At long last, a new addition to the Swiss school curriculum: Jenische, Sinti and Roma.
- Roma, Sinti und Jenische im Schulunterricht. In: SRF. 20.04.2023. https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/neues-lehrmittel-roma-sinti-und-jenische-im-schulunterricht
Author Archives: Roma Foundation
Viki Gabor
Viki Gabor appeared with her parents in the weekend studio “Questions for Breakfast”, where she promoted the documentary “Viki Gabor: My World”. The 8-episode documentary series tells the story of an ordinary, though extraordinary, 15-year-old girl who, thanks to her passion and talent, has developed from a shy, introverted girl into a successful idol of the young generation. The camera accompanies Viki during concerts, foreign trips, but also in everyday life.
- Oto rodzice Viki Gabor. Tak wyglądają ZOBACZ ZDJĘCIA. W rodzinie siła. In: Brzeziny. 18.04.2023. https://brzeziny.naszemiasto.pl/oto-rodzice-viki-gabor-tak-wygladaja-zobacz-zdjecia-w/ar/c13-9291543
Patrik Banga
The Romano Journalist and writer recently published his first book called “The Real Way Out”, which won the prestigious Czech Magnesia Litera Award in the Debut category on Monday.
As a Kid, an educational counsellor predicted to him in elementary school that he would become a parasite, and the police already assigned him the role of a criminal at the age of five.
Well, wrong predictions …
- Své děti učím, že se musí makat, říká romský spisovatel a novinář Patrik Banga. In: I Dnes. 18.04.2023. https://www.idnes.cz/kultura/literatura/romove-tradice-kultura-rom-patrik-banga-rasismus-kniha.A230412_131716_xman-rozhovory_albe
German Police
Well, the latest survey of the attitudes of the German police come as no surprise. 17% stated they would have issues if Roma settled in their neighbourhood … And there is more.
- “Ein Grund, Angst zu kriegen”. In: Kontext. 19.04.2023. https://www.kontextwochenzeitung.de/debatte/629/ein-grund-angst-zu-kriegen-8815.html
Budapest Restaurant
A review (very enthusiastic) of a restaurant and club in Donany ut 78 in Budapest 7th district. It is called “Like the Gypsies”. The club and restaurant caters unfortunately to all clichés including fortune telling, caravans and the like.
- Ahol kóstolót kaptunk az igazi roma hangulatból, és még a jövőnket is megtudtuk – Like the Gypsies kultúrklub. In: We Love Budapset. 17.04.2023. https://welovebudapest.com/cikk/2023/4/17/gasztro-szabadido-roma-hangulat-like-the-gypsies-kulturklub
Romano Suno
On the occasion of International Roma Day, the 26th edition of the Romano suno / Roma Dream competition was launched a week ago, in which Roma speakers can express themselves creatively and publicly in their mother tongue. Moreover, thanks to the competition texts, the general public can also take a closer look at the world of the Roma. Since 1996, the competition has been organized by the non-profit company Nová škola.
- Začala soutěž Romano suno. Její součástí jsou i podcasty a autorská čtení. In: Radiožurnal Rozhlas. 17.04.2023. https://radiozurnal.rozhlas.cz/zacala-soutez-romano-suno-jeji-soucasti-jsou-i-podcasty-a-autorska-cteni-8974068
Vojvodina TV
“Paleta” is a program of the Radio-television Vojvodina.It is a selection from the content prepared by the television editorial offices in the languages of the national communities, thus also in Romanes. In order to get closer to each other, “Paleta” is broadcast in the languages of the national communities, with a Serbian translation.
- Палета (ромски). In: RTV. 17.04.2023. https://media.rtv.rs/sr_ci/paleta-romski/82431
Commemoration in Mittelbau-Dora
In a speech during the commemoration last Sunday, the chairwoman of the State Association of German Sinti and Roma Berlin-Brandenburg, Petra Rosenberg, recalled her father. He survived the concentration camp, but always struggled with what he experienced there and with the memories of it. Rosenberg also criticized the fact that Sinti and Roma still experience discrimination and stigmatization today.
- Gedenken an KZ-Befreiung – «Sinti und Roma sind Europäer». In: Die Zeit. 17.04.2023. https://www.welt.de/regionales/thueringen/article244845468/Gedenken-an-KZ-Befreiung-Sinti-und-Roma-sind-Europaeer.html
Czech President and Roma
The newly elected Czech President Petr Pavel met with Romane students in Prague’s castle, his official residence.
- VIDEO: Czech President Petr Pavel meets with Romani students and the Czech Government Commissioner for Romani Minority Affairs. In: Romea. 12.04.2023. https://romea.cz/en/czech-republic/live-broadcast-czech-president-petr-pavel-meets-with-romani-students
Buchenwald: Commemorations
Commemorations were held yesterday in Buchenwald and Bergen Belsen on the 78th anniversary of the liberation of those camps. These commemorations focused this year on Sinti and Roma and the current increase in racism towards them.
- Gedenken an Befreiung des KZ Buchenwald – Schicksal von Sinti und Roma im Fokus. In: MDR. 17.04.2023. https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/thueringen/mitte-thueringen/weimar/kz-gedenkstaette-buchenwald-gedenken-sinti-und-roma-100.html
- “Gedenken ohne Konsequenzen ist nur Ritual”. In: ZDF. 16.04.203. https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/gedenken-buchenwald-bergen-belsen-zweiter-weltkrieg-100.html
Buchenwald: Commemoration
Today, the liberation of the concentration camps of Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora will be commemorated.
- Erinnerung an 78. Jahrestag der Befreiung von Buchenwald. In: Die Zeit. 15.04.2023. https://www.zeit.de/news/2023-04/15/erinnerung-an-78-jahrestag-der-befreiung-von-buchenwald?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
A Successful Sintiza
The portrait of a very successful Sintiza in Germany, and the discrimination she faced in school.
- Angelina ist Sintiza und ehemalige Deutsche Weinkönigin. In: SWR. 15.04.2023. https://www.swr.de/heimat/rheinhessen/sintizaangelina-100.html
Child Marriages
Serbia is working on an initiative to amend family law to define and recognize child marriage as a form of human trafficking, as 22-50% of Serbian Romane girls are married before the age of 18 years old.
A recent UNICEF report revealed that more than half of girls from Roma settlements in Serbia and 22% of girls from low-income families marry before the age of 18. Even more worryingly, 16% of Roma girls marry before the age of 15 and 5% give birth at this age.
As usual, take these percentages with a pinch of salt. These usually refer to the Roma that are recorded as such, not to all Roma.
- La Serbie va qualifier le mariage d’enfants de traite des êtres humains. In; Euractiv. 12.04.2023. https://www.euractiv.fr/section/justice-affaires-interieures/news/la-serbie-va-qualifier-le-mariage-denfants-de-traite-des-etres-humains/
French Chronicle …
Not much this week in France. In Western France, in Angers, the authorities are asking themselves how to resolve the issue of 4 Roma camps in the city. Well, for 400 people, this should not be really complicated … An event in Brittany with Roma music and initiation to Romanes was organised in collaboration with a Roma association. Then the more usual: Near Paris, a camp will probably be closed and also near Paris, a squat in a former police building was evacuated.
- Comment résorber les camps de Roms dans l’agglomération ? In: Angers Loire Métropole. 14.04.2023. https://www.angersloiremetropole.fr/medias/64804-comment-resorber-les-camps-de-roms-dans-l-agglomeration/index.html
- À Plouray, une soirée festive à la découverte de la culture rom. In: Le Télégramme. 11.04.2023. https://www.letelegramme.fr/morbihan/plouray/a-plouray-une-soiree-festive-a-la-decouverte-de-la-culture-rom-11-04-2023-13315567.php
- Le camp de Roms installé près de la gare de Houilles bientôt évacué ? In: Actu.fr. 14.04.2023. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/le-camp-de-roms-installe-pres-de-la-gare-de-houilles-bientot-evacue_58933254.html
- Squat sur le plateau de Saclay : les familles roms évacuées de l’ancien site de formation de la police. In: Le Parisien. 12.04.2023. https://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/squat-sur-le-plateau-de-saclay-les-familles-roms-evacuees-de-lancien-site-de-formation-de-la-police-12-04-2023-E63QRKBFYFDS7DGCUAVENLF63Q.php
Poznan and Roma
On the occasion of April 8th, the City of Poznań, in cooperation with the Bahtałe Roma Foundation, organized a meeting with Roma culture in the White Room of the office. There was music and performance by the Sara Czureja Band.
- Międzynarodowy Dzień Romów w Poznaniu. In: Poznan. 14.04.2023.https://www.poznan.pl/mim/info/news/miedzynarodowy-dzien-romow-w-poznaniu,201671.html
Weimar: Commemoration
Another article on the commemorations of the liberation of Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora.
- Weimar: Gedenken an die Befreiung der KZ Buchenwald und Mittelbau-Dora. In: Thib 24. 14.04.2023. https://thib24.de/34451/weimar-gedenken-an-die-befreiung-der-kz-buchenwald-und-mittelbau-dora/
Roma Rights
A Rom truck driver who lives in Manchester has become a social media star and has turned into an activist. A reportage.
- Pongo Calling: An online fight for Roma rights. In: Al Jazeera. 13.04.2023. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/witness/2023/4/13/pongo-calling-an-online-fight-for-roma-rights
Bosnia and Roma
The head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Brian Aggeler was in Mostar. He insisted that there is a need to improve education and the status of Roma besides fighting corruption in the country.
- Combating corruption, improving quality education and Roma status, high on the agenda of Ambassador Aggeler’s visit to Mostar. In: OSCE. 12.04.2023. https://www.osce.org/mission-to-bosnia-and-herzegovina/541272
Serbia and Higher Education
Roma high school students visited the Faculty of Law. The Faculty of Law of the University of Niš has signed an agreement on cooperation with the Roma Education Foundation to ensure the greatest degree of inclusivity in education.
Let’s see if this works out …
- Romski srednjoškolci posetili Pravni fakultet. In: B92. 12.04.2023. https://www.b92.net/lokal/nis/drustvo-romski-srednjoskolci-posetili-pravni-fakultet-2317065
Roma Book Nomination
33 books are nominated for the prestigious Czech Magnesia Litera award for the year 2022. Among them, a book by a Romano author, Patrick Banga entitle “True Way Out”.
- O Skutečné cestě ven vypráví romský autor Patrik Banga. In: Slovo Prglas. 14.04.2023. https://slovo.proglas.cz/kultura-a-vzdelavani/knihovnicka-proglasu/o-skutecne-ceste-ven-vypravi-romsky-autor-patrik-banga/
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