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Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Czech Elections

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It seems that Roma are not planning to go and vote in the upcoming Czech elections. This is bad, especially since the country may move sharply to the populist right.
What is also bad is the article …

– Number of Roma, disabled election candidates falling in ČR. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 17.10.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/10/17/number-roma-disabled-election-candidates-falling-čr [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/10/17/number-roma-disabled-election-candidates-falling-čr”]

Ungarn News Osteuropa

Hungary: Mob Assault

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Laszlo Bogdan, the mayor of Cserdi, a Roma village that has been often cited as an example in the press, was assaulted by a mob after having suggested he would welcome refugees in his village.
This shows how far the Orban propaganda against refugees and migrant has goen.
Bad!

– Locals assault and threaten to murder mayor who promised to welcome refugees in Roma village. In: The Hungarian Free Press. 19.10.2017. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/10/19/locals-assault-and-threaten-to-murder-mayor-who-promised-to-welcome-refugees-in-roma-village/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/10/19/locals-assault-and-threaten-to-murder-mayor-who-promised-to-welcome-refugees-in-roma-village/”]

Deutschland Ungarn News Osteuropa News Westeuropa

An Interview of Timea Junghaus, ERIAC

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The director of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), Timea Junghaus, in an interview about herself, her work and about what ERIAC means to Roma.

– The Roma mobilize their own knowledge: this is a paradigm shift. Interview with Tímea Junghaus. In: Political Critique.org. 18.10.2017. http://politicalcritique.org/cee/hungary/2017/interview-timea-junghaus-budapest-international-centre-roma-culture-berlin-eriac-decolonization/ [link-preview url=”http://politicalcritique.org/cee/hungary/2017/interview-timea-junghaus-budapest-international-centre-roma-culture-berlin-eriac-decolonization/”]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Berlin: Exhibition on Roma Sportsmen

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An exhibition is opening in Berlin on Roma sportsmen. There will be a podium discussion on the day of the opening, October 30th.

– Ausstellungseröffnung „Abseits im eigenen Land“ – Sinti und Roma-Sportler. Eine Ausstellung von Andrzej Bojarski/ In: Zentralrat Sinti und Roma. http://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungseroeffnung-abseits-im-eigenen-land-sinti-und-roma-sportler-eine-ausstellung-von-andrzej-bojarski/ [link-preview url=”http://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungseroeffnung-abseits-im-eigenen-land-sinti-und-roma-sportler-eine-ausstellung-von-andrzej-bojarski/”]

News Westeuropa Vereinigtes Königreich

UK Activist

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Rodney Bickerstaffe an activist who engaged himself for the cause of Travellers and Roma died.
May he rest in peace.

– Letters: Rodney Bickerstaffe obituary. In: The Guardian. 17.10.,2017. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/17/letters-rodney-bickerstaffe-obituary [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/17/letters-rodney-bickerstaffe-obituary”]

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Bulgaria: Clash

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There was a clash between Roma and forest guards near Plovidiv that escalated while the guards were trying to prevent Roma from stealing wood. The guards were beaten up.
Bad, but also bad that sheer poverty forces people to go and steal wood to heat their homes.

– Stamen Geshev, Banya Mayor: Roma from town attacked and beat forest guards from Hisarya. In: Focus News. 17.10.2017. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/10/17/424094/stamen-geshev-banya-mayor-roma-from-town-attacked-and-beat-forest-guards-from-hisarya.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/10/17/424094/stamen-geshev-banya-mayor-roma-from-town-attacked-and-beat-forest-guards-from-hisarya.html”]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Ake Dikhea

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The Roma Film Festival Ake Dikhea is taking place in Berlin from 19th to the 22. An Interview of Hamze Bytyci.

– “Gegenwicht gegen Angst und Neid”. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur. 17.10.2017. http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/roma-film-festival-in-berlin-gegenwicht-gegen-angst-und-neid.2156.de.html?dram:article_id=398432
– http://roma-filmfestival.com/?page_id=342&lang=de [link-preview url=”http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/roma-film-festival-in-berlin-gegenwicht-gegen-angst-und-neid.2156.de.html?dram:article_id=398432 “]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

The Poster …

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End of the lawsuit about the election poster of the extrem right party NPD in germany which states “Money for Grandma instead of for Sinti and Roma” …

– Rechtsstreit um umstrittenes NPD-Wahlplakat beigelegt. In: Frankenpost. 16.10.2017. https://www.frankenpost.de/region/bayern/Rechtsstreit-um-umstrittenes-NPD-Wahlplakat-beigelegt;art2832,5776497 [link-preview url=”https://www.frankenpost.de/region/bayern/Rechtsstreit-um-umstrittenes-NPD-Wahlplakat-beigelegt;art2832,5776497″]

Kosovo News Osteuropa

Mitrovica and Lead Poisoning

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A long article on a real person poisoned by lead in the UN refugee camp of Mitrovica, Kosovo. She is one of roughly 500 victims, and she needs constant medication for which she has no money.
Shame on the UN.

– Roma in Kosovo: ‘De VN heeft ons ziek gemaakt’. In: NOS. 16.10.2017. https://nos.nl/artikel/2198322-roma-in-kosovo-de-vn-heeft-ons-ziek-gemaakt.html [link-preview url=”https://nos.nl/artikel/2198322-roma-in-kosovo-de-vn-heeft-ons-ziek-gemaakt.html”]

News Osteuropa Slowenien

Slovenia: Manifestation

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Roma have been manifesting in Slovenia to protest discrimination.

– Roma rally against discrimination. In: STA. 16.10.2017. https://english.sta.si/2439762/roma-rally-against-discrimination [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2439762/roma-rally-against-discrimination”]

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Interview of Dotschy Reinhardt

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In the interview, Dotschy says what it means to be a Sintica. She also tells about her experiences and about the stereotypes and prejudices she faced.

– „Wir Minderheiten müssen Allianzen bilden“: Sängerin Dotschy Reinhardt und Jacques Delfeld erzählen in Worms von ihren Erfahrungen als Angehörige der Sinti. In: Wormser Zeitung. 16.10.2017. http://www.wormser-zeitung.de/lokales/worms/nachrichten-worms/wir-minderheiten-muessen-allianzen-bilden-saengerin-dotschy-reinhardt-und-jacques-delfeld-erzaehlen-in-worms-von-ihren-erfahrungen-als-angehoerige-der-sinti_18251982.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.wormser-zeitung.de/lokales/worms/nachrichten-worms/wir-minderheiten-muessen-allianzen-bilden-saengerin-dotschy-reinhardt-und-jacques-delfeld-erzaehlen-in-worms-von-ihren-erfahrungen-als-angehoerige-der-sinti_18251982.htm”]

News Osteuropa Serbien

A Dancer and a Project

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A portrait of a French Dancer – Nicolas Archambault – a of some of his dance projects. He has one with Roma in Serbia – called GRUBB for Gypsy Urban Balkan Beats.
Watch the video …

– https://youtu.be/cltFKaEvRyA
– DALS: Nicolas Archambault, ce juré qui “n’a pas peur de mouiller le maillot”. In: L’Express. 14.10.2017. http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/tele/dals-nicolas-archambault-ce-jure-qui-n-a-pas-peur-de-mouiller-le-maillot_1925237.html [link-preview url=”https://youtu.be/cltFKaEvRyA”]

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Bulgaria and School

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Another article about the current Bulgarian initiative aiming at getting Roma children in school.

– Bulgarie: la carotte et le bâton pour scolariser les enfants roms. In: Le Point. 12.10.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/bulgarie-la-carotte-et-le-baton-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-12-10-2017-2163953_24.php [link-preview url=”http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/bulgarie-la-carotte-et-le-baton-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-12-10-2017-2163953_24.php”]

Ungarn News Osteuropa

Budapest: Roma Pride

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The Roma Pride in Budapest was held a week ago.

– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzcm3_ku6uM
– https://www.facebook.com/radiochiriklo/videos/1152590844873658/
– ROMA PRIDE DAY MARKED IN BUDAPEST. In: Budapest Daily News. 08.10.2017. https://dailynewshungary.com/roma-pride-day-marked-budapest/ [link-preview url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzcm3_ku6uM”]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Germany: Bad News …

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The Sinti and Roma Association of Schlesswig Holstein is being investigated for irregularities in its use of funds and on the suspicion that some of the funds were diverted for personal use.
Bad.

– Ermittlungen gegen Landesverband der Sinti und Roma. In: NDR. 12.10.2017. https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Ermittlungen-gegen-Landesverband-der-Sinti-und-Roma,ermittlungen170.html [link-preview url=”https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Ermittlungen-gegen-Landesverband-der-Sinti-und-Roma,ermittlungen170.html”]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Czech Republic: An Appeal to Vote!

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An appeal to Roma to go and vote to bar Tomio Okamura, a rightist Czech-Japanese entrepreneur from governing the country. He is definitively not pro-Roma.

– Alena Gronzíková: Romale, don’t be lazy, vote! Otherwise Okamura will govern us! In: Romea. 13/10.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/alena-gronzikova-romale-don-t-be-lazy-vote-otherwise-okamura-will-govern-us [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/alena-gronzikova-romale-don-t-be-lazy-vote-otherwise-okamura-will-govern-us”]

Frankreich News Westeuropa

France, Roma, and Schools

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A French association is helping Roma children living in slums to go to school.
This is the way!

– Seine-Saint-Denis, la difficile scolarisation des enfants des bidonvilles. In: Le Point. 10.10.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/seine-saint-denis-la-difficile-scolarisation-des-enfants-des-bidonvilles-10-10-2017-2163381_23.php [link-preview url=”http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/seine-saint-denis-la-difficile-scolarisation-des-enfants-des-bidonvilles-10-10-2017-2163381_23.php”]

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