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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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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”]

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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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