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A conference aimed at strengthening the Roma networks at local and regional levels is being held in Athens.

– Michalis ANGELOPOULOS : « We have the moral duty to protect the rights of the Roma people”. In: Council of Europe. 12.04.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/michalis-angelopoulos-we-have-the-moral-duty-to-protect-the-rights-of-the-roma-people-
– Conference in Athens: Strengthening Roma networks at the local and regional level. In: Council of Europe. 12.04.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/conference-in-athens-strengthening-roma-networks-at-the-local-and-regional-level [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/michalis-angelopoulos-we-have-the-moral-duty-to-protect-the-rights-of-the-roma-people- “]

A report on a activism workshop at the EU in the context of the International Roma Day.

– Integrating EU’s minority Roma community. In: Euronews. 09.04.2018. http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/09/integrating-eu-s-minority-roma-community [link-preview url=”http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/09/integrating-eu-s-minority-roma-community”]

According to a report from the EU office for fundamental rights, one in three Roma has been a victim of harassment in the EU.
Bad…

– ‘It’s a vicious cycle’: One in three Roma people in EU states are victims of harassment. In: The Journal. 08.04.2018. http://www.thejournal.ie/roma-european-union-report-3944351-Apr2018/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thejournal.ie/roma-european-union-report-3944351-Apr2018/”]

Many Roma are facing living conditions that are closer to those of third world countries rather than to European standards…

– Many EU Roma face life like people in the world’s poorer countries. In: FRA. 06.04.2018. http://fra.europa.eu/en/press-release/2018/many-eu-roma-face-life-people-worlds-poorer-countries [link-preview url=”http://fra.europa.eu/en/press-release/2018/many-eu-roma-face-life-people-worlds-poorer-countries”]

Thorbjørn Jagland, the EU Council secretary General urged political parties in Europe to sing a pledge to improve the political representation of Roma women in politics.
Good!

– 8 April, International Roma Day: Statement by Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland. In: Council of Europe. 06.04.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/with-the-number-of-elected-roma-and-traveller-women-close-to-zero-the-secretary-general-urges-political-parties-to-fast-track-roma-women-in-politics [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/with-the-number-of-elected-roma-and-traveller-women-close-to-zero-the-secretary-general-urges-political-parties-to-fast-track-roma-women-in-politics”]

EU leaders marked the International Roma Day.

– EU Leaders Mark International Roma Day. In: Emerging Europe. 07.04.2018. http://www.emerging-europe.com/in-brief/eu-leaders-mark-international-roma-day/ [link-preview url=”http://www.emerging-europe.com/in-brief/eu-leaders-mark-international-roma-day/”]

Frankly, do we need such an article? Would the same article have bene written about another minority? Of course not …

– When tramps and Roma roamed the countryside, and break-ins were prevalent. In: The Altamont Entreprise. 05.04.2018. https://altamontenterprise.com/opinion/columns/glimpse-guilderland-history/04052018/when-tramps-and-roma-roamed-countryside-and-0 [link-preview url=”https://altamontenterprise.com/opinion/columns/glimpse-guilderland-history/04052018/when-tramps-and-roma-roamed-countryside-and-0″]

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The new web portal of the Documentation Centre of the Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg.

– http://www.sintiundroma.org/en/ [link-preview url=”http://www.sintiundroma.org/en/”]

The Roma who lost their housing to a fire in Poprad, and who were then quartered into a cinema in the city have now partly been given better temporary accommodation in the form of containers.
Took a while …

– Rómov, ktorí prišli po požiari o domov, už presťahovali do unimobuniek. In: Korzar. 31.03.2018. https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20792398/romov-ktori-prisli-po-poziari-o-domov-uz-prestahovali-do-unimobuniek.html
– Rómov zo Staničnej ulice v Poprade do unimobuniek stále nepresťahovali. In: Teraz. 31.03.2018. http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/poprad-romov-zo-stanicnej-ulice-do-unimo/316241-clanok.html
– Unimobunky už stoja na mieste. Rómov do nich zatiaľ nenasťahovali. In: Aktualn2. 27.03.2018. https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/regiony/unimobunky-stoja-mieste-romov-do-nich-zatial-nenastahovali.html [link-preview url=”https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20792398/romov-ktori-prisli-po-poziari-o-domov-uz-prestahovali-do-unimobuniek.html “]

The controversy of the election of a judge in Bardejov who compared Roma to rats still continues to make the headlines.
Actually, the judge (Eva Kucova) should have been fired immediately.

– Smeráčka a sudkyňa to poriadne prehnala: Rasistické narážky na Rómov – potkany. In: Topky. 24.03.2018. http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1698095/Smeracka-a-sudkyna-to-poriadne-prehnala–Rasisticke-narazky-na-Romov—potkany [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1698095/Smeracka-a-sudkyna-to-poriadne-prehnala–Rasisticke-narazky-na-Romov—potkany”]

The EU just launched a new program aimed at integrating Roma at the local level. The program, called Romacted “Promoting Good Governance and Roma Empowerment at Local Level”, was presented on 19 March 2018 in Skopje.

– Launching of the ROMACTED Programme to support Roma integration at local level. In: Council of Europe. 19.03.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/skopje/-/launching-of-the-romacted-programme-to-support-roma-integration-at-local-lev-3 [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/skopje/-/launching-of-the-romacted-programme-to-support-roma-integration-at-local-lev-3″]

An exhibition of Roma Art Masterpieces was held in the European Parliament. The exhibition was curated by the European Institute for Art and Culture (ERIAC).

– ‘Hidden Roma Masterpieces’ an exhibition of masterpieces of Roma contemporary art. In: Council of Europe. 20.03.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/roma/-/asset_publisher/GYHQssTIzR6h/content/-hidden-roma-masterpieces-an-exhibition-of-masterpieces-of-roma-contemporary-art [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/roma/-/asset_publisher/GYHQssTIzR6h/content/-hidden-roma-masterpieces-an-exhibition-of-masterpieces-of-roma-contemporary-art”]

Denisa Gannon is the first officially recognised Romni lawyer in England and Wales. She wants to ensure that Roma have access to the law.
We wish her luck!

– Denisa Gannon: ‘Roma people are not getting justice’. In: The Guardian. 20.03.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/20/denisa-gannon-roma-people-not-getting-justice-solicitor [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/20/denisa-gannon-roma-people-not-getting-justice-solicitor”]