The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma welcomes the national strategy adopted by the Federal Government “Fight antigypsyism, ensure participation!”
An article on the aftermath of a recent police killing of a young Rom near Athens.
Worthy reading!
A portrait of an activist, Gianni Jovanovic.
Rather quiet week in the French press on Roma. First, the case of lead poisoning in a camp near Paris. The levels found in the children’s blood is worrisome. Then, two fires near Paris: One in a camp, one in a squat. Finally, also near Paris, a mayor asks the state for funding having seen the Roma population double recently in his commune. In Montpellier, in the South, an attempt to stop the construction of an “insertion village” has been rebutted by the court.
A reportage on the aftermath of the killings in Hanau, Germany
Several people protested outside a venue where Jimmy Carr was having a show.
Good.
Four young musicians from the Roma settlement of Nadezhda in Sliven will play in the Pierre Boulez Hall of the Paris Philharmonic on February 26. They are invited to take part in a classical concert of 120 young people from 27 countries as part of the DEMOS project of one of the largest philharmonics in the world, which provides a stage for children from social groups with difficult access to culture and education.
An exhibition presenting the roots and traditions of Roma culture through the works of Hungarian painter and poet János Balázs (1905-1977) has opened in Brussels.
Another article on the villas of the Roma Mafia Clan of Casamonica.
Knowing that all the members of the clan are in jail, and have been so for several years, and knowing that these villas and their pictures have been shown numerous times since, one cannot but wonder what the purpose of such articles is.
The story of a young Romni from Ingolstadt, as told by her daughter.
Many articles this week in France on Roma, but in fact, only three stories: In Montpellier, future neighbours of a “transition” camp blocked the worksite, and the prefect who created this issue by closing many other camps talks about “solidarity”. In the Southeast, after Roma left a camp and left tons of garbage, an appeal to clean up. Finally, in Bordeaux, a controverse as to whether there is an increase or a decrease of slums.
Thessaloniki Appellate Court judgement of 31 January 2022 reversed the decision of the lower court not to evict Roma families from the “Tsairia” area of Thermaikos Municipality near Thessaloniki. In February 2020, following the initial trial for eviction by the Mayor of Thermaikos, Roma won a reprieve.
Let’s now see what happens.
This should be mandatory in all countries.
Saarbrücken granted a credit for building a memorial to the murdered Roma and Sinti.
The European Court of Human Rights accepted the application of the Roma who are facing eviction following the reversal of an earlier judgement on appeal. In fact the court asked Greece to halt the eviction and asked whether alternative lodging solutions are available.
Let’s hope.
An editorial of the Guardian on discrimination of Travellers in the UK.
Roma and Travellers are accusing the UK government of duplicity, on one side condemning Jimmy Carr’s statements and on the other, implementing a new law that makes trespassing a criminal offence and that threatens the Traveller’s way of life.
A review of a Channel 4 documentary “60 Days with the Gypsies”. Well, the documentary reinforces some stereotypes, but the reporter did somehow change his mind and came to be with his origins …
The Roma victims of the February 5th, 1995 attack were commemorated in Oberwart on Sunday afternoon. Four Roma from Oberwart were killed by a pipe bomb disguised as a standing sign. The attack was racially motivated.
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