómske osobnosti kritizovali výrok o cigánočke Nicholsonovej. In: TA3. 05.02.2019. https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1147488/romske-osobnosti-kritizovali-vyrok-o-ciganocke-nicholsonovej.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22046474/roma-personalities-condemn-dankos-racist-comment.html “]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany’s Green and Roma

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The Green party is stepping up its requests to fight racism against Roma and for more transparency in the selection of a commission for that purpose.

– „Mehr Respekt für Sinti und Roma“. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 02.02.2019. https://www.fr.de/politik/antiziganismus-respekt-fuer-sinti-roma-11651253.html [link-preview url=”https://www.fr.de/politik/antiziganismus-respekt-fuer-sinti-roma-11651253.html”]

News Western Europe Portugal

Portugal and Frogs

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Why do shopkeepers put frogs in their shops in Portugal? Well, it is to keep Roma out.
An article in Al Jazeera on the prevalent racism against Roma in Portugal.

– Portuguese shopkeepers using ceramic frogs to ‘scare away’ Roma. In: Al Jazeera. 04.02.2019. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/portuguese-shopkeepers-ceramic-frogs-scare-roma-190203235953102.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/portuguese-shopkeepers-ceramic-frogs-scare-roma-190203235953102.html”]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Poland and Youtube

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A Polish youtuber is under trial in Poland for having insulted Roma in many youtube videos he posted. He is one of the most popular contributor in Poland.
Judgement in mid February.

– Znany youtuber znieważył Romów? Wyrok w jego sprawie w połowie lutego. In: Głos Wielkopolski. 01.02.2019. https://gloswielkopolski.pl/znany-youtuber-zniewazyl-romow-wyrok-w-jego-sprawie-w-polowie-lutego/ar/13854302 [link-preview url=”https://gloswielkopolski.pl/znany-youtuber-zniewazyl-romow-wyrok-w-jego-sprawie-w-polowie-lutego/ar/13854302″]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia and Roma

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The Swiss government asked Slovakia to stop discrimination against Roma. Well… Considering that the Swiss don’t recognise Roma as a minority, one can ask oneselft why they are so righteous in this case.

– La Slovaquie doit mettre fin à la discrimination contre les Roms. In: La Liberté. 28.01.2019. https://www.laliberte.ch/news-agence/detail/la-slovaquie-doit-mettre-fin-a-la-discrimination-contre-les-roms/473123 [link-preview url=”https://www.laliberte.ch/news-agence/detail/la-slovaquie-doit-mettre-fin-a-la-discrimination-contre-les-roms/473123″]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy and Evictions

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Roma organisations asked for an urgent meeting with the interior minister (Salvini of the Lega) to ask for an immediate stop of the eviction of Roma camps that Salvini has been advocating loudly.

– Rom, sinti e caminanti a Roma per fermare gli sgomberi. In: Umbria Journal. 01.02.2019. https://www.umbriajournal.com/cronaca/rom-sinti-e-caminanti-a-roma-per-fermare-gli-sgomberi-298627/ [link-preview url=”https://www.umbriajournal.com/cronaca/rom-sinti-e-caminanti-a-roma-per-fermare-gli-sgomberi-298627/”]

News Eastern Europe Romania

Romania and Roma

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Romania will preside the EU for the coming 6 months. This article ponders the impact of this presidency over the situation of Roma in the country.
Well, we think it will not change much for as long as the country as a whole does not change.

– Profitieren rumänische Roma vom EU-Vorsitz? In: Deutschlandfunk. 02.02.2019. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/antiziganismus-in-rumaenien-profitieren-rumaenische-roma.724.de.html?dram:article_id=440027 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/antiziganismus-in-rumaenien-profitieren-rumaenische-roma.724.de.html?dram:article_id=440027″]

News Switzerland

Lausanne and Begging

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A recourse has been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights against the interdiction and criminalisation of begging in the canton Vaud and the city of Lausanne.

– Recours déposé à Strasbourg contre l’interdiction vaudoise de la mendicité. In: RTS. 01.02.2019. https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/10185827-recours-depose-a-strasbourg-contre-l-interdiction-vaudoise-de-la-mendicite.html
– Vaud: recours à Strasbourg contre l’interdiction de mendier. In: Radio Lac. 01.02.2019. https://www.radiolac.ch/actualite/vaud-recours-a-starsbourg-contre-linterdiction-de-mendier/ [link-preview url=”https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/10185827-recours-depose-a-strasbourg-contre-l-interdiction-vaudoise-de-la-mendicite.html “]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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Not much this week in France on Roma. A video on their history and origins is probably one of the better ones to circulate in that country, except when they divide Roma into three groups (Sinti/Manouches; Kale; Roma), and that their maps of distributions misses quite a few regions. Oh well, France seems oblivious of history when it comes to Roma.
Other than that, in the North, an article about an integration centre; a new squat in Angers, in Western France; and a protest in Juvigny, in the Alps, about a planned Roma camp.

– D’où viennent les Roms et qui sont-ils ? Réponses dans cette vidéo. In: Positivr. 28.01.2019. https://positivr.fr/qui-sont-les-roms-histoire/
– Lambersart Un SAS Roms pour « sortir les familles de la logique de survie » In: La Voix du Nord. 02.02.2019. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/531525/article/2019-02-02/un-sas-roms-pour-sortir-les-familles-de-la-logique-de-survie-22
– Angers. Les Roms se sont réinstallés rue du Maine, la Ville redemande leur expulsion. In: Oust France. 01.02.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/angers-les-roms-se-sont-reinstalles-rue-du-maine-la-ville-redemande-leur-expulsion-6207525
– Des habitants lancent une pétition contre le camp de Roms imposé par l’État. In: Le Dauphiné. 28.01.2019. https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2019/01/28/des-habitants-lancent-une-petition-contre-le-camp-de-roms-impose-par-l-etat [link-preview url=”https://positivr.fr/qui-sont-les-roms-histoire/ “]

Hungary News Eastern Europe

The Women in Miskolc

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An article / radio on the Romnja in Miskolc, Eastern Hungary who won a case of discrimination against the Hungarian state for discrimination in the hospitals.

– E romnja njerisrade ando krisi ando Miskolc. In: Radio Romano. 29.01.2019. https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=7144432&fbclid=IwAR2V6GiibSXLma5ut5cGgoCSldLoh9vVk20_Tdctj_WkgVvpW0-P00b9CzU [link-preview url=”https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=7144432&fbclid=IwAR2V6GiibSXLma5ut5cGgoCSldLoh9vVk20_Tdctj_WkgVvpW0-P00b9CzU”]

Moldova News Eastern Europe Russia

Transnistria and Roma

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In Tiraspol, Transnistria – a region that declared independence and is only recognised by Russia, a round table on “The social and economic position of the Roma in society” was organised. Among its participants are representatives of public organizations, executive bodies of power, as well as deputies of the Supreme Council.
Well, no comments …

– ПРОБЛЕМЫ РОМОВ ОБСУДИЛИ НА КРУГЛОМ СТОЛЕ В ТИРАСПОЛЕ. In: Novosti PMR. 31.01.2019. https://novostipmr.com/ru/news/19-01-31/problemy-romov-obsudili-na-kruglom-stole-v-tiraspole [link-preview url=”https://novostipmr.com/ru/news/19-01-31/problemy-romov-obsudili-na-kruglom-stole-v-tiraspole”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Work Project

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A report on a project involving NGOs and factories to help Roma back to work. This is the first project, and resulted in the employment of 40 Roma in a local factory in Poprad.

– Popradská spoločnosť je prvou v projekte Človeka v ohrození: Zamestnáva 40 Rómov. In: Poprad 24. 01.02.2019. https://poprad.dnes24.sk/popradska-spolocnost-je-prvou-v-programe-zamestnavania-romov-dala-pracu-40-z-nich-321584
– Spoločnosť Stiga v Poprade zamestnala už 40 Rómov pomocou inovatívneho programu zamestnávania. In: Web Noviny. 01.02.2019. https://www.webnoviny.sk/spolocnost-stiga-v-poprade-zamestnala-uz-40-romov-pomocou-programu-organizacie-clovek-v-ohrozeni/
– Program pre zamestnávanie Rómov premieňa celé komunity. In: SME Domov. 01.02.2019. https://domov.sme.sk/c/22043198/program-pre-zamestnavanie-romov-premiena-cele-komunity.html [link-preview url=”https://poprad.dnes24.sk/popradska-spolocnost-je-prvou-v-programe-zamestnavania-romov-dala-pracu-40-z-nich-321584 “]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Exhibition

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An exhibition on the Roma Holocaust in the UK. Good, as this is not a topic that is often talked about there.

– Hard-hitting exhibition shines light on Nazi persecution of Gypsy and Roma families. In: The Courier. 31.01.2019. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/818599/hard-hitting-exhibition-shines-light-on-nazi-persecution-of-gypsy-and-roma-families/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/818599/hard-hitting-exhibition-shines-light-on-nazi-persecution-of-gypsy-and-roma-families/”]

News Americas

Romnja

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A dance piece on Romnja by Belen Maya, the daughter of Mario Maya, one of the most influential Flamenco dancers.

– Sorrows and joys of Roma women told through dance. In: Kansas University. 31.01.2019. http://today.ku.edu/sorrows-and-joys-roma-women-told-through-dance [link-preview url=”http://today.ku.edu/sorrows-and-joys-roma-women-told-through-dance”]

News Americas

More Junk

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No comments on such articles. They are really not what we need.
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– Hundreds visit her gravesite each year. The Queen of the Gypsies is Mississippi royalty. In: Mississippi Clarion Ledger. 31.01.2019. https://eu.clarionledger.com/story/life/2019/01/31/hundreds-visit-her-gravesite-each-year-queen-gypsies-mississippi-royalty/2582164002/ [link-preview url=”https://eu.clarionledger.com/story/life/2019/01/31/hundreds-visit-her-gravesite-each-year-queen-gypsies-mississippi-royalty/2582164002/”]

Germany News Western Europe

RomArchive

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More on the opening, this time from the USA.

– New Archive Reclaims the Narrative of the Roma. In: Smithonian. 31.01.2019. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-archive-roma-narrative-180971368/ [link-preview url=”https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-archive-roma-narrative-180971368/”]

News Western Europe Portugal

Do We Need That?

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Gory story in the Sun and the Daily Mail of a woman attacked by Roma who apparently believed sh had an affair with a married Rom.
In any case, this is not what we need …

– GYPSY ‘JUSTICE’. Brit was stripped, stabbed and scalped in ‘ritual shaming’ over alleged affair with a married man by gypsies in Portugal. In: The Sun. 31.01.2019. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8326415/brit-stabbed-scalped-ritual-shaming-gypsies/
– British waitress, 22, is stabbed and stripped naked before her hair is cut off in horror attack ‘by gypsy family who accused her of having an affair with one of their clan’ in Portugal. In: The Daily mail. 01.02.2019. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6655819/British-waitress-22-stabbed-scalped-stripped-naked.html [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8326415/brit-stabbed-scalped-ritual-shaming-gypsies/ “]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Košice: Trial

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The trial of two Roma who were beaten up in a police action in Molova nad Bodvou has opened. They are accused of making false accusations against the police.
This is a SHAME on Slovakia.

– Na súde pokračuje kauza údajne krivých výpovedí moldavských Rómov. In: Korzar. 26.01.2019. https://kosice.korzar.sme.sk/c/22038759/na-sude-pokracuje-kauza-udajne-krivych-vypovedi-moldavskych-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://kosice.korzar.sme.sk/c/22038759/na-sude-pokracuje-kauza-udajne-krivych-vypovedi-moldavskych-romov.html”]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Poland: Eviction

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In Maszkowice, South Eastern Poland, a group of 11 Roma houses are being threatened with destruction for having been built illegally. One Rom is threatening to hang himself should this come true.
This technique (illegally built buildings) is increasingly used by several countries to evict Roma. And one needs to note that most of the houses in the countryside in Eastern Europe are illegally built in the first place.

– Mówi, że weźmie sznur, żeby się powiesić. Dramat u Romów w Maszkowicach [WIDEO]. In: Sadedeczanin. 29.01.2019. https://sadeczanin.info/telewizja-gospodarka/mowi-ze-wezmie-sznur-zeby-sie-powiesic-dramat-u-romow-w-maszkowicach-wideo [link-preview url=”https://sadeczanin.info/telewizja-gospodarka/mowi-ze-wezmie-sznur-zeby-sie-powiesic-dramat-u-romow-w-maszkowicach-wideo”]

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