Category Archives: Italy

Rome and Roma

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One reportage and one article on the criminality in Rome with a Roma clan being heavily involved in Casamonica, a suburb of Rome. The article is really bad too, with many stereotypes and disparaging remarks.

– Casamonica, il clan di origine Sinti che spadroneggia a Roma. In: TG LA 7. 09.05.2018. http://tg.la7.it/cronaca/casamonica-il-clan-di-origine-sinti-che-spadroneggia-a-roma-09-05-2018-127369
– Quel marcio che strozza Roma. In: Articlo21. 10.05.2018. https://www.articolo21.org/2018/05/quel-marcio-che-strozza-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://www.articolo21.org/2018/05/quel-marcio-che-strozza-roma/”]

Invasion?

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Roma and Sinti are being described as “Invaders” in Italy in the press. The news are full of the use of “Invasion”, but, according to the Association “21 July”, the Roma and Sinti in Italy number about 180,000, of which about 26 thousand live in an emergency housing. One should add that these living in the camps have actually been prevented by the Italian state from settling properly and kept in camps for many decades.

– Rom e sinti “invasori” in Italia? Quelli senza casa sono solo lo 0,04%. In: Il Dubbio. 05.05.2018. http://ildubbio.news/ildubbio/2018/05/05/rom-e-sinti-invasori-in-italia/ [link-preview url=”http://ildubbio.news/ildubbio/2018/05/05/rom-e-sinti-invasori-in-italia/”]

Roma in Rome

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An article about Roma in Rome. There are about 7’000 officially counted and several more in other camps. Allegedly, they “cost” 8.4 Mio EUR. The “Inclusion” Project of the Five Star Mayor Raggi has not started. In fact, they are trying to deport Roma.
This is total shamble.

– Roma diventa Capitale dei rom: “In tutto ci costano 8,4 milioni”. In: Il Giornale. 24.04.2018. http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/roma-diventa-capitale-dei-rom-tutto-ci-costano-84-milioni-1519142.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/roma-diventa-capitale-dei-rom-tutto-ci-costano-84-milioni-1519142.html”]

Italy and Roma

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Giorgio Halilovic was born on August 12, 1982 in Rome in a camp and was the beneficiary of a EU funded program on integration. In the afternoon of April 12th, 2018, he was arrested by the police, transferred to the Office of the Police Headquarters of Rome and officially expelled from Italy. The next day he was put on an airplane and taken to Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country he had never been to.
This is the new policy of the Five Star movement and of the Rome Mayor Raggi.
SHAME.

– Rom e Sinti: giustizia per Giorgio Halilovic e le famiglie del Camping River. In: Agora. 18.04.2018. http://www.agoravox.it/Rom-e-Sinti-giustizia-per-Giorgio.html [link-preview url=”http://www.agoravox.it/Rom-e-Sinti-giustizia-per-Giorgio.html”]

Rome: Repatriation

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Rome’s mayor, Virgina Raggi, now wants to use “assisted repatriations” for non-Italian Roma to ease the closure of the camps.
REALLY????? The Italians did everything in their powers to deny citizenship to Roma in camps. So people have lived for 30 years in those camps will be assisted to go back in their countries… It says a lot how far right Italy has gone.

– Roma, la Giunta della sindaca Raggi verso il “rimpatrio assistito” per i rom non italiani. In: il Fatto Quotidiano. 19.04.2018. https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/04/19/roma-la-giunta-della-sindaca-raggi-verso-il-rimpatrio-assistito-per-i-rom-non-italiani/4304061/ [link-preview url=”https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/04/19/roma-la-giunta-della-sindaca-raggi-verso-il-rimpatrio-assistito-per-i-rom-non-italiani/4304061/”]

REALLY?????

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Mateo Salvini, the current Italian leader of the Lega Nord – the far right party which won a large number of seats in the recent Italian elections found nothing better than to comment on the International Roma day by saying:

“if many of them worked more and stole less, if many of them sent their children to school instead of teaching them to steal, then it really would be something to celebrate”.

No further comments.

– Italy’s far-right League marks International Roma Day by telling them to “work more and steal less”. In: Il Globo. 09.04.2018. http://ilglobo.com.au/news/38209/italys-far-right-league-marks-international-roma-day-by-telling-them-to-work-more-and-steal-less/
– Try stealing less, League head tells Roma. In: Pulse Live. 08.04.2018. http://www.pulselive.co.ke/news/world/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma-id8222907.html
– Try stealing less, Italian League head tells Roma. In: The Malay Mail. 08.04.2018. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma
– Try stealing less, Italian League head tells Roma. In: Le Journal du Cameroon. 08.04.2018. https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma/”]

A Ciambra

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A review of the movie “A Ciambra” of the Italian-America filmmaker Jonas Carpignano on a friendship of a young Rom with a man from Burkina Fasso in a small town in Southern Italy.

– A Ciambra ou le pénible passage à l’âge adulte. In: El Watan. 03.04.2018. http://www.elwatan.com/culture/a-ciambra-ou-le-penible-passage-a-l-age-adulte-30-03-2018-365377_113.php [link-preview url=”http://www.elwatan.com/culture/a-ciambra-ou-le-penible-passage-a-l-age-adulte-30-03-2018-365377_113.php”]

Access to Justice

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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-“]

Roma, Work, and Slovenia

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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/”]

Rome, Roma, and Mafia

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Several Roma families are connected to the Casamonica Mafia clan which controls a large part of Rome’s criminal activities. The Carabinieri, have carried out the seizure of 430 assets worth over 4 million euros (including a three-storey building, a prestigious villa and various land on the outskirts of Rome) belonging to the Roma family Di Silvio.
Not good for all of us.

– Chi comanda a Roma: la mappa della criminalità nella Capitale. In: Roma Today. 08.02.2018. http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/mappa-malavita-roma-nomi-clan.html [link-preview url=”http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/mappa-malavita-roma-nomi-clan.html”]

Something We Don’t Need …

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Three members of a Sinti family were arrested near Rome for robbery and kidnapping. The family answered to private advertisements for car sales, and, upon meeting with the person selling the car, sequestered them and threatened them until they transferred the car ownership to them, clearly without payment.
Something we don’t need.

– Criminalità: arrestati a Roma 3 esponenti della famiglia Casamonica. In: RAI. 03.02.2018. http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Criminalita-arrestati-a-Roma-3-esponenti-della-famiglia-Casamonica-b87b1bd2-ecf6-4aef-95ed-b56b81323aae.html?refresh_ce [link-preview url=”http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Criminalita-arrestati-a-Roma-3-esponenti-della-famiglia-Casamonica-b87b1bd2-ecf6-4aef-95ed-b56b81323aae.html?refresh_ce”]

Jasenovac

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A reportage on Jasenovac, the notorious Ustaša concentration camp in Croatia. Let’s not forget that during the war nearly ALL Croatian Roma were killed. The only original Croatian Roma are currently to be found in Italy where some of them fled in 1944.

– JASENOVAC DEATH CAMP AND CROATIA’S HIDDEN HOLOCAUST. In: In Serbia. 28.01.2018. https://inserbia.info/today/2018/01/jasenovac-death-camp-and-croatias-hidden-holocaust/ [link-preview url=”https://inserbia.info/today/2018/01/jasenovac-death-camp-and-croatias-hidden-holocaust/”]

A Ciambra: A Review

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A movie review of “A Ciambra”, an Italian movie about Roma nominated by Italy for the Oscars of international movies.

– The Martin Scorsese-Produced A Ciambra Is a Rough-and-Tumble Coming-of-Age Tale. In: Vulture. 19.01.2018. http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/review-a-ciambra-is-a-vibrant-verit-coming-of-age-tale.html [link-preview url=”http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/review-a-ciambra-is-a-vibrant-verit-coming-of-age-tale.html”]

Rome: Not the Right Way

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The city of Rome is resorting to bad ideas to “resolve” its issue with Roma camps around the city. They are trying to “convince” the Roma to return and even entice them with 10’000 EUR.
Problem is, these Roma have mostly been in Italy for more than 20 years, if not for much longer. The Italians kept them in camps instead of integrating them. Self-inflicted wound, and what they do is not a solution.

– Roma, 10mila euro ai Rom per lasciare la città: la Capitale gioca la carta dei rimpatri. In: Corriere della Cita. 03.01.2018. https://www.ilcorrieredellacitta.com/news/roma-10mila-euro-ai-rom-lasciare-la-citta-la-capitale-gioca-la-carta-dei-rimpatri.html [link-preview url=”https://www.ilcorrieredellacitta.com/news/roma-10mila-euro-ai-rom-lasciare-la-citta-la-capitale-gioca-la-carta-dei-rimpatri.html”]

Rome – Roma Criticise the Mayor

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Virginia Raggi is being criticised in relation with the EU funds allocated for the period 2014-2020 to Rome for resolving and integrating Roma. According to the Roma, nothing is being done.
Bad, but business as usual in Italy.

– I rom denunciano Virginia Raggi e Maria Elena Boschi: “Ecco perché ci hanno truffato”. In: Il Giornale. 25.11.2017. http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/i-rom-denunciano-virginia-raggi-e-maria-elena-boschi-ecco-1467407.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/i-rom-denunciano-virginia-raggi-e-maria-elena-boschi-ecco-1467407.html”]

Underage Marriage

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Italy’s top court confirmed the sentence against a man for marrying an underage girl. According to the court, “Underage marriage may be OK for Roma culture but it is against Italian law”.

– Underage Roma marriages not legit (3). In: Ansa. 22.11.2017. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/11/22/underage-roma-marriages-not-legit-3_7bf12e71-4f63-4eb2-8486-73b166536007.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/11/22/underage-roma-marriages-not-legit-3_7bf12e71-4f63-4eb2-8486-73b166536007.html”]

Rome and Roma

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An article about organised crime in Rome and the role of Roma in the mafia – some of the businesses like in Ostia are in Roma hands.
Bad for all.

– I nuovi clani e le altre mafie, ecco le famiglie che stanno conquistando Roma. In: Notizie Tiscali. 13.11.2017. http://notizie.tiscali.it/cronaca/articoli/sinti-mafie-lazio-roma./ [link-preview url=”http://notizie.tiscali.it/cronaca/articoli/sinti-mafie-lazio-roma./”]

The Mafia, Rome and Roma

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Recently, a member of the Spada family made the headlines by head-butting an Italian journalists asking him about his ties to the far right party which gained a lot in local elections in Ostia. It turns out that the family is of Sinti origins and a prominent family in the mafia …
Bad for all.

– Giornalista Rai picchiato a Ostia: ecco chi è Roberto Spada, fratello del “boss” Romoletto. In: Il Messagero. 08.11.2017. http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/cronaca/ostia_spada_clan-3354322.html
– Chi sono gli Spada, a Ostia. In: Post. 09.11.2017. http://www.ilpost.it/2017/11/09/ostia-aggressione-spada-casapound/
– Reporter beaten over mafia exposé in Rome. In: The Times. 10.11.2017. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/reporter-beaten-over-mafia-expos-in-rome-b2s8fgvz6 [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/reporter-beaten-over-mafia-expos-in-rome-b2s8fgvz6″]

Italy: Asti

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A Sinti camp on the outskirts of Asti will be demolished shortly. The question that arises is what to do with the inhabitants, where to re-lodge them, etc. The usual question and comments are there: Were the houses “legal” in the first place, where to move “them” and so on with the usual issues.

– Saranno abbattute 27 casette nel campo dei sinti ad Asti. In: La Stampa. 08.10.2017. http://www.lastampa.it/2017/10/08/edizioni/asti/saranno-abbattute-casette-nel-campo-dei-sinti-ad-asti-x1FJuGcbGlr9o15mg8Xw6O/pagina.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lastampa.it/2017/10/08/edizioni/asti/saranno-abbattute-casette-nel-campo-dei-sinti-ad-asti-x1FJuGcbGlr9o15mg8Xw6O/pagina.html”]

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