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Of Romanians and Rroma

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Of Romanians and Rroma

An article by a UK tabloid on Romanian and Rroma … Oh well, what could one expect. Sterotypes. The first sentence says all about the prejudices …

“So, the good news, I tell the first Romanian I interview, is that a British newspaper wants to print a story about Romania that isn’t about immigrants stealing their jobs or Gypsy beggars getting their teeth fixed free on the NHS.”

SHAME …

Italy: European Court Stops Eviction

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Italy: European Court Stops Eviction

With an emergency measure, the European Court of Human Rights, adopting an emergency measure, ordered the Italian Government not to proceed with the eviction of a disabled Rromni and her daughter from the former paper mill in via Salaria, in Rome, as set out in recent weeks by the Administration Capitoline.

Good!

Nice but Wrong

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Nice but Wrong

An article that is positively inclined about Rroma, but which is factually wrong… Yes Rroma had skilled jobs in the Ottoman Empire, but no, a “Vitsa” is not a tribe, it is a lineage – and this exclusively amongst Vlax Rroma. Rroma are not nomadic, no more than the Germans who travelled trough all of Europe in the 4th century.

Would be nice when writing about Rroma to do some basic research …

Racism in Germany

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Racism in Germany

Two articles on Racism in Germany and on the fact that Rroma are the losers of this debate – unfortunately.

International Romani Union on Camps in Italy

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International Romani Union on Camps in Italy

The current president of the International Romani Union, Normunds Rudevics wrote a letter to the Italian authorities protesting the planned evacuation of a camp with 35 Rroma families near Rome.

Gens du Voyage …

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Gens du Voyage …

The lack of news on Rroma in France is more than compensated by the number of articles on the Gens du Voyage – Travellerr, who are represented as criminals, undesirable, and generally as not integrated.

First, news about several camps of Travellers, in Saint Laurent de Mure, in Argentan, near Verdun, near Reims, close to Paris and in the West; and several discussions on or about camping spot for travellers in Niort, in Perros, in Indres et Loire, in the North, in Samois, in the park of a castle; and finally two more positive things – an interpellation of a minister in the parliament, and a discussion about the sedentarisation in Limoges.

After the camps, crime … And there the list is long. Police hunted away from a camp in Vernouillet near Paris; arrests in Toulouse and investigation nearby; some stolen goods found in the South West; 22 cars damaged near Toulouse; shots in a camp near Paris; three Romanians condemned in the South East; a Rrom sentenced for having shown a fingers to Valls; Police searching for witnesses in a series of burglaries in the North; and finally, a not so clever thief…

 

French Chronicle …

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French Chronicle …

Almost no news on Rroma this week in France besides the story of the Dutch footballers. A book by a teacher in the Paris suburbs; expulsions threatening the education of Rroma children; some news in the north; and finally, in the 16th (and posh) arrondissement of Paris, people complaining about a housing centre for migrants and refugees …

More on the Dutch Football Fans

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More on the Dutch Football Fans

Some more articles on the Dutch Football Fans taunting Rromnja. One commentators said “connards” on French TV – Bravo; a Dutch minister is appalled; and generally, the football fans are presented as what they are: limited bigots!

UK: Probe into Sexual Exploitation

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UK: Probe into Sexual Exploitation

A police probe in the UK aims at identifying victims of sexual exploitation. This probe involves somehow Rroma – but not only them.

Bad …

Breizh Again

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Breizh Again

Breizh-info produced yet another scandalous article with all stereotypes such as criminality, poverty, begging, etc., and full of generalizations. In addition, as the journalists mixes up travelers, Rroma, nomads, he shows his total lack of knowledge and his true intent: Showing Rroma as dirty, poor beggars and thieves.

SHAME!!!

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