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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”]

Italy News Western Europe

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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Paris: Cirque Romanes

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The latest program of the Cirque Romanes, a Rroma circus that is located just outside of the poshest Paris XVIth arrondissement.

– EN IMAGES. Au nouveau spectacle du cirque tzigane Romanes. In: Le Parisien. 03.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/en-images-au-nouveau-spectacle-du-cirque-tzigane-romanes-03-12-2016-6409737.php [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/en-images-au-nouveau-spectacle-du-cirque-tzigane-romanes-03-12-2016-6409737.php”]

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What to Say

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Yet another case where the “good” society goes wrong. One wonders if it is the norm or the exception…

– Children report ‘physical abuse’ by staff in G4S-run youth jails. In: iNews. 29.12.2016. https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/children-report-physical-abuse-staff-g4s-run-youth-jails/ [link-preview url=”https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/children-report-physical-abuse-staff-g4s-run-youth-jails/”]

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Mallorca: Political Correctness and Reality

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An article about the Rroma neighbourhood of Son Banya in Palma de Mallorca. Never mind that there were never Sinti in Mallorca (except as tourists), the whole article is full of stereotypes. Drugs, poverty, and of course, the good helpers …

– Patronat für Elendssiedlung Son Banya verschwindet. In: Mallorca Magazin. 26.12.2016. https://mallorcamagazin.com/nachrichten/gesellschaft/2016/12/26/51998/patronat-fur-die-elendssiedlung-son-banya-verschwindet.html [link-preview url=”https://mallorcamagazin.com/nachrichten/gesellschaft/2016/12/26/51998/patronat-fur-die-elendssiedlung-son-banya-verschwindet.html”]

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France: Anti-Semite and Anti-Rroma

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A 44 years old man was arraigned for having sprayed swastikas and anti-Jewish as well as anti-Rroma slogans in Paris.
Let’s hope he gets locked.

– À la une ce mercredi 28 décembre… In: Le Point. 28.12.2016. http://www.lepoint.fr/actu-du-jour/a-la-une-ce-mercredi-28-decembre-27-12-2016-2093274_781.php [link-preview url=”http://www.lepoint.fr/actu-du-jour/a-la-une-ce-mercredi-28-decembre-27-12-2016-2093274_781.php”]

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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”]

Italy News Western Europe

Christmas with Rroma

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A reportage on Christmas with Rroma in Italy, mostly in the north. Quite positive for a change, but still with many stereotypes.

– UN NATALE CON I ROM. In: In Terris. 27.12.2016. http://www.interris.it/2016/12/27/109488/posizione-in-primo-piano/schiaffog/un-natale-con-i-rom.html [link-preview url=”http://www.interris.it/2016/12/27/109488/posizione-in-primo-piano/schiaffog/un-natale-con-i-rom.html”]

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Italy: We have a Date

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Seems that things are now getting serious. Camps will be closed by the 31 of January. Or not? This is not the first attempt to close the camps …

– Roma, campi rom da chiudere entro il 31 gennaio 2017: il piano del Campidoglio. In: Il Messaggero. 27.12.2016. http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/cronaca/campi_rom_da_chiudere_entro_il_31_gennaio_2017_il_piano_del_campidoglio-2162045.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/cronaca/campi_rom_da_chiudere_entro_il_31_gennaio_2017_il_piano_del_campidoglio-2162045.html”]

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Austria: Requiem

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The Catholic Church staged a concert to commemorate the Rroma Holocaust in Austria. Nice, but still, they could really have done more then …

– Konzert im Steffl. In: Erzdiözese Wien. 21.12.2016. https://www.erzdioezese-wien.at/site/home/nachrichten/article/54369.html [link-preview url=”https://www.erzdioezese-wien.at/site/home/nachrichten/article/54369.html”]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy Slammed by UN

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Italy was literally slammed by the UN for its treatment of Rroma, especially for its camps. The UN says “close the camps and give them lodgings” …
It is true, this is a disgrace.

– L’Onu all’Italia: “Smantellare i campi rom e fornire ai nomadi abitazioni” In: Libero Quotidiano. 26.12.2016. http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/12260221/onu-zingari-case-italia.html [link-preview url=”http://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/12260221/onu-zingari-case-italia.html”]

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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″]

France News Western Europe

Architecture and Ghettoes

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An architecture school near Paris is trying to deal with the ghettoes and camps that dot the outskirts of Paris. The result, some successes and lots of disillusions.

– Quand l’Ecole d’architecture planche sur les bidonvilles. In: Telerama. 22.12.2016. http://www.telerama.fr/scenes/quand-l-ecole-d-architecture-planche-sur-les-bidonvilles,151593.php [link-preview url=”http://www.telerama.fr/scenes/quand-l-ecole-d-architecture-planche-sur-les-bidonvilles,151593.php”]

Germany News Western Europe

I am a Sinto

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The Association of German Sinti and Roma has issued a movie commemorating 40 years of civil society work and of the fight against stereotypes and prejudice.
Worth seing!

– „Ich bin ein deutscher Sinto“ In: Echo. 22.12.2016. http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/ich-bin-ein-deutscher-sinto_17558176.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/ich-bin-ein-deutscher-sinto_17558176.htm”]

Italy News Western Europe

Rome: A move on the Camps

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Now it’s official. On December 21, Roma Capitale, at the request of Laura Baldassarre, the Councillor of People, School and Community Solidarity, suspended calls for tenders for the management of the camps, the so-called “equipped villages”.
This should effectively mean the closure of these camps who are a disgrace.

– SVOLTA DEFINITIVA? Roma, chiudono tutti i campi rom. In: Il Quotidiano del Lazio. 25.12.2016. http://www.ilquotidianodellazio.it/articoli/23137/roma-chiudono-tutti-i-campi-rom
– CAMPI ROM. DOPO IL DELITTO UNA FIRMA, PER CERCARE IL DIALOGO. In: Retisolidali. 23.12.2016. http://www.retisolidali.it/campi-rom-firma-accordo/ [link-preview url=”http://www.ilquotidianodellazio.it/articoli/23137/roma-chiudono-tutti-i-campi-rom “]

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