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French Chronicle

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Almost no news on Roma in France this week. First, an article on an initiative aimed at closing the shantytowns and at integration, also making sure that the situation of Roma improves in their home countries. Then the more usual story of a squat near Paris, and the usual story of the illegal garbage dumps that are often (and wrongly so) associated with Roma.

– « Peu de villes s’engagent dans la résorption des bidonvilles » – Michaël Guet. In: La gazette. 04.05.2018. http://www.lagazettedescommunes.com/561671/peu-de-villes-sengagent-dans-la-resorption-des-bidonvilles-michael-guet/
– Montévrain. Les familles de Roms squattant l’école d’Alembert en sursis. In: Actu.fr. 03.05.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/montevrain_77307/montevrain-familles-roms-squattant-lecole-dalembert-sursis_16657418.html
– Montévrain : face aux squatteurs, la mairie et les riverains dans l’impasse. In: Le Parisien. 04.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/montevrain-face-aux-squatteurs-la-mairie-et-les-riverains-dans-l-impasse-04-05-2018-7698501.php
– En région parisienne, la maladie chronique des décharges sauvages. In: GoodPlanet. 01.05.2018. https://www.goodplanet.info/actualite/2018/05/01/en-region-parisienne-la-maladie-chronique-des-decharges-sauvages/ [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/montevrain_77307/montevrain-familles-roms-squattant-lecole-dalembert-sursis_16657418.html “]

Germany News Western Europe

Roma und Sinti Philharmonic

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A concert of the Roma Philharmonic was a public hit. Unfortunately, a collect by the ensemble in order to be able to perform during the “Requiem for Auschwitz” in Wiesbaden is still missing 8’000 EUR.
Please look at the second article and help!

– „Roma- und Sinti-Philharmoniker“ begeistern rund 300 Zuhörer. In: GN Online. 30.04.2018. https://www.gn-online.de/nordhorn/roma-und-sinti-philharmoniker-begeistern-rund-300-zuhoerer-234373.html
– Spenden für Konzert. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 30.04.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/wiesbaden-spenden-fuer-konzert-a-1497170 [link-preview url=”https://www.gn-online.de/nordhorn/roma-und-sinti-philharmoniker-begeistern-rund-300-zuhoerer-234373.html “]

Netherlands News Western Europe

Holland and Holocaust

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The Dutch are speaking about Roma victims of the Holocaust. This time from Den Bosch, where 51 Roma were transferred in May 1944 to a camp where all but 13 died.

– Over Sinti en Roma in oorlogstijd Den Bosch is bitter weinig bekend. In: BD. 02.05.2018. https://www.bd.nl/s-hertogenbosch/over-sinti-en-roma-in-oorlogstijd-den-bosch-is-bitter-weinig-bekend~acf7143b/ [link-preview url=”https://www.bd.nl/s-hertogenbosch/over-sinti-en-roma-in-oorlogstijd-den-bosch-is-bitter-weinig-bekend~acf7143b/”]

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UK, Roma, and Sexual Exploitation

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According to social workers, Roma children need translators to fend of the risk of sexual exploitation.
Very good, and certainly a good idea in some case. But this leaves an aftertaste: It implies Roma children are at greater risk of being sexually exploited. Is this not actually the case of any child from a poor family and with a poor knowledge of English or simply not yet well integrated? Would the same article be written about people of African origins?

– Roma children need translators to help spell out exploitation risk. In: The Times. 02.05.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roma-children-need-translators-to-help-spell-out-exploitation-risk-5hhn03rlk [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roma-children-need-translators-to-help-spell-out-exploitation-risk-5hhn03rlk”]

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Portugal: Roma and Politics

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An EU program has been helping Roma to enter politics at every level of the Portugese government.
Roma in Portugal are still very much discriminated and stereotypes against them are deeply ingrained.

– Portuguese gypsies “prepare to enter parliament”. In: The Portugal Resident. 30.04.2018. http://portugalresident.com/portuguese-gypsies-“prepare-to-enter-parliament” [link-preview url=”http://portugalresident.com/portuguese-gypsies-“prepare-to-enter-parliament””]

Greece News Western Europe

NO …

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An essay by Assistant Professor of Pedagogy – Intercultural Education at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Greece. His view is that there is no such thing as “Roma” and that Roma are a collection of distinct groups.
Well, we are leaning more towards the theories of Roma Nation that he cites as being wrong …

– How Europe Gets Roma Culture And Identity Wrong. In: Social Europe. 30.04.2018. https://www.socialeurope.eu/roma-culture-and-identity [link-preview url=”https://www.socialeurope.eu/roma-culture-and-identity”]

Germany News Western Europe

Leni Riefenstahl

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The archives of Leni Riefenstahl – Hitler’s favourite filmmaker – are being made public. She filmed the Berlin Olympics, the Nuremberg Nazi events, and also did a move on Roma.

– Leni Riefenstahl archive to throw new light on Hitler’s film-maker. In: The Guardian. 24.04.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/24/berlin-museum-offers-glimpse-of-leni-riefenstahl-estate [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/24/berlin-museum-offers-glimpse-of-leni-riefenstahl-estate”]

Germany News Western Europe

Europe Burns …

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An article in the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma about the recurring attacks against Roma in Europe.
Scary.

– Europa brennt. In: Zentralrat Sinti und Roma. 25.04.2018. http://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/europa-brennt/ [link-preview url=”http://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/europa-brennt/”]

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Cirque Romanes

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An interview of the director of the Cirque Romanes, a Roma circus in Paris. As usual in the French press, the big mix up between Tsiganes, Roms (only Romanian), Gitans, Manouches etc.
One could wish the French journalists could educate themselves.

– L’invité culture. Alexandre Romanes, un cirque unique. In: France TV Info. 28.04.2018. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/l-invite-culture/l-invite-culture-alexandre-romanes-un-cirque-unique_2704826.html [link-preview url=”https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/l-invite-culture/l-invite-culture-alexandre-romanes-un-cirque-unique_2704826.html”]

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French Chronicle …

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In the South a France, Saint Laurent du Var, a small town, has decided to forbid people from searching garbage cans. Roma from feel themselves targeted and are fighting this new regulation. In Nice, a family with three kids is being thrown out onto the street as the place they live on has been sold. In Western France, in Angers, Roma from a camp fear that they will be expulsed. Near Paris, in Melun, the Roma who had been lodged in a former hospital are being threatened with expulsion. In Ablon-Vigneux, residents are demanding the closure of a camp. In Eastern France, in Strasbourg, a new idea to fight against shantytown is being investigated. In the North, in Roubaix, finally, the interview of a doctor who serves the poor Roma from the city.

– Une association de défense des droits des Roms veut attaquer l’arrêté municipal de Saint-Laurent-du-Var. In: Nice Matin. 26.04.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/faits-de-societe/une-association-de-defense-des-droits-des-roms-veut-attaquer-larrete-municipal-de-saint-laurent-du-var-226169
– Saint-Laurent-du-Var : les propos du maire sur les Roms font polémique. In: FR3 Info. 26.04.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/saint-laurent-du-var-propos-du-maire-roms-font-polemique-1465597.html
– En voie d’insertion, une famille avec trois enfants bientôt à la rue. In: Nice Matin. 23.04.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/en-voie-dinsertion-une-famille-avec-trois-enfants-bientot-a-la-rue-225211
– Angers. Les occupants du camp de la rue du Maine redoutent l’épilogue. In: Ouest France. 27.04.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/angers-les-occupants-du-camp-de-la-rue-du-maine-redoutent-l-epilogue-5721992
– Melun. La justice ordonne un nouveau renvoi pour les familles de Roms installées dans l’enceinte de l’hôpital. In: Actu.fr. 25.04.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/melun_77288/melun-justice-ordonne-nouveau-renvoi-familles-roms-installee-dans-lenceinte-lhopital_16512068.html
– Ablon-Vigneux : les riverains excédés par le campement Rom. In: Le Parisien. 24.04.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/ablon-vigneux-les-riverains-excedes-par-le-campement-rom-24-04-2018-7681632.php
– La contractualisation avec les familles pour lutter contre les bidonvilles à Strasbourg. In: Le Courrier des Maires. 26.04.2018. http://www.courrierdesmaires.fr/74889/la-contractualisation-avec-les-familles-pour-lutter-contre-les-bidonvilles-a-strasbourg/
– VIDEO. “Les minorités qui sont traitées injustement, ça m’a toujours bouleversé”, dit le docteur des oubliés à Roubaix. In: France Info. 28.04.2018. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/video-les-minorites-qui-sont-traitees-injustement-ca-m-a-toujours-bouleverse-dit-le-docteur-des-oublies-a-roubaix_2728041.html [link-preview url=”https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/alpes-maritimes/saint-laurent-du-var-propos-du-maire-roms-font-polemique-1465597.html “]

Italy News Western Europe

Roma in Rome

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An article about Roma in Rome. There are about 7’000 officially counted and several more in other camps. Allegedly, they “cost” 8.4 Mio EUR. The “Inclusion” Project of the Five Star Mayor Raggi has not started. In fact, they are trying to deport Roma.
This is total shamble.

– Roma diventa Capitale dei rom: “In tutto ci costano 8,4 milioni”. In: Il Giornale. 24.04.2018. http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/roma-diventa-capitale-dei-rom-tutto-ci-costano-84-milioni-1519142.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/roma-diventa-capitale-dei-rom-tutto-ci-costano-84-milioni-1519142.html”]

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Italy and Roma

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Giorgio Halilovic was born on August 12, 1982 in Rome in a camp and was the beneficiary of a EU funded program on integration. In the afternoon of April 12th, 2018, he was arrested by the police, transferred to the Office of the Police Headquarters of Rome and officially expelled from Italy. The next day he was put on an airplane and taken to Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country he had never been to.
This is the new policy of the Five Star movement and of the Rome Mayor Raggi.
SHAME.

– Rom e Sinti: giustizia per Giorgio Halilovic e le famiglie del Camping River. In: Agora. 18.04.2018. http://www.agoravox.it/Rom-e-Sinti-giustizia-per-Giorgio.html [link-preview url=”http://www.agoravox.it/Rom-e-Sinti-giustizia-per-Giorgio.html”]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle

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Not an awful lot on Roma this week in France. The story of 4 families in Gardannes, told through a book; the story of social workers in Western France; also in the West, in Poitiers, residents are fed up with the garbage from a nearby camp; in the Essones, near Paris, a child is the victim of an accident; and finally, a reportage on the alternative culture in Montreuil, near Paris.

– Puits Z à Gardanne, souvenirs d’un « paradis perdu » pour les Roms. In: Marsactu. 21.04.2018. https://marsactu.fr/puits-z-a-gardanne-souvenirs-dun-paradis-perdu-pour-les-roms/
– Tous les jours, elles voient les familles roms. In: Ouest France. 223.04.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/reze-44400/tous-les-jours-elles-voient-les-familles-roms-5717068
– A Poitiers, les riverains d’un squat Bd Grand Cerf désespérés de vivre au milieu des poubelles. In: France Bleu. 17.04.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/a-poitiers-les-riverains-d-un-squat-bd-grand-cerf-desesperes-de-vivre-au-milieu-des-poubelles-1523641049
– Corbeil-Essonnes : un enfant de 2 ans victime d’un grave accident. In: Le Parisien. 17.04.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/corbeil-essonnes-un-enfant-rom-victime-d-un-grave-accident-17-04-2018-7669695.php
– Le documentaire “Demain c’est déjà loin” raconte la culture alternative de Montreuil. In: Les InRocks. 21.04.2018. https://www.lesinrocks.com/2018/04/21/musique/le-documentaire-demain-cest-deja-loin-raconte-la-culture-alternative-de-montreuil-111071461/ [link-preview url=”https://marsactu.fr/puits-z-a-gardanne-souvenirs-dun-paradis-perdu-pour-les-roms/ “]

Germany News Western Europe

Berlin Squat

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An article about a squat in Berlin that was recently closed. The Roma who lived there were evacuated. This article is actually quite good as the fault for the dire state of the property are pushed towards the owner rather than, as usual, towards Roma.

– Haus geräumt, Horror beendet? In: Die Zeit. 17.04.2018. http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2018-04/berlin-wedding-horrorhaus-raeumung-mieter-eigentuemer [link-preview url=”http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2018-04/berlin-wedding-horrorhaus-raeumung-mieter-eigentuemer”]

Italy News Western Europe

Rome: Repatriation

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Rome’s mayor, Virgina Raggi, now wants to use “assisted repatriations” for non-Italian Roma to ease the closure of the camps.
REALLY????? The Italians did everything in their powers to deny citizenship to Roma in camps. So people have lived for 30 years in those camps will be assisted to go back in their countries… It says a lot how far right Italy has gone.

– Roma, la Giunta della sindaca Raggi verso il “rimpatrio assistito” per i rom non italiani. In: il Fatto Quotidiano. 19.04.2018. https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/04/19/roma-la-giunta-della-sindaca-raggi-verso-il-rimpatrio-assistito-per-i-rom-non-italiani/4304061/ [link-preview url=”https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/04/19/roma-la-giunta-della-sindaca-raggi-verso-il-rimpatrio-assistito-per-i-rom-non-italiani/4304061/”]

Germany News Western Europe

Bad …

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A bad article: A German whose house in Mallorca was occupied by Roma, who transformed it into a thieves’ nest. He finally managed to remove them from his property after several months.
Why is it bad: Well, it certainly feeds the stereotypes.

– Hamburger erobert seine Villa von Hausbesetzern zurück. In: Die Welt. 19.04.2018. https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article175582114/Roma-Clans-auf-Mallorca-Hamburger-erobert-seine-Villa-von-Hausbesetzern-zurueck.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article175582114/Roma-Clans-auf-Mallorca-Hamburger-erobert-seine-Villa-von-Hausbesetzern-zurueck.html”]

Germany News Western Europe

Biennale

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Written by the son of Damian Le Bas who recently died, an article about the first Roma biennale held in Berlin in the Maxim Gorki Theatre.

– Celebrating Romani art and culture at the first Roma Biennale. In: Apollo Magazine. 19.04.2018. https://www.apollo-magazine.com/celebrating-romani-art-and-culture-at-the-first-roma-biennale/ [link-preview url=”https://www.apollo-magazine.com/celebrating-romani-art-and-culture-at-the-first-roma-biennale/”]

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Roma, Serbia, and Germany

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A German politician goes to Serbia to see the situation for himself. Well, it is bad in the “safe” country of Serbia for Roma. And people who are sent back are in a really bad position.

– Kretschmann in Serbien in heikler Mission. In: Schwäbische Politik. 19.04.2018. https://www.schwaebische.de/ueberregional/politik_artikel,-kretschmann-in-serbien-in-heikler-mission-_arid,10855163.html [link-preview url=”https://www.schwaebische.de/ueberregional/politik_artikel,-kretschmann-in-serbien-in-heikler-mission-_arid,10855163.html”]

Germany News Western Europe

Roma Philharmonic

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The European Roma and Sinti Philharmonic is seeking funds in order to be able to perform in Wiesbaden, Germany, during the week against Antitsiganism. They are seeking 30’000 Euros.

– Sinti- und Roma-Konzert auf der Kippe. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 18.04.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/konzert-in-wiesbaden-sinti-und-roma-konzert-auf-der-kippe-a-1489079 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/konzert-in-wiesbaden-sinti-und-roma-konzert-auf-der-kippe-a-1489079″]

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Erdogan and Roma …

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After having had Roma evicted from several places (to be transformed in real estate for his party friends), after having had the police beat them up, the Turkish president Erdogan now seems to be courting them. He is certainly using Roma to criticise Germany.

– Le président Erdogan accueille les citoyens Roms dans le Complexe présidentiel. In: TRT. 11.04.2018. http://www.trt.net.tr/francais/turquie/2018/04/11/le-president-erdogan-accueille-les-citoyens-roms-dans-le-complexe-presidentiel-949370 [link-preview url=”http://www.trt.net.tr/francais/turquie/2018/04/11/le-president-erdogan-accueille-les-citoyens-roms-dans-le-complexe-presidentiel-949370″]

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