A new project is furthering the interactions between Vlach Roma and local Reisende students in Sweden. Reisende are the descendants of Roma deported from nowadays UK but also of Sinti, and are closely related also to the Finnish and Baltic Roma.
In Nantes, in Western France, a new “insertion village” for Roma who previously lived in some of the camps around the city is being created. Its neighbours are not happy. In Toulose, a camp that has existed for 15 years will be closed soon.
More selected pictures of the largest traditional horse fair in the UK.
Several articles about the traditional yearly horse fair in Appleby, UK where Roma and Travellers meet. Lots of pictures.
From the Sun, still shrill, as the title hints at theft and disorder but a nice video to watch of this traditional horse fair in the UK for Roma and Travellers.
A very recently (2025) restored documentary about Burgenland Roma from 1954. The young boy in the movie just died this week in Vienna. May he rest in peace.
The commentaries and the story are still fraught with stereotypes and misconceptions and with a view on assimilation versus integration. Still worth looking at it.
https://www.filmarchiv.at/de/filmarchiv-on/video/f_02z3zg4rN50IbrQMa8LJl5
A report on the challenges faced by Roma in finding housing in London has been published and there are two events that present its findings.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1024254346527897&set=a.496198572666813
The largest horse fair and gathering of travellers and Roma in the UK is almost there. A guide to it. But alos a tabloid article about communities barricading, the usual stereotypical rants.
Bad.
The French Institute of Bulgaria is opening its doors to Roma culture from June 2 to 5, 2025. Through screenings and evenings of discussions, this series will highlight their history, creativity, and the diversity of their artistic expressions across Europe.
Unfortunately, being French, they bring a baggage of stereotypes starting with the names of “Roms, Tsiganes, Manouches, Bohémiens, Romanichels, Sintis, Gitans…” And then go on with saying that Roma reside in Europe since the XVth century. This in Bulgaria, one of the cradles of Roma culture as part of the Byzantine Empire where Roma have been for more than a thousand year.
One can only wish that journalists manage to learn something at some point …
Unfortunately, the usual in France: Closure of 3 Roma camps in the north near Lille, with the question for Roma about where to go next; a new Roma squat in Villeurbanne near Lyon; and in Toulouse, another camp will be soon dismantled.
The German government is effectively abolishing the position of Commissioner for Combating Antigypsyism. The position will not be filled, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Family Affairs told taz. Mehmet Daimagüler, who held the position until a few weeks ago, told taz: “Abolishing the office would be a slap in the face for the Sinti and Roma in Germany.”
The latest movie from Tony Gatliff, Ange et Soléa, is presented at the Cannes Festival.
A brawl between two families during the pilgrimage of the Saintes-Marie de la Mer resulted in shots being fired, with two people seriously wounded and some others hit by baseball bats.
Bad.
Not much this week about Roma in France. Another article about Roma in Nantes protesting their expulsion as they are working, and another one about a fire in a Roma camp in Lille, in Northern France.
The yearly pilgrimage of Saintes Maries de la Mer has started.
A three-day excursion by students from the Pedagogical College from Klagenfurt (Pädagogische Hochschule Kärnten, Viktor Frankl Hochschule) took place in Prekmurje and Porabje from 14 to 16 May 2025 as part of the seminar Research Learning in the Slovenia Region.
On the first day of the excursion, the students visited the Roma Information Center, which also includes Radio Romic and the Romano Pušča Kindergarten. According to the article, they learned about an example of good practice in the inclusion of preschool Roma children.
Well, Slovenia is not really successful there …
Madeline Potter, a Romni with a PhD from a British university, just published a book called “the Roma” after having travelled through ten countries.
“One of Us. Roma and Sinti in the Resistance” is a podcast against anti-Gypsyism, proposed by the Carta di Roma Association and the Human Rights Foundation.
The document intended for students and addresses the issue of anti-Gypsyism to counter stereotypes that dehumanize an entire community and to remember the Roma and Sinti who fought for liberation from Nazi-fascism. “They did not fight for a homeland that discriminated against them,” explains Danilo De Biasio, author of the work, “they fought together with other Italians to bring back democracy.”
An interesting article about a professor in France stating “they are not nomads”. Pretty much everyone knows that, except for France …
Other than that, Roma from a closed camp still have no permanent abode, and two articles on dogs. One where apparently dogs were drugged by Roma for begging, and the other, the case of a dog stolen by a Rom.
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