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”]
For the international Roma Day, the Slovenian press chose to thematise the report from the EU on poverty.
– Svetovni dan Romov: Največja manjšina v Evropi pogosto na robu družbe. In: Delo. 09.04.2018. https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/svetovni-dan-romov-najvecja-manjsina-v-evropi-pogosto-na-robu-druzbe.html [link-preview url=”https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/svetovni-dan-romov-najvecja-manjsina-v-evropi-pogosto-na-robu-druzbe.html”]
The Roma flag hangs on the US Embassy and on the Czech Foreign Ministry (yes – not the interior). And a report from Slovakia on the events in Prague.
– Czech Foreign Ministry flies Romani flag, outgoing Foreign Minister and Justice Minister meet with Roma. In: Romea. 10.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/zech-foreign-ministry-flies-romani-flag-outgoing-foreign-minister-and-justice-minister-meet-with-roma
– US Ambassador hangs the Romani flag at the US Embassy in Prague. In: Romea. 10.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/us-ambassador-hangs-the-romani-flag-at-the-us-embassy-in-prague
– V Prahe sa začínajú oslavy Medzinárodného dňa Rómov. In: Dobre Noviny. 06.04.2018. https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/128884/v-prahe-sa-zacinaju-oslavy-medzinarodneho-dna-romov [link-preview url=”https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/128884/v-prahe-sa-zacinaju-oslavy-medzinarodneho-dna-romov”]
Turkish president Erdogan wows to resolve the Roma housing problems. Sounds good, doesn’t it? The residents of the oldest Roma settlement in Sulukule in Istanbul where all Roma were thrown out under Erdogan’s direction will certainly appreciate the irony. They had a house, now none …
– President Erdoğan vows to ‘solve housing problems of Roma citizens’. In: Hürriyet. 11.04.2018. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/president-erdogan-vows-to-solve-housing-problems-of-roma-citizens-130163 [link-preview url=”http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/president-erdogan-vows-to-solve-housing-problems-of-roma-citizens-130163″]
A brutal fight between football fans and Roma occurred during the night of Saturday to Sunday in Cornella de Llobregat near Barcelona. Several Roma were hospitalised. Reasons for the brawl are not known yet.
– Brutal street fight erupts ‘between Barcelona football fans and gypsies’ as they brawl with bottles and poles in Spanish town centre. In: The Sun. 10.04.2018. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6014735/video-barcelona-football-fans-gypsies-fight-spain/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6014735/video-barcelona-football-fans-gypsies-fight-spain/”]
David Scheffel, a Thompson Rivers University Professor (close to Vancouver, Canada) has been arrested on charges of child pornography, sexual offences and even arm trafficking. He denies the charges claiming that they stem from his study of child prostitution among Roma in Slovakia. The professor is reputed to be an expert on Roma culture.
– Thompson Rivers University Professor in Jail in Slovakia. In Kamloop this week. 10.04.2018. http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/thompson-rivers-university-professor-in-jail-in-slovakia-1.23262600 [link-preview url=”http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/news/thompson-rivers-university-professor-in-jail-in-slovakia-1.23262600″]
A very interesting interview of the construction of “enemies” that are used to fuel hatred in the Czech Republic and thir current increase to unprecedented levels.
Scary.
– MARTIN ŠMOK: LONG-STANDING CONSTRUCTS OF ENEMY BEING USED TO FUEL LEVELS OF HATRED UNSEEN SINCE WAR. In: Ragio Praha. 09.04.2018. http://www.radio.cz/en/section/one-on-one/martin-smok-long-standing-constructs-of-enemy-being-used-to-fuel-levels-of-hatred-unseen-since-war [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/en/section/one-on-one/martin-smok-long-standing-constructs-of-enemy-being-used-to-fuel-levels-of-hatred-unseen-since-war”]
In spite of the small number of Roma in Finland, prejudice and stereotypes are prevalent. Roma are fighting against it.
– Roma minority asks Finns to look beyond the stereotypes. In: YLE. 08.04.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/roma_minority_asks_finns_to_look_beyond_the_stereotypes/10150192 [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/roma_minority_asks_finns_to_look_beyond_the_stereotypes/10150192″]
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/”]
Stolipinovo is the largest “mahala” or Roma neighbourhood in Plovdiv. Many of its residents are now working on a regular basis in Germany – generally short term manual work in construction. And this has an influence on Stolipinovo itself. A story of two worlds!
– How the ‘Germans’ are changing the largest Roma enclave in Europe. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.04.2018. http://www.dw.com/en/how-the-germans-are-changing-the-largest-roma-enclave-in-europe/a-43298822 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/how-the-germans-are-changing-the-largest-roma-enclave-in-europe/a-43298822″]
Angelo Debarre – together with the very beginnings at the Rose Fleurie in Paris. [link-preview url=””]
Even thought there are very few Roma living in Poland, they are still facing discrimination and prejudice. A very good report on their situation.
– Poland’s Roma community battles discrimination. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.04.2018. http://www.dw.com/en/polands-roma-community-battles-discrimination/a-43273328 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/polands-roma-community-battles-discrimination/a-43273328″]
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/”]
Mateo Salvini, the current Italian leader of the Lega Nord – the far right party which won a large number of seats in the recent Italian elections found nothing better than to comment on the International Roma day by saying:
“if many of them worked more and stole less, if many of them sent their children to school instead of teaching them to steal, then it really would be something to celebrate”.
No further comments.
– Italy’s far-right League marks International Roma Day by telling them to “work more and steal less”. In: Il Globo. 09.04.2018. http://ilglobo.com.au/news/38209/italys-far-right-league-marks-international-roma-day-by-telling-them-to-work-more-and-steal-less/
– Try stealing less, League head tells Roma. In: Pulse Live. 08.04.2018. http://www.pulselive.co.ke/news/world/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma-id8222907.html
– Try stealing less, Italian League head tells Roma. In: The Malay Mail. 08.04.2018. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma
– Try stealing less, Italian League head tells Roma. In: Le Journal du Cameroon. 08.04.2018. https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma/”]
Jobbik, the extreme right party stands a very good change of being the largest opposition party in Hungary. It is officially no longer anti-Semitic and anti-Roma. Well, maybe …
– Gabor Vona seeks to make Jobbik Hungary’s official opposition. In: Euronews. 06.04.2018. http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/06/-profile-gabor-vona [link-preview url=”http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/06/-profile-gabor-vona”]
An article on the “forgotten Holocaust” and on how it has been portrayed over time.
– The genocide of the Roma – and how commemoration of this ‘forgotten Holocaust’ is shifting. In: The Conversation. 06.04.2018. http://theconversation.com/the-genocide-of-the-roma-and-how-commemoration-of-this-forgotten-holocaust-is-shifting-92771 [link-preview url=”http://theconversation.com/the-genocide-of-the-roma-and-how-commemoration-of-this-forgotten-holocaust-is-shifting-92771″]
Another piece of trash journalism – this time from the Daily Mail. A former reality star turned petty criminal. The number of stereotypes is just mind boggling.
– Gypsy Sisters star Mellie Stanley is charged over using bogus coupons scam to obtain thousands of dollars’ worth of goods from Toys R Us. In: The Daily Mail. 06.05.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5585195/Mellie-Jeanette-Lee-star-reality-Gypsy-Sisters-charged-Toys-R-coupons-scam.html#ixzz5Bxs6EQ5q [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5585195/Mellie-Jeanette-Lee-star-reality-Gypsy-Sisters-charged-Toys-R-coupons-scam.html#ixzz5Bxs6EQ5q”]
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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