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A Rroma Group Supports Hofer

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Stevan Balog Radul, president of the parliament of the new IRU stood officially behind the right extreme candidate for the Austrian Presidency Norbert Hofer.
He and his party (FPÖ) have consistently taken extremist views on minorities and on LGTB and other social issues.
THIS IS A SHAME that a Rroma organisation supports them
The IRU in question is a new International Romani Union and not the original one. The original one has a different president and president of the parliament. These do not support Hofer.

– Roma Organisationen | Keine Unterstützung für Hofer. In: ORF Volksgruppen. 21.11.2016. http://volksgruppen.orf.at/roma/stories/2810332/
– Roma-Initiative wirbt für Hofer. In: Österreich 24. 21.11.2016. http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Roma-Initiative-wirbt-fuer-Hofer/259406935
– Roma-Verein wirbt für Hofer: “Ein anständiger Mensch” In: Wiener Zeitung. 21.11.2016. http://www.wienerzeitung.at/themen_channel/integration/gesellschaft/857582_Roma-Verein-wirbt-fuer-Hofer-Ein-anstaendiger-Mensch.html
– Roma-Initiativen distanzieren sich von IRU-Chef – und Hofer. In: Die Presse. 21.11.2016. http://diepresse.com/home/politik/bpwahl/5121742/RomaInitiativen-distanzieren-sich-von-IRUChef-und-Hofer [link-preview url=”http://volksgruppen.orf.at/roma/stories/2810332/”]

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A Friend …

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Last week, a friend died. A friend not only on a personal way – we did tours together, kept in contact through the year – but a friend of Rroma music. Stephane Karo did soo much for it, it was his passion, it was his life. He discovered and managed the Taraf de Haïdouk, the Kočani Orchestar, and more recently the Romanian Mahala Rai Banda.
He was buried in Brussels, Belgium last week end.
As we say: Te ovel o drom angla leste phuterdo. Ame na bistras tut!

– HOMMAGE À STÉPHANE KARO : LES MUSIQUES DES BALKANS PERDENT L’UN DE LEURS PREMIERS AMBASSADEURS. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 19.11.2016. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/le-fil-de-l-info/hommage-a-stephane-karo-les-musiques-des-balkans-perdent-l-un-de-leurs-premiers-ambassadeurs.html [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/le-fil-de-l-info/hommage-a-stephane-karo-les-musiques-des-balkans-perdent-l-un-de-leurs-premiers-ambassadeurs.html”]

Germany News Western Europe

Sign !

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A petition for Rroma to stay in Germany. Please act!

– Hier ist jetzt die englische Version der Petition -bitte breit verteilen und bitte unterschreiben! Now also in English – please spread widely and sign! In: Bundes Roma Verband. http://www.bundesromaverband.de/hier-ist-jetzt-die-englische-version-der-petition-bitte-breit-verteilen-und-bitte-unterschreiben-now-also-in-english-please-spread-widely-and-sign/ [link-preview url=”http://www.bundesromaverband.de/hier-ist-jetzt-die-englische-version-der-petition-bitte-breit-verteilen-und-bitte-unterschreiben-now-also-in-english-please-spread-widely-and-sign/”]

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France and Prostitution …

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The case of Bulgarian Rroma who prostituted their children is making the headlines. Worse, it makes Rroma really look bad in a country where the press has a tendency to generalise.
They came off lightly, actually, way too lightly.

– GIRONDE: 2 À 6 ANS DE PRISON POUR DES PARENTS BULGARES QUI PROSTITUAIENT LEURS ENFANT. In: Charentes Libre. 18.11.2016. http://www.charentelibre.fr/2016/11/18/gironde-2-a-6-ans-de-prison-pour-des-parents-bulgares-qui-prostituaient-leurs-enfants,3068890.php
– Bordeaux : Peines légères pour des Roms qui prostituaient leurs propres enfants ! In: Infos Bordeaux. 19.11.2016. http://www.infos-bordeaux.fr/2016/actualites/bordeaux-peines-legeres-pour-des-roms-qui-prostituaient-leurs-propres-enfants-8518
– Procès des parents proxénètes à Bordeaux : l’expertise dérangeante de l’éthnopsychologue. In: Sud Ouest. 14.11.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/11/14/faire-du-sexe-c-est-comme-faire-la-manche-2567416-4697.php
– Bordeaux : de lourdes peines requises contre les parents jugés pour proxénétisme. In: Sud Ouest. 17.11.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/11/17/bordeaux-de-lourdes-peines-requises-contre-les-parents-juges-pour-proxenetisme-2571806-2780.php [link-preview url=”http://www.charentelibre.fr/2016/11/18/gironde-2-a-6-ans-de-prison-pour-des-parents-bulgares-qui-prostituaient-leurs-enfants,3068890.php”]

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UK: More and More Travellers in the Pentecostal Church

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An article about the huge impact of the Pentecostal church among Rroma and Travellers in the UK. This reflects the success of this church in France, Switzerland and to a lesser extend in Germany, but which definitively has a negative impact on Rroma tradition and customs, as these are superseded by church views. And this is not about fortune telling …

– How Gypsies have moved from fortune-telling to fervent Christianity. In: BBC News. 20.11.2016. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-38016090 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-38016090″]

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Austria: Commemoration for the Burgenland Rroma

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In the Austrian Burgenland, an event was organised on the 19th of November to commemorate the deportation of the Burgenland Rroma during the Nazi era. These Carpathian Rroma, established in the region since the 14th century, were alm,ost annihilated during World War Two.

– Gedenken an in NS-Zeit getötete Roma und Sinti. In: Der Kurier. 19.11.2016. https://kurier.at/chronik/burgenland/gedenken-an-in-ns-zeit-getoetete-roma-und-sinti/231.585.209
– Gedenkveranstaltung für Roma und Sinti im Burgenland. In: Salzburger Nachrichten. 19.11.2016. http://www.salzburg.com/nachrichten/oesterreich/politik/sn/artikel/gedenkveranstaltung-fuer-roma-und-sinti-im-burgenland-222835/ [link-preview url=”https://kurier.at/chronik/burgenland/gedenken-an-in-ns-zeit-getoetete-roma-und-sinti/231.585.209″]

France News Western Europe

France and Schools …

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A series of articles in France followed the publication of a report on school enrolment and the difficulties that minorities have in finding a school who takes them. This is especially true of Rroma migrants with several mayors simply refusing to entoll them (see post from yesterday).
SHAME for France

– Roms, isolés, mal logés: qui sont ces enfants non scolarisés en France? In: L’Express. 18.11.2016. http://www.lexpress.fr/education/roms-isoles-mal-loges-qui-sont-ces-enfants-non-scolarises-en-france_1851763.html
– Trop d’enfants se voient refuser l’accès à l’école. In: La Croix. 18.11.2016. http://www.la-croix.com/Famille/Education/Trop-denfants-voient-refuser-lacces-lecole-2016-11-18-1200804005
– Le rapport annuel sur les droits de l’enfant en France dénonce des inégalités d’accès à l’école. In: France Infos. 18.11.2016. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/education/le-rapport-annuel-sur-les-droits-de-l-enfant-en-france-denonce-des-inegalites-d-acces-a-l-ecole_1925689.html
– Le droit à l’éducation bafoué par certaines mairies. In: Le Monde. 18.11.2016. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/droit-à-l-éducation-bafoué-certaines-mairies-062018052.html
– L’accès à l’école, un droit en théorie mais parfois bafoué dans la réalité. In: Europe 1. 18.11.2016. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/lacces-a-lecole-un-droit-en-theorie-mais-parfois-bafoue-dans-la-realite-2903735
– Un rapport du Défenseur des droits dénonce l’accès difficile à la scolarisation pour les enfants “vulnérables”. In: The Huffington Post. 18.11.2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2016/11/18/rapport-du-defenseur-des-droits-acces-difficile-education-enfants-vulnerables/ [link-preview url=”https://fr.news.yahoo.com/droit-à-l-éducation-bafoué-certaines-mairies-062018052.html”]

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French Chronicle …

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Interesting week in France: Instead of just camps and their removal, we have a series of themes – schools and prostitution which made the headlines. But first, the usual camp chronicle …
First a movie comparing the integration of Portuguese and Rroma in Ivry, near Paris; then the story of a pro-Rroma militant who was getting paid to expulse them (YES!!!); the dreation of a collective for helping Rroma in the North; the story of Rroma squatting a school and the story of Rroma finally finding a place to stay in the North; a fire in a camp in Marseilles; and the usual story about the Rroma from Montreuil who still have no abode.

– Ivry : un film compare l’intégration des immigrés Portugais et Roms. In: Le Parisien. 14.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/ivry-sur-seine-94200/ivry-un-film-compare-l-integration-des-immigres-portugais-et-roms-14-11-2016-6327099.php
– Ce militant pour le droit des Roms se faisait en fait payer pour aider à les expulser. In: L’Atlantico. 13.11.2016. http://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/militant-pour-droit-roms-se-faisait-en-fait-payer-pour-aider-expulser-tour-france-corruption-jacques-duplessy-guillaume-morant-2876053.html#kkcCI8Gtpyx0XEQV.99
– Création d’un collectif de soutien aux Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 17.11.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/75872/article/2016-11-17/creation-d-un-collectif-de-soutien-aux-roms
– L’aventure des Roms s’achève à l’école Sainte-Thérèse. In: La Voix du Nord. 15.11.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/74824/article/2016-11-15/l-aventure-des-roms-s-acheve-l-ecole-sainte-therese
– Un logement pour les Roms, mais de très longues années de démarches en coulisse. In: La Voix du Nord. 15.11.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/74814/article/2016-11-15/un-logement-pour-les-roms-mais-de-tres-longues-annees-de-demarches-en-coulisse
– Marseille : incendie dans un camps de roms quartier d’Arenc. In: FR3 Infos. 20.11.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes/marseille-incendie-camps-roms-quartier-arenc-1135307.html
– Montreuil : les familles roms de nouveau expulsées. In: Le Parisien. 14.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/montreuil-les-familles-roms-de-nouveau-expulsees-14-11-2016-6328152.php
– Familles Roms à Montreuil: mise à l’abri jamais, harcèlement toujours? In: Mediapart. 17.11.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/171116/familles-roms-montreuil-mise-labri-jamais-harcelement-toujours [link-preview url=”https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/171116/familles-roms-montreuil-mise-labri-jamais-harcelement-toujours”]

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UK: 48’000 Pounds Paid

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An Irish pub chain was condemned to pay 48’000 pounds to a group of travellers who was denied access to one of their pubs.
Good!

– Wetherspoon pub chain apologise to Irish Travellers and pay over £48,000 in landmark David vs Goliath discrimination case. In: The Irish Post. 17.11.2016. http://irishpost.co.uk/wetherspoon-pub-chain-apologise-irish-travellers-pay-48000-landmark-david-vs-goliath-discrimination-case/ [link-preview url=”http://irishpost.co.uk/wetherspoon-pub-chain-apologise-irish-travellers-pay-48000-landmark-david-vs-goliath-discrimination-case/”]

France News Western Europe

France: Right to Education?

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One of the fundamental rights of the French Republic, the right to education is being tramped on by many French mayors who refuse to enrol Rroma and migrants in their schools.
SHAME!

– Le droit à l’éducation bafoué par certaines mairies. In: Le Monde. 18.11.2016. http://www.lemonde.fr/education/article/2016/11/18/le-droit-a-l-education-bafoue-par-certaines-mairies_5033207_1473685.html#sUZfZr7EMscvWDmb.99 [link-preview url=”http://www.lemonde.fr/education/article/2016/11/18/le-droit-a-l-education-bafoue-par-certaines-mairies_5033207_1473685.html#sUZfZr7EMscvWDmb.99″]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany: Stumbling Stones for Rroma

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The first stumbling stones –(Stolpersteine), small stones embedded in the pavement reminding the people who lived in a place and died in the Holocaust were inaugurated for Rroma and Sinti victims in Halle.

– Erste Stolpersteine für Sinti in Halle. In: MDR Sachsen-Anhalt. 17.11.2016. http://www.mdr.de/sachsen-anhalt/halle/stolpersteine-sinti-roma-100.html [link-preview url=”http://www.mdr.de/sachsen-anhalt/halle/stolpersteine-sinti-roma-100.html”]

Greece News Western Europe

Greece: Universities for Health

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Several Greek Universities are supporting a program aiming at providing health care to at risk minorities and people. Rroma, but also Pomak minorities are meant to be helped in the program.

– Athens University to support ‘Health for All’ programme for risk groups. In: Tomos News. 11.11.2016. http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/society/20343-athens-university-to-support-health-for-all-programme-for-risk-groups.html [link-preview url=”http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/society/20343-athens-university-to-support-health-for-all-programme-for-risk-groups.html”]

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An Article on Rroma Holocaust

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The article is correct on the Holocaust and the persecution of Rroma in Germany by the Nazis, but on Rroma itself, the author has obviously no idea. He speaks of two main “tribes”, the Rroma and the Sinti for one. Please inform yourself prior to writing.

– Black and Brown Triangles – Himmler Targets Gypsies. In: The New Historian. 14.11.2016. http://www.newhistorian.com/black-brown-triangles-himmler-targets-gypsies/7555/ [link-preview url=”http://www.newhistorian.com/black-brown-triangles-himmler-targets-gypsies/7555/”]

France News Western Europe

France: A Video on Fraternity

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A video against segregation and for fraternity …

– http://videos.leparisien.fr/video/fraternite-generale-roms-et-gadjos-besoin-de-fraternite-episode-29-12-11-2016-x51pm3u#xtref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.fr%2F [link-preview url=”http://videos.leparisien.fr/video/fraternite-generale-roms-et-gadjos-besoin-de-fraternite-episode-29-12-11-2016-x51pm3u#xtref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.fr%2F”]

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German TV: Rroma and Holocaust

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ARD, one of the main German Channels presented a reportage on the persecution of Rroma and Sinti under the Nazis. Good watch.

– In ARD Puzzle. 13.08.2016. http://programm.ard.de/?sendung=2848718977586371 [link-preview url=”http://programm.ard.de/?sendung=2848718977586371″]

France News Western Europe

France: How did they Come

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An interesting reportage about an Ursari family and their children who land in a camp near Paris. A different view on Rroma, a rare thing in France.

– Roman ado. Un autre regard sur les Roms. In: Ouest France. 08.11.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/culture/livres/roman-ado-un-autre-regard-sur-les-roms-4596621 [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/culture/livres/roman-ado-un-autre-regard-sur-les-roms-4596621″]

Italy News Western Europe

More on the Aggression in Italy

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Attacked because his wife is “the gypsy woman who is on television”, Paul Bitch Ninchi, president of Upre Rome and husband of Dijana Pavlovic, actress and Roma activist, had to to undergo surgery after an injury to his left ear drum.
BAD.

– Aggredito perché sua moglie è la zingara che va in televisione: intervista a Dijana Pavlovic. In: Agenzia Radicale. 12.11.2016. http://www.agenziaradicale.com/index.php/diritti-e-liberta/4315-aggredito-perche-sua-moglie-e-la-zingara-che-va-in-televisione-intervista-a-dijana-pavlovic
– Milano, politico aggredito “Tua moglie è una rom” In: Il Giornale. 08.11.2016. http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/milano/aggressione-paolo-cagni-ferrero-colpa-clima-dodio-lega-1329012.html [link-preview url=”http://www.agenziaradicale.com/index.php/diritti-e-liberta/4315-aggredito-perche-sua-moglie-e-la-zingara-che-va-in-televisione-intervista-a-dijana-pavlovic”]

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UK: Commemoration

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A UK Traveller who won the Victoria Cross in World War One is being remembered!

– Gypsy First World War hero honoured in Scunthorpe. In: The Traveller’s Times. 11.11.2016. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/News/Gypsy-First-World-War-hero-honoured-in-Scunthorpe.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/News/Gypsy-First-World-War-hero-honoured-in-Scunthorpe.aspx”]

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Lots of expulsions in the region around Paris. This in spite of the winter and the normal winter pause of such evictions. In Seine et Marne, a large Rroma camp was cleared; 5 camps were cleared in the Essonnes department, for example in Tarterêts; another camp in the Yvelines was also closed; several people were evicted in Argenteuil and stood in front of the St. Denis Basilique in protest; in Montreuil, the families evicted in July still have found no housing; in Coflans St. Honorine, near Paris, Rroma travellers squatted the schoolyard of a local high-school; in Ivry, an association celebrated their work for Rroma; some ecologist activists helped clean up a camp of Rroma travellers; in Lyon, two families were evicted; and near Bordaux, Bulgarian Rroma are accused of having prostituted their children.

– Seine-et-Marne : le camp de Roms géant a été démantelé. In: Le Parisien. 08.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/evry-gregy-sur-yerres-le-camp-de-roms-geant-a-ete-demantele-08-11-2016-6304263.php
– Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre. Le bidonville démantelé. In: La République. 08.11.2016. http://www.larepublique77.fr/2016/11/08/evry-gregy-sur-yerres-le-bidonville-demantele-2/
– Le camp de Roms géant démantelé. In: Le Parisien. 09.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/le-camp-de-roms-geant-demantele-09-11-2016-6305442.php
– Cinq camps de Roms démantelés à Corbeil-Essonnes. In: Le Républicain. 09.11.2016. http://www.le-republicain.fr/a-la-une/cinq-camps-de-roms-demanteles-a-corbeil-essonnes
– Cinq camps roms démantelés à Corbeil-Essonnes. In: Essonnes Infos. 10.11.2016. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/99512/cinq-camps-roms-demanteles-a-corbeil-essonnes/
– Corbeil-Essonnes : le camp de Roms proche des Tarterêts évacué. In: Le Parisien. 09.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/corbeil-essonnes-91100/corbeil-essonnes-le-camp-de-roms-proche-des-tarterets-evacue-09-11-2016-6309438.php
– Montigny-le-Bretonneux. Le camp de roms évacué. In: 78 Actu. 10.11.2016. http://www.78actu.fr/le-camps-de-roms-evacue_42696/
– Argenteuil : « Ces gens ont été mis à la rue » In: Le Parisien. 08.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/argenteuil-95100/argenteuil-ces-gens-ont-ete-mis-a-la-rue-08-11-2016-6304425.php
– Montreuil: une seule solution (provisoire), la réquisition pour les familles à la rue. In: Médiapart. 11.11.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/101116/montreuil-une-seule-solution-provisoire-la-requisition-pour-les-familles-la-rue
– Conflans-Sainte-Honorine: Des caravanes de Roms installées au gymnase Joffre. In: La Gazette. 07.11.2016. http://www.gazettevaldoise.fr/2016/11/07/des-caravanes-de-roms-installees-au-gymnase-joffre/
– À Ivry, Sperentza fête ses actions en faveur des Roms. In: Le Parisien. 06.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/ivry-sur-seine-94200/a-ivry-sperentza-fete-ses-actions-en-faveur-des-roms-06-11-2016-6295953.php
– SAINT-THIBAULT-DES-VIGNES ► UN COMMANDO ÉCOLO AIDE LES ROMS À NETTOYER LEUR CAMP. In: Magjournal77. 08.11.2016. http://www.magjournal77.fr/saint-thibault-vignes-►-commando-ecolo-aide-roms-a-nettoyer-camp/
– UNE EXPULSION JETTE DEUX FAMILLES ROMS À LA RUE DANS LE 4E. In: Lyon Bondy Blog. 09.11.2016. http://lyonbondyblog.fr/LBB/bulldozers-jettent-deux-familles-roms-a-rue/
– Gironde : accusés de prostituer leurs enfants. In: Sud Ouest. 08.11.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/11/08/parents-et-proxenetes-2560725-2780.php [link-preview url=”https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/99512/cinq-camps-roms-demanteles-a-corbeil-essonnes/”]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy: Rroma Leaders Ask for EU Funds to Be Blocked

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Italian Rroma leaders have formally asked the EU to block 16 Mio EUR of funds earmarked for the Campania Region specifically for the integration of Rroma. And one knows what these funds were used for in the past: for camps, and for corruption …

– Nazione Rom chiede blocco finanziamento e rispetto della Strategia Nazionale ed Accordi Eu. In: Scrivo Napoli. 11.11.2016. http://www.scrivonapoli.it/nazione-rom-chiede-blocco-finanziamento-e-rispetto-della-strategia-nazionale-ed-accordi-eu/ [link-preview url=”http://www.scrivonapoli.it/nazione-rom-chiede-blocco-finanziamento-e-rispetto-della-strategia-nazionale-ed-accordi-eu/”]

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