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Austria News Western Europe

Austria: Catholic Bishops Want a Memorial

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An Austrian Bishop conference in Eisenstadt asked for a worthy memorial to the Rroma and Sinti victims of the Holocaust in Austria… Would also have been nice to say that the church did not do much against it when it was happening …

– Bischöfe fordern Gedenkstätten für in der NS-Zeit ermordete Roma. In: Kath Press. 11.11.2016. http://www.kathpress.at/goto/meldung/1439196/bischoefe-fordern-gedenkstaetten-fuer-in-der-ns-zeit-ermordete-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.kathpress.at/goto/meldung/1439196/bischoefe-fordern-gedenkstaetten-fuer-in-der-ns-zeit-ermordete-roma”]

France News Western Europe

France: An Auditorium named after Maximoff

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An auditorium was named after the Kalderaša author Matéo Maximoff. His daughter is interviewed in a French paper.

– « Mon père était une figure de proue des Roms » In: Le Parisien. 03.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-saint-denis-93/mon-pere-etait-une-figure-de-proue-des-roms-03-11-2016-6281439.php [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-saint-denis-93/mon-pere-etait-une-figure-de-proue-des-roms-03-11-2016-6281439.php”]

Germany News Western Europe

Otto Pankok

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An exhibition of the works of the painter Otto Pankok in commemoration of his 50th anniversary of his death.

– Vom Frühwerk bis zum späten Schaffen. In: RP Online. 11.11.2016. http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/huenxe/vom-fruehwerk-bis-zum-spaeten-schaffen-aid-1.6387554 [link-preview url=”http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/huenxe/vom-fruehwerk-bis-zum-spaeten-schaffen-aid-1.6387554″]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy: Racist Agression

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Paolo Cagna Ninchi, the president of the organisation Upre Roma was insulted and beaten up because his wife Dijana Pavlovic “is the gypsy who goes on television”.
BAD …

– “Tua moglie è la zingara della televisione”, poi le botte. In: Stranieri in Italia. 08.11.2016. http://www.stranieriinitalia.it/attualita/attualita/attualita-sp-754/tua-moglie-e-la-zingara-della-televisione-poi-le-botte.html
– Rom, Uil: “Ora campagna antirazzista e riconoscimento minoranza”. In: Stranieri in Italia. 09.11.2016. http://www.stranieriinitalia.it/attualita/attualita/attualita-sp-754/rom-ora-campagna-antirazzista-e-riconoscimento-minoranza.html [link-preview url=”http://www.stranieriinitalia.it/attualita/attualita/attualita-sp-754/tua-moglie-e-la-zingara-della-televisione-poi-le-botte.html”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

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During the Remembrance Day in the UK, an article that cites the many Rroma and Travellers who died in World War One.
May they rest in peace.

– Paving stone to be unveiled for Scunthorpe Victoria Cross recipient on Remembrance Sunday. In: Scunthorpe Telegraph. 08.11.2016. http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/paving-stone-to-be-unveiled-for-scunthorpe-victoria-cross-recipient-on-remembrance-sunday/story-29878935-detail/story.html

Cyprus News Western Europe

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Did you know that there is a small Rroma minority in Cyprus, a minority cited at the start of talks between the ministers of both sides of the Island.

– Cyprus: Why One of the World’s Most Intractable Conflicts Continues. In: The New Yor Times. 07.11.2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/world/europe/cyprus-reunification-talks.html?_r=0

Italy News Western Europe

Italy: Aggression against a Rroma Activist

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Paolo Cagna Ninchi, the president of the association Upre Rom, was aggressed and beaten up in Milan, and his wife was also insulted.
STOP!!!!

– “Tua moglie è la zingara che va in televisione”. E scatta l’aggressione. In: Il Giorno. 07.11.2016. http://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/rom-pavlovic-aggressione-1.2660416 [link-preview url=”http://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/rom-pavlovic-aggressione-1.2660416″]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Brexit and Rroma

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More on the worries of minorities in the UK after the Brexit vote…

– After-Brexit Worries. In: America, the National Catholic Review. http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/after-brexit-worries [link-preview url=”http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/after-brexit-worries”]

Bulgaria Germany News Eastern Europe News Western Europe Romania

Bullsh*t

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The Gatestone institute wrote a piece on “no go zones” in Germany, and managed to pack a bunch of nasty and totally inacceptable stereotypes in the process… Totally beyonf the point. For example: “thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians (including Sinti and Roma “gypsies”) have flocked to Duisburg”, Sinti are locals, and the thousands are not there; “New migrants from Bulgaria and Romania are adding to the problems”, what problems, if not the ones of the journalist; this mixed with factual reporting such as “At night, Romanian residents dance on the streets, the sound system in the car supplies loud music” taken from the German Press.
Well, this article is full of stereotypes and is BAD!!!

– Inside Germany’s No-Go Zones: Part I – North Rhine-Westphalia. In: Gatestone Institute. 07.11.2016. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9279/germany-no-go-zones-nrw [link-preview url=”https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9279/germany-no-go-zones-nrw”]

France News Western Europe

Mateo Maximoff

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An article about Mateo Maximoff’s daughter, Nouka. Mateo was one of the first persons to write in Rromanes and in France his books are well known.

– « Mon père était une figure de proue des Roms » In: Le Parisien. 03.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-saint-denis-93/mon-pere-etait-une-figure-de-proue-des-roms-03-11-2016-6281439.php [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-saint-denis-93/mon-pere-etait-une-figure-de-proue-des-roms-03-11-2016-6281439.php”]

France News Western Europe

France: An Appeal

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An appeal in France coming right after the acknowledgement of the internment of Rroma by the French government during World War Two to repeal the statu of “gens du voyage” and to stop the discrimination against them and Rroma in general.

– Internement des Tsiganes : Il n’est jamais trop tard pour reconnaître ses erreurs. In: Saphir News. 30.10.2016. http://www.saphirnews.com/Internement-des-Tsiganes-Il-n-est-jamais-trop-tard-pour-reconnaitre-ses-erreurs_a23089.html [link-preview url=”http://www.saphirnews.com/Internement-des-Tsiganes-Il-n-est-jamais-trop-tard-pour-reconnaitre-ses-erreurs_a23089.html”]

Germany News Western Europe

Munich: An Exhibition on Rroma Persecution

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An exhibition in Munich in the documentation centre on Nazi is commemorating the persecution of Sinti and Rroma through the National Socialists between 1933 and 1945.

– Die Verfolgung der Sinti und Roma in München. In: Bayrisches Rundfunk. 04.11.2016. http://www.br.de/br-fernsehen/sendungen/puzzle/ausstellung-sinti-und-roma-puzzle-100.html [link-preview url=”http://www.br.de/br-fernsehen/sendungen/puzzle/ausstellung-sinti-und-roma-puzzle-100.html”]

France News Western Europe

France and Persecution

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A good article and to the point … While the French President excused himself for the role that the French state played in the internment and deportation of Rroma during World War Two, he actually ignored that the French state did persecute Rroma for centuries before that …

– French President Downplays Historical Persecution of Roma People. In: Tele Sur. 30.10.2016. http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/French-President-Downplays-Historical-Persecution-of-Roma-People-20161030-0013.html [link-preview url=”http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/French-President-Downplays-Historical-Persecution-of-Roma-People-20161030-0013.html”]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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A short chronicle… For some reason, very little in France this week. Always good!
A camp near Paris, in Vigneux was closed by riot police; in the same département, in the Essone, 440 migrants from Paris are being housed, with Rroma among them; in Montreuil, the situation of the evicted Rroma has still not been resolve, and nothing has progressed; in the North, near Lille, the administration is trying physical means to stop Rroma from squatting land near a railway station; and finally a story of thieves, two Rroma …

– Un camp de Roms de Vigneux-sur-Seine évacué par les CRS. In: Le Parisien. 03.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/vigneux-sur-seine-91270/un-camp-de-roms-de-vigneux-sur-seine-evacue-par-les-crs-03-11-2016-6285147.php
– Un camp rom démantelé à Vigneux-sur-Seine. In: Essone Info. 04.11.2016. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/99216/camp-de-roms-demantele-a-vigneux-seine/
– L’Essonne accueille 440 migrants de Stalingrad. In: Le Parisen. 04.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/l-essonne-accueille-440-migrants-de-stalingrad-04-11-2016-6290022.php
– Montreuil. Pas de trêve hivernale pour les familles Roms expulsées. In: Mediapart. 01.11.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/011116/montreuil-pas-de-treve-hivernale-pour-les-familles-roms-expulsees
– Les talus dressés devant la gare seront aménagés au printemps. In: La Voix du Nord. 02.11.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/68371/article/2016-11-02/les-talus-dresses-devant-la-gare-seront-amenages-au-printemps
Castelnau-le-Lez : deux suspects repéraient pour cambrioler. In: e-metropolitain. 04.11.2016. http://e-metropolitain.fr/2016/11/04/castelnau-lez-deux-suspects-reperaient-cambrioler/ [link-preview url=”https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/99216/camp-de-roms-demantele-a-vigneux-seine/”]

Austria News Western Europe

Austria: Rroma Literature Award

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The Rroma literature award dedicated to Čeja Stojka was given to a young Rrom author Samuel Mago.

– Roma-Literaturpreis des Österreichischen PEN in Erinnerung an Ceija Stojka 2016 geht an Samuel Mago. In: Presstext. 03.11.2016. http://www.pressetext.com/news/20161103025 [link-preview url=”http://www.pressetext.com/news/20161103025″]

Greece News Western Europe

Greece: Rroma Origins

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An article in the Greek Press on the origins of the Rroma. Fairly accurate, but with a choice of pictures that is full of stereotypes…

– Ρομά ή Ρομ ή Τσιγγάνοι ή Γύφτοι: Από πού κατάγονται τελικά; In: Protothema. 03.11.2016. http://www.protothema.gr/stories/article/625108/roma-i-rom-i-tsigganoi-i-guftoi-apo-pou-katagodai-telika/ [link-preview url=”http://www.protothema.gr/stories/article/625108/roma-i-rom-i-tsigganoi-i-guftoi-apo-pou-katagodai-telika/”]

News Western Europe Sweden

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The Rromanes Program of the Swedish TV showcased Rroma tales, so-called paramicija.

– Paramichi si vazno ande kultura. In: Radio Sverige. 02.11.2016. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=6554411

Italy News Western Europe

Rome and Rroma

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As we already reported, the closure by the city of Rome of its centre for migrants in the via Amarilli is actually a de-facto eviction. The evicted Rroma were not offered any alternative lodging and are now camping outside.
SHAME.

– Verwaltung der italienischen Hauptstadt geht gegen Minderheit vor. In: Junge Welt. 03.11.2016. https://www.jungewelt.de/2016/11-01/028.php [link-preview url=”https://www.jungewelt.de/2016/11-01/028.php”]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany, Rroma, and Education

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According to a recent survey, schools are not a safe place for Rroma and Sinti in Germany. For most of them encounter discrimination and are confronted with sterotypes and prejudices. This is BAD.

– Schule ist für Sinti und Roma kein sicherer Ort. In: Der tagesspeigel. 02.11.2016. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/bildungsaufsteigerinnen-schule-ist-fuer-sinti-und-roma-kein-sicherer-ort/14783888.html [link-preview url=”http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/bildungsaufsteigerinnen-schule-ist-fuer-sinti-und-roma-kein-sicherer-ort/14783888.html”]

Germany News Western Europe

Rroma and Theatre

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A new theatre play, the Journey – Drom, portrays Rroma who moved to Germany in search of a better life. The play and its Rroma and Gadže actors wants to show the complexity of the refugee issue and wants to further understanding in Germany for their plight.

– Roma spread message of understanding through theatre. In: DW. 01.11.2016. http://www.dw.com/en/roma-spread-message-of-understanding-through-theater/a-36192278 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/roma-spread-message-of-understanding-through-theater/a-36192278″]

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