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Tajsa Award

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Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, a Polish-Romani artist, has won the prestigious Tajsa Prize Cultural Heritage Prize 2023 for her significant contribution to Roma cultural heritage. The award ceremony took place on 30 November at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater and was organized by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).

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Tasja Awards

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The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) has announced the five finalists for the prestigious Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2023, which honours outstanding individuals who are leaders in the contemporary Roma cultural movement. The award ceremony will take place on 30 November 2023 at 19:00 and will be broadcast online from the Gorki Theatre in Berlin.

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Ukraine: Fight

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On November 27, a mass fight took place in the village of Pidvynogradiv in Transcarpathia, involving several dozen men, during which one was killed with a shovel. The fight took place in a part of the village where Roma live. According to the know information, the fight occurred during the elections of a “baron” in the settlement.

According to the news, a 41 years old person was arrested for having organised the fight and weapons in advance.

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French Chronicle …

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First an article with maybe good intentions but which labels Roma as nomads, and in the usual French way mixes Gitans, Manouches, Roma, etc. In brief, the usual French confusion. Time they should learn. Then, the more usual: In Bordeaux, Roma from a camp are being re-lodged (an exception) into decent buildings. Finally, In Montpellier, a festival “Migrant’scène” will showcase the documentary about he rumours in France that Roam were stealing children. A must see.

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Hamburg: Memorial

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The Hamburg Sinti Association has erected a memorial in the cemetery at Diebsteich in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. It will be ceremoniously inaugurated on Sunday.

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Germany, Social Help, and Stereotypes

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Natalie Reinhardt, chairwoman of the state representation of German Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg, sees anti-Gypsyism emerging again and again in various areas of social work.

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Germany and Roma

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Not a good thing: In Chemnitz, two Roma families are making headlines for noise, insults, garbage, and in addition they are suspected of shoplifting. Whether true or not, the mere fact that such articles pop up is bad.

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Ilona Lagrene

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Die Sintiza and civil right activist Ilona Lagrene has died at 73.

Romani Rose, chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, praised her for her “tireless education” about the minority’s history of persecution. For her it was never about “transferring blame”, but rather about “passing on knowledge”.

May she rest in peace.

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Petro Jovanovic / Petro Ivanovitch

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The well know Parisian musician Petro Ivanovitch (Jovanovic) who was born in Serbia died recently at the age of 76 in Paris. He was buried in the Montmartre cemetery last Thursday acompaigned by music sung by his family and the many musicians who attended the ceremony.

Petro founded the “Tsiganes Ivanovitch”, a group that recorded several albums.

May he rest in peace! Te avel o drom angla leste putherdo!

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Berlin and the Memorial

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The family of the artist Dani Karavan, the creator of the Memorial for the Sinti and Roma victims of the Genocide is threatening legal action if the memorial is changed by the planned S-Bahn tunnel. The government remains divided on the issue.

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Belgium, Politics, and Roma

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Conner Rousseau, the president of the Vooruit party (Socialist) resigned after weeks of controversy on his statements about Roma. He apparently said “one has to get rid of them” and said they are “brown garbage”. He then claimed to his defence to have been drunk …

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French Chronicle …

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Not much this week about Roma in France. Just a clean up after a camp closure near Bordeaux, another camp in Nantes being closed, and an article on insecurity in Grenoble, partly due to Roma thieves according to the article.

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Tajsa Prize

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The Tajsa prize will be awarded to Franciska Farkas and Horvá Kristóf “Színész Bob
(aka “Actor Bob”), both award-winning actors from Budapest, are notable for their contributions to the world of theater, film, poetry, and talent education.
The Jury has nominated them together for their outstanding performance in the movie Three Thousand Numbered Pieces (2022) “a political, cruel and original film spiced with dark humour, which makes an urgently needed and impactful statement against injustice, prejudice, discrimination and racism against the Roma, the biggest European minority”.

https://www.gorki.de/en/tajsa-roma-kulturerbe-preisverleihung

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Belgium, Politics, and Racism

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The Flemish socialist leader Conner Rousseau has been instructed by public prosecutors to follow therapy. He had made racist statements against Roma, and his apology, saying he was drunk at that time and would never say such things if sober did not help. Roma organisations filed a complaint and are part of a mediation procedure.

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Greece: Riots

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Greek Roma rioted in Greece after a young Roma was killed by the police. He was the third one in as many years.

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Greece: Again!

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A third young Rom was killed by the police in Athens after a police chase. According to the police, the gun went off when the young Rom tried to grab a pistol from the police.

He is the third young Roma killed by the police in Greece in as many years.

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French Chronicle …

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Not surprising, Paris is launching a “social clean-up” ahead of the Olympic games next year. As a result, Roma are being expulsed. In Nantes, a Roma camp that has existed for several years is being shut down, a decision that doesn’t make the unanimity in the local government. France is also continuing its expulsions, even though, since November 1st, people should be protected by the winter moratorium. Close to Switzerland, residents are protesting against travellers’ degradations. Finally, scrap metal collectors have been condemned for stealing metals, and for reselling them.

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