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Do We Need That?

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Gory story in the Sun and the Daily Mail of a woman attacked by Roma who apparently believed sh had an affair with a married Rom.
In any case, this is not what we need …

– GYPSY ‘JUSTICE’. Brit was stripped, stabbed and scalped in ‘ritual shaming’ over alleged affair with a married man by gypsies in Portugal. In: The Sun. 31.01.2019. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8326415/brit-stabbed-scalped-ritual-shaming-gypsies/
– British waitress, 22, is stabbed and stripped naked before her hair is cut off in horror attack ‘by gypsy family who accused her of having an affair with one of their clan’ in Portugal. In: The Daily mail. 01.02.2019. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6655819/British-waitress-22-stabbed-scalped-stripped-naked.html [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8326415/brit-stabbed-scalped-ritual-shaming-gypsies/ “]

Germany News Western Europe

Interview

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An Interview with Moritz Pankok, of the gallery Kai Dhikas in Berlin.

– Kunst von Sinti und Roma. In: Deutschlandkultur. 28.01.2019. https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/romarchive-online-kunst-von-sinti-und-roma.970.de.html?dram:article_id=439457 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/romarchive-online-kunst-von-sinti-und-roma.970.de.html?dram:article_id=439457″]

Germany News Western Europe

AfD and Roma

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The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma sharply criticised the AfD party for its views on History and society following their walkout during a Holocaust commemoration.

– Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma kritisiert AfD. In: Deutschland Funk. 26.01.2019. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ausgrenzung-zentralrat-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-kritisiert.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=970585 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ausgrenzung-zentralrat-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-kritisiert.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=970585″]

Germany News Western Europe

More on RomArchive

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Another article on RomArchive.

– Reichtum der Kultur sichtbar machen. In: TAZ. 27.01.2019. http://www.taz.de/Digitales-Archiv-zu-Sinti-und-Roma/!5565127/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/Digitales-Archiv-zu-Sinti-und-Roma/!5565127/”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Holocaust and Roma

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An interesting article in the Roma context – namely that the Nazis actually wiped out the Roma middle class during the Holocaust. This is new.

– HOW THE NAZIS WIPED OUT THE ROMANI MIDDLE CLASS. In: The Norwich Radical. 25.01.2019. https://thenorwichradical.com/2019/01/25/how-the-nazis-wiped-out-the-romani-middle-class/ [link-preview url=”https://thenorwichradical.com/2019/01/25/how-the-nazis-wiped-out-the-romani-middle-class/”]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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Not many news in France on Roma this week. An article in Libération is somewhat disturbing. While it is called “No one has Roma friends, I asked myself why”, it nevertheless perpetuates clichés which is what the French press is doing all the time. Other than that, the usual news. In Western France, Roma children need to go to school; the site of a former camp was cleaned up in Nantes; near Paris, a squat was damaged by fire; and in the North, several housing projects, also targeted at Roma will be funded.

– «Personne n’a d’amis roms, je me suis demandé pourquoi». In: Libération. 23.01.2019. https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/01/23/personne-n-a-d-amis-roms-je-me-suis-demande-pourquoi_1704951
– Vertou. Une trentaine d’enfants Roms à scolariser. In: Ouest France. 24.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/vertou-44120/vertou-une-trentaine-d-enfants-roms-scolariser-6193822
– Coups de tractopelle pour une première opération de nettoyage à l’Est de Nantes. In: Ouest France. 24.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/coups-de-tractopelle-l-est-de-nantes-6193778
– Dammarie-les-Lys : un squat endommagé par un incendie. In: Le Parisien. 22.01.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/dammarie-les-lys-un-squat-endommage-par-un-incendie-22-01-2019-7993941.php
– Lille : Un jury citoyen a voté, 18 projets d’habitants seront financés en 2019. In: La Voix du Nord. 25.01.2019. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/527202/article/2019-01-25/un-jury-citoyen-vote-18-projets-d-habitants-seront-finances-en-2019 [link-preview url=”https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/01/23/personne-n-a-d-amis-roms-je-me-suis-demande-pourquoi_1704951 “]

Germany News Western Europe

AfD and Holocaust

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Guess what, several members of a regional German parliament in Augsburg walked out (YES) during a Holocaust Remembrance commemoration in the Landtag. A Sintica is aghast.

– Augsburger Sinti-Sprecherin entsetzt über AfD-Eklat im Landtag. In: BR24. 25.01.2019. https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/augsburger-sinti-sprecherin-entsetzt-ueber-afd-eklat-im-landtag,RG65HiI [link-preview url=”https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/augsburger-sinti-sprecherin-entsetzt-ueber-afd-eklat-im-landtag,RG65HiI”]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy: Warning

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The Italian president Matarella warns against hate and racism ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day.

– Holocaust Remembrance Day a call to vigilance against hatred, Italy’s president warns. In: Xinhua. 25.01.2019. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/25/c_137772029.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/25/c_137772029.htm”]

Germany News Western Europe

Holocaust Remembrance

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The 27th of January is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

– International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Places of memory and mourning. In: Deutsche Welle. 25.01.2019. https://www.dw.com/en/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-places-of-memory-and-mourning/a-47237904 [link-preview url=”https://www.dw.com/en/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-places-of-memory-and-mourning/a-47237904″]

Germany News Western Europe

More on RomArchive

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A few more articles on the opening of RomArchive …

– RomArchive – Digital Archive of the Roma. In: E-Flux. 26.01.2019. https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/245368/romarchive-digital-archive-of-the-roma/
– Romani arts and culture make online debut in new digital archive. In: The Art Newspaper. 25.01.2019. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/romani-arts-and-culture-make-online-debut-in-new-digital-archive [link-preview url=”https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/245368/romarchive-digital-archive-of-the-roma/”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Roma Choir

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A Roma choir visited Belfast this week and took parts in workshops with schoolchildren in the city.

– Roma choir sings for Belfast schools to ‘bridge the divide’. In: BBC News. 25.01.2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46995146 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46995146″]

Germany News Western Europe

Roma Archive

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More press coverage on the inauguration of RomArchive.

– Kulturarchiv der Sinti und Roma Wer die Geschichte erzählt, bestimmt die Botschaft. In: Berliner Zeitung. 24.01.2019. https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/kulturarchiv-der-sinti-und-roma-wer-die-geschichte-erzaehlt–bestimmt-die-botschaft-31931024
– “Sie sind eigentlich die wahren Europäer”. In: RBB 24. 24.01.2019. https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2019/01/romarchive-sinti-roma-digitales-archiv-erinnerungskultur.html
– Sinti und Roma erzählen jetzt ihre eigene Geschichte. Tagesspiegel. 24.01.2019. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/digitale-datenbank-romarchive-sinti-und-roma-erzaehlen-jetzt-ihre-eigene-geschichte/23901054.html [link-preview url=”https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/kulturarchiv-der-sinti-und-roma-wer-die-geschichte-erzaehlt–bestimmt-die-botschaft-31931024 “]

Germany News Western Europe

Opening of RomArchive

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Yesterday saw the inauguration of RomArchive!

– A new digital archive of the Roma reflects diverse cultures. In: Deutsche Welle. 24.01.2019. https://www.dw.com/en/a-new-digital-archive-of-the-roma-reflects-diverse-cultures/a-47208910 [link-preview url=”https://www.dw.com/en/a-new-digital-archive-of-the-roma-reflects-diverse-cultures/a-47208910″]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

UK, Brexit, and Roma

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Charities are concerned that thousands of Roma could be deported after Brexit from the UK due to lack of proper documents.

– Brexit could bring ‘a new Windrush’ for Roma. In: The Bristol Cable. 22.01.2019. https://thebristolcable.org/2019/01/brexit-could-bring-a-new-windrush-for-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://thebristolcable.org/2019/01/brexit-could-bring-a-new-windrush-for-roma/”]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany: Roma Holocaust

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Germany’s Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier recalled the crimes committed by the National Socialists against Sinti and Roma. It is good that the rightly so-called “forgotten holocaust” is getting more and more into the country.

– Erinnerung an “vergessenen Holocaust”. In: Dom Radio. 23.01.2019. https://www.domradio.de/themen/soziales/2019-01-23/erinnerung-vergessenen-holocaust-steinmeier-kultur-der-sinti-und-roma-oft-verdraengt-und [link-preview url=”https://www.domradio.de/themen/soziales/2019-01-23/erinnerung-vergessenen-holocaust-steinmeier-kultur-der-sinti-und-roma-oft-verdraengt-und”]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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Seems that most of the news is centred around Nantes in Western France this week: Reflections on the camps and what to do with them, a camp that is threatened, and a clean-up that has not yet been done. In Lilles, there is no will to actually resolve the issue of the Roma camps. Near Paris, a camp has been burning while another was abandoned before an announced closure. In Montpellier, a camp that was not yet closed makes the headlines, while in Eastern France, the press warns against a “false” accident con trick that involves Roma.

– Nantes Bidonvilles roms : beaucoup reste à faire. In: Presse Océan. 15.01.2019. https://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-bidonvilles-roms-beaucoup-reste-a-faire-15-01-2019-291624
– Roms : une trentaine de familles menacées d’expulsion à Vertou. In: ACTU.fr. 19.01.2019. https://actu.fr/pays-de-la-loire/vertou_44215/roms-une-trentaine-familles-menacees-dexpulsion-vertou_20934561.html
– VIDÉO. Ce quartier à l’est de Nantes qui attend toujours d’être nettoyé. In: Ouest France. 18.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/ce-quartier-l-est-de-nantes-qui-attend-toujours-d-etre-nettoye-6179551
– Lille « Il n’y a pas, ici, la volonté de trouver des solutions durables » pour les Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 19.01.2019. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/523838/article/2019-01-19/il-n-y-pas-ici-la-volonte-de-trouver-des-solutions-durables-pour-les-roms
– Bondoufle : un incendie a détruit une partie du camp de Roms de La Marinière. In: Le Parisien. 14.01.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/bondoufle-un-incendie-en-cours-dans-le-camp-de-roms-de-la-mariniere-14-01-2019-7988151.php
– Un camp de Roms en flammes depuis hier soir à Bondoufle. In: Évasion. 14.01.2019. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-40902-un-camp-de-roms-en-flammes-depuis-hier-soir-a-bondoufle.html
– Ris-Orangis : un campement rom évacué en bordure de la N 7. In: Yahoo. 16.01.2019. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/ris-orangis-campement-rom-évacué-bordure-n-7-195333265.html
– Malgré les promesses, le bidonville de Celleneuve n’a toujours pas disparu à Montpellier. In: France Bleu. 15.01.2019. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/malgre-les-promesses-le-bidonville-de-celleneuve-n-a-toujours-pas-disparu-a-montpellier-1546956592
– Sarthe : attention aux arnaques aux faux accidents dans le secteur de Sablé. In: France Bleu. 16.01.2019. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/sarthe-attention-aux-arnaques-aux-faux-accidents-dans-le-secteur-de-sable-1547647234 [link-preview url=”https://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-bidonvilles-roms-beaucoup-reste-a-faire-15-01-2019-291624 “]

Germany News Western Europe

Civil Rights Exhibition

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An exhibition in Germany shows a retrospective of 45 years of Roma civil right movement in that country. Open until end of the month.

– Kriminalisiert und verfolgt. In: Allgemeine Zeitung. 17.01.2019. https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/mainz/vg-nieder-olm/nieder-olm/kriminalisiert-und-verfolgt_19904010# [link-preview url=”https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/mainz/vg-nieder-olm/nieder-olm/kriminalisiert-und-verfolgt_19904010#”]

Italy News Western Europe

Well Done!

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Dijana Pavlovic, an actress and Romni activist is really engaged in the defence and for the integration of the Italian Roma community.

– Dijana Pavlovic works to give the Roma a more political voice. In: The Christian Science Monitor. 16.01.2019. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2019/0116/Dijana-Pavlovic-works-to-give-the-Roma-a-more-political-voice [link-preview url=”https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2019/0116/Dijana-Pavlovic-works-to-give-the-Roma-a-more-political-voice”]

Italy News Western Europe

A First

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Congratulation to the first Irish traveller to obtain a PhD.

– Traveller is first from community in Ireland to receive PhD. In: BBC News. 15.01.2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46883557?fbclid=IwAR051WAZJgOIlU9wv6nyxUtE2luM1xZJMPrz5sGXpRQiMXuVRieVRjzXB1Q [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46883557?fbclid=IwAR051WAZJgOIlU9wv6nyxUtE2luM1xZJMPrz5sGXpRQiMXuVRieVRjzXB1Q”]

Belgium News Western Europe

Belgium and Refugees

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The delegate in charge for the rights of children, Bernard de Vos, is asking the country to take back a Romni and her 4 children who were expulsed in October.

– Bernard De Vos réclame le retour de la famille rom serbe expulsée en octobre dernier. In: Le Vif. 07.01.2019. https://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/bernard-de-vos-reclame-le-retour-de-la-famille-rom-serbe-expulsee-en-octobre-dernier/article-normal-1075595.html [link-preview url=”https://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/bernard-de-vos-reclame-le-retour-de-la-famille-rom-serbe-expulsee-en-octobre-dernier/article-normal-1075595.html”]

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