Category Archives: News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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Not much this week either in France about Roma. Near Paris, Roma in a small camp are facing insults and threats; in Toulouse, another edition of Rencont’roms is planned for mid-November; and finally, an article on pickpockets in Nice, some of which are Romnja.

Germany and the Sinti Romanes

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The Romanes of the Sinti is closely interwoven with the Koblenz subculture. As kickboxing world champion, Marlon Reinhardt often lets his fists do the talking. But the 32-year-old is also intensively involved in the Sinti community.

Hannover and Racism

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The City of Hannover has admitted that they discriminated against Roma for years.

Germany, Roma, and Discrimination

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Several articles about the constant discrimination faced by Roma in Germany. Be it searching for job or as refugees, the picture is not flattering for Germany.

French Chronicle …

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A presentation by an artist, Tania Magy on Roma art but also on nomadism. Not so great for destroying stereotypes. The Olympic games in Paris are pushing Roma camps outside. Not the effect that was planed. Other news are more of the usual: fires in Roma camps near Paris which are fake news; a caravan exhibition against discrimination near Paris; anger with neighbours near Marseilles; and an unusual reflection that closing camps doesn’t solve the issue in Bordeaux.

Germany and Roma

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For tolerance and respect: Deutsche Bahn presents the first exhibition against antigypsyism in the Railways stations of Dresden, Wiesbaden, and Nuremberg.

French Chronicle …

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Almost nothing this week about Roma in the French Press. An article about racism that mentions that in France, it is mainly directed at Roma and North Africans; repeated fires in a Roma camp near Paris; and finally, travellers camping outside designated areas near Metz.

Trollman and Remembrance

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Almost five years ago, the Dresden city council decided to create a monument to the Sinti boxing legend Johann Wilhelm Trollmann so that it would receive more attention. He was killed by the Nazis.

To this date ,nothing has happened.

Surprised?

Germany and “Traditions”

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Well, another old German crooner sings songs that at best can be described as out of fashion, and at worst, borderline racist. In this case, one example is the song “Lustig ist das Zigeunerleben” [Gypsy life is funny].

Roma Refugees

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Apparently, there is a recent influx in Germany of Roma with brand new Ukrainian passports but who also have Hungarian passports asking for asylum. No one seems to know whether they are Ukrainian or Hungarian, and they speak Hungarian.

The most prosaic answer to this is that they are most probably from Transcarpathian Ukraine, and that thanks to the Hungarian Prime Minister, they were able to get a Hungarian passport as Hungarian speakers living abroad. Orban did grant Hungarian citizenship to Hungarian speakers outside of the country since quite a while.

Anti-Roma Racism in Germany

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English reports on the first report for racism against Roma in Germany.

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