Professor Wilhelm Solms is awarded the German Federal Order of Merit for his work on the Antiziganismus and his engagement in this cause.
Congratulations!
The Council of Europe announced the creation of a European Rroma Institute to promote and defend the Rroma cultural heritage.
Let’s hope!
An Exhibition – Rroma on the Way to School – opened its doors in Strasbourg.
A new permanent exhibition near Buchenwald has opened. A must see. Let’s not forget.
Anina Ciuciu, a young Rromni passed from a camp in Italy to the French university of La Sorbonne in Paris where she studies law. A portrait.
A few articles on a Rroma camp in Laaken in Belgium. All this for 50 people …
71 years ago to this day, the concentration camps of Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen were freed. May those who did not survive rest in peace.
A long article on Rroma beggars in Sweden. Numbers of beggars vary according to sources but range from 600 t0 4’000. Unfortunately, the article propagates stereotypes about Rroma….
Just a few selected statements from the French Prime Minister.
SHAME!
This week’s chronicle is dominated by a few places. First and foremost, Cogolin, in the South where a Front National Mayor commented the destruction on a Rroma camp live on TV – watch it, in case you doubt what this party stands for. The statements he made (about the odour etc.) are actually plain racist.
Then, near Paris, in Annet sur Marne, a camp’s fate is in the hand of the judges; in Saint-Ouen, near Paris, the mayor blocks a street to get rid of Rroma; in Lille, Rroma may be forced to leave while in Roubaix, garbage strewn on the street creates anger.
Then an article about a strategy about Rroma … One wonders, So much noise and work for less than 20’000 Rroma – the problem could have been resolved a long while back.
The UN is being urged to pay a compensation of the Kosovo Rroma who were parked in a refugee camp sitting atop of a industrial toxic dump. Many of these Rroma were poisoned by heavy metals and other toxic compounds.
Right after having been condemned for racism, Jean-Maire Le Pen finds nothing better than celebrate with the French magazine “Rivarol” amongst a full set of true extremists making really racist comments.
Unfortunately, this cannot be condemned…
According to the World Bank, improving opportunities for Rroma children will pay off. According to the bank, the first 1’000 days are particularly important. Education, but also nutrition, and health.
However, stating that Hungary has done a lot is clearly exaggerated, as a simple tour through the countryside in that country will easily show.
Nice overview of the condemnation and statements of Jean-Marie le Pen in France …
More than 2’000 school children were sent back to Kosovo from Western Europe. Many of them are Rroma, and Kosovo is not the place to be if you are Rrom.
SHAME.
An interesting article presenting Rroma as a potential model for Europe.
Italian teachers in Naples protested against the eviction of Rroma in that metropolis.
Nice!
An article clearly showing that there is a need for action, not only for words after this years Rroma week.
Another series of pictures which, aside from their esthetical aspect, perpetuates the usual stereotypes about Rroma. How about making a series of pictures on French exclusively showing poor drunken French homeless?
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