A conference live from Budapest on May 3rd.
- Online-Vortrag: Die Situation ukrainischer Roma. In: Regio Aktuell. 15.04.2022. https://regio-aktuell24.de/online-vortrag-die-situation-ukrainischer-roma/159612
Category Archives: Hungary
Budapest and Roma
Well, looking for a place to stay in Budapest if you are Rom and even if you have a steady job is not easy, if not impossible.
- I left the last two apartments in tears. In: Telex. 28.07.2022. https://telex.hu/english/2022/07/28/i-left-the-last-two-apartments-in-tears
Budapest, Roma, and Music
An article on a music pub in Budapest with Roma music, but also with a Jewish heritage.
- In Budapest, an underground Gypsy music pub plays on Jewish heartstrings. In: The Times of Israel. 21.07.2022. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-budapest-an-underground-gypsy-music-pub-plays-on-jewish-heartstrings/
Hungary, Roma, and Education
The situation of Roma students in Hungarian schools is critical: segregation is not decreasing, and only half a percent of them go to university. The Romaversitas foundation helps them progress from the 9th grade all the way to graduation. But fewer and fewer people apply to them. They try to equip their students with an activist approach and “talk them out” so that an intellectual Roma stratum with a strong ability to assert their interests can be formed.
- „Épp most omlik össze az oktatás, maga alá fogja temetni főleg a mi diákjainkat”. In: 444. 16.07.2022. https://444.hu/tldr/2022/07/16/epp-most-omlik-ossze-az-oktatas-maga-ala-fogja-temetni-foleg-a-mi-diakjainkat
Hungary and Lungo Drom
Roma politicians have initiated an investigation against the Lungo Drom association with the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Prosecutor. According to them, the activities of Lungo Drom’s President Flórián Farkas seriously endanger the legal operation of the association and the achievement of the goals set in the articles of association. As of 2017, Lungo Drom did not submit financial statements, and the last 2016 report available on the court’s website did not arrive until the fall of 2021.
- Roma politikusok az ügyészséghez fordultak, hogy oszlassa fel a Lungo Dromot. In: 444. 27.06.2022. https://444.hu/2022/06/27/roma-politikusok-az-ugyeszseghez-fordultak-hogy-oszlassa-fel-a-lungo-dromot
Parno Grast
The well-known Hungarian Roma music group “Parno Grast” [White Horse] celebrated yesterday its 30th anniversary with a concert.
Best wishes for many more successful years!
- Születésnapot ünnepel a Parno Graszt. In: Szabolcsihir. 21.06.2022. https://szabolcsihir.hu/szabolcs-szatmar-bereg/2022/06/szuletesnapot-unnepel-a-parno-graszt
Visegrad Roma Cooperation
The Romani language is the first topic covered in a ten-part series of reports entitled Visegrad Romani Magazine. It is prepared jointly by three Roma television stations: Dikh TV from Hungary, TV Romana from Slovakia and ROMEA TV from the Czech Republic.
- Visegrádský romský magazín, 1. díl: Romský jazyk. In: Romea. 03.06.2022. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/visegradsky-romsky-magazin-1.dil-romsky-jazyk
Traditional Roma Restaurant Music
The traditional Hungarian restaurant music is threatened by the covid pandemic which forced many musicians to seek other jobs.
- Ungarn: Ende der traditionellen Roma-Kapellen. In: ZDF. 24.05.2022. https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/zdf-mittagsmagazin/sinti-roma-primas-musik-ungarn-budapest-100.html
Really?
Zsolt Bayer, author of racist and anti-Semitic remarks, is among the speakers at the event organized in Budapest by an American conservative group. He qualified Jews of “stinking excrements” and Roma of “animals.
So much for these conservative Americans …
- Trump shares CPAC Hungary platform with notorious racist and antisemite. In: The Guardian. 21.05.2022. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/21/trump-shares-cpac-hungary-platform-racist-antisemite
Roma Heroes
The fifth Roma Heroes Theatre Festival is taking place in Budapest.
- ROMA HEROES – V. INTERNATIONAL ROMA THEATRE FESTIVAL. https://independenttheater.hu/en/roma-heroes-v-international-roma-theater-festival/
Czech Republic, Roma Refugees and Hungarians
There is more and more talk about refugees from Ukraine who have Hungarian passports in addition to Ukrainian citizenship. Politicians talk about these refugees mainly in connection with the Roma fleeing the Russian aggression in Ukraine. The South Moravian Governor Jan Grolich from KDU-ČSL was the first to mention “Hungarian Ukrainians” without any knowledge and context and to to accuse them to abuse social benefits in the Czech Republic. The mayor of the capital city of Prague, Zdeněk Hřib, also justifies the Hungarian citizenship not to register them.
As said, the Orban government granted many residents of Transcarpathian Ukraine the Hungarian cisitzenship.
- Romští uprchlíci z Ukrajiny s maďarským pasem. Kde se vzali? Kolik jich v ČR je a mají nárok na nějakou pomoc? In: Romea. 17.04.2022. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/romsti-uprchlici-z-ukrajiny-s-madarskym-pasem.kde-se-vzali-kolik-jich-v-cr-je-a-maji-narok-na-nejakou-pomoc
Roma in Hungary
A reportage in Nyiregyhaza, in Eastern Hungary, in a day care centre in a Roma settlement. What the reportage omits to say here, is that these schools and day-care centres are de-facto segregated, as no non-Roma ever goes there. De facto, this perpetuates the segregation.
- Human Life Beyond Segregation and Integration – Visit to the Roma Minority in Nyíregyháza. In: Hungary Today. 16.04.2022. https://hungarytoday.hu/roma-gypsy-children-minority-nyireghaza-hungary-hussar-quarter/
Ukrainian Refugees in the Czech Republic
Ukrainian Roma who also hold a Hungarian passport, of which there are quite a few as Orban gave the citizenship to anyone speaking Hungarian in the Ukraine, face difficulties in the Czech Republic: They are denied help and being told to go to Hungary.
- Hungarian Roma refugees from Ukraine do not receive allowances in the Czech Republic! In Daily News Hungary. 15.04.2022. https://dailynewshungary.com/hungarian-roma-refugees-from-ukraine-do-not-receive-allowances-in-the-czech-republic/
Hungary and Roma refugees
Well, for Roma, Hungary is not better, even for those who were granted a Hungarian passport by the Orban regime.
- Flüchtende Roma aus der Ukraine: Beschimpft und beschämt. In: Freitag. 15.04.2022. https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/fluechtende-roma-aus-der-ukraine-beschimpft-und-beschaemt?fbclid=IwAR2ICufcTTmG1uNONxwj3tNV2OgjAtb3aC0cO0aYpFLIrf8eXr_X-EqwvqU
Hungary and Roma Refugees
Well, they simply prefer to return to Ukraine rather than stay in Hungary …
- Faced with discrimination, Ukrainian Roma refugees are going home. In: Euractiv. 14.04.2022. https://www.euractiv.com/section/non-discrimination/news/faced-with-discrimination-ukrainian-roma-refugees-are-going-home/
Roma Refugees and Hungary
Some Romnja were prevented from leaving the Ukraine several times before being able to cross into Hungary.
Bad.
- Romani mothers and children groundlessly prevented from leaving Ukraine three times before finally crossing into Hungary. In: Romea. 04.04.2022. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/romani-mothers-and-children-groundlessly-prevented-from-leaving-ukraine-three-times-before-finally-crossing-into-hungary
Hungarian Elections
A campaign is underway in Hungary to prevent vote buying among Roma, a practice that is quite common unfortunately. The Clean Vote campaign is trying to draw attention to electoral abuses, mostly in poor Roma settlements. “Unfortunately, thousands of people in Hungary are influenced in the exercise of their voting rights. This endangers the cleanliness of the elections, thus the democratic system of Hungary, ” they write on their website.
Their advice: “Even if you accept 5-10 thousand forints, no one can enter the booth with you” …
- „Ha el is fogadjátok az 5-10 ezer forintot, a fülkébe nem mehet be veletek senki”. In: 444. 28.03.2022. https://444.hu/2022/03/28/ha-el-is-fogadjatok-az-5-10-ezer-forintot-a-fulkebe-nem-mehet-be-veletek-senki
Ukrainian Refugees
Two articles in the French Press on refugees from the Ukraine. In Budapest and in Warsaw. In Budapest, Roma have been sent to a vagrant shelter, and in Warsaw, they struggle to find lodgings.
- Guerre en Ukraine : en Hongrie, les réfugiés ne font que passer. In: Le Monde. 18.03.2022. https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/03/18/guerre-en-ukraine-en-hongrie-les-refugies-ne-font-que-passer_6118130_3210.html
- Invasion de l’Ukraine : Les offres de logement pour les Ukrainiens à Varsovie « se tarissent » alors que les réfugiés peinent à trouver un endroit où dormir | Nouvelles du monde. In: News 24. 14.03.2022. https://news-24.fr/invasion-de-lukraine-les-offres-de-logement-pour-les-ukrainiens-a-varsovie-se-tarissent-alors-que-les-refugies-peinent-a-trouver-un-endroit-ou-dormir-nouvelles-du-monde/
Hungary and Roma Refugees
Not surprising, unfortunately.
- The New York Times: Humanitarian aid workers in Budapest, Hungary are stingy and strict when the refugees are Romani. In: Romea. 09.03.2022. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/the-new-york-times-humanitarian-aid-workers-in-budapest-hungary-are-stingy-and-strict-when-the-refugees-are-romani
Hungary, Health, and Roma
What does the very low number of Roma in Hungary who wear glasses say about their situation: Basically, it says they are left out of the health system.
- Low prevalence of spectacle use in the Hungarian Roma population indicates unmet health needs. In: Nature. 09.03.2022. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-07880-3
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