The list of known ethnic killings or Roma in 2017 and 2018.
May they rest in peace.
– ETHNIC KILLINGS CLAIMED FIFTEEN ROMA IN 2017/18. In: The Norwich Radical. 02.11.2018. https://thenorwichradical.com/2018/11/02/ethnic-killings-claimed-fifteen-roma-in-2017-18/ [link-preview url=”https://thenorwichradical.com/2018/11/02/ethnic-killings-claimed-fifteen-roma-in-2017-18/”]
The European Parliament Member and Sinto Romeo Franz on the integration of the Roma and on the pre-requisites for such an integration.
– Romeo Franz: „Eine Frage der Sozialisierung“. In: Lokalkompass. https://www.lokalkompass.de/gelsenkirchen/politik/romeo-franz-eine-frage-der-sozialisierung-d1011399.html [link-preview url=”https://www.lokalkompass.de/gelsenkirchen/politik/romeo-franz-eine-frage-der-sozialisierung-d1011399.html”]
Members of European national parliaments and the European parliament are joining forces to fight antigypsyism.
Let’s see …
– Members of national parliaments and of the European Parliament join forces to fight #Antigypsyism in Europe. In: EU Reporter. 22.10.2018. https://www.eureporter.co/frontpage/2018/10/22/members-of-national-parliaments-and-of-the-european-parliament-join-forces-to-fight-antigypsyism-in-europe/ [link-preview url=”https://www.eureporter.co/frontpage/2018/10/22/members-of-national-parliaments-and-of-the-european-parliament-join-forces-to-fight-antigypsyism-in-europe/”]
For the first time, Members of National Parliaments were invited by the European Parliament to discuss the fundamental rights of Roma and fighting antigypsyism.
Good.
– Members of National Parliaments and of the EP join forces to fight antigypsyism. In: European Interest. 19.10.2018. https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/members-national-parliaments-ep-join-forces-fight-antigypsyism/ [link-preview url=”https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/members-national-parliaments-ep-join-forces-fight-antigypsyism/”]
The European Public Health Alliance is making an analysis based on existing material on the life expectancy gap between Roma and the general population.
Actually, speaking of Roma in this context is misleading. Poverty and education would be closer to the mark.
– Closing the life expectancy gap of Roma in Europe. In: EPHA. 09.10.2018. https://epha.org/closing-life-expectancy-gap-roma-europe/ [link-preview url=”https://epha.org/closing-life-expectancy-gap-roma-europe/”]
An essay on the far right in Europe and Roma.
– Roma population, an easy target of far-right. In: European Interest. 05.10.2018. https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/roma-population-easy-target-far-right/ [link-preview url=”https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/roma-population-easy-target-far-right/”]
An interview of Romano Franz, the first Sinto in the European Parliament.
– Erster Sinto im Europäischen Parlament. In: SWR2. 01.09.2018. https://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/am-samstagnachmittag/der-jazzgeiger-romeo-franz-erster-sinto-im-europaeischen-parlament/-/id=10710046/did=22350562/nid=10710046/16a0zxu/index.html [link-preview url=”https://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/am-samstagnachmittag/der-jazzgeiger-romeo-franz-erster-sinto-im-europaeischen-parlament/-/id=10710046/did=22350562/nid=10710046/16a0zxu/index.html”]
The catholic bishops of the EU committed to the integration of the Roma in Europe.
Better late than never …
– EU bishops commit to ‘full integration’ of Roma into European society. In Catholic Culture. 10.08.2018. https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=38105 [link-preview url=”https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=38105″]
Romeo Franz, a German green politician, a musician, and a Sinto is now in the European Parliament.
Good!
– Eine Stimme für die Sinti und Roma. In: ZDF. 06.07.2018. https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/erster-deutscher-sinto-im-eu-parlament-100.html [link-preview url=”https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/erster-deutscher-sinto-im-eu-parlament-100.html”]
A good article on Roma in Europe and on the increased attacks they are facing in every country.
– No homeland, no hope – Europe’s Roma are back in the firing line. In: The Guardian. 25.06.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/25/europe-roma-matteo-salvini-ethnic-minority [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/25/europe-roma-matteo-salvini-ethnic-minority”]
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/”]
The third EU Roma Week will take place in Brussels starting on 8th April, the International Roma Day and continue until Thursday 12 April. As part of this week, a special panel will be held on Roma youth in the European policy agenda.
– EU ROMA WEEK 2018. In: Council of Europe. https://www.coe.int/en/web/youth-roma/-/eu-roma-week-2018 [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/youth-roma/-/eu-roma-week-2018″]
Romeo Franz, a German Green politician and a Sinto will be a member of the European Parliament starting in September 2018, replacing Jan Philipp Albrecht who will become minister in the Schleswig Holstein Parliament.
Good!
– https://www.facebook.com/RomeoFranz/photos/a.1390834827851188.1073741829.1387997331468271/2018898295044835/?type=3&theater [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/RomeoFranz/photos/a.1390834827851188.1073741829.1387997331468271/2018898295044835/?type=3&theater”]
The council of Europe is stating that women are change makers and that empowering Roma and Traveller women and girls to access leadership positions is the key towards the inclusion of Roma and Travellers into society.
– ROMA-Latest News. In: Council of Europe. 08.03.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/empowering-roma-and-traveller-women-and-girls-to-access-leadership-positions-is-the-key-towards-the-inclusion [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/empowering-roma-and-traveller-women-and-girls-to-access-leadership-positions-is-the-key-towards-the-inclusion”]
A longer article on the first ever commemoration in the EU parliament of the Roma Holocaust. Roma representatives and MPs decried the current rise of the extreme right.
– Hommage aux ” victimes oubliées ” tziganes de la Shoah à Bruxelles. In: The Times of Israël. 25.01.2018. https://fr.timesofisrael.com/hommage-aux-victimes-oubliees-tziganes-de-la-shoah-a-bruxelles/ [link-preview url=”https://fr.timesofisrael.com/hommage-aux-victimes-oubliees-tziganes-de-la-shoah-a-bruxelles/”]
For the first time, the EU parliament remembers the Roma victims of the Holocaust.
Good, but why did it take Europe 73 years to do so?
– EU PARLIAMENT HOLOCAUST EVENT REMEMBERS ROMA VICTIMS FOR 1ST TIME. In: The Jerusalem Post. 24.01.2018. http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/For-first-time-EU-parliament-Holocaust-event-remembers-Roma-victims-too-539699 [link-preview url=”http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/For-first-time-EU-parliament-Holocaust-event-remembers-Roma-victims-too-539699″]
The European Roma Platform probably missed a point in their deliberation and focus, namely that of the education at an early age of young Roma. This is where the problem starts and one of the key sources of later problems on the job market.
– EU PLATFORM FOR ROMA INCLUSION 2017, A MISSED CHANCE FOR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION. In: REYN. 29.11.2017. http://www.reyn.eu/news_posts/eu-platform-roma-inclusion-2017-missed-chance-childrens-education/ [link-preview url=”http://www.reyn.eu/news_posts/eu-platform-roma-inclusion-2017-missed-chance-childrens-education/”]
The European Roma Platform probably missed a point in their deliberation and focus, namely that of the education at an early age of young Roma. This is where the problem starts and one of the key sources of later problems on the job market.
– EU PLATFORM FOR ROMA INCLUSION 2017, A MISSED CHANCE FOR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION. In: REYN. 29.11.2017. http://www.reyn.eu/news_posts/eu-platform-roma-inclusion-2017-missed-chance-childrens-education/ [link-preview url=”http://www.reyn.eu/news_posts/eu-platform-roma-inclusion-2017-missed-chance-childrens-education/”]
An article on the education for Roma in Europe – No such thing as equal opportunity or equal chances.
This is bad.
– Europe’s Roma Do Not Have Equal Education. In: Voa News. 21.11.2017. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/europes-roma-still-struggle-to-get-good-education/4108678.html [link-preview url=”https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/europes-roma-still-struggle-to-get-good-education/4108678.html”]
On July 18th, the European TV Arte will present a documentary on Roma entitled “Roma citizen like any others?”
Will be interesting to see whether this doesn’t drown into sterotypes.
– Les roms, des citoyens comme les autres ? In: Arte. http://boutique.arte.tv/f11876-roms_citoyens_comme_les_autres [link-preview url=”http://boutique.arte.tv/f11876-roms_citoyens_comme_les_autres”]
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