A workshop in Italy with the local Roma, the Abbruzzesi. Led by Santino Spinelli who recorded the language of this group of Roma.
– Roma Culture 101: Opening Minds With Song, Talk and Laughter. In: The New York Times. 29.08.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/world/europe/roma-culture-school-bias.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/world/europe/roma-culture-school-bias.html”]
A report on pickpockets in Paris’ Disneyland seen through the eyes of Romanians. Quote: “Seven women and five men, most of whom are Roma people from Romania who were sending their children to steal from tourists’ pockets in the Disneyland Paris” This is rather amusing, as it seems that there are also non-Roma who are sending their children to steal …
Anyway, theft is not an ethnic characteristic.
– Roma pickpockets from Romania stole EUR 1 mln from Disneyland Paris tourists. In Romania Insider. 28.08.2017. https://www.romania-insider.com/roma-pickpockets-romania-disneyland-paris/ [link-preview url=”https://www.romania-insider.com/roma-pickpockets-romania-disneyland-paris/”]
This time, the interview in English …
– French Roma woman eyes seat in Senate elections. In: France 24. 29.08.2017. http://www.france24.com/en/20170829-france-roma-woman-anina-ciuciu-eyes-seat-senate-elections [link-preview url=”http://www.france24.com/en/20170829-france-roma-woman-anina-ciuciu-eyes-seat-senate-elections”]
A series of photos of German soldiers forced to watch footage of concentration camps… They gry, the said they didn’t fight for that – but actually one knows that the Wehrmacht saw it happen and participated in summary executions …
– Nemeckým vojakom bolo do plaču, keď videli teror v koncentračných táboroch. Svetoznáma fotografia zobrazuje znechutené tváre. In: Refresher.sk. 27.08.2017. https://refresher.sk/46508-Nemeckym-vojakom-bolo-do-placu-ked-videli-teror-v-koncentracnych-taboroch-Svetoznama-fotografia-zobrazuje-znechutene-tvare [link-preview url=”https://refresher.sk/46508-Nemeckym-vojakom-bolo-do-placu-ked-videli-teror-v-koncentracnych-taboroch-Svetoznama-fotografia-zobrazuje-znechutene-tvare”]
A new Tory MP for Moray, UK, is severely biased against travellers are Roma. He apologised for saying that dealing with travellers “would be a number one priority as prime minister” but continued to state that [roadside encampments] are a “blight on our community” and current laws and protections make it difficult to get “get rid of them”.
One can only wonder what he meant by “getting rid of them” …
– If not here, then where? On Douglas Ross’ war against the Gypsy/Traveller community in Moray. In: Open Democracy UK. 28.08.2017. https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/lynne-tammi/if-not-here-then-where-on-douglas-ross-ethnic-war-against-gypsytraveller-community-i [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/lynne-tammi/if-not-here-then-where-on-douglas-ross-ethnic-war-against-gypsytraveller-community-i”]
Roma opened a new makeshift camp in Brussels this week. This French trend is slowly expanding to Belgium.
– Un camp de Roms découvert porte de Ninove à Bruxelles (vidéo). In: Le Soir (BE). 28.08.2017. http://www.lesoir.be/111201/article/2017-08-28/un-camp-de-roms-decouvert-porte-de-ninove-bruxelles-video [link-preview url=”http://www.lesoir.be/111201/article/2017-08-28/un-camp-de-roms-decouvert-porte-de-ninove-bruxelles-video”]
Anina Ciuciu gave another interview last week to the French press. She is a candidate in the Senatorial elections in France and could become the first elected Romni in the French Senate.
– Anina Ciuciu, 27 ans, première candidate rom aux sénatoriales. In: France 24. 24.08.2017. http://www.france24.com/fr/20170823-anina-ciuciu-premiere-candidate-rom-senatoriales-senat-portrait-seine-saint-denis-eevl [link-preview url=”http://www.france24.com/fr/20170823-anina-ciuciu-premiere-candidate-rom-senatoriales-senat-portrait-seine-saint-denis-eevl”]
Very few news this week on Roma in France. An article about Roma from the Kosovo who had to appear in front of a judge in Angers, in Western France; in Montpellier, the mayor is asking the French state for support to control a Roma camp in the city; in Lille, one of the largest camps has been closed; and finally, Roma pickpockets in Disneyland near Paris.
– L’errance des Roms passe par le tribunal. In: Ouest France. 25.08.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/l-errance-des-roms-passe-par-le-tribunal-5207765
– Camps de Roms à Montpellier : Philippe Saurel perd patience. In: Midi Libre. 27.08.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/08/26/camps-de-roms-a-montpellier-philippe-saurel-perd-patience,1552029.php
– Lille: Démantèlement du camp de Roms de Pont-Royal. In: 20 Minutesd (FR). 22.08.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/lille/2119675-20170822-lille-demantelement-camp-roms-pont-royal
– Le camp de Roms de Pont-Royal a été évacué ce mardi matin. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/207166/article/2017-08-22/le-camp-de-roms-de-pont-royal-ete-evacue-ce-mardi-matin
– Des pickpockets roumains qui détroussaient des touristes devant la justice. In: Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace. http://www.dna.fr/actualite/2017/08/27/des-pickpockets-roumains-qui-detroussaient-des-touristes-devant-la-justice [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/l-errance-des-roms-passe-par-le-tribunal-5207765″]
A story about a Sinti family in Post War Germany. This shows what Roma had to face in the aftermath of the War and Holocaust in Germany.
Die unerzählte Geschichte der Familie Weiß. In: Dewezet. 25.08.2017. https://www.dewezet.de/hintergrund/hintergrund-seite_artikel,-die-unerzaehlte-geschichte-der-familie-weiss-_arid,2397270.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dewezet.de/hintergrund/hintergrund-seite_artikel,-die-unerzaehlte-geschichte-der-familie-weiss-_arid,2397270.html”]
The annual pilgrimage of the French travellers (Manouches et Gitans) in Lourdes closed yesterday., It is held from the 19th to the 24th of August.
– Le pèlerinage des gens du voyage à Lourdes. In: Aleteia. 24.08.2017. https://fr.aleteia.org/2017/08/24/le-pelerinage-des-gens-du-voyage-a-lourdes/ [link-preview url=”https://fr.aleteia.org/2017/08/24/le-pelerinage-des-gens-du-voyage-a-lourdes/”]
The UK press had a field day when the details of the slavery case were highlighted last week. A family of travellers held people in squalid conditions as de-facto slaves.
Here is the response to this act from the Traveller Community.
– ‘Traveller slavery’ and the press – a TT response. In: The Travellers’ Times. 21.08.2017. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Traveller-slavery-and-the-press–a-TT-response.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Traveller-slavery-and-the-press–a-TT-response.aspx”]
The trend against travellers in the UK seems to be growing.
Bad.
– Anti-traveller trench dug in Stapleford. In: BBC News. 18.08.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40977124/anti-traveller-trench-dug-in-stapleford [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40977124/anti-traveller-trench-dug-in-stapleford”]
The Holocaust survivor, Max Birkenfelder, died at the age of 79. Hi family spent four years in the Radom Ghetto in Poland, where they were forced to work under extreme conditions.
May he rest in peace!
– Als Kind Erschießungen erlebt. In: Maheimer Morgen. 18.08.2017. https://www.morgenweb.de/schwetzinger-zeitung_artikel,-schwetzingen-als-kind-erschiessungen-erlebt-_arid,1098227.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/schwetzinger-zeitung_artikel,-schwetzingen-als-kind-erschiessungen-erlebt-_arid,1098227.html”]
An interview of the young law student and Romni, Anina Ciuciu who is a candidate to the French senate. A first for a magazine like “Elle”.
GOOD!
– Anina Ciuciu : « Au Sénat, je ne serai pas la Rom de service » in: Elle. 17.08.2017. http://www.elle.fr/Societe/Interviews/Anina-Ciuciu-Au-Senat-je-ne-serai-pas-la-rom-de-service-3520208 [link-preview url=”http://www.elle.fr/Societe/Interviews/Anina-Ciuciu-Au-Senat-je-ne-serai-pas-la-rom-de-service-3520208″]
Holidays are over, and Roma are back in the news … In Angers, in Western France, a camp will probably dismantled; in Nantes, the municipality is voting an action plan for Roma; in Salliers; a Nazi Swastika was painted on the site of the former Roma concentration camp; in Montreuil. 13 families are still on the street, one year after having been expulsed; in Paris, on the Porte de la Chapelle, the 35th expulsion (yes) just took place; near Paris, an illegal dump is allegedly created by Roma; in the North, in Lille, people bemoan the insecurity with beggars and others near the railway station; and finally, in Strasbourg, there is a potential case of tuberculosis in a camp.
– Angers Le camp des Roms menacé d’expulsion rue du Maine. In: Le Courrier de l’Ouest. 17.08.2017. http://www.courrierdelouest.fr/actualite/angers-le-camp-des-roms-menace-d-expulsion-rue-du-maine-17-08-2017-328166
– Nantes Métropole Un plan d’action pour les Roms. In: Presse Océan. 17.08.2017. http://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-metropole-un-plan-daction-pour-les-roms-17-08-2017-241923
– Elle est où, l’horreur? In: Médiapart. 19.08.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/190817/elle-est-ou-lhorreur
– Montreuil, épicétout. In: Médiapart. 17.08.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/170817/montreuil-epicetout
– Porte de la Chapelle: c’est la 35ème évacuation! In: Médiapart. 18.08.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/arthur-porto/blog/180817/porte-de-la-chapelle-cest-la-35eme-evacuation
– Carrières-sous-Poissy – Triel : la plaine transformée en vaste décharge à ciel ouvert. In: Le Parisien. 16.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/triel-sur-seine-78510/carrieres-sous-poissy-triel-la-plaine-transformee-en-vaste-decharge-a-ciel-ouvert-16-08-2017-7196004.php
– L’insécurité autour de la gare Lille-Flandres inquiète riverains et commerçants. In: Nord Éclair. 14.08.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/82993/article/2017-08-14/l-insecurite-autour-de-la-gare-lille-flandres-inquiete-riverains-et-commercants
– Strasbourg : suspicion d’un cas de tuberculose dans un camp de migrants. In: FR3 Grand Est. 14.08.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/suspicion-cas-tuberculose-camp-refugies-1311273.html [link-preview url=”https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/190817/elle-est-ou-lhorreur “]
A study on the integration of Roma in Eastern UK is being helped by several Roma of the community.
– Community champions from Roma gypsy communities in Great Yarmouth, Ipswich, Luton, Peterborough and Southend to help Fenland Council in £150,000 study. In: The Wisbech Standard. 17.08.2017. http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/community-champions-from-roman-gypsy-communities-in-great-yarmouth-ipswich-luton-peterborough-and-southend-to-help-fenland-council-in-150-000-study-1-5153629 [link-preview url=”http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/community-champions-from-roman-gypsy-communities-in-great-yarmouth-ipswich-luton-peterborough-and-southend-to-help-fenland-council-in-150-000-study-1-5153629″]
An Italian article about Roma thieves who use beautiful and well-dressed woman to enter palaces and rob the places, or simply to steal tourists. The clan is apparently successful, for they all live in luxurious villas in the East of Rome.
Bad publicity for all.
– La banda delle “veline” rom: si fingono turiste e si intrufolano nei palazzi di Roma. In: Secolo l’Italia. 12.08.2017. http://www.secoloditalia.it/2017/08/la-banda-delle-veline-rom-si-fingono-turiste-e-si-intrufolano-nei-palazzi-di-roma/ [link-preview url=”http://www.secoloditalia.it/2017/08/la-banda-delle-veline-rom-si-fingono-turiste-e-si-intrufolano-nei-palazzi-di-roma/”]
Italian Romnja are taking their future in their own hands and are fighting against discrimination, racism, and stereotypes.
Good!
– “Change can start from us”: Roma women in Italy fight for their rights. In: Open Democracy – 50.50. 16.08.2017. https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/claudia-torrisi/roma-women-rights-italy [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/claudia-torrisi/roma-women-rights-italy”]
An open letter by a Romani parish councillor on the lack of camping sites for Roma travellers.
– Letter: There Is A Lack of Provision of Gypsy and Traveller Pitches. In: The Guilford Dragon News. 13.08.2017. http://www.guildford-dragon.com/2017/08/12/letter-lack-provision-gypsy-traveller-pitches/ [link-preview url=”http://www.guildford-dragon.com/2017/08/12/letter-lack-provision-gypsy-traveller-pitches/”]
A report on the “Stolpersteine” in Salzburg, the small stones on the pavement commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. In Salzburg, there are a dozen of stones devoted to Roma, even though they were the largest victim group in that city.
Needless to say, these memorials are still controversial in Austria.
– Austrians tread carefully as underfoot Holocaust memorials remain controversial. In: The Times of Israel. 11.08.2017. http://www.timesofisrael.com/austrians-tread-carefully-as-underfoot-holocaust-memorials-remain-controversial/ [link-preview url=”http://www.timesofisrael.com/austrians-tread-carefully-as-underfoot-holocaust-memorials-remain-controversial/”]
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