The case of a death in a Roma ghetto in Maszkowice in South Eastern Poland prompts a discussion on living conditions.
– Śmierć przyszła do Romów w Maszkowicach, bo nikt do nich nie przychodził? In: Sadeczanin. 28.11.2018. https://sadeczanin.info/telewizja-rozmowy-sadeczanina/smierc-przyszla-do-romow-w-maszkowicach-bo-nikt-do-nich-nie [link-preview url=”https://sadeczanin.info/telewizja-rozmowy-sadeczanina/smierc-przyszla-do-romow-w-maszkowicach-bo-nikt-do-nich-nie”]
Another article about the tours organised by Roma of the 8th district of the city.
Good project!
– Cigány önkéntesekkel sétáltunk a nyolcker legveszélyesebb negyedében. In: Zoom. 25.11.2018. https://zoom.hu/hir/2018/11/25/cigany-onkentesekkel-setaltunk-a-nyolcker-legveszelyesebb-negyedeben/ [link-preview url=”https://zoom.hu/hir/2018/11/25/cigany-onkentesekkel-setaltunk-a-nyolcker-legveszelyesebb-negyedeben/”]
The tales of several Roma children from Slovakia who were adopted in Sweden.
– Romani people adopted as children from Slovakia to Sweden 20 years ago revisit their native settlement. In: Romea. 29.11.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/romani-people-adopted-as-children-from-slovakia-to-sweden-20-years-ago-revisit-their-native-settlement [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/romani-people-adopted-as-children-from-slovakia-to-sweden-20-years-ago-revisit-their-native-settlement”]
There are 41 mayors in Slovakia who are Roma. Highest number ever, but well below the Roma population percentage in the country. Still some way to go.
– Slovakia has 41 Romani mayors – 39 male and two female – a record high. In: Romea. 13.11.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-has-41-romani-mayors-39-male-and-two-female-a-record-high [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-has-41-romani-mayors-39-male-and-two-female-a-record-high”]
A new book highlights the stereotypes on Roma between the their arrival in Europe and now.
– From 18th Century ‘kidnap’ to Big Fat Gypsy Weddings: New book tackles negative stereotypes of travellers. In: The Yorkshire Post. 27.11.2018. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/from-18th-century-kidnap-to-big-fat-gypsy-weddings-new-book-tackles-negative-stereotypes-of-travellers-1-9464419 [link-preview url=”https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/from-18th-century-kidnap-to-big-fat-gypsy-weddings-new-book-tackles-negative-stereotypes-of-travellers-1-9464419″]
Roma volunteers are organising walking tours of the 8th district in Budapest, a district whose population is overwhelmingly Roma. The tours offer the opportunity to meet Roma and confront some of the stereotypes.
– Megsétáltatják a turistákat a cigánylányok a nyolckerben. In: Index. 24.11.2018. https://index.hu/belfold/2018/11/24/megsetaltatjak_a_turistakat_a_ciganylanyok_a_nyolckerben/ [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/belfold/2018/11/24/megsetaltatjak_a_turistakat_a_ciganylanyok_a_nyolckerben/”]
The laureates of the Roma Spirit 2018 have been disclosed in Slovakia. The prizes go to organisations and individuals in various categories who are furthering Roma and their integration.
Congratulations!
– Poznáme laureátov jubilejného 10. ročníka Roma Spirit. In: Hlavne spravy. 27.11.2018. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/pozname-laureatov-jubilejneho-10-rocnika-roma-spirit/1591746 [link-preview url=”https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/pozname-laureatov-jubilejneho-10-rocnika-roma-spirit/1591746″]
Anna Jurova, a Sloval scholar, died November 13.
May she rest in peace.
– A great Slovak. In: The Slovak Spectator. 26.11.2018. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20967618/a-great-slovak.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20967618/a-great-slovak.html”]
According to Abel Ravacs, the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities, pre-school education is the right mean to further Roma integration in Slovakia.
Many people came to that conclusion around 25 years ago… What has been done? Nothing so far.
– Ravasz: Zavedenie predškolskej výchovy je správnym smerom v integrácii Rómov. In: Pravda. 25.11.2018. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/492879-ravasz-zavedenie-predskolskej-vychovy-je-spravnym-smerom-v-integracii-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/492879-ravasz-zavedenie-predskolskej-vychovy-je-spravnym-smerom-v-integracii-romov/”]
An article about the fate of Roma in the First Republic of Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1939. Already there, in spite of a constitution that guaranteed equality to all citizen, Roma were singled out and from 1928 onward, registered.
– Rómovia v prvej republike. In: Pravda. 24.11.2018. https://nazory.pravda.sk/analyzy-a-postrehy/clanok/492467-romovia-v-prvej-republike/ [link-preview url=”https://nazory.pravda.sk/analyzy-a-postrehy/clanok/492467-romovia-v-prvej-republike/”]
A story about 5 Roma who were recently arrested for “terrorising” and for theft in an estate in Western Poland. Bad is that they people are deemed of “Romani Nationality” …
– Leszno: Policja zatrzymała pięciu Romów, którzy terroryzowali mieszkańców osiedla na Gronowie. In: Glos Wielkopolski. 21.11.2018. https://gloswielkopolski.pl/leszno-policja-zatrzymala-pieciu-romow-ktorzy-terroryzowali-mieszkancow-osiedla-na-gronowie/ar/13682652 [link-preview url=”https://gloswielkopolski.pl/leszno-policja-zatrzymala-pieciu-romow-ktorzy-terroryzowali-mieszkancow-osiedla-na-gronowie/ar/13682652″]
A reportage and an article in the Belgian press on the situation of Roma in Serbia and the constant discriminations they are facing.
– La minorité rom en Serbie: des discriminations tenaces (reportage). In: RTBF. 18.11.2018. https://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_la-minorite-rom-en-serbie-des-discriminations-tenaces?id=10076074
– “En centre fermé, c’était le stress, ici en Serbie c’est le stress”: la maman rom enfermée à Steenokkerzeel témoigne. In: Vivreici. 21.11.2018. http://www.vivreici.be/article/detail_en-centre-ferme-c-etait-le-stress-ici-en-serbie-c-est-le-stress-la-maman-rom-enfermee-a-steenokkerzeel-temoigne?id=229516 [link-preview url=”https://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_la-minorite-rom-en-serbie-des-discriminations-tenaces?id=10076074 “]
Not many news in France this week, probably due to the current manifestations in the country…
In the news, a portrait of a young Romanian Romni who is in high school, which highlights the difficulties to get into a school. Another article on 8, Rue Lénine, the new movie on Roma. An open letter addressed to the prefect of the Val de Marne, to ask for a strategy to on Roma camps. And finally, several articles on a squat of Roma in Buchelay who are allowed to stay.
– Ana-Maria, 16 ans : «Ma vie entre le bidonville et le lycée». In: Le Parisien. 20.11.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/ana-maria-16-ans-ma-vie-entre-le-bidonville-et-le-lycee-20-11-2018-7947030.php
– Anna Pitoun: “Filmer c’est écouter avant de regarder”. In: France Culture. 20.11.2018. https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/par-les-temps-qui-courent/anna-pitoun
– Val-de-Marne : lettre ouverte au préfet sur le sort des Roms. In: Le Parisen. 22.11.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/val-de-marne-lettre-ouverte-au-prefet-sur-le-sort-des-roms-22-11-2018-7950246.php
– Buchelay : le tribunal administratif de Versailles suspend l’expulsion des Roms. In: Le Parisien. 19.11.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/buchelay-le-tribunal-administratif-de-versailles-suspend-l-expulsion-des-roms-19-11-2018-7946709.php
– Les Roms de Buchelay obtiennent un sursis. In: La Gazette des Yvelines. 22.11.2018. https://lagazette-yvelines.fr/2018/11/22/les-roms-de-buchelay-obtiennent-un-sursis/
– Yvelines. Buchelay : de squat en squat, itinéraire d’un Rom. In: Actu.fr. 20.11.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/buchelay_78118/yvelines-buchelay-squat-squat-itineraire-dun-rom_19667501.html [link-preview url=”https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/par-les-temps-qui-courent/anna-pitoun “]
Yet another headline we could do without … This time on Slovak Roma in the UK.
– Police probe ‘whip attack’ by children in Sheffield. In: BBC News. 22.11.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-46310377 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-46310377″]
The Slovak town of Nitra published a competition for the construction of a community centre for Roma living in the Orechov dvor site on the outskirts of the city.
They had deemed the old one no longer fit for purpose and closed it.
– Výstavbu komunitného centra pre Rómov. Nitra vypísala súťaž. In: Dennik. 23.11.2018. http://dennikpolitika.sk/archiv/46837 [link-preview url=”http://dennikpolitika.sk/archiv/46837″]
An article on the difficulties of getting long term unemployed or rather never-employed into the workforce.
A good job here.
– Keď zamestnáva Róm Rómov, ich vzájomná dôvera je hlbšia. In: SME. 19.11.2018. https://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/20965716/ked-zamestnava-rom-romov-ich-vzajomna-dovera-je-hlbsia.html [link-preview url=”https://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/20965716/ked-zamestnava-rom-romov-ich-vzajomna-dovera-je-hlbsia.html”]
The Roma as targets. Scary.
– Ukraine: Roma Repression. In: Al Jazeera. 22.11.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2018/11/ukraine-roma-repression-181122060839144.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2018/11/ukraine-roma-repression-181122060839144.html”]
The situation of Roma in the Ukraine … Pogroms are becoming the norm.
– Attacked and abandoned: Ukraine’s forgotten Roma. In: Al Jazeera. 23.11.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/europe/2018/11/attacked-abandoned-ukraine-forgotten-roma-181121121230852.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/europe/2018/11/attacked-abandoned-ukraine-forgotten-roma-181121121230852.html”]
Criticism of the current Slovak Government package on Roma employment. Too little, too late, and an unclear concept…
– Vládny balík k podpore zamestnávania Rómov prišiel neskoro. In: SME. 21.11.2018. https://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/20967139/vladny-balik-k-podpore-zamestnavania-romov-prisiel-neskoro.html [link-preview url=”https://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/20967139/vladny-balik-k-podpore-zamestnavania-romov-prisiel-neskoro.html”]
No comments, but it is not good for all…
– ‘Leave your toys, today you married your bride’: Boy, 10, ‘marries’, eight-year-old girl in Romanian gypsy ceremony. In: The Daily Mail. 20.11.2018. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6409933/Boy-10-marries-eight-year-old-girl-Romanian-gypsy-ceremony.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6409933/Boy-10-marries-eight-year-old-girl-Romanian-gypsy-ceremony.html”]
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