Norway is ready to sponsor a monument to commemorate the victims of the Lety concentration camp in the Czech Republic.
Nice, but it would have been nicer if the Czech had done it themselves.
– Norway ready to sponsor Czech monument to Roma Holocaust. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 17.04.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/04/17/norway-ready-sponsor-czech-monument-roma-holocaust [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2018/04/17/norway-ready-sponsor-czech-monument-roma-holocaust”]
A survey of the situation of Roma settlements in Slovakia. There are 2’927 municipalities and towns in Slovakia and there are Roma settlements in 1’170 of them. The general situation seems to be improving but really slowly.
– Zaplavia Slovensko chudobné osady? Črtá sa iný trend. In: Aktuality. 17.04.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/580532/zaplavia-slovensko-chudobne-osady-crta-sa-iny-trend/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/580532/zaplavia-slovensko-chudobne-osady-crta-sa-iny-trend/”]
Terrible article on Roma in Kiev who are allegedly “flooding” the city and stealing its citizen, all coupled with a total police inactivity. The Roma camp in the railway station, sleeping in the waiting rooms.
This is bad for all.
– “Огромные отряды”: журналист раскрыл схему беспредела ромов в Киеве. In: Obozrevatel. 17.04.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/ogromnyie-otryadyi-zhurnalist-raskryil-shemu-bespredela-romov-v-kieve.htm [link-preview url=”https://www.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/ogromnyie-otryadyi-zhurnalist-raskryil-shemu-bespredela-romov-v-kieve.htm”]
Milan Mazurek, a MP from the far right party Kotelba’s People Party was condemned to a fine of 5’000 Euros for his racist statements on a radio in 2016. He is appealing the verdict. Let’s hope he looses again!
– Far-right MP Ordered to Pay Fine by Court for Statements on Roma. In: New Now. 16.04.2018. http://newsnow.tasr.sk/policy/far-right-mp-ordered-to-pay-fine-by-court-for-statements-on-roma/
– Mazurek si na súde vypočul trest za výroky v rádiu na adresu Rómov. In: TV Noviny. 16.04.2018. http://www.tvnoviny.sk/domace/1915412_mazurek-si-na-sude-vypocul-trest-za-vyroky-v-radiu-na-adresu-romov [link-preview url=”http://newsnow.tasr.sk/policy/far-right-mp-ordered-to-pay-fine-by-court-for-statements-on-roma/ “]
An interview of the Slovak journalist Stanislava Harkotova on Roma, stereotypes, and how they are presented in the press in that country. Her comments are not devoid of some stereotypes, but she did make the step and went to see for herself.
– Myslela som si, že Rómov sa treba báť. Až kým sa o mňa nestarali rómski učňovkári. In: HN Slovensko. 13.04.2018. https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1727343-myslela-som-si-ze-romov-sa-treba-bat-az-kym-sa-o-mna-nestarali-romski-ucnovkari [link-preview url=”https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1727343-myslela-som-si-ze-romov-sa-treba-bat-az-kym-sa-o-mna-nestarali-romski-ucnovkari”]
As usual … A short presentation of Roma by l’Express mixes a few correct facts (Indian origins) with total BS, assimilating the Roma as a whole to the Vlach Roma from Romania, stating that they starting arriving in Europe in the 1980’s (in fact they arrived about 80 years earlier) etc…
This is supposed to be informative …
– Roms: quatre lettres pour comprendre. In: L’Express. 08.04.2018. https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/roms-quatre-lettres-pour-comprendre_1998299.html [link-preview url=”https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/roms-quatre-lettres-pour-comprendre_1998299.html”]
Slovenia is said to have made progress in addressing minority issues, but more needs to be done, especially in relation to the Roma community, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes.
– Posebni poročevalec ZN za manjšine: Slovenija mora na področju Romov storiti več. In: STA. 13.04.2018. https://www.sta.si/2503606/posebni-porocevalec-zn-za-manjsine-slovenija-mora-na-podrocju-romov-storiti-vec
– UN minorities rapporteur calls on Slovenia to do more for Roma. In: STA. 13.04.2018. https://english.sta.si/2503648/un-minorities-rapporteur-calls-on-slovenia-to-do-more-for-roma [link-preview url=”https://www.sta.si/2503606/posebni-porocevalec-zn-za-manjsine-slovenija-mora-na-podrocju-romov-storiti-vec “]
A recent statistic from the World Bank in the Western Balkans shows some improvements in schooling for Roma but also shows an increasing gap between Roma and Gadže regarding health and work.
– Roma integration in the Western Balkans still far away. In: The Brussels Times. 11.04.2018. http://www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/10960/roma-integration-in-the-western-balkans-still-far-away [link-preview url=”http://www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/10960/roma-integration-in-the-western-balkans-still-far-away”]
A reportage on the hotel Gračanica, a Roma hotel in Kosovo and a project against hatred and prejudice.
A must see!
– Re: Projekt Versöhnung. Das Roma-Hotel im Kosovo. In: Arte. 06.04.2018. https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/073399-014-A/re-projekt-versoehnung/ [link-preview url=”https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/073399-014-A/re-projekt-versoehnung/”]
A reportage on a pilgrimage to Auschwitz of the grand-child of Roma who were deported there 75 years ago.
– Sinti und Roma in Auschwitz: “Das willst du gar nicht wissen”. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.04.2018. http://www.dw.com/de/sinti-und-roma-in-auschwitz-das-willst-du-gar-nicht-wissen/a-43156681 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/de/sinti-und-roma-in-auschwitz-das-willst-du-gar-nicht-wissen/a-43156681″]
The Lunik IX housing estate in Košice has a very bad reputation: It is a rundown neighbourhood of decaying buildings mostly if not entirely inhabited by Roma. There are now plans to destroy some of the worst buildings and to beautify the neighbourhood hoping to create a mixed society.
Let’s not hope it turns out like most gentrification projects, simply evicting Roma.
– Obroda Lunika IX: Môže byť atraktívny nielen pre Rómov. In: Korzar. 10.04.2018. https://kosice.korzar.sme.sk/c/20799565/obroda-lunika-ix-moze-byt-atraktivny-nielen-pre-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://kosice.korzar.sme.sk/c/20799565/obroda-lunika-ix-moze-byt-atraktivny-nielen-pre-romov.html”]
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”]
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”]
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″]
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″]
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”]
Following the theft of a mobile phone in a bus in Kiev, a massive brawl started and a group of Roma was literally beaten up in the bus. This was followed in Facebook and on other social media. The fight started in trolleybus No. 30, which was moving along the route “Miloslavskaya – Kadetsky gai”, Kievite Elena Mashuk wrote in the Facebook group “Solomensky district”. “Today they beat the gypsies on the route of trolley bus No. 30 after they took the phone from my sister.”. In comments to her post, social network users supported the beaters: “They did it right”, “It’s high time”, “I hope they broke their hands”.
– В Киеве в троллейбусе вспыхнула массовая драка из-за кражи телефона. In:
РИА Новости Украина. 05.04.2018. https://rian.com.ua/kiev/20180405/1033980976/Kiev-passagiry-izbili-gruppu-romov-ukravshyh-telefon.html [link-preview url=”https://rian.com.ua/kiev/20180405/1033980976/Kiev-passagiry-izbili-gruppu-romov-ukravshyh-telefon.html”]
An article from Pakistan – yes – on Roma in Serbia and the discriminations they face in daily life.
– For Serbia’s Roma, just getting a roof over their heads is a start. In: GEO TV. 06.04.2018. https://www.geo.tv/latest/189773-for-serbias-roma-just-getting-a-roof-over-their-heads-is-a-start [link-preview url=”https://www.geo.tv/latest/189773-for-serbias-roma-just-getting-a-roof-over-their-heads-is-a-start”]
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