Conference on the integration of Roma in the workforce in Croatia.
– Inclusion of Roma youth through education, employment and political participation. In: Council of Europe. 26.09.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/inclusion-of-roma-youth-through-education-employment-and-political-participation [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/inclusion-of-roma-youth-through-education-employment-and-political-participation”]
The book “1941” by Slavko Goldstein analyses the origins of the nationalism in the Balkans, and shows the atrocities committed by the Ustaša against Jew, Roma, and Serbs during that time.
– Das entscheidende Jahr. In: TAZ. 29.09.2018. http://www.taz.de/!5536502/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5536502/”]
Let’s not forget that Croatia killed nearly ALL Croatian Roma during World War Two. This was not the Germans, but the Ustaša. If you want to meet the few Croatian Roma who survived, you have to go to Milan …
– Croatia Marks International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. 02.08.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/30176-croatia-marks-international-roma-genocide-remembrance-day [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/30176-croatia-marks-international-roma-genocide-remembrance-day”]
A Romni artist in Rijeka was told by a taxi driver that he would not give rides to gypsies and whores …
Summarises well what happens in Croatia.
– Umjetnicu koja izlaže u Rijeci napao vozač: ‘Ne vozim Cigane i ne vozim kurve. Vozim za dom i poglavnika’. In: Novilist. 25.07.2018. http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Umjetnicu-koja-izlaze-u-Rijeci-napao-vozac-Ne-vozim-Cigane-i-ne-vozim-kurve.-Vozim-za-dom-i-poglavnika?meta_refresh=true [link-preview url=”http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Umjetnicu-koja-izlaze-u-Rijeci-napao-vozac-Ne-vozim-Cigane-i-ne-vozim-kurve.-Vozim-za-dom-i-poglavnika?meta_refresh=true”]
An interview of Goran Miljan, author of the book “Croatia and the Rise of Fascism” published by Tauruns (2018).
– La Croatie face à son passé fasciste. In: La Liberté. 13.07.2018. https://www.laliberte.ch/news/magazine/societe/la-croatie-face-a-son-passe-fasciste-447094 [link-preview url=”https://www.laliberte.ch/news/magazine/societe/la-croatie-face-a-son-passe-fasciste-447094″]
Following the statements by Branimir Bunjac, a Croatian MP from the Živi Zid party (a populist party) that Roma bride were sold in Northern Croatia, the press took the information over and splashed it everywhere.
Now the police stated they had NO EVIDENCE of such transactions.
No further comments.
– Police have no information on Roma brides being sold to marriage. In: Total Croatia. 24.05.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28535-police-denies-young-roma-brides-being-sold-to-marriage [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28535-police-denies-young-roma-brides-being-sold-to-marriage”]
Another article on bride selling – this time in Croatia, a country where racism runs anyhow high. Again, the right question is not being asked: Is it “selling” or is it an early wedding with the Vlach tradition of paying the father of the bride.
Such small differentiations are probably too much to ask.
– Young Roma Brides Sold in Northern Croatia. In: Total Croatia. 23.05.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28515-young-roma-brides-sold-in-northern-croatia [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28515-young-roma-brides-sold-in-northern-croatia”]
The Berlin police intervened last Sunday in a park after finding a group of Roma roasting entire lambs on a spit for Djudjevan. They had to leave but other than that, no further actions were taken. The Roma were from Croatia and Bosnia.
– Romi iz BiH in Hrvaške so kar sredi berlinskega parka postavili žar in si pekli ovce. In: Reporter. 09.05.2018. https://reporter.si/clanek/magazin/romi-iz-bih-in-hrvaske-so-kar-sredi-berlinskega-parka-postavili-zar-in-si-pekli-ovce-637422
– Sredi Berlina skupina Romov pekla jagenjčke na ražnju. In: Primorske Novice. 08.05.2018. https://www.primorske.si/zanimivosti/sredi-berlina-skupina-romov-pekla-jagenjcke-na-raz [link-preview url=”https://reporter.si/clanek/magazin/romi-iz-bih-in-hrvaske-so-kar-sredi-berlinskega-parka-postavili-zar-in-si-pekli-ovce-637422 “]
28% of the Roma in Croatia feel discriminated against… Only?
Most of the Roma in Croatia came after the War as the Ustaša killed almost all Croatian Roma during the war.
– Many Roma feel discriminated against. In: Total Croatia News. 04.05.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28003-many-roma-feel-discriminated-against [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28003-many-roma-feel-discriminated-against”]
A reportage on Jasenovac, the notorious Ustaša concentration camp in Croatia. Let’s not forget that during the war nearly ALL Croatian Roma were killed. The only original Croatian Roma are currently to be found in Italy where some of them fled in 1944.
– JASENOVAC DEATH CAMP AND CROATIA’S HIDDEN HOLOCAUST. In: In Serbia. 28.01.2018. https://inserbia.info/today/2018/01/jasenovac-death-camp-and-croatias-hidden-holocaust/ [link-preview url=”https://inserbia.info/today/2018/01/jasenovac-death-camp-and-croatias-hidden-holocaust/”]
A commemorative plaque was unveiled in Eastern Croatia, not far from the former concentration camp of Jasenovac… This plaque uses the Ustaša slogan “Za dom spremni” [Ready for the Country] and is definitively not OK.
Bad.
– Croatie : une plaque commémorative pro-nazie réinstallée plus loin d’un ancien camp. In: Times of Israel. 08.09.2017. http://fr.timesofisrael.com/croatie-une-plaque-commemorative-pro-nazie-reinstallee-plus-loin-dun-ancien-camp/ [link-preview url=”http://fr.timesofisrael.com/croatie-une-plaque-commemorative-pro-nazie-reinstallee-plus-loin-dun-ancien-camp/”]
April 22nd is the day of the commemoration of the victims of the Ustaši regime in Croatia. The regime ran a systematic annihilation of its Jewish and Rroma minorities during World War Two. Unfortunately, these crimes are not universally recognised and the current Croatian government is even rehabilitating some people who were involved in the regime.
– Croatie: la condamnation des crimes du régime oustachi pronazi n’est pas unanime. In: FR Sputnik News. 21.04.2017. https://fr.sputniknews.com/international/201704211031018660-croatie-condamnation-crimes-regime-oustachi-pronazi/ [link-preview url=”https://fr.sputniknews.com/international/201704211031018660-croatie-condamnation-crimes-regime-oustachi-pronazi/”]
Relative of the victims of Jasenovac, mostly Jews and Rroma as well as Serbs, are asking for a compensation from the Croatian state. The Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that in recent days it received a lawsuit of the relatives of Croatian Serbs, Roma and Jews for the return of confiscated property and for the repayment of the suffering during the Independent State of Croatia (NDH).
Serves the Croatian well for rehabilitating several of the perpetuators of these crimes.
– Svojci žrtev ustaškega režima od Hrvaške zahtevajo odškodnino. In: Planet. 13.03.2017. http://www.planet.si/novice/svet/svojci-zrtev-ustaskega-rezima-od-hrvaske-zahtevajo-35-milijona-dolarjev-odskodnine.html [link-preview url=”http://www.planet.si/novice/svet/svojci-zrtev-ustaskega-rezima-od-hrvaske-zahtevajo-35-milijona-dolarjev-odskodnine.html”]
This year, Jews again boycotted the Croatian commemorations of the Holocaust. Several Rroma organisations too, although several other did attend.
An explanation of why this boycott: The history is being quietly rewritten in Croatia, and the crimes of the Ustasha and the murders they committed are being retouched.
Rroma and Jews were their victims in camps such as the infamous Jasenovac.
Why Croatian Jews Boycotted This Year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. In: The Smithonian. 27.01.2017. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-croatian-jews-boycotted-years-holocaust-remembrance-day-180961958/ [link-preview url=”http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-croatian-jews-boycotted-years-holocaust-remembrance-day-180961958/”]
The project “give them a chance” was presented recently in Lendava. The project with its partners from Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia prepared a training program for teachers in various education programs and vocational training for adults taught by members of the Roma ethnic minority. As explained by Rachel Hojnik in the People’s University of Lendava the targets of this program are adult educators who work in areas where members of the Roma ethnic minority live.
– Tri države združile moči v projektu za večjo uspešnost izobraževanja odraslih Romov. In: Pomurec. 19.01.2017. http://www.pomurec.com/vsebina/41370/Tri_drzave_zdruzile_moci_v_projektu_za_vecjo_uspesnost_izobrazevanja_odraslih_Romov [link-preview url=”http://www.pomurec.com/vsebina/41370/Tri_drzave_zdruzile_moci_v_projektu_za_vecjo_uspesnost_izobrazevanja_odraslih_Romov”]
An interview of the young Rromni Leonarda Dibrani who was expulsed from France together with her family (in spite of being in school). While they were expelled to Kosovo, she now lives in Croatia, which says a lot about the “safety” of Kosovo for Rroma. And it is difficult for her.
A worthy read on the damage of mistaken Refugee policies.
– La jeune rom kosovare, expulsée avec sa famille de notre pays en 2013, a raconté son quotidien en Croatie à “BFMtv”. “Je peux venir en France quand je veux !”, a-t-elle notamment lancé. In: Planet.fr. 09.01.2017. http://www.planet.fr/international-la-nouvelle-vie-de-leonarda-en-croatie.1280920.29335.html
– Leonarda Dibrani : “J’ai envie de revenir en France pour remercier les gens qui m’ont aidée. In: France Infos. 09.01.2017. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/roms/expulsion-de-leonarda/leonarda-dibrani-j-ai-envie-de-revenir-en-france-pour-remercier-les-gens-qui-m-ont-aidee_2008851.html [link-preview url=”http://www.planet.fr/international-la-nouvelle-vie-de-leonarda-en-croatie.1280920.29335.html “]
The Croatian president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic posed on a picture with a Croatian flag bearing the symbol of the Ustaša during a visit in Canada. The flag, while being close to the current Croatian one, shows the coat of arms starting with a white square on the left hand corner, which is the Ustaša pattern.
Knowing the current revisionists views in Croatia concerning their fascist past, this is not really good …
– La présidente croate sur une photo à côté d’un blason pro-nazi. In: La Libre. 26.11.2016. http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/la-presidente-croate-sur-une-photo-a-cote-d-un-blason-pro-nazi-5839c5ffcd70a4454c05b929 [link-preview url=”http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/la-presidente-croate-sur-une-photo-a-cote-d-un-blason-pro-nazi-5839c5ffcd70a4454c05b929″]
The Croatian Prime minister Plenkovic attended the celebration of the international Romanes day in Zagreb.
– Prime Minister Plenkovic attended International Romani Language Day. In: Government of Croatia. 04.11.2016. https://vlada.gov.hr/glavni-izbornik-14951/news/prime-minister-plenkovic-attended-international-romani-language-day/19581?big=0 [link-preview url=”https://vlada.gov.hr/glavni-izbornik-14951/news/prime-minister-plenkovic-attended-international-romani-language-day/19581?big=0″]
Croatia rehabilitated Cardinal Stepinac. The cardinal had been condemned in 1946 in a trial, which according to the current judge violated his right to a fair trial. May well be, but Stepinac was a supporter of the Ustaša regime and he never condemned their actions, especially not the killings of Jews and Rroma.
Stepinac is and remains a supporter of mass murderers.
The Duden is at the centre of a controversy regarding the Ustasha. In its latest definition, they say “Croatian Nationalist movement who fought against Serbian centralism”. This prompted a backlash in the Web, as the Ustasha are definitively Nazis who killed all Rroma in Croatia (yes) and nearly all the Jews there.
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