May they rest in peace!
– Roma Holocaust Memorial Day: EU commemorates ‘forgotten victims’. In: Euronews. 02.08.2018. http://www.euronews.com/2018/08/02/roma-holocaust-memorial-day-eu-commemorates-forgotten-victims- [link-preview url=”http://www.euronews.com/2018/08/02/roma-holocaust-memorial-day-eu-commemorates-forgotten-victims-“]
The official EU statement on Roma Holocaust and the transcript of the EU Commission vice president Timmermans and chairman Jourova.
Too bad they still use “Porrajmos” and even worse that they misspell it.
– European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (Pharrajimos). In: Council of Europe. 02.08.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/holocaust/-/european-roma-holocaust-memorial-day-pharrajimos-
– Statement by First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Jourová ahead of Roma Holocaust Memorial Day on 2 August. In Council of Europe. 01.08.2018. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-18-4749_en.htm [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/holocaust/-/european-roma-holocaust-memorial-day-pharrajimos- “]
A Roma commemoration will be held on August 2nd, for the international Roma Holocaust day on the site of the notorious Babi Yar massacres where there were also many Roma victims.
– Rally for International Day of Roma Holocaust to be held in Kyiv. In: 112. 30.07.2018. https://112.international/society/rally-for-international-day-of-roma-holocaust-to-be-held-in-kyiv-30708.html [link-preview url=”https://112.international/society/rally-for-international-day-of-roma-holocaust-to-be-held-in-kyiv-30708.html”]
An analysis of why the “Third Way” – or the policies that Virginia Raggi, Rome’s mayor – has put in place have failed. The third way was meant to close the camps who were run by the state and NGOs and subject to a mafia racket, and to integrate the Roma with the help of EU funds.
Now, this is more pure expulsions.
– Campi rom: ecco perché al River la “terza via” di Raggi ha fallito. In: Roma Today. 30.07.2018. http://www.romatoday.it/politica/campi-rom-raggi-terza-via-cos-e.html [link-preview url=”http://www.romatoday.it/politica/campi-rom-raggi-terza-via-cos-e.html”]
A new book on the Romani women’s movement.
– https://books.google.com.pe/books/about/The_Romani_Women_s_Movement.html?id=2DVlDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y [link-preview url=”https://books.google.com.pe/books/about/The_Romani_Women_s_Movement.html?id=2DVlDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y”]
The Italian press, when speaking about Roma only shows camps, garbage, and criminality, especially after the arrest of 31 Roma who were members of a notorious mafia clan.
– Dopo Magliana, Riva Ostiense: sgomberati insediamenti abusivi all’ombra del Gazometro. In: Roma Today. 18.07.2018. http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/sgombero-riva-ostiense-oggi.html [link-preview url=”http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/sgombero-riva-ostiense-oggi.html”]
The Italian press, when speaking about Roma only shows camps, garbage, and criminality, especially after the arrest of 31 Roma who were members of a notorious mafia clan.
– Dopo Magliana, Riva Ostiense: sgomberati insediamenti abusivi all’ombra del Gazometro. In: Roma Today. 18.07.2018. http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/sgombero-riva-ostiense-oggi.html [link-preview url=”http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/sgombero-riva-ostiense-oggi.html”]
A “nomad” camp was closed in Palermo due to insalubrity.
– Sequestrato per insalubrità il “campo nomadi” di Palermo. In: Ask a News. 18.07.2018. http://www.askanews.it/cronaca/2018/07/18/sequestrato-per-insalubrità-il-campo-nomadi-di-palermo-pn_20180718_00018/ [link-preview url=”http://www.askanews.it/cronaca/2018/07/18/sequestrato-per-insalubrità-il-campo-nomadi-di-palermo-pn_20180718_00018/”]
A “nomad” camp was closed in Palermo due to insalubrity.
– Sequestrato per insalubrità il “campo nomadi” di Palermo. In: Ask a News. 18.07.2018. http://www.askanews.it/cronaca/2018/07/18/sequestrato-per-insalubrità-il-campo-nomadi-di-palermo-pn_20180718_00018/ [link-preview url=”http://www.askanews.it/cronaca/2018/07/18/sequestrato-per-insalubrità-il-campo-nomadi-di-palermo-pn_20180718_00018/”]
Roma from several countries are gathered and camp in a park in the Western Slovak spa town of Piešťany. It is apparently due to a vision of the Virgin Mary that a healer had on that spot. Many Roma – from the evangelical churches have been bringing their ill relatives are on the site.
– Rómovia z celého sveta kempujú v parku kúpeľného mesta: Do Piešťan ich láka veľká záhada! In: Novy Čas. 18.07.2018. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/718679/romovia-z-celeho-sveta-kempuju-v-parku-kupelneho-mesta-do-piestan-ich-laka-velka-zahada/
– Rómovia už niekoľko dní okupujú parčík v Piešťanoch. In: MY Trnava. 17.06.2018. https://mytrnava.sme.sk/c/20871828/romovia-uz-niekolko-dni-okupuju-parcik-v-piestanoch.html [link-preview url=”https://www.cas.sk/clanok/718679/romovia-z-celeho-sveta-kempuju-v-parku-kupelneho-mesta-do-piestan-ich-laka-velka-zahada/”]
The Hungarian boy scout association stated that they did not willingly discriminate against Roma in the past. We already reported that they are currently directly accused of discrimination against Roma and Jews.
– Hungarian Scouts claim they did not discriminate against Romani applicants. In: Romea. 16.07.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/hungarian-scouts-claim-they-did-not-discriminate-against-romani-applicants [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/hungarian-scouts-claim-they-did-not-discriminate-against-romani-applicants”]
A shot presentation of the centre in Barcelona. In Romanes.
– Romano kulturako Centro ande Barcelona. In: Radio Romano. 11.07.2018. https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=6996905 [link-preview url=”https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=6996905″]
A reportage on the Šutka mahala in Skopje.
– The only district in Europe where Roma are the majority: a day in Šuto Orizari. In: Euronews. 05.07.2018. http://www.euronews.com/video/2018/07/05/only-district-in-europe-roma-are-majority [link-preview url=”http://www.euronews.com/video/2018/07/05/only-district-in-europe-roma-are-majority”]
An editorial about what the calls for counting Roma really mean…
– Far-right calls to register Roma ‘echoes’ Europe’s dark history. In: Al Jazeera. 09.07.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/calls-register-roma-echoes-europe-dark-history-180705171831676.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/calls-register-roma-echoes-europe-dark-history-180705171831676.html”]
A little-known minority in a region that is trying to gets its independence. They have their own traditions, and are facing the same issues as Roma everywhere, unfortunately.
– Catalonia’s Roma: Fighting stereotypes 600 years after migration. In: Al Jazeera. 05.07.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/catalonia-roma-fighting-stereotypes-600-years-migration-180326160726571.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/catalonia-roma-fighting-stereotypes-600-years-migration-180326160726571.html”]
An interview with the Roma violinist Roby Lakatos.
– MEET THE PROS | Gypsy Violin Virtuoso Roby Lakatos – VC 20 Questions [INTERVIEW]. In: The Violin Chanel. 03.07.2018. https://theviolinchannel.com/roby-lakatos-gypsy-violinist-vc-20-questions-interview/ [link-preview url=”https://theviolinchannel.com/roby-lakatos-gypsy-violinist-vc-20-questions-interview/”]
How Europeans perceive Roma ……….
– How Europeans View Roma. In: Radio Free Europe.28.06.2018. https://www.rferl.org/a/how-europeans-view-roma/29325886.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rferl.org/a/how-europeans-view-roma/29325886.html”]
In the context of the European Cultural Heritage Year 2018, The European Roma Institute for Art and Culture organised an exhibition showcasing the Roma contribution to European Culture.
Pity that one always only speaks of 600 years … As if the Balkan and the Byzantine Empire have never been part of Europe.
– Sinti und Roma sehen sich als wahre Europäer. In: Deutschlandfunk. 20.06.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/europaeisches-kulturerbejahr-sinti-und-roma-sehen-sich-als.691.de.html?dram:article_id=420840 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/europaeisches-kulturerbejahr-sinti-und-roma-sehen-sich-als.691.de.html?dram:article_id=420840″]
A forthcoming exhibition on Leni Riefenstahl’s work is seen by many as a form of an absolution. Among her work, she did a movie using Roma concentration camp inmates. She later claimed she knew nothing about the death camps.
– The quiet absolution of pro-Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. In: Times of Israel. 14.06.2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-quiet-absolution-of-pro-nazi-filmmaker-leni-riefenstahl/ [link-preview url=”https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-quiet-absolution-of-pro-nazi-filmmaker-leni-riefenstahl/”]
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the establishment of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), the institute announced the names of the first seven members of the Barvalipe Academy. Here are their statements.
– Barvalipe Academy. In ERIAC. 08.06.2018. https://eriac.org/barvalipe-academy/ [link-preview url=”https://eriac.org/barvalipe-academy/”]
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