A very large gathering of evangelical Roma in North Eastern France with more than 20’000 people.
Not much this week in France on Roma. An article about a camp with miserable living conditions near Strasbourg; a new camp near Saint Nazaire in Western France; an article on the book “Ces voyageurs immobiles (Kumpania. Vivre et résister en pays gadjo)”; and finally, an article about the Arles photographic exhibition on the Saintes Marie de la Mer pilgrimage.
A reportage of the mass murder committed by German tropps on Roma during World War Two in the Ukraine.
Croatia and Italy are singled out for their discrimination of Roma.
The exhibition “The Path of #Sinti and #Roma” by the Hessian State Association of Sinti and Roma in northern Hesse will be shown from Saturday, September 2, 2023 (opening from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.) until September 26, 2023.
Witnesses of the racist attack in Rostock in 1992 remember.
The usual, unfortunately, this last week in France on Roma.
In Bordeaux, an article on the Podensac camp where Roma who were expulsed from another camp re-settled; A new camp in Ermenonville; in Lyon, neighbour of a new “insertion camp” are protesting against nuisances; and of course, criminality with the theft of copper in Lyon.
The Green politician Renate Künast’s move to stop using the term “clan criminality” by the North Rhine-Westphalia, a term that was heavily criticised by Roma organisations was rejected. NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) told the “Bild” (Saturday edition): “You have to name problems if you want to solve them. Out of sheer fear of stigmatization, clan criminality was ignored for 30 years. We have to spoon up the soup now”.
An article in the sensation paper “Bild” about the Stolipino Mahala in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Parts of it are really poor, other less so. And here of course, as a title: “All want to come to Germany”.
Bad.
Katharina Janoska, an Austrian Romni, made a movie about the struggle of the Roma for recognition in Austria. The production from the ORF regional studio in Burgenland can be seen on ORF 2 on Sunday, August 27 at 6:25 p.m.
An article on the Spanish Cali but also on other Romnja in Sport.
An arson attack in 1984 which killed 7 in Duisburg has largely been forgotten. The racist motive was also ignored. The city is now commemorating the event.
Not only did she score the winning goal for her team, taking home the women’s world cup, but she is also the first Romni to do so. Congratulations.
And condolences, as she lost her father that week-end.
Typical news from France this week, unfortunately. Families that lost their homes during the closure of a camp South of Bordeaux have settled in worse conditions in another camp. And an uproar in Nice as a Roma family from Bosnia camps in Nice near a beach…
The usual story. No space for travellers, hence illegal camping, hence complaints.
Riccardo M. Sahiti is the founder and director of the Roma and Sinti Philharmonic. “Our orchestra stands for European heritage, for common European culture,” says the conductor in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
The Roma culture festival “Djelem Djelem” is taking place in Dortmund for the tenth time in a row. Until September 26, 2023, visitors can get to know the culture of the Sinti and Roma through films, theatre performances, music, training and encounters. Most of the events are free of charge.
The Polish artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas is showing her elaborate collages in the Brücke Museum.
An article about the largest horse drive in the UK.
After a quiet week, back to the usual on the press coverage of Roma in France: Lots of garbage left after the closure of a camp near the Roissy airport in Paris; two camps closed near Paris; and finally, the largest Roma camp near Bordeaux will be closed shortly.
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