Category Archives: News Western Europe

France News Western Europe

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Quite a few articles in the French press about the deportation of Roma during World War Two wit  a special commemoration on the “Dzy of Deportation” on Roma in the deportaion Museum in Tarbes, France.

Greece News Western Europe

Greece: A Traffic Accident

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Greece: A Traffic Accident

A traffic accident that occurred in the early hours of Thursday, April 25, at the intersection of Thivon and Kanapitseri streets in West Athens, with a 12-year-old girl as the victim. The accident actually occurred in a parallel universe, invisible to most of us. What was the little girl doing there, at this time, alone? Who left her? Where were her parents? Those would be normal questions. But the girl is a Romni, “Gypsy” as most people still say. So, it’s not at all strange that he was all alone on the streets at 2:00 in the morning, “that’s what they do” (said with disapproval and perhaps some disgust). And the issue will end there.

Italy News Western Europe

Sinti and Roma Resistance

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Sinti and Roma Resistance

The Human Rights Foundation, in collaboration with Carta di Roma and the contribution of Unar National Office Against Racial Discrimination, has created a podcast to enhance the role that Roma and Sinti had in the Liberation. Starting from an extraordinary interview recovered from the Shoah Foundation by Amilcare Debar, a Sinto from Cuneo, partisan, battle name Corsaro.

Greece News Western Europe

Greece: New Police Unit

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Greece: New Police Unit

The Greek Minister of Citizen Protection Michalis Chrysochoïdis has announced two new shock measures: a ban on public concerts in the Exarchia district of Athens and the creation of a specialized police unit to combat crime among Roma communities. The minister cited very high crime rates. “This situation must end. These groups are responsible for a large number of crimes: drug trafficking, fraud, burglaries, robberies… And it is the residents of the affected areas who are paying the price.”

According to him, the unit is already operational, with a structure, a hierarchy, ongoing investigations, and identified individuals. “Our objective is clear: to dismantle these networks. This is a personal commitment, first to myself, but also on behalf of the police.” This has been going on for decades, it’s time to put an end to it. But to do so, we will need everyone’s commitment.”

Bad.

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Tabloids and Roma

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Tabloids and Roma

Another one of those typical tabloids’ “reports” on Roma in the UK. While they present real people and traditions, these kinds of articles perpetuate stereotypes.

France News Western Europe

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Lots of news this week about Roma in the French press. First, a Roma collective addresses the French deputies regarding Antigypsyism. Then the more usual news in France: An expulsion in Marseilles and the consequences of upcoming closure of a large camp near Nantes in Western France.

France News Western Europe

France and the Genocide

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France and the Genocide

An action in France for the recognition of the genocide of the Roma (and the participation of France in it.

France News Western Europe

April 8th in the French Press

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April 8th in the French Press

Several articles in the French press about April 8th.

Austria News Western Europe

Austria: Memorial

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Austria: Memorial

For National Council President Walter Rosenkranz (FPÖ), the erection of a memorial to the Roma and Sinti persecuted and murdered under National Socialism is “a long overdue step.” “I very much hope that the ongoing search for a location will soon lead to a positive outcome,” he said in his opening speech at the event marking International Roma Remembrance Day in Parliament.

Italy News Western Europe

Rome – Demolitions

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Rome – Demolitions

A series of articles about the demolition of two villas in Rome belonging to “Sinti clans”. The houses were in violation of the building code and the legal proceedings go back to 2010.

As for the “Sinti clans”, well, there are a few doubts that these are “clans” and “Sinti”.

France Greece News Western Europe

Greece: Romaland

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Greece: Romaland

A theatre performance about Roma in Greece, with Roma. The scenography, which, through its few elements, flouts expectations. A plastic chair, a wooden hut with a tin roof, grass and rocks, car seats, a guitar, and even a large, dilapidated billboard—which will serve as a projection screen—denote an environment that ticks all the boxes of stereotypes. Assistant director Avraam Goutzeloudis, himself Roma, introduces the setting.

News Western Europe Spain

Spain: Commemoration

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Spain: Commemoration

The Spanish city of Denia commemorated the liberation 275 years ago of nearly 300 Romnja and children who were arrested in a raid against Roma in 1749 that took place throughout Spain, incarcerated in the local fortress and only liberated a year later.

France News Western Europe

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Only one significant news in the French press this week, with Jean Baptiste Borsali, the mayor of the town of Le Bourget, near Paris, asking the interior minister to evacuate two camps of Roma in this town. The mayor reports “insistent and sometimes aggressive begging”, an “increase in burglaries and snatch thefts”, a “growing sense of insecurity”, an “uncontrollable proliferation of pests despite pest control efforts” and “streets and sidewalks littered with rubbish from systematic garbage rummaging”.

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