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REALLY????

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Turkish president Erdogan wows to resolve the Roma housing problems. Sounds good, doesn’t it? The residents of the oldest Roma settlement in Sulukule in Istanbul where all Roma were thrown out under Erdogan’s direction will certainly appreciate the irony. They had a house, now none …

– President Erdoğan vows to ‘solve housing problems of Roma citizens’. In: Hürriyet. 11.04.2018. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/president-erdogan-vows-to-solve-housing-problems-of-roma-citizens-130163 [link-preview url=”http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/president-erdogan-vows-to-solve-housing-problems-of-roma-citizens-130163″]

News Western Europe Spain

Brawl in Cataluña

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A brutal fight between football fans and Roma occurred during the night of Saturday to Sunday in Cornella de Llobregat near Barcelona. Several Roma were hospitalised. Reasons for the brawl are not known yet.

– Brutal street fight erupts ‘between Barcelona football fans and gypsies’ as they brawl with bottles and poles in Spanish town centre. In: The Sun. 10.04.2018. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6014735/video-barcelona-football-fans-gypsies-fight-spain/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6014735/video-barcelona-football-fans-gypsies-fight-spain/”]

Finland News Western Europe

Finland and Roma

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In spite of the small number of Roma in Finland, prejudice and stereotypes are prevalent. Roma are fighting against it.

– Roma minority asks Finns to look beyond the stereotypes. In: YLE. 08.04.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/roma_minority_asks_finns_to_look_beyond_the_stereotypes/10150192 [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/roma_minority_asks_finns_to_look_beyond_the_stereotypes/10150192″]

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Germany and Bulgaria

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Stolipinovo is the largest “mahala” or Roma neighbourhood in Plovdiv. Many of its residents are now working on a regular basis in Germany – generally short term manual work in construction. And this has an influence on Stolipinovo itself. A story of two worlds!

– How the ‘Germans’ are changing the largest Roma enclave in Europe. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.04.2018. http://www.dw.com/en/how-the-germans-are-changing-the-largest-roma-enclave-in-europe/a-43298822 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/how-the-germans-are-changing-the-largest-roma-enclave-in-europe/a-43298822″]

Italy News Western Europe

REALLY?????

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Mateo Salvini, the current Italian leader of the Lega Nord – the far right party which won a large number of seats in the recent Italian elections found nothing better than to comment on the International Roma day by saying:

“if many of them worked more and stole less, if many of them sent their children to school instead of teaching them to steal, then it really would be something to celebrate”.

No further comments.

– Italy’s far-right League marks International Roma Day by telling them to “work more and steal less”. In: Il Globo. 09.04.2018. http://ilglobo.com.au/news/38209/italys-far-right-league-marks-international-roma-day-by-telling-them-to-work-more-and-steal-less/
– Try stealing less, League head tells Roma. In: Pulse Live. 08.04.2018. http://www.pulselive.co.ke/news/world/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma-id8222907.html
– Try stealing less, Italian League head tells Roma. In: The Malay Mail. 08.04.2018. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma
– Try stealing less, Italian League head tells Roma. In: Le Journal du Cameroon. 08.04.2018. https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma/”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

We don’t need this either …

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Another piece of trash journalism – this time from the Daily Mail. A former reality star turned petty criminal. The number of stereotypes is just mind boggling.

– Gypsy Sisters star Mellie Stanley is charged over using bogus coupons scam to obtain thousands of dollars’ worth of goods from Toys R Us. In: The Daily Mail. 06.05.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5585195/Mellie-Jeanette-Lee-star-reality-Gypsy-Sisters-charged-Toys-R-coupons-scam.html#ixzz5Bxs6EQ5q [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5585195/Mellie-Jeanette-Lee-star-reality-Gypsy-Sisters-charged-Toys-R-coupons-scam.html#ixzz5Bxs6EQ5q”]

Germany News Western Europe

Romnja

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Several Romnja are fighting prejudice through art, be it acting or other means. They all will participate in the first Roma Biennale opening this week end at the Maxim Gorki theatre in Berlin.

– Not just housewives and whores: Roma women fight prejudice with art. In: Reuters. 05.04.2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-roma-art/not-just-housewives-and-whores-roma-women-fight-prejudice-with-art-idUSKCN1HC042 [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-roma-art/not-just-housewives-and-whores-roma-women-fight-prejudice-with-art-idUSKCN1HC042″]

France News Western Europe

Festival

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The Festival “Welcome en Tziganie” (not the best name, really) will soon open in South Western France near Auch.

– http://www.welcome-in-tziganie.com [link-preview url=”http://www.welcome-in-tziganie.com”]

Germany News Western Europe

New Portal on Sinti and Roma

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The Documentation Centre of the Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg just opened a new web portal on the history of the minority, with a focus on Holocaust and on the continuing discrimination in post-war Germany.

– Webportal dokumentiert Geschichte der Sinti und Roma. In: DlF24. 03.04.2018. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfolgung-von-minderheiten-webportal-dokumentiert.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=868126 [link-preview url=”http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfolgung-von-minderheiten-webportal-dokumentiert.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=868126″]

Germany News Western Europe

First Roma Biennale

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The Berlin theatre “Maxim Gorki” will open the first Roma Biennale on April 7th. The Biennale will showcase Roma artists and will also organise a Roma Parade through Berlin on April 8th, the International Roma Day.

– Maxim Gorki Theater Erste Roma Biennale startet in Berlin. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 02.04.2018. https://www.mz-web.de/kultur/maxim-gorki-theater-erste-roma-biennale-startet-in-berlin-29954504 [link-preview url=”https://www.mz-web.de/kultur/maxim-gorki-theater-erste-roma-biennale-startet-in-berlin-29954504″]

Italy News Western Europe

A Ciambra

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A review of the movie “A Ciambra” of the Italian-America filmmaker Jonas Carpignano on a friendship of a young Rom with a man from Burkina Fasso in a small town in Southern Italy.

– A Ciambra ou le pénible passage à l’âge adulte. In: El Watan. 03.04.2018. http://www.elwatan.com/culture/a-ciambra-ou-le-penible-passage-a-l-age-adulte-30-03-2018-365377_113.php [link-preview url=”http://www.elwatan.com/culture/a-ciambra-ou-le-penible-passage-a-l-age-adulte-30-03-2018-365377_113.php”]

Finland News Western Europe

Finland: Discrimination

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An editorial in a Finnish paper highlights the inherent discrimination encountered by Roma. According to the paper one Romni sent 400 application letters, and received only 4 negative answers. Another cannot graduate as he cannto find a job placement required for his diploma.
Bad…

– Thursday’s papers: Million-euro pay packets, Metro staff disquiet and Roma discrimination. In: Yle Utiset. 29.03.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_million-euro_pay_packets_metro_staff_disquiet_and_roma_discrimination/10138505
– Kun sukunimi on väärä – miltä tuntuisi, jos lapsesi ei olisi tervetullut mihinkään? In: Helsingin Sanomat. 29.03.2018. https://www.hs.fi/mielipide/art-2000005621588.html [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_million-euro_pay_packets_metro_staff_disquiet_and_roma_discrimination/10138505 “]

Ireland News Western Europe

Ireland and Immigration

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Support in Ireland for immigration, especially for Moslems and for Roma, is lower than the European average.

– Irish attitudes to immigration worse than European average – report. In: RTE. 29.03.2018. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0329/950816-attitudes_to_immigration/ [link-preview url=”https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0329/950816-attitudes_to_immigration/”]

France News Western Europe

Paris: Exhibition

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Another article on the photography exhibition in Paris called “Mondes Tsiganes – La Fabrique des Images” in the museum for migration.The exhibition aims at showing how stereotypes were created via photography.
BUT: The name “Tsigane” as well as the place “Immigration” museum are not the right ones. And the Press now speaks of “Travellers”…

– Les gens du voyage sous l’œil des photographes. In: RFI. 28.03.2018. http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes [link-preview url=”http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes”]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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The real news this week is that there is almost no news on Roma in France this week …
First, an article about the origins of the word Rom – and a total fallacy that it stems from “Rama” the Indian God. The article showcases two exhibitions in Paris, one of Ceija Stojka and one of photographs for Roma since 1860. Another article calls for solidarity with Roma (yes). Then, the more usual articles on camps – this time about a illegal dump said to have originated with Roma.

– Ni bohémien, ni gitan : la fabrique du mot “Rom”. In: France Culture. 25.03.2018. https://www.franceculture.fr/histoire/de-la-stigmatisation-a-la-confusion-la-fabrique-du-mot-rom
– Solidarité Rroms. In: RCF. 26.05.2018. https://rcf.fr/actualite/solidarite-rroms
– Yvelines : une chaîne humaine pour dénoncer la « mer de déchets ». In: Le Parisien. 31.03.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/yvelines-une-chaine-humaine-pour-denoncer-la-mer-de-dechets-31-03-2018-7639632.php
– Carrières-sous-Poissy : mobilisation pour la plaine envahie de déchets. In: Le Parisien. 30.03.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/carrieres-sous-poissy-mobilisation-pour-la-plaine-envahie-de-dechets-30-03-2018-7638105.php [link-preview url=”https://www.franceculture.fr/histoire/de-la-stigmatisation-a-la-confusion-la-fabrique-du-mot-rom “]

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Nazif Mujić

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A commemoration of the life of Nazif Mujić who won a prize at the Berlin Film festival and died recently in utter poverty and a reflection on the current situation of Roma in the Balkans.

– Roma in the Balkans: the story of Nazif. In: Ossevatore Balcanico e Caucaso. 27.03.2018. https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Roma-in-the-Balkans-the-story-of-Nazif-186885 [link-preview url=”https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Roma-in-the-Balkans-the-story-of-Nazif-186885″]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany and Racism

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Antiziganism is still unknown to many people in Germany, in contrast to anti-Semitism. Ruhan Karakul, the counsellor of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg, wants to counteract this. The lawyer of Turkish roots was a guest at the “Haus der Begegnung” on Friday afternoon, where she was welcomed as speaker by Ahment Sezer during the International Week Against Racism.

– Rassismus ist allgegenwärtig. In: Westphalische Nachrichten. 26.03.2018. http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Borken/Gronau/3232749-Justiziarin-des-Zentralrats-der-Sinti-und-Roma-zu-Gast-in-Gronau-Rassismus-ist-allgegenwaertig [link-preview url=”http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Borken/Gronau/3232749-Justiziarin-des-Zentralrats-der-Sinti-und-Roma-zu-Gast-in-Gronau-Rassismus-ist-allgegenwaertig”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

UK, Roma, and Movies

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An article about 300 moves that have been commissioned to give a snapshot of the views of the 16-24 years old in the UK. One of those movie was done by a Romni.

– How a hedgehog gives a glimpse into Romany Gypsy life. In: BBC News. 23.03.2018. http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-43514575 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-43514575″]

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