An event to attend if in Berlin!
– „Phral mende – Wir über uns“. In: Heinrich Böll Stiftung. http://calendar.boell.de/de/event/phral-mende-wir-ueber-uns [link-preview url=”http://calendar.boell.de/de/event/phral-mende-wir-ueber-uns”]
Category Archives: News Western Europe
Romnja
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″]
Festival
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”]
New Portal on Sinti and Roma
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″]
First Roma Biennale
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″]
A Ciambra
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: Discrimination
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 and Immigration
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/”]
Paris: Exhibition
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”]
French Chronicle …
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 “]
Nazif Mujić
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 and Racism
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”]
UK, Roma, and Movies
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″]
French Statistics
The French “index of tolerance” by which the state measures the tolerance towards foreigners and minorities, is fairly stable.
BUT … Roma are at the bottom of the pile. They are the least tolerated minority in France.
– Les Roms sont les personnes les moins tolérées en France, selon un rapport. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 22.03.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2242031-20180322-france-tolerance-stabilise-2017-malgre-actes-haineux-inquietants
– Préjugés racistes : l’indice de tolérance se stabilise en France. In: DNA. 22.03.2018. https://www.dna.fr/actualite/2018/03/22/prejuges-racistes-l-indice-de-tolerance-se-stabilise-en-france [link-preview url=”https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2242031-20180322-france-tolerance-stabilise-2017-malgre-actes-haineux-inquietants “]
French Chronicle …
A mixed bag of news this week in France. First, a positive story of two young Roma in a youth communal council near Nantes, in Western France, showing that integration is possible. On the flip side, yet another fire in a Roma camp near that same city. In Lille, in the north, a medical bus is doing the rounds in Roma camps. In Paris, a prefect who seem to ignore the law entirely when he wants to expulse Roma. A festival, “Latcho Divano” aimed at furthering the dialogue between Roma and Gadže opened its doors in Marseilles. And in that same city, a weird story of an abduction of a 3 years old Roma child by his step mother.
– Alberto et Roberto, deux Roms au conseil communal. In: Ouest France. 22.03.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/alberto-et-roberto-deux-roms-au-conseil-communal-5637861
– Près de Nantes. Feu dans un camp de Roms : pas de victims. In: Ouest France. 22.03.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/pres-de-nantes-feu-dans-un-camp-de-roms-pas-de-victimes-5638309
– À Lille, un bus médical se déplace dans les camps de Roms. In: France Bleu. 21.03.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/a-lille-un-bus-medical-sillonne-les-camps-de-roms-1521660007
– Un préfet hors la loi. In: Mediapart. 20.03.2018. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/200318/un-prefet-hors-la-loi
– Marseille : Latcho Divano, ” le bel échange ” entretenu. In: La Marseillaise. 20.03.2018. http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/culture/festivals/68587-latcho-divano-le-bel-echange-entretenu
– Enlèvement dans une école à Marseille : comment cela a-t-il pu se passer ? In: Magic Maman. 22.03.2018. http://www.magicmaman.com/enlevement-dans-une-ecole-a-marseille-comment-cela-a-t-il-pu-se-passer,3578265.asp
– Marseille : un enfant de 3 ans kidnappé dans son école. In: Corse Matin. 20.03.2018. https://www.corsematin.com/article/article/marseille-un-enfant-de-3-ans-kidnappe-dans-son-ecole [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/alberto-et-roberto-deux-roms-au-conseil-communal-5637861 “]
Germany and Roma
Another article about the perception of Sinti and Roma among Germans and the fact that the former still feel unwelcome. An exhibition and conferences thematise this situation.
– Ablehnung spüren sie bis heute. In: Die Norddeutsche. 20.03.2018. https://www.weser-kurier.de/region/die-norddeutsche_artikel,-ablehnung-spueren-sie-bis-heute-_arid,1712229.html [link-preview url=”https://www.weser-kurier.de/region/die-norddeutsche_artikel,-ablehnung-spueren-sie-bis-heute-_arid,1712229.html”]
Germany: Protests
There were protests at the airport in Baden, Germany after the deportation of 34 Roma on March 15th to Kosovo. The protests last Wednesday were aimed at further deportations this time to Serbia and Macedonia.
– Humanitäres Bleiberecht für Sinti und Roma erneut einfordern. In: Radio Dreieckland. 22.03.2018. https://rdl.de/beitrag/humanit-res-bleiberecht-f-r-sinti-und-roma-erneut-einfordern [link-preview url=”https://rdl.de/beitrag/humanit-res-bleiberecht-f-r-sinti-und-roma-erneut-einfordern”]
Austria and Prejudice
An Essay on the rampant racism against Roma which still exists in Austria nowadays. This article dismantles several of them, such as the one of the begging mafia.
A must read.
– Roma werden in Österreich immer noch diskriminiert – und es ist jedem scheißegal. In: Vice. 21.03.2018. https://www.vice.com/de_at/article/j5byxg/roma-werden-in-osterreich-immer-noch-diskriminiert-und-es-ist-jedem-scheissegal [link-preview url=”https://www.vice.com/de_at/article/j5byxg/roma-werden-in-osterreich-immer-noch-diskriminiert-und-es-ist-jedem-scheissegal”]
New Party
Roma in Sweden have founded a new political party called the Swedish Romani Modern Party (SRMP). They aim at participating to municipal elections and introduce Roma in the organs of municipalities.
– New Roma Party Claims to Be ‘Suspicious’ of Swedish Politicians. In: Sputnik. 20.03.2018. https://sputniknews.com/europe/201803201062714878-sweden-roma-party/ [link-preview url=”https://sputniknews.com/europe/201803201062714878-sweden-roma-party/”]
Check it Out!
Look at “Romano Svato” – a Roma theatre, a film and cultural association in Vienna, Austria.
– https://www.facebook.com/romanosvato/
– http://www.romanosvato.at [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/romanosvato/ “]
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