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Slovakia: Patrols yes or No?

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The patrols of vigilantes of the extreme right party of Kotleba still patrol the trains in Slovakia in spite of the formal interdiction in parliament. The logic is simple: They buy tickets for the train, and are thus “simple” passengers …
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– Törvény van, de Kotleba tovább járőrözik. In: Ujszo.com. 05.01.2017. http://ujszo.com/online/kozelet/2017/01/05/torveny-van-de-kotleba-tovabb-jarorozik [link-preview url=”http://ujszo.com/online/kozelet/2017/01/05/torveny-van-de-kotleba-tovabb-jarorozik”]

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Ramush Harradinaj …

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The former prime minister of Kosovo and ex Leader of the UCK, Ramush Harradinaj has been arrested in France on a Serbian warrant. Harradinaj is being sought for crimes against Serbs, Rroma, and other minorities in Kosovo during the Kosovo war. This resulted in an outrage in Kosovo, but fact is, Kosovo was ethnically cleansed under his rule, and very thoroughly so, with only 10% of the Rroma remaining.
Nothing could ever be proven against him, but many witnesses were pressured and intimidated if not simply vanished (we know such cases).

– Haradinaj to be kept in custody until extradition request. In: B92. 05.01.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2017&mm=01&dd=05&nav_id=100158
– Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France on Serbian warrant. In: Swissinfo. 04.01.2017. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/kosovo-ex-pm-arrested-in-france-on-serbian-warrant/42811398
– Ramush Haradinaj arrêté en France. In: La Libre. 08.01.2017. http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/ramush-haradinaj-arrete-en-france-586ff6b0cd708a17d55b3b5f
– Réclamé par Belgrade, un ex-Premier ministre kosovar arrêté en France. In: Romandie. 04.01.2017. http://www.romandie.com/news/Reclame-par-Belgrade-un-exPremier-ministre-kosovar-arrete-en_RP/766355.rom
– Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France – police sources. In: The Star. 05.01.2017. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2017/01/05/kosovo-expm-arrested-in-france–police-sources/
– Kosovo calls on France to release its ex-premier Haradinaj. In: Yahoo News. 06.01.2017. https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-calls-france-release-ex-premier-102345806.html
– “Unacceptable and unjustifiable” – outrage at the arrest of Ramush Harradinaj. In: Euronews. 05.01.2017. http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/05/unacceptable-and-unjustifiable-outrage-at-the-arrest-of-ramush-haradinaj [link-preview url=”https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-calls-france-release-ex-premier-102345806.html “]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia and Racism

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Milan Mazurek, an extreme rightist is being investigated for racist comments he made in the Zilina radio Frontinus. He came to the radio in October 2016 instead of Kotleba, the head of the extreme rightist party in Slovakia. The radio itself is also under investigation for breaching broadcasting standards and violating impartiality and objectivity standards in the news.
Let’s see what happens next …

– Mazurek za svoje vyjadrenia o Rómoch zrejme ponesie následky. In: TA3. http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1097425/mazurek-za-svoje-vyjadrenia-o-romoch-zrejme-ponesie-nasledky.html
– Vystúpenie poslanca Mazureka v žilinskom rádiu už začala preverovať Rada pre vysielanie. In: Žilinak. 05.01.2017. https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5518/vystupenie-poslanca-mazureka-v-zilinskom-radiu-uz-zacala-preverovat-rada-pre-vysielanie [link-preview url=”https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5518/vystupenie-poslanca-mazureka-v-zilinskom-radiu-uz-zacala-preverovat-rada-pre-vysielanie”]

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Bosnian Rrom Actor

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The Bosnian Rroma actor Nazif Mujic who won a Silver Bear award for Best Actor for his performance in the film ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’ at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013 is selling his trophy because he needs money.
A shame for Bosnia and for us all.

– Roma actor sells Silver Bear award to feed kids. In: ENCA. 07.01.2017. http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids [link-preview url=”http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids”]

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Czech Memorial on Holocaust

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A memorial on the Hodonin camp commemorating the Rroma victims of the Holocaust will be erected in the summer. Nice… But wil they say that most Rroma were arrested and deported by the Czech themselves?

– Hodonín Memorial on wartime camp for Roma to open in summer. In: Prague Monitor. 05.01.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/01/05/hodon%C3%ADn-memorial-wartime-camp-roma-open-summer [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/01/05/hodon%C3%ADn-memorial-wartime-camp-roma-open-summer”]

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Lunik IX

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Two large apartment blocks in Lunik IX, a settlement in Kosice in Eastern Slovakia are scheduled to be destroyed due to the dire conditions in which the building have fallen. Question remains – where will the mostly Rroma inhabitants go ?

– Hrozba pre obyvateľov Luníka IX: Chystá sa veľké búranie! In: Topky. 07.01.2017. http://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1599873/Hrozba-pre-obyvatelov-Lunika-IX–Chysta-sa-velke-buranie- [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1599873/Hrozba-pre-obyvatelov-Lunika-IX–Chysta-sa-velke-buranie-“]

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Bulgaria: Teenage Pregnancy

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The case of a 13 years old Rroma girl who gave birth raised the Rroma issue again in Bulgaria. As usual, on the wrong reasons … Teenage pregnancies are highly correlated to poverty and lack of education, not to cultural traits.

– Zlatka’s story of early teen motherhood again raises issues of Roma in Bulgaria. In: Sofia Globe. 05.01.2017. http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/01/05/zlatkas-story-of-early-teen-motherhood-again-raises-issues-of-roma-in-bulgaria/ [link-preview url=”http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/01/05/zlatkas-story-of-early-teen-motherhood-again-raises-issues-of-roma-in-bulgaria/”]

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Anti-Rroma Posters in Odessa

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The city of Odessa has been flooded with anti-Rroma posters. Bad, especially when one remembers there has been a pogrom nearby recently.

– Ukraine: Odessa is flooded with anti-Romani posters. In: Romea.cz. 02.01.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/ukraine-odessa-is-flooded-with-anti-romani-posters#.WGwTw9upFoA.facebook [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/ukraine-odessa-is-flooded-with-anti-romani-posters#.WGwTw9upFoA.facebook”]

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Hungary Gypsy Policy

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A first in the French Press on how the Hungarian policies towards Rroma are going back to the past where it was legal to kill Rroma … Quite amazing from a mainstream French radio.

– La politique anti-tziganes en Hongrie. In: France Inter. 29.12.2016. https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/la-face-b-de-l-actualite-internationale/la-face-b-de-l-actualite-internationale-29-decembre-2016 [link-preview url=”https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/la-face-b-de-l-actualite-internationale/la-face-b-de-l-actualite-internationale-29-decembre-2016″]

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USA: Warnings form Police

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Reading this, one could think there is a huge influx of criminal Rroma… How about all the people who get shot and other various things that happen quite regularly in most US cities. Why this sudden twist on Rroma?

– APD warns of scammers from Romania. In: Abilene Reporter News. 04.01.2017. http://www.reporternews.com/story/news/crime/2017/01/04/apd-warns-romanian-national-scammers/96154778/ [link-preview url=”http://www.reporternews.com/story/news/crime/2017/01/04/apd-warns-romanian-national-scammers/96154778/”]

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Rroma – Not a Profession

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An interesting article on the Ukrainian Rroma, and most notably on the Servi, a group of Rroma that is thought to have fled present day Romania very early and have a Vlach dialect. Recent research seem to say that they have Carpathian origins. Seems unlikely although there are Carpathian Rroma in the Ukraine, the Plaščuni.

– Цыган — это не профессия. In: Internatioal Society for Romani Culture Studies. 29.12.2016. http://www.kulturom.ru/news/2016/12/29/panchenko [link-preview url=”http://www.kulturom.ru/news/2016/12/29/panchenko”]

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Hungary: Operetta on Rroma

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A Hungarian Operetta on Rroma has debuted at the Hungarian National Theatre. The play has been on stage in 2014 in Hungary and abroad. The performance claims to show f Roma Culture and traditions and to seek authentic Gypsy music and dance show of the world.
The plot however, is clearly biased towards the life in the Cigany Telep, the Rroma ghettoes in villages and towns of Hungary. Quite full of stereotypes.

– KERÉNYI MIKLÓS MÁTÉ A SOMNAKAJBAN DEBÜTÁL. In Szinhaz. 26.12.2016. https://szinhaz.org/csak-szinhaz/csak-szinhaz-budapest/2016/12/29/kerenyi-miklos-mate-somnakajban-debutal/ [link-preview url=”https://szinhaz.org/csak-szinhaz/csak-szinhaz-budapest/2016/12/29/kerenyi-miklos-mate-somnakajban-debutal/”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia’s President Wishes

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Andrej Kiska’s address to the Slovaks for New year also had words about Rroma:

“It will be an important year in which it will be seen whether sole general response of the State to problems of socially deprived Roma citizens will only be repression.” The president also said that “in some places we need improvements, and we need a plan that specifically children gradually bring forth of ignorance and poverty”. Small regional examples that work, according to the president and, they should be scaled up to larger dimensions.

– Tretí Kiskov novoročný prejav: Zdravotníctvo je priorita, odkaz Kaliňákovi platí. In: Dennik. 01.01.2017. https://dennikn.sk/646111/treti-kiskov-novorocny-prejav-zdravotnictvo-je-priorita-odkaz-kalinakovi-plati/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/646111/treti-kiskov-novorocny-prejav-zdravotnictvo-je-priorita-odkaz-kalinakovi-plati/”]

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Slovakia: Ombudsman and Rroma

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The Slovakian Ombudsman is quite clear on the deplorable housing situation of Rroma …
Good!

– Ombudsmanka: Situácia ľudí v unimobunkách je žalostná. In: Žilinski Večernik. 30.12.2016. https://www.zilinskyvecernik.sk/clanok/ombudsmanka-situacia-ludi-v-unimobunkach-je-zalostna/5221/ [link-preview url=”https://www.zilinskyvecernik.sk/clanok/ombudsmanka-situacia-ludi-v-unimobunkach-je-zalostna/5221/”]

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Slovakia: Fico and the Survey

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A good commentary on Fico’s statement (Lazy Rroma) and on the survey that showed that 80% of Slovaks agreed with the statement … Well, he asked for the survey and paid for it. Makes it easier to predict the outcome. Other examples are given here too.

– Komentár Daga Daniša: Keď sa Fico hrá na jasnovidca. In: Aktuality. 29.12.2016. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/402655/komentar-daga-danisa-ked-sa-fico-hra-na-jasnovidca/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/402655/komentar-daga-danisa-ked-sa-fico-hra-na-jasnovidca/”]

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Slovak Village in Berlin

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A reportage on a camp in Berlin which houses 20 residents from a small village in Slovakia. Begging, for a meagre 10 to 20 Euros per day. This reinforce the impression that all Rroma are beggars who come from very poor families …

– Bettler-Elend mitten in Berlin. Das slowakische Dorf unter der Berliner Messe-Kreuzung. In: Berliner Zeitung. 25.12.2016. http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/das-slowakische-dorf-unter-der-berliner-messe-kreuzung [link-preview url=”http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/das-slowakische-dorf-unter-der-berliner-messe-kreuzung”]

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Slovakia … Bad

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Prime Minister Robert Fico says that in Roma settlements the next generation of unemployed is growing. According to the polling agency Polis Slovakia, this is what 79.3 percent of respondents of a survey on Rroma done on a sample of 1,275 respondents aged over 18 years in the whole country by telephone. Respondents were asked two questions.
The question: “Robert Fico at the December congress Direction said that in Roma settlements” next generation grows up that will not work. “Do you agree with this statement of his?” was answered positively by 82.4 percent of the respondents. 41.7 percent strongly agree 40.7 percent neither agree nor disagree. By contrast, 12.4% of respondents disagree, and 3.7% certainly disagrees and 8.7% rather disagree. The remaining 5.2% of respondents were unable to comment.
Bad

– – Fico si mal výrokom o Rómoch zavariť, realita je iná: Prieskum hovorí jasnou rečou. In: Topky. 27.12.2016. http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1598339/Fico-si-mal-vyrokom-o-Romoch-zavarit–realita-je-ina–Prieskum-hovori-jasnou-recou [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1598339/Fico-si-mal-vyrokom-o-Romoch-zavarit–realita-je-ina–Prieskum-hovori-jasnou-recou”]

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A Bishop in Hungary …

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An interview of the Bishop Miklos Beer of Vac, in Hungary… One can seriously ask oneself if he is truly applying the precepts of the church. His views on Rroma are simply not acceptable and outrageous. He wants segregation, especially in school. No further comments, read for yourself…

– Bishop Miklós Beer on the Roma, refugees and Christianity in Hungary. In: Hungarian Free Press. 26.12.2016. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2016/12/26/bishop-miklos-beer-on-the-roma-refugees-and-christianity-in-hungary/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2016/12/26/bishop-miklos-beer-on-the-roma-refugees-and-christianity-in-hungary/”]

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Bosnia: Rroma Councilor

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A Slovenian article about the first elected Rroma councillor in a municipality in Bosnia. And a long litany of the issues that still remain …
A long way to go …

– Bosanski Rom, ki je postal politik. In: Slovenske Novice. 25.12.2016. http://www.slovenskenovice.si/novice/svet/bosanski-rom-ki-je-postal-politik [link-preview url=”http://www.slovenskenovice.si/novice/svet/bosanski-rom-ki-je-postal-politik”]

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French Chronicle …

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Not much news this week on the French front. The story of a rich Frenchwomen helping Romanian Rroma, and the involvement (not so good as always) of the social services; a riot that followed a car accident generated by a Romanian Rrom in the North of France; an expulsion in Nice; and the story of a young girl living in the streets in Menton; while in the West, a camp will now be managed by an association and in Cognac, “Tisganes” are guests for Christmas, with all clichés; finally an initiative to encounter travellers in Eastern France.

– Réfugiés : bienvenue à la maison. In: Paris Match. 21.12.2016. http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Refugies-bienvenue-a-la-maison-1147100
– «Émeute et déferlement de violences» place Gambetta pour un simple accident. In: La Voix Du Nord. 19.12.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/92337/article/2016-12-19/emeute-et-deferlement-de-violences-place-gambetta-pour-un-simple-accident
– Une famille de Roms expulsée du squat qu’elle occupait illégalement depuis près de 2 ans. In: Nice Matin. 21.12.2016. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/une-famille-de-roms-expulsee-du-squat-quelle-occupait-illegalement-depuis-pres-de-2-ans-103115
– Bianca, 10 ans, dort dans la rue depuis deux mois. In: Nice Matin. 23.12.2016. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/bianca-10-ans-dort-dans-la-rue-depuis-deux-mois-103620
– Le terrain du 86 sera géré par Une famille un toit. In: Ouest France. 20.12.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sainte-luce-sur-loire-44980/le-terrain-du-86-sera-gere-par-une-famille-un-toit-4693262
– Cognac : la culture pour tenter de mettre fin aux préjugés. In: Sud Ouest. 22.12.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/12/22/la-culture-pour-tenter-de-mettre-fin-aux-prejuges-3048190-882.php
– A LA RENCONTRE DES « VOYAGEURS » DE LA MALCOMBE. In: L’Est Républicain. 20.12.2016. http://www.estrepublicain.fr/actualite/2016/12/20/a-la-rencontre-des-voyageurs-de-la-malcombe [link-preview url=”http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Refugies-bienvenue-a-la-maison-1147100″]

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