Latest developments on the strategy for integration of the council of Europe. Let’s hope this time, we will see progress.
The Council of Europe is implementing the Joint Programme Roma Integration III in partnership with the European Union to strengthen the capacities of governments in the Western Balkans and Türkiye to address the challenges faced by Roma communities. This initiative includes the development and implementation of public policies in various sectors, such as housing, employment, education, and the fight against anti-Gypsyism.
As the invited editor of the special issue of Études Tsiganes: Ukraine, Issue 72-73 (Spring 2023) published in French, Dr. Abakunova will present the journal and discuss the rich history of Roma in Ukraine from the past to the present. Études Tsiganes is a peer-reviewed academic journal for social sciences in French, published by the Fédération nationale des associations solidaires d’action avec les Tsiganes et les Gens du voyage. The special issue is dedicated to Ukraine and Roma living in Ukrainian lands to support research about the Roma of Ukraine that is interrupted due to the war that Russia conducts against Ukraine and to give visibility to the Ukrainian researchers who are carrying out this work. The accessibility to the journal is limited due to its publication in French only; therefore, Dr. Abakunova will provide a brief overview of each article and introduce the Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian authors who contributed to the journal and Ukrainian Roma whose interviews were published in the journal, including of those who are internally replaced or took refuge in other countries. Finally, Anna will discuss the current situation of Romani Studies in Ukraine and how the war conditions impact research.
An article highlighting the new generation of Roma activists, and of the importance of art in breaking down stereotypes.
The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), in partnership with the Council of Europe’s Roma and Travellers Division and the Division of National Minorities and Minority Languages, proudly presents the 5th International Conference – Safeguarding Romani Language. November 5th and 6th.
A book from 2023 about Rudari, a Vlach Roma group now found all over Europe. It investigates their migrations and history.
Germany hosted the thematic visit on combating anti-Gypsyism within the framework of the Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (ADI-ROM). The partner countries Croatia, France, Lithuania, Romania and Switzerland participated in the visit.
Very nice… Especially when you know that Switzerland doesn’t recognise Roma as a national minority, and when you see that racism is exceedingly difficult to combat there. A case against a rightist politician was lost recently. He had stated “if one doesn’t recognise a ‘Gypsy’ [Zigeuner] immidiately, one smells him”. That is not racist in Switzerland …
Roma in Europe cannot rely on the support of traditional political parties and must build their own political power in order to gain more influence on political events. Željko Jovanović, director of the Roma Foundation for Europe, stated in an interview for the first Roma internet television, ROMEA TV, in connection with the fact that after 20 years the Roma have no representative in the European Parliament, Jovanović also emphasized the need to strengthen the economic potential of Roma and Roma women and develop their cultural identity.
Zeljko Jovanovič, the president of the Roma Foundation for Europe and a long term activist calls for the community to look to the future and learn from the past. “I would like young Roma to see themselves as a source of collective strength. Let them work as a collective to build a higher level of resistance,” he said in an interview for iROZHLAS.cz at a conference on the anniversary of the Roma Holocaust in Poland.
The official statement of the Central Council of the German Sinti and Roma on August 2nd.
A reportage on where it is best to live in the Balkans if one is Rom. As usual, unfortunately, one only speaks about the very visible Roma.
Some statements and articles from Western Europe.
Some of the prominent speakers at the August 2nd commemoration in Auschwitz 1.
An article in the Times of Israel on the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp in Auschwitz
On August 1st, 2024, a conference was held in Krakow on the commemoration of th 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp in Auschwitz.
Full video of the events on August 2nd in Auschwitz.
The full video of the political speakers and public for the August 2nd commemoration of the Genocide of the Roma.
A press communication on the planned commemoration in Auschwitz of the 80th anniversary of the destruction of the Roma camp.
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