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Belgium News Western Europe

Belgium, for better or worse

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Did we know that Belgium is interning youngsters from Roma and traveller backgrounds? And that this is not a piece of cake …
Not widely advertised, but really bad.

– Détention d’enfants roms en centres fermés : la Belgique s’illustre à nouveau par le pire. In: La Libre. 06.09.2018. http://www.lalibre.be/debats/opinions/detention-d-enfants-roms-en-centres-fermes-la-belgique-s-illustre-a-nouveau-par-le-pire-5b8fecbecd70ef4bea8c3753 [link-preview url=”http://www.lalibre.be/debats/opinions/detention-d-enfants-roms-en-centres-fermes-la-belgique-s-illustre-a-nouveau-par-le-pire-5b8fecbecd70ef4bea8c3753″]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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Do we have a trend? Less and less news about Roma. The most prominent one was that they also resisted against the Nazis.
Unfortunately, the other one is that the government is cutting the water to a Roma camp. And finally, article about caravans being dumped on private land near Paris.

– Sur France Culture, la mémoire des Roms résistants. In: Telerama. 08.09.2018. https://www.telerama.fr/radio/sur-france-culture,-la-memoire-des-roms-resistants,n5788725.php
– Résistances tsiganes (1/2). Raymond Gurême. In: France Culture. 08.09.2018. https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/une-histoire-particuliere-un-recit-documentaire-en-deux-parties/resistances-tsiganes-12-raymond-gureme
– GIRONDE : PAS D’EAU POUR LES ROMS DE CANÉJAN. In: WitFM. 03.09.2018. https://www.witfm.fr/news/gironde-pas-d-eau-pour-les-roms-de-canejan-8090
– Camp de fortune à Canéjan (33) : les Roms déboutés de leur demande d’eau et de sanitaires. In: Sud Ouest. 03.09.2018. https://www.sudouest.fr/2018/09/03/deboutes-de-leur-demande-d-eau-et-de-sanitaires-5356674-3232.php
– Yvelines. Évecquemont : dix-sept caravanes abandonnées sur son terrain depuis trois mois. In: Actu.fr. 06.09.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/evecquemont_78227/yvelines-evecquemont-dix-sept-caravanes-abandonnees-sur-terrain-depuis-trois-mois_18472338.html [link-preview url=”https://www.telerama.fr/radio/sur-france-culture,-la-memoire-des-roms-resistants,n5788725.php “]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Even in Death …

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A young Roma girl dies. The family asks the priest to celebrate a mass for the girl. He refuses – allegedly because the girl was baptised by a Uniat priest (the Ukrainian Orthodox church).
No empathy and probably a good dose of racism.

– В пресс-службе Волынской епархии УПЦ объяснили, почему священник не отпел ребенка ромов. In: Religion Unian. 04.09.2018. https://religions.unian.net/orthodoxy/10249167-v-press-sluzhbe-volynskoy-eparhii-upc-obyasnili-pochemu-svyashchennik-ne-otpel-rebenka-romov.html
– НА ВОЛЫНИ СВЯЩЕННИК УПЦ МП ОТКАЗАЛСЯ ОТПЕВАТЬ РЕБЕНКА РОМОВ | ФОТО. In: 1Com. https://1k.com.ua/na-volyni-svyashhennik-upts-mp-otkazalsya-otpevat-rebenka-romov-foto.html [link-preview url=”https://religions.unian.net/orthodoxy/10249167-v-press-sluzhbe-volynskoy-eparhii-upc-obyasnili-pochemu-svyashchennik-ne-otpel-rebenka-romov.html “]

Germany News Western Europe

Poetry

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A small atlas of Roma poetry.

– Poetischer Atlas der Roma und Sinti. In: Deutschlandkultur. 06.09.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gedichtband-die-morgendaemmerung-der-worte-poetischer-atlas.1270.de.html?dram:article_id=427449 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gedichtband-die-morgendaemmerung-der-worte-poetischer-atlas.1270.de.html?dram:article_id=427449″]

Germany News Western Europe

“Ausländer”

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To the point: In German, one should not use the concept of “Ausländerfeindlichkeit” – which can be translated by Xenophobia – but connotes more the hate of foreigners, but rather state that this is outright racism as there are very few chances if any that a blond Dane or Swede be confronted to it.
If you are Rom, black, or non Northern European, then things get more difficult.

– Wie Worte die Realität verfälschen. In: Spiegel Online. 06.09.2018. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/chemnitz-berichterstattung-warum-auslaenderfeindlichkeit-das-falsche-wort-ist-a-1226620.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/chemnitz-berichterstattung-warum-auslaenderfeindlichkeit-das-falsche-wort-ist-a-1226620.html”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Brexit: What Happens Next?

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What happens to Roma who migrated to the UK for other European countries after Brexit? Most Roma in the UK are anxious about it.

– Roma rights in UK after Brexit. In: European Interest. 31.09.2018. https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/roma-rights-uk-brexit/ [link-preview url=”https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/roma-rights-uk-brexit/”]

News Western Europe Sweden

Sweden and Racism

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In the middle of the election campaign where the extreme nationalist right is making deep inroads, a Rom is killed, and no one speaks about it.
The truth about the increase racism and attacks against Roma in the country.

– Wenn Kinder einen Roma töten und keiner hinsieht. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 04.09.2018. http://www.fr.de/politik/rassismus-in-schweden-wenn-kinder-einen-roma-toeten-und-keiner-hinsieht-a-1575826?GEPC=s2 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/politik/rassismus-in-schweden-wenn-kinder-einen-roma-toeten-und-keiner-hinsieht-a-1575826?GEPC=s2″]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy and the Train Conductor

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The Italian train conductor who ranted in the train asking for “Gypsies to get off the train” is returning to work.
She says it was wrong to say it, and she did not know the microphone was on …… That is the thing she probably regrets.

– Capotreno, torna a lavorare la donna che si era sfogata contro gli zingari. In: Libeor Quotidiano. 30.08.2018. https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/13372877/capotreno-torna-a-lavorare-la-donna-che-si-era-sfogata-contro-gli-zingari.html
– Trenord, dipendente accusata di razzismo torna in servizio. In: TG24 Sky. 30.08.2018. https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2018/08/30/trenord-capotreno-zingari-salvini.html
– Annuncio contro zingari, la capotreno torna al lavoro „”Zingari, avete rotto i c…”: torna al lavoro la capotreno dell’annuncio razzista“. In: Milano Today. 31.08.2018. https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/zingari-capotreno-annuncio-lavoro.html
– E’ tornata a lavorare la capotreno che si era sfogata contro gli zingari. Salvini la elogia. In: Notizia Tiscali. 31.08.2018. https://notizie.tiscali.it/cronaca/articoli/capotreno-e-zingari/ [link-preview url=”https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/13372877/capotreno-torna-a-lavorare-la-donna-che-si-era-sfogata-contro-gli-zingari.html “]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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The most notable news on Roma ths week in France is that there isn’t any … In several years of weekly French chronicles, this is the lowest number of news we have seen.
GOOOOOOOOD!

There are two articles about Aix-en-Provence, one positive, about education of Roma, and one negative, about an expulsion.

– Aix-en-Provence stimule la scolarisation des enfants roms. In: La Gazette Santé Social. 29.08.2018. http://www.gazette-sante-social.fr/48088/aix-en-provence-stimule-la-scolarisation-des-enfants-roms
– Aix-en-Provence : Expulsion d’une quinzaine de familles roms. In: Mille Sabords. 27.08.2018. http://www.millebabords.org/spip.php?article32019 [link-preview url=”http://www.gazette-sante-social.fr/48088/aix-en-provence-stimule-la-scolarisation-des-enfants-roms “]

France News Western Europe

Rosa Bouglione

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The queen of the circus, Rosa Bouglione, died this week at the age on 107.
May she rest in peace.

– Obituary: Rosa Bouglione, the undisputed queen of the circus. In: BBC News. 02.09.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45341107
– Rosa Bouglione est morte à l’âge de 107 ans. In: Euronews. http://fr.euronews.com/video/2018/08/27/rosa-bouglione-est-morte-a-l-age-de-107-ans
– La Seine-et-Marne, terre des Bouglione et des familles du cirque. In: Le Parisien. 28.08.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/la-seine-et-marne-terre-des-bouglione-et-des-familles-du-cirque-28-08-2018-7868199.php
– ‘Queen of the circus’ Rosa Bouglione dies at 107. In: France 24. 27.08.2018. https://www.france24.com/en/20180827-queen-circus-rosa-bouglione-dies-107-paris-cirque-hiver
– Rosa Bouglione funeral: Mourners gather at circus. In: BBC News. 02.08.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-45367690/rosa-bouglione-funeral-mourners-gather-at-circus
– Circuslegende Rosal Bouglione overladen. In: HLN. 27.08.2018. https://www.hln.be/nieuws/buitenland/circuslegende-rosal-bouglione-overleden~a317f97d/?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45341107 “]

Germany News Western Europe

Two Exhibitions

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Two exhibitions on the Roma Holocaust in Germany.

– Ausstellung zum Völkermord an den Sinti und Roma. In: Neue Westfälische. 30.08.2018. https://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_herford/herford/22229778_Ausstellung-zum-Voelkermord-an-den-Sinti-und-Roma.html
– Ausstellung zu Schicksal der Sinti. In: Nordwest Zeitung. 28.08.2018. https://www.nwzonline.de/ammerland/politik/rastede-ausstellung_a_50,2,1404006956.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_herford/herford/22229778_Ausstellung-zum-Voelkermord-an-den-Sinti-und-Roma.html “]

News Western Europe Sweden

Roma Armee in Sweden

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A reportage on the Roma Armee performance in Sweden…

– https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=7030032 [link-preview url=”https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=7030032″]

France News Western Europe

Like the French

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Nothing to be proud of, but the Belgians are applying the same failed policies as their southern neighbour in the case of Roma: Repeated expulsions.
Bad …

– Neder-over-Hembeek : le groupe de Roms installé dans la rue des Prés Communs a été expulsé ce jeudi. In: BX1. 23.08.2018. https://bx1.be/bruxelles-ville/neder-over-hembeek-groupe-de-roms-installe-rue-pres-communs-a-ete-expulse-jeudi/
– La police évacue un camp de Roms rue du Pavillon à Schaerbeek. In: BX1. 20.08.2018. https://bx1.be/news/police-evacue-camp-de-roms-rue-pavillon-a-schaerbeek/ [link-preview url=”https://bx1.be/bruxelles-ville/neder-over-hembeek-groupe-de-roms-installe-rue-pres-communs-a-ete-expulse-jeudi/ “]

Germany News Western Europe

Collective Guilt

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An editorial on the debate about child social money in Germany, saying with right that Roma and Sinti are collectively presented as guilty …

– KINDERGELD-DEBATTE: UND WIEDER WERDEN SINTI UND ROMA KOLLEKTIV ZU TÄTERN GEMACHT. In: Belltowers. 24.08.2018. http://www.belltower.news/artikel/debatte-um-kindergeld-und-wieder-werden-sinti-und-roma-kollektiv-zu-taetern-gemacht-14122 [link-preview url=”http://www.belltower.news/artikel/debatte-um-kindergeld-und-wieder-werden-sinti-und-roma-kollektiv-zu-taetern-gemacht-14122″]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle…

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Not many news this week on Roma. In the North, the headline asks what alternatives there are to shantytowns. Warranted question in France, where the very same 20’000 people get pushed from one to the next precarious lodging. Then, a camp closure in Lille; an aggression of firemen as they came to the rescue of a person in a Roma camp in Montpellier (Bad); in Lyon, an expulsion ith the expulsed people squatting in a square; and finally in Lyon, the insertion village closure, after a really successful period seing all the Roma having found a job an housing.

– Quelle alternative aux bidonvilles ? In: La Voix du Nord. 21.08.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/435458/article/2018-08-21/quelle-alternative-aux-bidonvilles
– À Lille, les Roms du carrefour Pasteur ont levé le camp. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.08.2018. http://lavdn.lavoixdunord.fr/434582/article/2018-08-20/lille-les-roms-du-carrefour-pasteur-ont-leve-le-camp
– Les Roms du carrefour Pasteur n’ont pas attendu le face-à-face avec la police. In: La Voix du Nord. 19.08.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/434550/article/2018-08-19/les-roms-du-carrefour-pasteur-n-ont-pas-attendu-le-face-face-avec-la-police
– Montpellier : Les pompiers agressés dans un camp de Roms alors qu’ils venaient secourir une personne. In: Actu 17. 21.08.2018. https://actu17.fr/montpellier-les-pompiers-agresses-dans-un-camp-de-roms-alors-quils-venaient-secourir-une-personne/
– Montpellier : des pompiers agressés au camp de Roms, une plainte déposée. In: Midi Libre. 20.08.2018. https://www.midilibre.fr/2018/08/20/montpellier-des-pompiers-agresses-au-camp-de-roms-une-plainte-deposee,4679290.php
– Expulsion à Lyon : des familles précaires à la rue. In: Lyon Capitale. 22.08.2018. https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/actualite/expulsion-a-lyon-des-familles-precaires-a-la-rue/
– Lyon : des familles roumaines et moldaves expulsées installées place Sathonay. In: FR3. 24.08.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/rhone/lyon/lyon-familles-roumaines-moldaves-expulsees-installees-place-sathonay-1530084.html
– Le village d’insertion de St-Genis-les-O. ferme, la plupart des Roms ont trouvé travail et lodgement. In: Le Progrès. 25.08.2018. https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-ouest-lyonnais/2018/08/25/le-village-d-insertion-ferme-la-plupart-des-roms-ont-trouve-travail-et-logement [link-preview url=”https://actu17.fr/montpellier-les-pompiers-agresses-dans-un-camp-de-roms-alors-quils-venaient-secourir-une-personne/ “]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Review

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A review of two recent books on Roma in the UK. One by Fabian Le Bas and one, more historical, by David Cressy.

– Gypsies by David Cressy and The Stopping Places by Damian Le Bas review – the truth about life on the road. In: The Guardian. 22.08.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/22/gypsies-david-cressy-stopping-places-damian-le-bas-review [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/22/gypsies-david-cressy-stopping-places-damian-le-bas-review”]

Germany News Western Europe

Yes, They Existed

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A German priest, Arnold Fortuin, is being remembered by the Sinti community. During the Nazi times in Germany he protected many Sinti.

– Illingen erinnert sich an Arnold Fortuin. 21.08.2018. https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/neunkirchen/illingen/illingen-erinnert-sich-an-arnold-fortuin_aid-30087313 [link-preview url=”https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/neunkirchen/illingen/illingen-erinnert-sich-an-arnold-fortuin_aid-30087313″]

Germany News Western Europe

Exhibition

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An exhibition on the fight for civil rights of Sinti and Roma is currently open in Göttingen, Germany.

– Ausstellung zu Kampf um die Bürgerrechte von Sinti und Roma. In: Göttinger Tagblatt. 19.08.2018. http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Die-Region/Goettingen/Ausstellung-zu-Sinti-und-Roma-in-der-BBS-Goettingen [link-preview url=”http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Die-Region/Goettingen/Ausstellung-zu-Sinti-und-Roma-in-der-BBS-Goettingen”]

Germany News Switzerland News Western Europe

Switzerland: Institutional Racism

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A young researcher from Göttingen in Germany has investigated the Swiss Federal Commission against Racism and comes out with a scathing review, saying Switzerland turns a blind eye on institutional racism and that the commission is actually fuelling it.

– Ist die Schweiz blind für Behörden-Rassismus? Das behauptet zumindest diese Forscherin. In: Watson. 19.08.2018. https://www.watson.ch/!519782544 [link-preview url=”https://www.watson.ch/!519782544″]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Solihull and Travellers

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The town of Solihull, near Birmingham (UK), has published the costs of clean-up of travellers camps on the commune in the last two years. Not pretty. Bad to flout the costs, allowing the press to seize the opportunity to bash travellers, but also bad that such high costs are needed in the first place.
A better solution needs to be found.

– The total cost of every traveller camp clean-up in Solihull revealed. In: The Birmingham Mail. 18.08.2018. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/total-cost-every-traveller-camp-15033513 [link-preview url=”https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/total-cost-every-traveller-camp-15033513″]

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