Two Roma arrested in Texas on suspicion of credit card fraud and theft.
– Friendswood police believe pair arrested has link to Romanian ‘gypsy’ clan. In: Click2 Houston. 17.07.2018. https://www.click2houston.com/news/friendswood-police-believe-pair-arrested-has-link-to-romanian-gypsy-clan [link-preview url=”https://www.click2houston.com/news/friendswood-police-believe-pair-arrested-has-link-to-romanian-gypsy-clan”]
A new program was launched in several countries. It aims to develop initiatives that further the public dialogue and abolish the increasingly sharp divides between Roma na d the rest of the population as well as and deducing radicalization in a polarised society in seven countries (Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Germany).
– Ako práčovňa na Horehroní rieši problémy nezamestnanosti Rómov. In: TV SME. 04.07.2018. https://tv.sme.sk/v/36852/ako-pracovna-na-horehroni-riesi-problemy-nezamestnanosti-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://tv.sme.sk/v/36852/ako-pracovna-na-horehroni-riesi-problemy-nezamestnanosti-romov.html”]
An article about Roma in the Ukraine. What is always missing are the facts about Roma: There are the Carpathians one, the effective victims of the latest attacks, the refugees from Dombas (and from Crimea – Kirimlides Roma from Crimea), Roma of Romanian / Moldovan origins in the Odessa region, and the rest. The situations are different depending on these groups.
– Ukraine’s Roma community targeted by far-right violence. In: Deutsche Welle. 26.06.2018. https://www.dw.com/en/ukraines-roma-community-targeted-by-far-right-violence/a-44408252 [link-preview url=”https://www.dw.com/en/ukraines-roma-community-targeted-by-far-right-violence/a-44408252″]
Quite a bit of critique for Charlie Hebdo who published a cartoon of Simona Halep likening her to scrap metal collectors, a job which in France is assimilated to Roma.
By the way, the outrage is not about the racist portraying of Roma – it is about associating Simona Halep and thus Romanians to Roma… No further commentaries.
– Charlie Hebdo angers Romanians with ‘racist’ Simona Halep tennis cartoon. In: Deutsche Welle. 15.06.2018. http://www.dw.com/en/charlie-hebdo-angers-romanians-with-racist-simona-halep-tennis-cartoon/a-44245833
– Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Romania’s Halep sparks outrage. In: The Washington Post. 15.06.2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-cartoon-of-romanias-halep-sparks-outrage/2018/06/15/a49016f6-7081-11e8-b4d8-eaf78d4c544c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3d53072ae08b
– Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Simona Halep sparks outrage. In: Sportsnet. 15.06.2018. https://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/charlie-hebdo-cartoon-simona-halep-sparks-outrage/ [link-preview url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-cartoon-of-romanias-halep-sparks-outrage/2018/06/15/a49016f6-7081-11e8-b4d8-eaf78d4c544c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3d53072ae08b “]
The story behind a Roma museum in Romania. The museum is in the suburbs of Bucharest, and one cannot but somewhat question its purpose as well as its exhibits …
– BUCAREST, DERNIÈRE STATION : LE MUSÉE DE LA CULTURE DES ROMS DE ROUMANIE. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 30.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bucarest-derniere-station-le-musee-de-la-culture-des-Roms [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bucarest-derniere-station-le-musee-de-la-culture-des-Roms”]
Another article on the closure of a migrant’s camp near the Frankfurt’s railway station. Many of its residents were Romanian Roma. As in France, no alternative was provided to the people, and they will land back on the streets.
– Polizei räumt Roma-Elendslager: „Sie werden wieder nur auf der Straße sitzen“. In: Focus. 30.05.2018. https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/sie-lebten-in-huetten-aus-sperrholz-polizei-raeumt-roma-elendslager-in-frankfurt-sie-werden-wieder-nur-auf-der-strasse-sitzen_id_9001339.html [link-preview url=”https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/sie-lebten-in-huetten-aus-sperrholz-polizei-raeumt-roma-elendslager-in-frankfurt-sie-werden-wieder-nur-auf-der-strasse-sitzen_id_9001339.html”]
Is it a trend? Or is it a change? The news this week on Roma in France are definitively different. Education, about a Romni in Montreuil fighting for the enrolment of Roma children in school; help, with a story of students of a prestigious French university (Science Po) devoting time to Roma in Poitiers; a Roma manifestation in Nice about the living conditions in Romania; a movie about a Roma family; an integration centre is being discussed in the North of France and one opened near Paris in Ivry; and then the usual news, a fire in a camp in the North, and a camp closure near Paris.
Finally, racism in France with Moslems and Roma coming on the top of the league … A depressing pattern in Europe.
– Montreuil : Liliana se bat pour scolariser les enfants roms. In: Le Parisien. 20.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/montreuil-liliana-se-bat-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-20-05-2018-7726188.php
– Les étudiants de Sciences Po agissent auprès des Roms. In: Centre Presse. 22.05.2018. http://www.centre-presse.fr/article-604073-les-etudiants-de-sciences-po-agissent-aupres-des-roms.html
– Les Roms manifestent contre les ghettos en Roumanie. In: Nice Matin. 21.05.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/les-roms-manifestent-contre-les-ghettos-en-roumanie-231892
– 8, AVENUE LÉNINE. In: Mill Bâbords. http://www.millebabords.org/spip.php?article31813
– Projet «Sas Roms», une seconde réunion publique bien plus calme. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.05.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/382341/article/2018-05-23/projet-sas-roms-une-seconde-reunion-publique-bien-plus-calme
– Ivry : des chalets et de l’insertion pour onze familles roms. In: Le Parisien. 25.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/ivry-des-chalets-et-de-l-insertion-pour-onze-familles-roumaines-25-05-2018-7736010.php
– Une dizaine de caravanes détruites dans l’incendie d’un camp de familles roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.05.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/381676/article/2018-05-23/une-dizaine-de-caravanes-detruites-dans-l-incendie-d-un-camp-de-familles-roms
– Yvelines. Houilles : le camp de Roms de la rue Bapaume démantelé. In: Actu.fr. 25.05.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/yvelines-houilles-camp-roms-rue-bapaume-demantele_16969991.html
– France : Selon un rapport, Roms et musulmans sont les minorités les plus stigmatisées. In: Yabiladi. 25.05.2018. https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/65272/france-selon-rapport-roms-musulmans.html
– Le racisme en 2017 : l’état des lieux de la CNCDH. In: Vie Publique. 24.05.2018. http://www.vie-publique.fr/actualite/alaune/racisme-baisse-du-nombre-actes-racistes-signales.html [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/yvelines-houilles-camp-roms-rue-bapaume-demantele_16969991.html “]
An interview in a French / Belgian magazine of the actress Alina Serban, a Romanian Romni who stars in the movie “Seule à mon marriage” – Alone at my wedding.
Well done!
– Cannes 2018 : Interview exclusive de l’actrice Alina Serban à l’affiche de « Seule à mon mariage ». In: Marie Claire. 10.05.2018. http://marieclaire.be/fr/interview-alina-serban-seule-a-mon-mariage/ [link-preview url=”http://marieclaire.be/fr/interview-alina-serban-seule-a-mon-mariage/”]
An article about Romanian Roma migrants in Florence, their work and a person helping them.
– The maverick’s ministry. In: The Florentine. 06.05.2018. http://www.theflorentine.net/lifestyle/2018/05/english-cemetery-florence-julia-holloway/ [link-preview url=”http://www.theflorentine.net/lifestyle/2018/05/english-cemetery-florence-julia-holloway/”]
An interview of the director of the Cirque Romanes, a Roma circus in Paris. As usual in the French press, the big mix up between Tsiganes, Roms (only Romanian), Gitans, Manouches etc.
One could wish the French journalists could educate themselves.
– L’invité culture. Alexandre Romanes, un cirque unique. In: France TV Info. 28.04.2018. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/l-invite-culture/l-invite-culture-alexandre-romanes-un-cirque-unique_2704826.html [link-preview url=”https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/l-invite-culture/l-invite-culture-alexandre-romanes-un-cirque-unique_2704826.html”]
A demonstration for solidarity towards inhabitants of a ghetto in Frankfurt took place yesterday. The ghetto, in a former industrial compound, is almost exclusively inhabited by Roma from Romania.
– Demo für Solidarität mit Roma. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 27.04.2018. http://www.fr.de/frankfurt/frankfurt-gutleutstrasse-demo-fuer-solidaritaet-mit-roma-a-1496077 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/frankfurt/frankfurt-gutleutstrasse-demo-fuer-solidaritaet-mit-roma-a-1496077″]
Another Roma child died of measles in Romania. The epidemic is progressing fast, in part due to Roma being suspicious of the state’s vaccination campaign.
Bad.
– Un bébé meurt de la rougeole en Roumanie, l’épidémie progresse. In: Huff Post (FR). 19.04.2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/04/19/un-bebe-meurt-de-la-rougeole-en-roumanie-lepidemie-progresse_a_23415172/
– En Roumanie, la méfiance envers les vaccins tue. In: Boursorama. 19.04.2018. https://www.boursorama.com/actualite-economique/actualites/en-roumanie-la-mefiance-envers-les-vaccins-tue-512071bf0c3a9caf40ca3cf64c4ab5d9 [link-preview url=”https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/04/19/un-bebe-meurt-de-la-rougeole-en-roumanie-lepidemie-progresse_a_23415172/ “]
As usual … A short presentation of Roma by l’Express mixes a few correct facts (Indian origins) with total BS, assimilating the Roma as a whole to the Vlach Roma from Romania, stating that they starting arriving in Europe in the 1980’s (in fact they arrived about 80 years earlier) etc…
This is supposed to be informative …
– Roms: quatre lettres pour comprendre. In: L’Express. 08.04.2018. https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/roms-quatre-lettres-pour-comprendre_1998299.html [link-preview url=”https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/roms-quatre-lettres-pour-comprendre_1998299.html”]
A long article on the theatre play “Giuvlipen” and on its actors in Romania. The journalists give a portrait of the actors and their engagement both for feminism and against racism.
– THÉÂTRE EN ROUMANIE : GIUVLIPEN, LA TROUPE QUI MET EN SCÈNE LE FÉMINISME ET L’ACTIVISME ROM. In: Le Corrier des Balkans. 28.03.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Theatre-en-Roumanie-Giuvlipen-la-troupe-qui-met-en-scene-le-feminisme-et-l [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Theatre-en-Roumanie-Giuvlipen-la-troupe-qui-met-en-scene-le-feminisme-et-l”]
The movie “Soldiers” which has been released in Romania. It tells the story of an ethnologist’s homosexual love for a Rom in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Bucharest. The article is an interview of Adi Schiop, the author of the book on which the movie is based who plays his own role in the movie.
– CINÉMA EN ROUMANIE : « SOLDATS », HISTOIRE D’AMOURS ROMS ET MASCULINES À FERENTARI. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Cinema-en-Roumanie-Soldats-histoire-d-amours-roms-et-gays-a-Ferentari [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Cinema-en-Roumanie-Soldats-histoire-d-amours-roms-et-gays-a-Ferentari”]
There is a meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (CAHROM) from Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania and Spain in Helsinki (Finland), on 21-23 March 2018, to discuss access to justice for Roma, and especially for Romnja.
– CAHROM thematic visit on Roma and Traveller’s access to justice (with a focus on women). In: Council of Europe. 14.03.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/cahrom-thematic-visit-on-roma-and-traveller-s-access-to-justice-with-a-focus-on-women- [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/cahrom-thematic-visit-on-roma-and-traveller-s-access-to-justice-with-a-focus-on-women-“]
An article on the slavery of Roma in Romania (actually in Wallachia and Moldova). Romanians are at long last starting to deal with the slavery and undergoing what happened in the USA in the 1960’s.
Unfortunate that the article contains a few mistakes (Gypsy is not derived from Athinganoi …)
– Romania turns its back on dark past of Roma slavery. In: Euractiv. 03.03.2018. https://www.euractiv.com/section/social-europe-jobs/news/romania-turns-its-back-on-dark-past-of-roma-slavery/ [link-preview url=”https://www.euractiv.com/section/social-europe-jobs/news/romania-turns-its-back-on-dark-past-of-roma-slavery/”]
Although the high rate of Roma unemployment in Central and South-Eastern Europe is often attributed to a low level of education and professional skills, one of the more important reasons is discrimination that prevents Roma from entering the labour market on an equal footing.
Integration into the labour market should be a priority in promoting a full social inclusion. Some steps towards this goal were made by the recently completed two-year international Working Roma project, which included the Novo Mesto Society for the Development of Volunteer Work.
As project coordinator Tina Cigler says, in the Working Roma project, partners from nine European countries have tried to develop new tools to prevent intolerance against Roma in the labour market, thereby increasing their employment prospects. The tools and recommendations were developed on the basis of study visits by partner countries, consultations within different groups and good practices that we detected in our partner countries: Italy, Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Greece, Malta and the United Kingdom.
Let’s see.
– Se zaposlovanju Romov obetajo boljši časi? In: Dolenski List. 28.02.2018. http://www.dolenjskilist.si/2018/02/28/191553/novice/dolenjska/Se_zaposlovanju_Romov_obetajo_boljsi_casi/ [link-preview url=”http://www.dolenjskilist.si/2018/02/28/191553/novice/dolenjska/Se_zaposlovanju_Romov_obetajo_boljsi_casi/”]
Not many news this week in France about Roma. First, an article that shows integration works. Roma who were part of a program around Paris found a job. The French defender of Human Rights, Jacque Toubon, lauded the successes of an insertion village near Paris. Other than that, in Triel sur Seine, residents are fighting for the closure of a Roma camp; a fire in a Roma camp is reported in the North of France; and Roma, while more likely to get measles are also more likely to vaccinate against it, given the opportunity.
Finally, two cases of criminality: Romanian thieves attacking women and card thefts in Western France.
– Des Roms quittent le bidonville pour se former. In: La Croix. 19.02.2018. https://www.la-croix.com/Economie/France/Roms-quittent-bidonville-former-2018-02-19-1200914823
– Toubon salue les résultats ” remarquables ” du village humanitaire d’Ivry. In: Le Parisien. 21.02.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/ivry-toubon-salue-les-resultats-remarquables-du-village-humanitaire-21-02-2018-7571622.php
– Camp de Roms à Triel-sur-Seine : des habitants expriment leur ras-le-bol au conseil. In 78 Actu. 23.02.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/triel-sur-seine_78624/camp-roms-triel-sur-seine-habitants-expriment-leur-ras-bol-conseil_15586775.html
– Camp de Roms : constat partagé, visions opposes. In: La Gazette. 21.02.2018. http://lagazette-yvelines.fr/2018/02/21/camp-de-roms-constat-partage-visions-opposees/
– Une caravane prend feu dans un camp de Roms, pas de victim. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.02.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/321051/article/2018-02-20/une-caravane-prend-feu-dans-un-camp-de-roms-pas-de-victime
– Rougeole : ce que la ministre ne dit pas. In: NPA. 20.02.2018. https://npa2009.org/actualite/sante/rougeole-ce-que-la-ministre-ne-dit-pas
– Maine-et-Loire. Les cambrioleurs roumains s’attaquaient aux fermes. In: Ouest France. 23.02.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/mauges-les-cambrioleurs-roumains-s-attaquaient-aux-fermes-5584470
– Rennes. Six ans de prison requis contre le chef des voleurs de cartes bancaires. In: Ouest France. 20.02.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/rennes-35000/rennes-six-ans-de-prison-requis-contre-le-chef-des-voleurs-de-cartes-bancaires-5577768 [link-preview url=”https://www.la-croix.com/Economie/France/Roms-quittent-bidonville-former-2018-02-19-1200914823 “]
An article on the Roma slavery in Romania on the anniversary of its abolition.
– Roma Slavery is Historical Trauma. In: Harvard Center for Health and Human Rights. https://fxb.harvard.edu/roma-slavery-is-historical-trauma/ [link-preview url=”https://fxb.harvard.edu/roma-slavery-is-historical-trauma/”]
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