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Slovakia and Holocaust

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The Slovak president, Andrei Kiska, remembered the Roma victims of the Holocaust in Zvolen, and stated that the Roma Holocaust is part of the Slovak History.

– Kiska si vo Zvolene pripomenul rómske obete holokaustu. In: MY Zvolen. 10.12.2018. https://myzvolen.sme.sk/c/22005103/kiska-si-dnes-vo-zvolene-pripomenul-romske-obete-holokaustu.html
– Kiska na židovskom cintoríne vo Zvolene: Na začiatku každej ľudskej nenávisti je slovo. In: Zvolen 24. 10.12.2018. https://zvolen.dnes24.sk/kiska-na-zidovskom-cintorine-vo-zvolene-na-zaciatku-kazdej-ludskej-nenavisti-je-slovo-317275 [link-preview url=”https://myzvolen.sme.sk/c/22005103/kiska-si-dnes-vo-zvolene-pripomenul-romske-obete-holokaustu.html “]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Against their Will

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The tales of Roma mothers in Slovak hospitals.
Scary!

– Slovak hospitals hold new Roma mothers against their will. In: The Washington Post. 10.12.2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/roma-mothers-held-in-slovak-hospitals-against-their-will/2018/12/10/944813cc-fc52-11e8-a17e-162b712e8fc2_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.aae50c53a7ac
– Roma Mothers Held In Slovak Hospitals Against Their Will. In: Kurv. 10.12.2018. http://www.kurv.com/roma-mothers-held-in-slovak-hospitals-against-their-will/ [link-preview url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/roma-mothers-held-in-slovak-hospitals-against-their-will/2018/12/10/944813cc-fc52-11e8-a17e-162b712e8fc2_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.aae50c53a7ac “]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Poland – Pollution

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The story of a town near Katowice in Poland, where only the poorest and Roma still remain and where the pollution is atrocious.

– En Pologne, Bytomn cité polluée de Silésie. In: La Croix. https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Europe/En-Pologne-Bobrek-ghetto-pollue-Silesie-2018-12-07-1200988183 [link-preview url=”https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Europe/En-Pologne-Bobrek-ghetto-pollue-Silesie-2018-12-07-1200988183″]

Kosovo News Eastern Europe

Beggars in Kosovo

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The dire reality of some Roma in Kosovo.

– Coins and risks: The harsh reality of Roma beggars in Kosovo streets. In: Prishtina Insight. https://prishtinainsight.com/13687-2-mag/?fbclid=IwAR1TLKhhvYoq7LikgtmRHO_v8obBGiDrhbBmR1Hdm7o555xgG6dXFmk-rms [link-preview url=”https://prishtinainsight.com/13687-2-mag/?fbclid=IwAR1TLKhhvYoq7LikgtmRHO_v8obBGiDrhbBmR1Hdm7o555xgG6dXFmk-rms”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Podvinogradov … Again

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Yet another article on the Roma settlement of Podvinogradov.

– Московские доллары и тоска по Януковичу: как живут ромы-миллионеры на Закарпатье. In: Obozrevatel. 06.12.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/society/moskovskie-dollaryi-i-toska-po-yanukovichu-kak-zhivet-samoe-bogatoe-selo-romov-v-ukraine.htm [link-preview url=”https://www.obozrevatel.com/society/moskovskie-dollaryi-i-toska-po-yanukovichu-kak-zhivet-samoe-bogatoe-selo-romov-v-ukraine.htm”]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Poland: Relocation and Judgement

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A case where the mayor of Limanowa, a Polish town purchased a house in another town for the Roma living in the centre of his city has had another round in court. The purchase and relocation was declared invalid, and the mayor of Limanowa did a recourse. This one was thrown out of court.
Good.

– NSA oddaliło skargę kasacyjną – uchwała dotycząca kupna domu dla Romów w Czchowie nieważna. In: Limanowa. 07.12.2018. https://limanowa.in/aktualnosci/nsa-oddalilo-skarge-kasacyjna-uchwala-dotyczaca-kupna-domu-dla-romow-w-czchowie-niewazna/43625 [link-preview url=”https://limanowa.in/aktualnosci/nsa-oddalilo-skarge-kasacyjna-uchwala-dotyczaca-kupna-domu-dla-romow-w-czchowie-niewazna/43625″]

News Eastern Europe Romania

Podvinogradov again

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Another article on the Roma villas in the Ukrainian village of Podvinogradov close to the Romanian border.

– JOURNALISTS SHOWED THE RICH SETTLEMENT OF ROMA IN TRANSCARPATHIA. VIDEO. In: Bobr Times. 07.11.2018. https://bobrtimes.com/journalists-showed-the-rich-settlement-of-roma-in-transcarpathia-video/158614/ [link-preview url=”https://bobrtimes.com/journalists-showed-the-rich-settlement-of-roma-in-transcarpathia-video/158614/”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Roma in Transcarpathian Ukraine

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According to statistics, 80’000 Roma live in the westernmost region of the Ukraine that used to be part of the K&K empire. As with all official statistics on Roma, this means that at least 80’000 Roma live there.

– На Закарпатті проживає близько 80 тисяч ромів. In: Zaholovok. 06.12.2018. https://zaholovok.com.ua/v-uzhgorodskomu-ta-mukachivskomu-raionakh-prozhivaje-blizko-80-tisyach-romiv [link-preview url=”https://zaholovok.com.ua/v-uzhgorodskomu-ta-mukachivskomu-raionakh-prozhivaje-blizko-80-tisyach-romiv”]

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Ukraine: Podvinogradov

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A Roma settlement in the Ukraine is making the headlines. Situated close to the Romanian border, the village of Podvinogradov has a collection of rich Roma mansions os a taste similar to the one across the border.

– В Украине нашли секретный табор ромов, богатству которого позавидует даже Янукович: видео. In: ZNAJ. 13.12.2018. https://znaj.ua/ru/society/192774-v-ukrajini-znayshli-sekretniy-tabir-romiv-bagatstvu-yakogo-pozazdrit-navit-yanukovich-video [link-preview url=”https://znaj.ua/ru/society/192774-v-ukrajini-znayshli-sekretniy-tabir-romiv-bagatstvu-yakogo-pozazdrit-navit-yanukovich-video”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Košice: Hiring

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The public transports of Košice are hiring Roma … In fact already many work there, they just want more.
Not due to philanthropy, but to the fact that they can’t find anyone.

– Košické technické služby v novej kampani hovoria, že do zimnej údržby radi prijmú aj Rómov. In: Dennik. 04.12.2018. https://dennikn.sk/1316040/kosicke-technicke-sluzby-v-novej-kampani-hovoria-ze-do-zimnej-udrzby-radi-prijmu-aj-romov/
– Košická firma bojuje v náborovej kampani proti predsudkom v zamestnávaní Rómov. In: Strategie. 05.12.2018. https://strategie.hnonline.sk/marketing/1854126-kosicka-firma-bojuje-v-naborovej-kampani-proti-predsudkom-v-zamestnavani-romov [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/1316040/kosicke-technicke-sluzby-v-novej-kampani-hovoria-ze-do-zimnej-udrzby-radi-prijmu-aj-romov/ “]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Housing in Slovakia

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A Slovak architect says that Slovakia has the money and all that is needed to give proper housing to the Roma community. Only the municipalities willing to take the step are missing.
How true.

– Domy pre Rómov? Máme peniaze aj systém, chýbajú len ochotné obce, hovorí architektka. In: Tyzden. 05.12.2018. https://www.tyzden.sk/rozhovory/52065/domy-pre-romov-mame-peniaze-aj-system-chybaju-len-ochotne-obce-hovori-architektka/ [link-preview url=”https://www.tyzden.sk/rozhovory/52065/domy-pre-romov-mame-peniaze-aj-system-chybaju-len-ochotne-obce-hovori-architektka/”]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Poland – Bad too

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This time a story of a Roma couple who entered a hairdresser shop and beat up the hairdresser. They were apparently dissatisfied with his service.

– Afera z z udziałem małżeństwa Romów. W radomskim salonie fryzjerskim doszło do pobicia. In: Echdnia. 03.12.2018. https://echodnia.eu/radomskie/afera-z-z-udzialem-malzenstwa-romow-w-radomskim-salonie-fryzjerskim-doszlo-do-pobicia/ar/13711976 [link-preview url=”https://echodnia.eu/radomskie/afera-z-z-udzialem-malzenstwa-romow-w-radomskim-salonie-fryzjerskim-doszlo-do-pobicia/ar/13711976″]

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria: Weapons …

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The extreme right and anti-Roma Bulgarian MP Angel Dzhambaski was arrested at Sofia’s airport with a weapon…

– Bulgarian MEP Angel Dzhambazki was Detained with Weapon at Sofia Airport. In: Novinite. 27.11.2018. https://www.novinite.com/articles/193517/Bulgarian+MEP+Angel+Dzhambazki+was+Detained+with+Weapon+at+Sofia+Airport?fbclid=IwAR2PxLlRkP7d7lvxC0x2QdfsSrjGlRuyiUB2QRFCiQYggFVedQpVbAfbIR0 [link-preview url=”https://www.novinite.com/articles/193517/Bulgarian+MEP+Angel+Dzhambazki+was+Detained+with+Weapon+at+Sofia+Airport?fbclid=IwAR2PxLlRkP7d7lvxC0x2QdfsSrjGlRuyiUB2QRFCiQYggFVedQpVbAfbIR0″]

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Czech Republic: Assault

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Foreign students were assaulted in Ostrawa, 10 of them landed in hospital. More than 14 days after the attack, the Czech police hasn’t taken statements from the victims. If they deal with foreigners that way, what happens when it is Roma …

– Czech Police have yet to take statements of 10 foreign students assaulted two weeks ago in Ostrava. In: Romea. 02.12.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-police-have-yet-to-take-statements-of-10-foreign-students-assaulted-two-weeks-ago-in-ostrava [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-police-have-yet-to-take-statements-of-10-foreign-students-assaulted-two-weeks-ago-in-ostrava”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Fire and Deaths

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Four Romani girls and their mothers died in a fire of their house in Richnava in Eastern Slovakia. The police is investigating the cause of the fire as well as investigating racist comments on their own Facebook page following the fire.

– Pri tragickom požiari v Richnave zahynula matka a jej štyri deti (video). In: SME. 30.11.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20974394/richnava-poziar-zabil-styri-deti-uhorela-aj-ich-matka.html
– Slovakia: Four Romani girls and their mother die in house fire, police investigate racist comments about the news on their own Facebook page. In: Romea. 02.12.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-four-romani-girls-and-their-mother-die-in-house-fire-police-investigate-racist-comments-about-the-news-on-their
– Slovakia house fire kills 4 children, 1 adult. In: Texomas. 30.11.2018. https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/slovakia-house-fire-kills-4-children-1-adult/1628979100
– Foto: Štyri deti zahynuli pri požiari v obci Richnava, hasiči likvidovali oheň niekoľko hodín. In: Webnoviny. 30.11.2018. https://www.webnoviny.sk/foto-poziar-chatrce-v-richnave-neprezili-styri-deti/
– Pri požiaru v osade v obci Richnava zahynuli štyri deti. In: Dennik Postoj. 30.11.2018. https://www.postoj.sk/38448/pri-poziaru-v-osade-v-obci-richnava-zahynuli-styri-deti [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20974394/richnava-poziar-zabil-styri-deti-uhorela-aj-ich-matka.html “]

Moldova News Eastern Europe

Chisinau, Moldova

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The ADAMI media prize, a prize for cultural diversity in Eastern Europe, was awarded in the video category to a portrait of a Rom – The life of Goran.

– ADAMI MEDIA PRIZE IN 2018: FROM THE LIFE OF GYPSIES TO LOVE IN THE NETWORK. In: The Koz Week. 30.11.2018. https://kozweek.com/adami-media-prize-in-2018-from-the-life-of-gypsies-to-love-in-the-network/19318/ [link-preview url=”https://kozweek.com/adami-media-prize-in-2018-from-the-life-of-gypsies-to-love-in-the-network/19318/”]

Germany News Eastern Europe News Western Europe Slovakia

Slovakia, the EU, and Lunik IX

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Slovakia was reprimanded in the European Parliament on its treatment of Roma in Košice and specifically in Lunik IX. Romeo Franz, MEP from Germany and Sinto said “In Košice, Roma cannot take buses on the basis of their ethnic origin and I think this is an aspect that we have to illuminate once more”. The Slovak press is not pleased to say the least.

– Europoslanec nahneval Košičanov. Podľa neho tam Rómov väznia. In: Noviny. 25.11.2018. https://www.noviny.sk/slovensko/391081-europoslanec-nahneval-kosicanov-podla-neho-tam-romov-vaznia [link-preview url=”https://www.noviny.sk/slovensko/391081-europoslanec-nahneval-kosicanov-podla-neho-tam-romov-vaznia”]

Croatia News Eastern Europe

Croatian Roma

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An article about the Roma from Croatia emigrating. Well, not surprising if one knows the racism against Roma in that country. To be noted, The Croatian Ustaša exterminated nearly all Roma in the country during World War Two, the ones living there currently being descendants of Roma from other parts of Yugoslavia who migrated there after the war.

– Croatia’s Roma Join Mass Emigration. In: Total Croatia News. 29.11.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/32702-croatia-roma-emigration [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/32702-croatia-roma-emigration”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine: Bad Press

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Yet another negative article in the Ukrainian press. This time in Uzhgorod, in the Transcarpathian Ukraine. Roma robbing …

– В Ужгороді двоє ромів пограбували чоловіка, – соцмережі. In: Karpath News. 28.11.2018. https://karpatnews.in.ua/news/154768-v-uzhhorodi-dvoie-romiv-pohrabuvaly-cholovika-sotsmerezhi.htm [link-preview url=”https://karpatnews.in.ua/news/154768-v-uzhhorodi-dvoie-romiv-pohrabuvaly-cholovika-sotsmerezhi.htm”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Kiev: Roma Squat Burning

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A fire in a house squatted by Roma in Kiev prompted a flurry of articles, some with the usual mention of thefts and the like…

– У Києві горів будинок ромів (ФОТО). In: One News. 25.11.2018. https://1news.com.ua/ipol/u-kiyevi-goriv-budinok-romiv-foto.html
– В столице дотла сгорел дом ромов (ФОТО). In: Depo. 25.11.2018. https://www.depo.ua/rus/life/u-stolici-vschent-vigoriv-budinok-romiv-foto-20181125875389
– У столиці вщент вигорів будинок ромів (ФОТО). In: Depo. 25.11.2018. https://www.depo.ua/ukr/life/u-stolici-vschent-vigoriv-budinok-romiv-foto-20181125875389 [link-preview url=”https://1news.com.ua/ipol/u-kiyevi-goriv-budinok-romiv-foto.html “]

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