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Education

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The story of a young Slovak Rom who was sent to a special school in Slovakia, a graveyard for education, and, when he moved to England, ended up in the university.
In brief, a prod that with equal chances, one gets equal results…

– Na Slovensku ho poslali do špeciálnej školy, v Británii študuje na univerzite. Jeho britskí učitelia ukazujú, ako učiť Rómov. In:Dennik. 26.10.2018. https://dennikn.sk/1273911/na-slovensku-ho-poslali-do-specialnej-skoly-v-britanii-vystudoval-univerzitu-jeho-britski-ucitelia-ukazuju-ako-ucit-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/1273911/na-slovensku-ho-poslali-do-specialnej-skoly-v-britanii-vystudoval-univerzitu-jeho-britski-ucitelia-ukazuju-ako-ucit-romov/”]

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Poland: Segregation

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Residents of Zabrze, a town near Katowice have erected a wall to separate themselves from their Roma neighbours …
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– Zabrze: Mieszkańcy postawili mur i odgradzają się od Romów ZDJĘCIA Romscy sąsiedzi są rozgoryczeni na lokatorów z Sienkiewicza. In: Dziennik Nachodni. 27.10.2018. https://dziennikzachodni.pl/zabrze-mieszkancy-postawili-mur-i-odgradzaja-sie-od-romow-zdjecia-romscy-sasiedzi-sa-rozgoryczeni-na-lokatorow-z-sienkiewicza/ar/13619560 [link-preview url=”https://dziennikzachodni.pl/zabrze-mieszkancy-postawili-mur-i-odgradzaja-sie-od-romow-zdjecia-romscy-sasiedzi-sa-rozgoryczeni-na-lokatorow-z-sienkiewicza/ar/13619560″]

Albania News Eastern Europe

Balkan and Minorities

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According to Ambassador Bernd Borchardt, Head of OSCE Presence in Albania, society is judged by the way it treats its weakest members. And that is often, in the Balkan, the Roma minority.
There is some way to go – even to achieve the state that was under Ottoman rule.

– OP-ED/ Society is judged by the way it treats its weakest members. In: Independent Balkan News Agency. 29.10.2018. https://balkaneu.com/op-ed-society-is-judged-by-the-way-it-treats-its-weakest-members/ [link-preview url=”https://balkaneu.com/op-ed-society-is-judged-by-the-way-it-treats-its-weakest-members/”]

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Slovenia: More to Do

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The Council of Europe chided Slovenia in its report on the framework convention on the protection of national minorities and asked the country to do more against hate speech.

– CoE: Slovenia urged to secure more Roma rights, fight hate speech. In: STA. 29.10.2018. https://english.sta.si/2568740/coe-slovenia-urged-to-secure-more-roma-rights-fight-hate-speech [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2568740/coe-slovenia-urged-to-secure-more-roma-rights-fight-hate-speech”]

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Some Good Ones …

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In contrast with the president of the Czech Republic, Pavel Rychetský,
the president of its constitutional court deems ethnic and nationalistic self centeredness and xenophobia as a threat to Europe!

– Czech Constitutional Court president: Ethnic and national self-centeredness and xenophobia are a threat to Europe. In: Romea. 28.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-constitutional-court-president-ethnic-and-national-self-centeredness-and-xenophobia-are-a-threat-to-europe [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-constitutional-court-president-ethnic-and-national-self-centeredness-and-xenophobia-are-a-threat-to-europe”]

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Roma Pride

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The Roma pride was held in Prague on Sunday, 28th of October.

– LIVE BROADCAST AT 14:15 TODAY – Roma Pride 2018. In: Romea. 28.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/live-broadcast-at-14-15-today-roma-pride-2018 [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/live-broadcast-at-14-15-today-roma-pride-2018″]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Kiev: Confusion …

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The Ukrainian Ombudsman demands an investigation of the eviction of Roma from the Kiev railway station by the ultra nationalist C14 organisation while the municipal guards claim it did not happen …
Difficult to know what is going on.

– Омбудсменка вимагає розслідувати можливий напад С14 на ромів на київському вокзалі. In: Hmarochos. https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2018/10/26/ombudsmenka-vimagaye-rozsliduvati-mozhliviy-napad-s14-na-romiv-na-kiyivskomu-vokzali/
– «Муніципальна варта» заявляє, що ромів на вокзалі в Києві не розганяли. In: Hromadske. 26.10.2018. https://hromadske.ua/posts/municipalna-varta-kiyeva-zayavila-sho-romiv-na-vokzali-v-kiyevi-ne-rozganyali [link-preview url=”https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2018/10/26/ombudsmenka-vimagaye-rozsliduvati-mozhliviy-napad-s14-na-romiv-na-kiyivskomu-vokzali/ “]

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Integrated …

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An article that highlights the situation of integrated Roma. Basically, for most politicians (and most of the population), they don’t exist, make less that one percent of the Roma population. And they cannot say they are, because they are then confronted to the stereotypes.

– „Kto nesmrdí, nie je cigán!“ alebo 6 krokov k rómskemu vlastenectvu. In: Dennik. 26.10.2018. https://dennikn.sk/blog/1275057/kto-nesmrdi-nie-je-cigan-alebo-6-krokov-k-romskemu-vlastenectvu/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/blog/1275057/kto-nesmrdi-nie-je-cigan-alebo-6-krokov-k-romskemu-vlastenectvu/”]

Hungary News Eastern Europe

You Could Think That …

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By looking at the pictures, you could think the article is about Roma. It isn’t. It is about the housing situation of poor people in Budapest and them being driven out to the suburbs and to very precarious situation.
Not good.

– Gazdag telkesek között bújnak meg a lakhatási válság áldozatai. In: Abcug. 25.10.2018. https://abcug.hu/gazdag-telkesek-kozott-bujnak-meg-a-lakhatasi-valsag-aldozatai/ [link-preview url=”https://abcug.hu/gazdag-telkesek-kozott-bujnak-meg-a-lakhatasi-valsag-aldozatai/”]

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Roma Pride!

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The next Roma Pride will take place this coming Sunday in Prague!

– Roma Pride march on 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia will object to President’s antigypsyism. In: Romea. 24.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/roma-pride-march-on-100th-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-czechoslovakia-will-object-to-president-s-antigypsyism [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/roma-pride-march-on-100th-anniversary-of-the-founding-of-czechoslovakia-will-object-to-president-s-antigypsyism”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: An Incident

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This highlights the tensions that exist in Slovakia regarding Roma, the general population, and the police. In Pezinok, a Slovak town near Bratislava, Roma celebrating a birthday lit a fire in the street. They were asked by the police to stop it and this generate in an altercation and a fight.
Bad.

– Skupina Rómov založila oheň. Ich napomenutie skončilo útokom na policajtov. In: Noviny. 25.10.2018. https://www.noviny.sk/krimi/382067-skupina-romov-zalozila-ohen-ich-napomenutie-skoncilo-utokom-na-policajtov [link-preview url=”https://www.noviny.sk/krimi/382067-skupina-romov-zalozila-ohen-ich-napomenutie-skoncilo-utokom-na-policajtov”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: A Look at Prejudices

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A nice analysis of the origins of the views of the general population on Roma, and on how these “sayings” turn into generalisations and prejudices.
Worth a read.

– Predsudky, mýty a generačná chudoba. In: SME. 23.10.2018. https://miroslavpollak.blog.sme.sk/c/494708/predsudky-myty-a-generacna-chudoba.html [link-preview url=”https://miroslavpollak.blog.sme.sk/c/494708/predsudky-myty-a-generacna-chudoba.html”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine – Railway Station

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What was to be expected occurred … After the “cleaning” of Kiev’s Railway station by the ultra-nationalist C14 movement, videos of Roma stealing in the station surfaced.
This is bad …

– THE WITNESS SHOWED HOW GYPSIES STEAL IN THE KIEV METRO. VIDEO. In: Bobr Times. 23.10.2018. https://bobrtimes.com/the-witness-showed-how-gypsies-steal-in-the-kiev-metro-video/131682/ [link-preview url=”https://bobrtimes.com/the-witness-showed-how-gypsies-steal-in-the-kiev-metro-video/131682/”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine – C14 Again

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The ultra-nationalist movement C14 did it again: This time they “cleaned” the Kiev main railway station of Roma.
Bad.
But what is worse, is that effectively most people will applaud, as the Roma in the railway station were camping there, begging and were often accused of stealing.

– Народная инициатива: Киевский железнодорожный вокзал «зачистили» от ромов. In: Info Resist. 23.10.2018. https://inforesist.org/narodnaya-initsiativa-kievskiy-zheleznodorozhnyiy-vokzal-zachistili-ot-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://inforesist.org/narodnaya-initsiativa-kievskiy-zheleznodorozhnyiy-vokzal-zachistili-ot-romov/”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Housing

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Ábel Ravasz, the Plenipotentiary of the Government for Roma Communities said that his office had funded some housing improvements in two localities. It is a drop in the ocean and the question of housing is one that should also be tackled in Slovakia.

– Úrad splnomocnenca podporil bývanie v Dobšinej a Lukove. In: SME. 21.10.2018. https://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/20942579/urad-splnomocnenca-pre-romov-podporil-byvanie-v-dobsinej-a-lukove.html [link-preview url=”https://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/20942579/urad-splnomocnenca-pre-romov-podporil-byvanie-v-dobsinej-a-lukove.html”]

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Slovakia: Integration

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An article on the success story of the village of Spišský Hrhov and on the fact that the methods used there for the integration of the Roma minority should b ereflected in legislation.

– Pracuje len jedna pätina Rómov. In: Finweb. 17.10.2018. https://finweb.hnonline.sk/ekonomika/1826286-pracuje-len-jedna-patina-romov [link-preview url=”https://finweb.hnonline.sk/ekonomika/1826286-pracuje-len-jedna-patina-romov”]

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Fraud …

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This is bad: A network of welfare fraud for at least 1.7 million euros in the North has been dismantled and three Roma have been indicted for organised fraud. Agents of the Family Allowance Fund (CAF) and the social regime of the self-employed (RSI) had reported mid-2017 the abnormal increase, in a few months, of the constitution of files – 1,200 by Roma entrepreneurs living in Valenciennes.

According to a source close to the survey, young women declared themselves self-employed in metal recycling, then declared false pregnancies supported by the RSI. Money was then transferred to Romania and invested in real estate. Three Roma, two men and a woman aged 27 and considered as the head of the network, were arrested this week, indicted for organized fraud, forgery and use of forged, and imprisoned.

– Valenciennois : une escroquerie aux allocations sociales d’au moins 1,7 million d’euros démantelée. In: FR3. 19.10.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/valenciennois-escroquerie-aux-allocations-sociales-au-moins-17-million-euros-demantelee-1561700.html
– Nord: une escroquerie aux allocations sociales d’au moins 1,7 million d’euros démantelée. In: L’Express Mutuel. 19.10.2018. https://www.lexpress.mu/article/341386/nord-une-escroquerie-aux-allocations-sociales-dau-moins-17-million-deuros-demantelee
– Fausses autoentrepreneures et fausses grossesses : une escroquerie aux allocations sociales d’au moins 1,7 million d’euros démantelée dans le Nord. In: L’Est Éclair. 19.10.2018. http://www.lest-eclair.fr/86327/article/2018-10-19/nord-une-escroquerie-aux-allocations-sociales-d-au-moins-1-7-million-d-euros
– Nord : ils escroquent 1,7 million d’euros d’allocations sociales, le réseau démantelé. In: Sud Ouest. 19.10.2018. https://www.sudouest.fr/2018/10/19/nord-ils-escroquent-1-7-million-d-euros-d-allocations-sociales-le-reseau-demantele-5495435-10407.php
– Nord : 1,7 millions d’euros de prestations sociales détournées par un réseau dirigé par des Roms. In: RT. 20.10.2018. https://francais.rt.com/france/54757-nord-17-millions-deuros-prestations-sociales-detournees-reseau-dirige-roms
– Nord: Au moins 1,7 million de prestations sociales détournées par deux familles roumaines. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 19.10.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/lille/2357623-20181019-nord-moins-17-million-prestations-sociales-detournees-deux-familles-roumaines
– Nord : une escroquerie aux allocations sociales d’au moins 1,7 million d’euros démantelée. In: Europe 1. 19.10.2018. http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/nord-une-escroquerie-aux-allocations-sociales-dau-moins-17-million-deuros-demantelee-3783011
– Nord: une escroquerie aux allocations sociales d’au moins 1,7 million d’euros démantelée. In: Actu Orange. 19.10.2018. https://actu.orange.fr/france/nord-une-escroquerie-aux-allocations-sociales-d-au-moins-1-7-million-d-euros-demantelee-CNT0000017AyJj.html
– Fausses autoentrepreneures et fausses grossesses: une escroquerie aux allocations sociales d’au moins 1,7 million d’euros démantelée dans le Nord. In: Le Courrier Picard. 19.10.2018. http://www.courrier-picard.fr/143531/article/2018-10-19/fausses-autoentrepreneures-et-fausses-grossesses-une-escroquerie-aux-allocations [link-preview url=”https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/valenciennois-escroquerie-aux-allocations-sociales-au-moins-17-million-euros-demantelee-1561700.html “]

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungary: Condemnation

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A real first in Hungary: The Tribunal of Eger in Hungary’s North East condemned the Hungarian state for segregation of school in Gyöngyöspata. The state needs to pay and indemnity to 60 young Roma. (Article in Hungarian and French translation).

– Pert nyertek a Gyöngyöspatán szegregáltan oktatott romák. In: Abcug. 16.10.2018. https://abcug.hu/pert-nyertek-a-gyongyospatan-szegregaltan-oktatott-romak/
– Ségrégation scolaire : des écoliers roms font condamner l’État hongrois en première instance. In: Le Courrier d’Europe Centrale. 16.10.2018. https://courrierdeuropecentrale.fr/segregation-scolaire-des-ecoliers-roms-font-condamner-letat-hongrois-en-premiere-instance/ [link-preview url=”https://abcug.hu/pert-nyertek-a-gyongyospatan-szegregaltan-oktatott-romak/ “]

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French Chronicle …

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A new movie aims at deconstructing the stereotypes on Roma in Marseille – this is new in France. In Sètes, in the South, a temporary camp will be closed mid-November. In Montreuil, near Paris, yet another evacuation, and a pledge for the children who are the victims of such evacuations, losing their right to attend school in the process. Near Paris, in Noisy le Grand, a squat is provoking tensions in the neighbourhood. In the North, a Romni who is part of an integration program is again expulsed – nasty. Finally, the story of a young Rom from Romania who has created is own enterprise in Strasbourg.

– Marseille : un film qui démonte les clichés autour des Roms. In: La Marseillaise. 17.10.2018. http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/culture/cinema/72794-marseille-un-film-qui-demonte-les-cliches-autour-des-roms
– Sète : le camp transitoire de roms démantelé le 15 novembre. In: Le Midi Libre. 19.10.2018. https://www.midilibre.fr/2018/10/19/sete-le-camp-transitoire-de-roms-demantele-le-15-novembre,4738467.php
– Énième évacuation de Roms à Montreuil. In: Médiapart. 16.10.2018. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/beatrice-turpin/blog/161018/enieme-evacuation-de-roms-montreuil
– Enfants Roms, chassés de la ville-monde. In: Médiapart. 16.10.2018. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/161018/enfants-roms-chasses-de-la-ville-monde
– Noisy-le-Grand : le squat d’un hôtel provoque des tensions avec les riverains. In: Yahoo. 14.10.2018. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/noisy-grand-squat-d-hôtel-provoque-tensions-riverains-141952421.html
– La maman Rom en insertion à nouveau expulsée… I: La Voix du Nord. 19.10.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/472757/article/2018-10-19/la-maman-rom-en-insertion-nouveau-expulsee
– Journée mondiale de lutte contre la pauvreté : Viorel, de la rue à la création d’entreprise à Strasbourg. In: France Bleu. 16.10.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/economie-social/viorel-auto-patron-rom-d-une-societe-de-nettoyage-de-voitures-a-domicile-1539705135 [link-preview url=”https://www.midilibre.fr/2018/10/19/sete-le-camp-transitoire-de-roms-demantele-le-15-novembre,4738467.php “]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Is it Relevant?

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One wonders – a freight train derails in Uzhgorod (Transcarpathian Ukraine)… The accident occurs near a Roma neighbourhood, and wonder, “Roma” are in all the titles…

– В Ужгороде грузовой поезд сошел на лагерь ромов. In: Cudebno Juridicheskaya Gazeta. 20.10.2018. https://sud.ua/ru/news/ukraine/127272-v-uzhgorode-gruzovoy-poezd-soshel-na-lager-romov
– В Ужгороде посреди табора ромов поезд сошел с рельсов. In: 24News. 19.10.2018. http://24news.com.ua/64077-v-uzhgorode-posredi-tabora-romov-poezd-soshel-s-relsov/ [link-preview url=”https://sud.ua/ru/news/ukraine/127272-v-uzhgorode-gruzovoy-poezd-soshel-na-lager-romov “]

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