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Roman Herzog Dies

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Roman Herzog, the former president of Germany died on January 10th, 2017. He will be remembered for many things, but for Rroma, he is the first German president who, in 1997 made and official statement recognising the murder of Rroma and Sinti under the Nazi regime.
May he rest in peace.

– Former president Roman Herzog dies aged 82. In: The Local. 10.01.2017. https://www.thelocal.de/20170110/former-president-roman-herzog-dead-at-82
– Death of a Former President. In: Handelsblatt Global. 10.01.2017. https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/death-of-a-former-president-675110 [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.de/20170110/former-president-roman-herzog-dead-at-82 “]

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Jenische of Singen

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An article about the Jenische in Singen, Germany.

– Vergessene Minderheit? In Singen leben viele Jenische. In: Reutlinger Nachrichten. 09.01.2017. http://www.swp.de/reutlingen/nachrichten/suedwestumschau/vergessene-minderheit_in-singen-leben-viele-jenische-14278137.html [link-preview url=”http://www.swp.de/reutlingen/nachrichten/suedwestumschau/vergessene-minderheit_in-singen-leben-viele-jenische-14278137.html”]

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Western France: The True Numbers

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An interesting statistic about Rroma and travellers in Western France in the Nantes region. 1’460 people … Not an awful lot. The site is a bad one, i.e. a rightist one, but the info is actually quite interesting, The twist of the page, clearly not.

– Roms et gens du voyage en Loire-Atlantique : les chiffres en 2015. In: Breizh Info. 04.01.2017. http://www.breizh-info.com/2017/01/04/57278/roms-gens-voyage-loire-atlantique-chiffres-2015 [link-preview url=”http://www.breizh-info.com/2017/01/04/57278/roms-gens-voyage-loire-atlantique-chiffres-2015″]

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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 “]

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Not much in the French news this week… The Rroma camp on the disused rail tracks of the “petite ceinture” is recreated in Paris, more than a year after its closure; a camp is cloed in Bonneuil, near Paris; an article about the 84% increase of so-called SDFs – Sans Domicile Fixe, i.e. without a fixed home in Paris; 4 young Rroma kids arrested near Paris for stealing 2 cars; Christmas with Rroma in Montreuil; in Lille in the North about security near a Rroma camp, where the street lights no longer work; and finally, in Toulouse a new squat with close to 400 people.

– Paris : un camp de Roms grossit à nouveau sur les rails de la “petite ceinture” In: Europe 1. 07.01.2017. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/paris-un-camp-de-roms-grossit-a-nouveau-sur-les-rails-de-la-petite-ceinture-2944268
– Paris: un nouveau camp de Roms sur la “Petite ceinture” In: FR3. 07.01.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/paris/paris-nouveau-camp-roms-petite-ceinture-1169533.html
– Paris : un nouveau camp rom s’est reconstituée sur les rails de la partie nord de la «petite ceinture» In: Libération. 06.01.2017. http://www.liberation.fr/direct/element/paris-un-nouveau-camp-rom-sest-reconstituee-sur-les-rails-de-la-partie-nord-de-la-petite-ceinture_55319/
– Bonneuil : grâce à la Métropole du Grand Paris, le Bec de canard va être rendu aux promeneurs. In: Le Parisien. 03.01.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/bonneuil-sur-marne-94380/bonneuil-grace-a-la-metropole-du-grand-paris-le-bec-de-canard-va-etre-rendu-aux-promeneurs-03-01-2017-6520989.php
– A Paris, le nombre de sans domicile fixe a augmenté de 84 % en douze ans – Regardez. In: M. 06.01.2017. http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-363274-a-paris-le-nombre-de-sans-domicile-fixe-a-augmente-de-84-en-douze-ans-regardez.html
– Arrêtés après avoir tenté de s’emparer de deux véhicules. In: Le Parisien. 06.01.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/arretes-apres-avoir-tente-de-s-emparer-de-deux-vehicules-06-01-2017-6531447.php
– Avec Agnès Cluzel, un Noël 2016 chez les roms du terrain Voltaire à Saint Denis (93). In: Mediapart. 03.01.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/392809/blog/030117/avec-agnes-cluzel-un-noel-2016-chez-les-roms-du-terrain-voltaire-saint-denis-93
– La sécurité en question sur le boulevard Schuman plongé dans le noir. In: La Voix du Nord. 04.01.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/98378/article/2017-01-04/la-securite-en-question-sur-le-boulevard-schuman-plonge-dans-le-noir
– Toulouse: A trois kilomètres du Capitole, un squat insalubre accueille 400 personnes. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 06.01.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/toulouse/1990575-20170106-toulouse-trois-kilometres-capitole-squat-insalubre-accueille-400-personnes [link-preview url=”https://blogs.mediapart.fr/392809/blog/030117/avec-agnes-cluzel-un-noel-2016-chez-les-roms-du-terrain-voltaire-saint-denis-93 “]

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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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Germany AfD and their Program

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Scary, the AfD is continuing its campaigns against migrants and immigration. All Rroma are clearly beggars in their minds. And oh God, what if they realise there are also Moslem Rroma …
Sick minds.

– Wir bleiben mal ganz sachlich. In: Taz. 05.01.2017. https://www.taz.de/AfD-in-Berlin/!5368561/ [link-preview url=”https://www.taz.de/AfD-in-Berlin/!5368561/”]

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Rome and Rroma

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As part of its activities, the Association of the Roma Nation (ANR), has convened a public meeting on Rome and Rroma and on the respect of the agreements with the EU following the December 16th resolution no. 117 of the Capitoline council establishing a Roma and Sinti Consultative body (RSC). The NRA invite the mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi as well as several other councillors.
On December 30, 2016, Marcello Zuinisi, the legal representative of the ANR, has filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor at the Ordinary Court of Rome, directly into the hands of the Chief Prosecutor, Dr. Giuseppe Pignatone regarding the gestion and need for closure of the Rroma camps.

– Roma: l’Associazione Rom (ANR), ha convocato un incontro pubblico. In: Messina Magazine. 07.01.2017. http://www.messinamagazine.it/2017/01/05/roma-lassociazione-rom-anr-ha-convocato-un-incontro-pubblico/
– Incontro “Rom, Sinti, Caminanti e Tavolo di Inclusione a Roma Capitale” In: Radio radicale. 04.01.2017. https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/496622/incontro-rom-sinti-caminanti-e-tavolo-di-inclusione-a-roma-capitale [link-preview url=”https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/496622/incontro-rom-sinti-caminanti-e-tavolo-di-inclusione-a-roma-capitale”]

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A Movie on Django Reinhardt

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A movie on Django Reinhardt opened the Berlin Festival. Will be worth seeing and judging, but it is certainly a difficult subject.

– Film über Django Reinhardt eröffnet Festival. In: Spiegel Online. 04.01.2017. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-eroeffnungsfilm-ueber-django-reinhardt-a-1128520.html
– “Django” wird die Berliner Filmfestspiele eröffnen. Der Tagesspiegel. 04.01.2017. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/berlinale-2017-django-wird-die-berliner-filmfestspiele-eroeffnen/19208970.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-eroeffnungsfilm-ueber-django-reinhardt-a-1128520.html “]

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Germany: A New Book

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A new book, called “Our Father” tells the story of a German Sinti family. It is written by a Sintica Anita Awosusi. She will present it at the Jewish Museum in Berlin on February 9th.

– Vater unser Eine Sintifamilie erzählt. In: Jüdisches Museum Berlin. https://www.jmberlin.de/vater-unser-eine-sintifamilie-erzaehlt [link-preview url=”https://www.jmberlin.de/vater-unser-eine-sintifamilie-erzaehlt”]

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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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Michail Krausnick

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The German Author Michail Krausnick, who has relentlessly engaged himself against discrimination has been awarded the Lagrenne prize of the City of Manheim for his work. The Prize is named after a well known Sinti Family of the region, the Lagrenne’s.

– Gegen Diskriminierung und Rassismus. In: Rhein Neckar Zeitung. 04.12.2016. http://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/metropolregion_artikel,-Gegen-Diskriminierung-und-Rassismus-_arid,245795.html [link-preview url=”http://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/metropolregion_artikel,-Gegen-Diskriminierung-und-Rassismus-_arid,245795.html”]

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Racist Graffiti in Montreuil

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Seems that the French police has apprehended the author of the racist anti-Jewish and anti-Rroma tags on a pre-school in Montreuil (we reported).
Good!

– #MONTREUIL L’auteur présumé des tags antisémites et anti-roms sur l’école Anne-Frank sera jugé dans la journée. In: L’Obs. 28.12.2016. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/en-direct/a-chaud/31732-montreuil-auteur-presume-antisemites-ecole-frank-journ.html
– TAGS ANTISÉMITES ET ANTI-ROMS À MONTREUIL : LE QUADRAGÉNAIRE DEVANT LE TRIBUNAL DE BOBIGNY CE MERCREDI. In: LCI.28.12.2016. http://www.lci.fr/faits-divers/tags-antisemites-et-anti-roms-a-montreuil-le-quadragenaire-devant-la-17e-chambre-du-tribunal-correctionnel-de-bobigny-ce-mercredi-2019178.html [link-preview url=”http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/en-direct/a-chaud/31732-montreuil-auteur-presume-antisemites-ecole-frank-journ.html”]

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Slightly delayed from its usual dominical slot due to the new year. And a surprise … Normally, most of the news on Rroma are on camps and expulsions. Now this time, with the exception of articles on the international situation of Rroma), this seems to be almost exclusively criminality and begging.
Two articles on two burglaries and a story on robbery of joggers in Lille in the North; a burglary in the South; police interdiction of begging near Paris; in Lyon, an illegal occupation of a house; and finally more in the usual topic, a fire in a camp in Aix en Provence.

– Le «touriste» roumain avait cambriolé une maison. In: La Voix du Nord. 28.12.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/95987/article/2016-12-28/le-touriste-roumain-avait-cambriole-une-maison
– Un cambriolage audacieux ou une sortie alcoolique ? . In: La Voix du Nord. 28.12.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/96066/article/2016-12-28/un-cambriolage-audacieux-ou-une-sortie-alcoolique
– Des joggeurs et automobilistes dépouillés lors de guets-apens. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.12.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/96458/article/2016-12-29/des-joggeurs-et-automobilistes-depouilles-lors-de-guets-apens
– Lattes : trois Roms arrêtés lors d’un cambriolage dit “de nécessité” In: Midi Libre. 23.12.2016. http://www.midilibre.fr/2016/12/28/lattes-trois-roms-arretes-lors-d-un-cambriolage-dit-de-necessite,1446226.php
– Seine-Saint-Denis : contre les mendiants, le maire d’Aulnay utilise le Code de la route. In: Le Parisien. 28.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/aulnay-sous-bois-93600/aulnay-contre-les-mendiants-syriens-et-roms-beschizza-degaine-la-traversee-hors-des-clous-27-12-2016-6499269.php
– Aulnay-sous-bois. Un usage du Code de la route hors des clous. In: L’Humanité. 30.12.2016. http://www.humanite.fr/aulnay-sous-bois-un-usage-du-code-de-la-route-hors-des-clous-629433
– Rhône : il revient de vacances, des Roms s’étaient installés chez lui. In: MLyon. 30.12.2016. http://www.mlyon.fr/154974-rhone-il-revient-de-vacances-des-roms-s-etaient-installes-chez-lui.html
– Aix-en-Provence: incendie lié à un accident domestique près de l’autoroute A8 / A51. In: FR3 Provence Alpes. 29.12.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes/bouches-du-rhone/aix-en-provence/aix-provence-incendie-lie-accident-domestique-pres-autoroute-a8-a51-1163167.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/95987/article/2016-12-28/le-touriste-roumain-avait-cambriole-une-maison”]

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Rome, Raggi, and Rroma

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In spite of promises and words, it seems that the policies of the new mayor of Rome, Virgina Raggi, are not going to resolve integration issues for Rroma in the city anytime soon… The main proposal is now a round table on integration.
DOSTA!!!

– Virginia Raggi e il risanamento della città di Roma. Dal bilancio ai trasporti, passando per le politiche. In: Farodi Roma. 02.01.2017. http://www.farodiroma.it/2017/01/02/virginia-raggi-e-il-risanamento-della-citta-di-roma-dal-bilancio-ai-trasporti-passando-per-le-politiche-sociali/ [link-preview url=”http://www.farodiroma.it/2017/01/02/virginia-raggi-e-il-risanamento-della-citta-di-roma-dal-bilancio-ai-trasporti-passando-per-le-politiche-sociali/”]

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Jenische in Germany

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A long article on the Jenische in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Nice.

– Die Vergessenen. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 30.12.2016. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/historie-die-vergessenen-1.3313739 [link-preview url=”http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/historie-die-vergessenen-1.3313739″]

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Paris: Nazi Graffiti

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Nazis graffiti were sprayed onto a pre-school carrying the name “Anne Frank” in Montreuil, north of Paris. The slogans called for the extermination of Jews and Rroma …

– Nazi-style Graffiti Defaces Paris-area Preschool Named for Anne Frank. In: Haaretz. 26.12.2016. http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-1.761463 [link-preview url=”http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-1.761463″]

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Exhibition on Rroma near Paris

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A photographs exhibition on Rroma near Paris in Bagnolet. Nice pictures, but as usual, all clichés…

– Bagnolet : les Roms au cœur d’une exposition. In: Le Parisien. 29.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/bagnolet-93170/bagnolet-les-roms-au-coeur-d-une-exposition-29-12-2016-6505749.php [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/bagnolet-93170/bagnolet-les-roms-au-coeur-d-une-exposition-29-12-2016-6505749.php”]

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Good Old Times ???

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Alexander Gauland, from the AfD party is reminiscing about the “good old times” …
Well, the times he is referring to are not so good if you were not mainstream. It was the time where Nazis exterminated people based on race and eugenics …

– Kommentar zur Forderung des AfD-Vize Was Gauland unter der guten alten Zeit versteht. In: Berliner Zeitung. 30.12.2016. http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/kommentar-zur-forderung-des-afd-vize-was-gauland-unter-der-guten-alten-zeit-versteht-25393796 [link-preview url=”http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/kommentar-zur-forderung-des-afd-vize-was-gauland-unter-der-guten-alten-zeit-versteht-25393796″]

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Local History …

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An interesting reconstruction of a lynch in Germany shortly after World War One, following a petty theft by a Rrom. It ended in the death of two people, and had its roots in racism.

– Als ein Mundraub tödlich endete. In: Barmstedter Zeitung. 29.12.2016. http://www.shz.de/lokales/barmstedter-zeitung/als-ein-mundraub-toedlich-endete-id15701716.html [link-preview url=”http://www.shz.de/lokales/barmstedter-zeitung/als-ein-mundraub-toedlich-endete-id15701716.html”]

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