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After a pause due to Easter (not in France – on the redaction side), a further French chronicle. Actually very quiet, as this is the season where expulsions are the norm.

In Annet sur Marne, judges ordered the expulsion of the Rroma camp; in Roubaix, the decision of the judges is still reported, and the future of that particular camp is still in the cards; in Lens, a collective supporting Rroma is asking for financial support; a manifestation for supporting Rroma attracted less than 50 people, BAD; a young Rrom was electrocuted while playing in a squat; in Saint Denis, north of Paris, residents protested against illegal vendors and Rroma by organizing a market on the street; and finally, a positive note in the North of France on social lodgins and so-called insertions villages.

Annet-sur-Marne : le tribunal ordonne l’expulsion des Roms. In: Le Parisien. 10.05.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/annet-sur-marne-le-tribunal-ordonne-l-expulsion-des-roms-10-05-2016-5783459.php#xtref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.fr%2F
ANNET-SUR-MARNE : le camp de roms sera démantelé le 18 mai. In: 77 Info. 12.05.2016. http://www.77info.fr/pages/breves.php?breve=4203&titre=ANNET-SUR-MARNE+++le+camp+de+roms+sera+demantele+le+18+mai
Roms des Couteaux à Roubaix : la cour d’appel reporte à nouveau sa decision. In: La Voix du Nord. 12.05.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/roms-des-couteaux-a-roubaix-la-cour-d-appel-reporte-a-ia24b58797n3502156
Lens: un appel aux dons lancé par le collectif Rom du bassin minier. In: La Voix du Nord. 12.05.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/lens-un-appel-aux-dons-lance-par-le-collectif-rom-du-ia35b54051n3502316
Denain : le rassemblement de Djemaï Drici sur les Roms attire… 18 personnes. In: La Voix du Nord. 14.05.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/denain-le-rassemblement-de-djemai-drici-sur-les-roms-ia15b36964n3506654
Lille : un adolescent réchappe d’une incursion dans un transformateur 20 000 volts. In: La Voix du Nord. 14.05.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/lille-un-adolescent-rechappe-d-une-incursion-dans-un-ia19b57395n3505892
Saint-Denis : les habitants montent une brocante de protestation. In: Le Parisien. 15.05.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-les-habitants-montent-une-brocante-de-protestation-15-05-2016-5797951.php
Lille : la clé secrète qui ouvre le logement privé aux familles dans le besoin. In: La Voix du Nord. 12.05.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/lille-la-cle-secrete-qui-ouvre-le-logement-prive-aux-ia19b0n3500844

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The Forgotten Europeans …

June 9, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

For the 6^th of May, St Georges’ day, or Erdelezi in the Balkan, here is an interesting article about Rroma, the persecutions, non-integration, and life on the brim.

Roma und Sinti: Die vergessenen Europäer. In: Neue Rheinische Zeitung. 13.05.2016. http://www.nrhz.de/flyer/beitrag.php?id=22778

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Stumble Stones …

June 9, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

It has been 20 years since the project started. There are now more than 60’000 spread all over Germany, remembering victims of the Holocaust and where they lived. They honoured Jews, Rroma, and others who were killed in the Nazi madness.

Let’s remember them all, and well done as a project!

20 years of ‘Stolpersteine’ In: DW. 12.05.2016. http://www.dw.com/en/20-years-of-stolpersteine/a-19252785

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Sweden and Beggars

June 9, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Latest on begging in Sweden… Well, it is not forbidden, but beggars “limit access for disabled people” … What else?

Police: ‘Beggars limit access for disabled’ In: The Local. 10.05.2016. http://www.thelocal.se/20160510/police-beggars-limit-access-for-disabled

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Italy: Reality and Coverage

June 9, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

An article on Rroma in Italy. Well done, it states the correct facts, and the reality. According to the article, there are approximately “180,000 Roma and Sinti […] currently living in our country. In fact, most of them live, work and lead a normal life while, according to the association July 21, about 35,000 live in emergency housing, and nearly 20,000 of them in formal settlements. This is basically 0.06% on the Italian population (tiny percentage compared to the media coverage)”

A good Read!

Rom, Sinti e l’inclusione che non c’è. In: Unimondo. 08.05.2016. http://www.unimondo.org/Notizie/Rom-Sinti-e-l-inclusione-che-non-c-e-157235

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Turkish Art Project!

June 9, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

A Turkish art project aims at bridging the divide between ethnic groups in that country.

Well Done!

Turkish Art Project Seeks to Bridge Ethnic Divide. In: Voice of America. 09.05.2016. http://www.voanews.com/content/turkey-art-project-bridge-ethnic-divide-turks-kurds/3322884.html

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Glasgow – a school full of Rroma

June 9, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

The fate of a school in Glasgow where almost none of the 222 enrolled children speaks English and where the majority of them (181) are Rroma children from Slovakia and Romania makes the headlines in the UK.

While the Times is relatively neutral, the Daily Mail and others are really rabid. Rroma are being used to influence the vote in June, no doubt.

Cash appeal for school where no one speaks English. In: The Times. 03.05.2016. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cash-appeal-for-school-where-no-one-speaks-english-qgrg7s6fx
Glasgow’s most multicultural primary reaches out for help from the local community. In: Glasgow Live. 02.05.2016. http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgows-most-multicultural-primary-reaches-11273151
The Glasgow primary without a SINGLE Scottish pupil: 181 of school’s 222 children are from either Romania or Slovakia. In: The Daily Mail. 02.05.2016. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3569230/Primary-school-Glasgow-222-pupils-not-single-one-Scottish-Headteacher-pleads-crowdfunding-cash-teach-Slovakian-Asian-Romanian-pupils.html

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Comic Strip on Rroma Discrimination

June 9, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

A comic strip on the fate of Rroma and the discrimination they constantly face. Unfortunately, the comic strip also conveys many of the stereotypes on Rroma.

Graphic novel: The story of the Roma, Europe’s most stigmatised ethnic group. In: Scroll In. 09.05.2016. http://scroll.in/article/807086/graphic-novel-the-story-of-the-roma-europes-most-stigmatised-ethnic-group

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Exhibition on Rroma Holocaust

June 9, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

An exhibition on the Holocaust of Rroma in Bohemia and other Czech lands is opening this week. Good one speaks about it, as the Czech lands were nearly totally cleaned of Rroma in World War Two. And not all by German Nazis, by far not.

Roma-Ausstellung gastiert im Landratsamt Pirna. In: Dresdner Nachrichten. 04.05.2016. http://www.dnn.de/Region/Region-News/Roma-Ausstellung-gastiert-im-Landratsamt-Pirna

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Rotterdam Mayor On Remembrance

June 9, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Bravo !

Evil begins with preconceptions: Rotterdam mayor gives Remembrance speech. In: Dutch News. 04.05.2016. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/05/evil-begins-with-preconceptions-rotterdam-mayor-gives-remembrance-speech/

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New Network of Diasporas

June 8, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

A new Network of Diasporas has been started at an EU conference, networking Jews, Armenians, Rroma, and Assyrians.

Conference in European Parliament launches a network of Armenian, Jewish, Roma and Assyrian Diasporas. Public Radio of Armenia. 05.05.2016. https://www.armradio.am/en/2016/05/05/conference-in-european-parliament-launches-a-network-of-armenian-jewish-roma-and-assyrian-diasporas/

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Austria: Remembering Victims

June 8, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

An action for the remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust in Austria.

Good!

Gedenkstunde für ermordete Roma und Sinti. In: Salzburg ORF. 29.04.2016. http://salzburg.orf.at/news/stories/2771563/

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Brass Band Romania !

June 8, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

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10 Rromnja in Rome

June 8, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Ten Rromnja from camps surrounding Rome are cooking against prejudice in that city!

Gypsy Queens cook up Roma dishes in the eternal city. In: West. 26.04.2016. http://www.west-info.eu/gypsy-queens-cook-up-roma-dishes-in-the-eternal-city/

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Esma Redžepova wins against Borat

June 8, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

For those of you who did not yet know … The Macedonian Rroma singer went to court and did indeed win against Borat for the misuse of one of her greatest hit Čaje šukarije… She is on tour in Oakland. Go and see here .

Macedonian Rock Star Who Sued Borat (and Won!) to Appear in Oakland. In: KQED. 29.04.2016. https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/04/29/macedonian-rock-star-who-sued-borat-and-won-to-appear-in-oakland/

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Sweden: Police allowed to keep a register of Rroma

June 8, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

This is bad, the last time it was done in earnest, there was an Austrian Corporal fuming against all minorities, with the consequences one knows.

WRITE TO THE SWEDISH EMBASSY!

Swedish police Roma register ‘not illegal’. In: The Local. 02.05.2016. http://www.thelocal.se/20160502/swedish-police-roma-register-not-illegal

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Dumb and Dumber … UK Press

June 8, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Another of these articles that feed on stereotypes. Kings, barons, mansions (well…), all stereotypes are here. Is it reality or is it something else? Besides the taste to be discussed, the view here is that all these Rroma did their money illegally on the back of the UK (or European, or else) taxpayer. Wrong… They worked!

Inside the gypsy capital of the world: The Moldovan town where locals flaunt their wealth by building flamboyant homes and the ‘Gypsy King’ rules supreme. In: Mail Online. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3559115/Inside-gypsy-capital-world-Moldovan-town-locals-flaunt-wealth-building-flamboyant-homes-Gypsy-King-rules-supreme.html#ixzz46xh9626I