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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/”]

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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 “]

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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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Sliven, Bulgaria

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Bad news from the North Eastern Bulgarian town of Sliven indicating the tense relations between Roma and authorities.
Bad.

– Nine detained for assaulting police officers in Roma neighbourhood. In: Focus News Agency. 19.10.2018. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2018/10/19/435192/nine-detained-for-assaulting-police-officers-in-roma-neighbourhood.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2018/10/19/435192/nine-detained-for-assaulting-police-officers-in-roma-neighbourhood.html”]

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Northern Ireland and Roma

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The reaction of the Romanian Roma organisation following the apologies on the accusations against them by the Northern Irish authorities.

– ‘They’re from the community of Roma, they look bad to us’. In: BBC. 17.10.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-45896723/they-re-from-the-community-of-roma-they-look-bad-to-us [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-45896723/they-re-from-the-community-of-roma-they-look-bad-to-us”]

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Visit

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Vladislav Ledecký, the Mayor of Spišský Hrhov, a village in Eastern Slovakia; Peter Pellegrini, the Slovak Prime Minister; and Thorbjorn Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe visited the village Spišské Hrhove, a village known for its successful Roma integration project.
Let’s hope that this PR event brings more than just a photo opportunity.

– Generálny tajomník Rady Európy navštívil Rómov v Spišskom Hrhove. In: Korzar. 16.10.2018. https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20939068/generalny-tajomnik-rady-europy-navstivil-romov-v-spisskom-hrhove.html [link-preview url=”https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20939068/generalny-tajomnik-rady-europy-navstivil-romov-v-spisskom-hrhove.html”]

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Okamura and Holocaust

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Okamura, the chairman of an extreme right party in the Czech republic together with his party colleague Miloslav Rozner have been exonerated by Blanka Valsamis, the Public Prosecutor (District Attorney) of Prague 4th District Office of any crime pertaining to their statements on Holocaust and the Lety concentration camps – they had denied it was a concentration camp saying people were free to move in and out as it was not fenced.
BAD …

– Okamurove výroky o koncentráku nie sú trestným činom. In: SME. 16.10.2018. https://svet.sme.sk/c/20938680/cesko-romovia-okamura-nacisti-koncentracny-tabor.html [link-preview url=”https://svet.sme.sk/c/20938680/cesko-romovia-okamura-nacisti-koncentracny-tabor.html”]

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Plovdiv – Destructions

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The city of Plovdiv has started destroying “illegal” Roma houses in the Mahala of Sheker.
Bad.

– Demolition of illegal Roma homes in Plovdiv began amid heavy police presence. In: Focus. 17.10.2018. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2018/10/17/435146/demolition-of-illegal-roma-homes-in-plovdiv-began-amid-heavy-police-presence.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2018/10/17/435146/demolition-of-illegal-roma-homes-in-plovdiv-began-amid-heavy-police-presence.html”]

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Slovakia – Seminar

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The Municipal Office in Nitra and its the Social Affairs Department, organized a seminar on Vlax (Olaš) Roma in Nitra and on the possibility of working with it. The main lecturer was Mgr. Ivana Šustrová from the Regional Office of the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities.

– V meste pod Zoborom sa konal seminár na tému olašskí Rómovia v Nitre. In: Hlavne Spravy. 12.10.2018. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/meste-zoborom-sa-konal-seminar-temu-olasski-romovia-nitre/1548210 [link-preview url=”https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/meste-zoborom-sa-konal-seminar-temu-olasski-romovia-nitre/1548210″]

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Hungary – Condemnation

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Two men in Hungary were sentenced to thirteen and a half and seven and a half years of jail. The two men, according the to the accusation, were intending to kill wealthy Roma in 2015 with demilitarised weapons. Initially, they were accused of plotting to kill the Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, but that accusation was dropped later.

– Roma uzsorásokat akart kifosztani és meggyilkolni két idősödő neonáci. In: Index. 15.10.2018. https://index.hu/belfold/2018/10/15/roma_gyilkossag_zsarolas/ [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/belfold/2018/10/15/roma_gyilkossag_zsarolas/”]

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Slovakia, Books, and Roma

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A local initiative in a village to better the local library and make it accessible to the local Roma population.

– Aj Rómovia sú naši. In: SME. 12.10.2018. https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20936291/aj-romovia-su-nasi.html [link-preview url=”https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20936291/aj-romovia-su-nasi.html”]

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Neighbourhood Watch

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A project in Zvolen, Slovakia, funded by the EU integrated Roma to neighbourhood patrols to improve relations and to help prevent petty crimes.

– Muži v čiernom prehovorili, ako sa im v uliciach darí.In: SME. 15.10.2018. https://myzvolen.sme.sk/c/20938110/muzi-v-ciernom-prehovorili-o-tom-ako-sa-im-v-uliciach-dari.html [link-preview url=”https://myzvolen.sme.sk/c/20938110/muzi-v-ciernom-prehovorili-o-tom-ako-sa-im-v-uliciach-dari.html”]

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A Movie on Lunik IX

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A Polish movie on the Lunik IX estate in Košice won the Grand Video Awards 2018 in the category of Publications and Video Talk.

– Mikołaj Teperek: „Projekt Lunik” opowiada o trudnej integracji Romów i Słowaków. In: Press. 11.10.2018. https://www.press.pl/tresc/54924,mikolaj-teperek_—-projekt-lunik—-opowiada-o-trudnej-integracji-romow-i-slowakow [link-preview url=”https://www.press.pl/tresc/54924,mikolaj-teperek_—-projekt-lunik—-opowiada-o-trudnej-integracji-romow-i-slowakow”]

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Poland and Integration

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The President of the “Royal Roma Foundation”, Bogdan Trojanek, wrote to the president of the city of Puławy and the chairman of the city council. He accused the councillors of propagating harmful stereotypes, and asked the local authorities to define a new program to integrate this community with the participation of Roma.

– Zobacz także: Posłowie o Romach w Puławach, wyjazdowa komisja sejmowa. In: Dziennik wschodni. 13.10.2018. https://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/prezes-krolewskiej-fundacji-romow-krytykuje-radnego-w-pismie-do-prezydenta-pulaw,n,1000228629.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/prezes-krolewskiej-fundacji-romow-krytykuje-radnego-w-pismie-do-prezydenta-pulaw,n,1000228629.html”]

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Uzhgorod: Fights

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Bad news in the Ukrainian press. Five Roma have beaten two youngsters in Uzhgorod in Western Ukraine. Apparently for no reason. The fight was caught on video.
In view of the high tensions in the Ukraine, this is really bad.

– Біля Драмтеатру в Ужгороді група ромів напала на юнаків, у одного важкий струс мозку з втратою пам’яті (ВІДЕО). In: 0312. 09.10.2018. https://www.0312.ua/news/2180456/bila-dramteatru-v-uzgorodi-grupa-romiv-napala-na-unakiv-u-odnogo-vazkij-strus-mozku-z-vtratou-pamati-video
– В Ужгороді поліція розшукує ромів, які побили двох юнаків (ВІДЕО). In: Zak. 12.10.2018. https://zak.depo.ua/ukr/zak/v-uzhgorodi-policiya-rozshukuye-romiv-yaki-pobili-dvoh-yunakiv-video-20181012852049 [link-preview url=”https://www.0312.ua/news/2180456/bila-dramteatru-v-uzgorodi-grupa-romiv-napala-na-unakiv-u-odnogo-vazkij-strus-mozku-z-vtratou-pamati-video “]

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Slovakia, Roma, and Churches …

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Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said last week after the government’s outgoing meeting that the government wants to support Roma pastoralisation: Basically, the prime minister told the churches that if they are increasing the number of priests in Roma settlements, the government will increase its support.
Really???? What do churches have to do with Roma integration ????

– Keby som nevidel, ako viera mení životy Rómov, sám pochybujem. In: Dennik. 11.10.2018. https://www.postoj.sk/37119/keby-som-nevidel-ako-viera-meni-zivoty-romov-sam-pochybujem [link-preview url=”https://www.postoj.sk/37119/keby-som-nevidel-ako-viera-meni-zivoty-romov-sam-pochybujem”]

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