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Germany News Western Europe

Germany: Concrete Steps

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The German Parliament, the Bundestag, has decided to fight Antiziganism in Germany. An expert commission will be documenting the racism and hate against Roma and Sinti in Germany and present its findings in 2021.

– Bundestag mit „Verantwortung“. In: TAZ. 22.03.2019. http://www.taz.de/!5579756/
– Getrenntes Bekenntnis zu Sinti und Roma im Bundestag. In: Neue Presse. 22.03.2019. http://www.neuepresse.de/Nachrichten/Politik/Deutschland-Welt/Diskriminierung-Getrenntes-Bekenntnis-zu-Sinti-und-Roma-im-Bundestag
– Bundestag stellt sich gegen Diskriminierung von Sinti und Roma. In: Domradio. 22.03.2019. https://www.domradio.de/themen/kirche-und-politik/2019-03-22/keine-einstimmigkeit-bundestag-stellt-sich-gegen-diskriminierung-von-sinti-und-roma
– Bundestag stellt sich mit breiter Mehrheit gegen Antiziganismus. In: Nau. 22.03.2019. https://www.nau.ch/politik/international/bundestag-stellt-sich-mit-breiter-mehrheit-gegen-antiziganismus-65498474
– Opposition bedauert uneiniges Votum gegen Antiziganismus. In: Wirtschaft. 22.03.2019. https://wirtschaft.com/opposition-bedauert-uneiniges-votum-gegen-antiziganismus/ [link-preview url=”https://www.domradio.de/themen/kirche-und-politik/2019-03-22/keine-einstimmigkeit-bundestag-stellt-sich-gegen-diskriminierung-von-sinti-und-roma “]

Italy News Western Europe

Treviso: Protest

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Another protest against forthcoming evictions will take place on March 23 in Treviso. Several Roma organisations are organising the manifestation.

– Rom, sinti e caminanti tornano in piazza e invitano con loro gli ex partigiani. Treviso Today. 18.03.2019. http://www.trevisotoday.it/attualita/manifestazione-rom-anpi-partigiani-treviso-18-marzo-2019.html [link-preview url=”http://www.trevisotoday.it/attualita/manifestazione-rom-anpi-partigiani-treviso-18-marzo-2019.html”]

Germany News Western Europe

Ede and Unku

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The background to a standard book in Eastern Germany featuring a Romani girl. She existed and died in a concentration camp.

– Ede und Unku – die wahre Geschichte. In: Freie Presse. 17.03.2019. https://www.freiepresse.de/nachrichten/panorama/ede-und-unku-die-wahre-geschichte-artikel10470233 [link-preview url=”https://www.freiepresse.de/nachrichten/panorama/ede-und-unku-die-wahre-geschichte-artikel10470233″]

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Exhibition

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The exhibition “Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner” [Racial Diagnosis: Gypsy] can be seen in Magdebourg, Germany. It is a must see.

– Wanderausstellung „Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner“. In: Focus. 18.03.2019. https://www.focus.de/regional/magdeburg/magdeburg-wanderausstellung-rassendiagnose-zigeuner_id_10441795.html [link-preview url=”https://www.focus.de/regional/magdeburg/magdeburg-wanderausstellung-rassendiagnose-zigeuner_id_10441795.html”]

News Western Europe Spain

Spain and Elections

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Juan de Dios Ramirez Heredia, layer, former EU MP, and Rom is asking the various parties in Spain to include Roma in their ranks – and not just in one party.

– ES LA HORA DE LA MUJER GITANA (Por Juan de Dios Ramírez-Heredia. Abogado y periodista presidente de Unión Romaní). In: El Dia. 17.03.2019. https://eldiadigital.es/art/288434/es-la-hora-de-la-mujer-gitana-por-juan-de-dios-ramirez-heredia-abogado-y-periodista-presidente-de-union-romani [link-preview url=”https://eldiadigital.es/art/288434/es-la-hora-de-la-mujer-gitana-por-juan-de-dios-ramirez-heredia-abogado-y-periodista-presidente-de-union-romani”]

News Western Europe Spain

Spain: School Program

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A short article on a program helping young Roma in school in Galicia.

– Gitanos contra los prejuicios. In: La Opinion a Coruna. 18.03.2019. https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/sociedad/2019/03/18/gitanos-prejuicios/1384991.html [link-preview url=”https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/sociedad/2019/03/18/gitanos-prejuicios/1384991.html”]

Belgium News Western Europe

Brussels and Beggars

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In Etterbeek, on the outskirts of Brussels, Roma beggars will be forbidden near banks.
Really????

– Etterbeek éloigne mendiants et roms des agences bancaires. In: La Capitale. 15.03.2019. https://www.lacapitale.be/360336/article/2019-03-15/etterbeek-eloigne-mendiants-et-roms-des-agences-bancaires [link-preview url=”https://www.lacapitale.be/360336/article/2019-03-15/etterbeek-eloigne-mendiants-et-roms-des-agences-bancaires”]

France News Western Europe

France: A Romano Mayor

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The story of the sole French Romano mayor in the South of France, his life, and his recognition inside his own community.

– The Gypsy mayor who wants Gypsies to mix with everyone else. In: BBC. 17.03.2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47587773 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47587773″]

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French Chronicle …

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More news this week in France. To start, reportage on a camp in a hole in Marseille and the plight of its inhabitants. A similar article on the situation of Roma in Nantes. In Toulouse, a camp of Roma, with many Albanians, was closed. In Montpellier, three policemen are wounded as they tried to stop a car entering a Roma camp. Near Paris, a clean-up on the site of a former camp, and a camp closure in Vigneux sur Seine. Finally, an appeal by many organisations to find permanent solutions to the shantytowns in France.
Last but not least, the story of a mayor from the North of France who made racist comments against Roma and who is now using the taxes from his town to pay for his legal costs …

– A Marseille, la survie au fond du «trou». In: Libération. 13.03.2019. https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/03/13/a-marseille-la-survie-au-fond-du-trou_1714886
– Le “trou” de Saint-Antoine où vivent des Roms. In: Marsactu. 14.03.2019. https://marsactu.fr/bref/le-trou-de-saint-antoine-ou-vivent-des-roms/
– Aux Îles Noires à La Riche, le bidonville crie son désespoir. In: La Nouvelle République. 12.03.2019. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/aux-iles-noires-le-bidonville-crie-son-desespoir
– Toulouse : évacuation d’un campement de Roms aux Arènes. In: FR3. 13.03.2019. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/haute-garonne/toulouse/toulouse-evacuation-campement-roms-aux-arenes-1637554.html
– Un camp de Roms et d’Albanais évacué à Toulouse. In: Toulouse Info. 13.03.2019. https://www.toulouseinfos.fr/actualites/33107-camp-de-roms-dalbanais-evacue-a-toulouse.html
– Violences à Montpellier : blessés, trois policiers utilisent leur flash-ball. In: Métropolitain. 15.03.2019. https://e-metropolitain.fr/2019/03/16/violences-a-montpellier-blesses-trois-policiers-utilisent-flash-ball/
– Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes ► Grand nettoyage : le « gros furoncle » des bords de Marne dégrossit. In: Mag Journal. 12.03.2019. https://www.magjournal77.fr/saint-thibault-des-vignes-grand-nettoyage-le-gros-furoncle-des-bords-de-marne-degrossit/
– Le campement Roms de Vigneux-sur-Seine finalement évacué vendredi matin. In: Évasion FM. 11.03.2019. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-42462-le-campement-roms-de-vigneux-sur-seine-finalement-evacue-vendredi-matin.html
– Expulsions des bidonvilles, il est temps de décréter l’urgence sociale! In: Le Journal du Dimance. 16.03.2019. https://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/expulsions-des-bidonvilles-il-est-temps-de-decreter-lurgence-sociale-3875252
– Un maire tient des propos polémiques sur les roms et paye ses frais de justice avec l’argent public. In: BFM. 13.03.2019. https://rmc.bfmtv.com/emission/la-protection-fonctionnelle-permet-aux-elus-de-s-offrir-des-frais-de-justice-avec-l-argent-public-1651431.html [link-preview url=”https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/03/13/a-marseille-la-survie-au-fond-du-trou_1714886 “]

Germany News Western Europe

Munich and Holocaust

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Events marked the commemoration of the deportation of Sinti from Munich to Auschwitz, 76 years ago.

– Sinti und Roma. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 12.03.2019. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/wissenstipp-sinti-und-roma-1.4364214
– Deportiert in den Tod. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 14.03.2019. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/verfolgung-deportiert-in-den-tod-1.4368187 [link-preview url=”https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/wissenstipp-sinti-und-roma-1.4364214 “]

Greece News Western Europe

Turkey and Roma

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Testimonies of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the war. Greece expelled Moslems and Turkey expelled Christians. Among the Moslems in Greece were most of the local Roma – for example the Sepečides – who are now living in Izmir.

– Roma people tell of ancestors’ 1923 ‘population exchange’ stories. In: Daily News. 13.03.2019. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roma-people-tell-of-ancestors-1923-population-exchange-stories-141853 [link-preview url=”http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roma-people-tell-of-ancestors-1923-population-exchange-stories-141853″]

Germany News Western Europe

Well …

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A primary school in Hannover, Germany, is asking the government to limit the number of Roma children that they have to take. Reason behind it is that the city created a new centre for homeless people in the territory covered by the school, and moved a number of Roma there. The school is asking the city to spread the children in other schools.

– Grundschule Mengendamm möchte nicht viele Roma-Kinder aufnehmen. In: Hannoverische Allgemeine. 11.03.2019. http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Hannover-List-Grundschule-Mengendamm-moechte-nicht-viele-Roma-Kinder-aufnehmen [link-preview url=”http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Hannover-List-Grundschule-Mengendamm-moechte-nicht-viele-Roma-Kinder-aufnehmen”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Church of England

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The Church of England is making efforts to help Roma and travellers. Well, better late than never.

– Church of England urged to make land available to Gypsies. In: The Guardian. 22.02.2019. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/22/church-of-england-urged-to-make-land-available-to-gypsies [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/22/church-of-england-urged-to-make-land-available-to-gypsies”]

Germany News Western Europe

Hamburg’s Sinti

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There are increasingly “problems” in the largest Sinti settlement in Hamburg. The settlement is a street that is exclusively housing people from an extended family. The problems are simply unpaid rents and garbage …

– „Hier wurde die letzten 30 Jahre zu viel weggeschaut“. In: Die Welt. 20.02.2019. https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article189039011/Hamburger-Sinti-Siedlung-Hier-wurde-die-letzten-Jahre-weggeschaut.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article189039011/Hamburger-Sinti-Siedlung-Hier-wurde-die-letzten-Jahre-weggeschaut.html”]

Germany News Western Europe

Bavaria and Roma

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A year ago, the German State of Bavaria signed a treaty with the Sinti and Roma. Time to look back at what was achieved and what lies ahead.

– Ernüchterung nach einem Jahr. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 20.02.2019. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/minderheit-ernuechterung-nach-einem-jahr-1.4338282 [link-preview url=”https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/minderheit-ernuechterung-nach-einem-jahr-1.4338282″]

Ireland News Western Europe

Slur

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A Fianna Fail candidate had to apologise for having insulted someone as “Gypsy” on his Facebook side. There are many countries where he wouldn’t have had to…

– Fianna Fáil election candidate apologises for ‘gypsy’ comment. In: The Irish Times. 20.02.2019. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/fianna-fáil-election-candidate-apologises-for-gypsy-comment-1.3800773 [link-preview url=”https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/fianna-fáil-election-candidate-apologises-for-gypsy-comment-1.3800773″]

Germany News Western Europe

Exhibition

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An exhibition about Sinti woman in Germany after World War Two.

– Wie aus der »Zigeunerin« eine »Sintezza« wurde. In: Gießener Allgemeine. 19.02.2019. https://www.giessener-allgemeine.de/regional/stadtgiessen/Stadt-Giessen-Wie-aus-der-Zigeunerin-eine-Sintezza-wurde;art71,554443 [link-preview url=”https://www.giessener-allgemeine.de/regional/stadtgiessen/Stadt-Giessen-Wie-aus-der-Zigeunerin-eine-Sintezza-wurde;art71,554443″]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Housing Crisis

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How the city of Bristol is trying to force travellers out of caravans and into houses and flats.

– Road to nowhere: Bristol’s hidden housing crisis. In: The Bristol Cable. https://thebristolcable.org/2019/02/road-to-nowhere-bristols-gypsy-and-traveller/ [link-preview url=”https://thebristolcable.org/2019/02/road-to-nowhere-bristols-gypsy-and-traveller/”]

News Western Europe Spain

50 Years

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Pastora Pavon Cruz, better known as “la Niña de los Peines” died 50 years ago.

– En 2019 se cumplen 50 años sin la Niña de los Peines. In: AI on Sur. 17.02.2019. https://aionsur.com/en-2019-se-cumplen-50-anos-sin-la-nina-de-los-peines/ [link-preview url=”https://aionsur.com/en-2019-se-cumplen-50-anos-sin-la-nina-de-los-peines/”]

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