Category Archives: News Eastern Europe

Montenegro News Osteuropa

Minors Weddings

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An article about arranged marriages of minors among Roma in Montenegro. Again, the tradition of a group of Roma (Vlach) is generalised to all Roma – something that is not the case. Here, organisations actually say that this is human trafficking. It is bad for all.

– MONTÉNÉGRO : LES MARIAGES ARRANGÉS DES MINEUR.E.S ROMS, UNE TRADITION HORS-LA-LOI. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 20.04.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Montenegro-les-mariages-arranges-des-mineur-e-s-roms-une-tradition-hors-la-loi [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Montenegro-les-mariages-arranges-des-mineur-e-s-roms-une-tradition-hors-la-loi”]

Ungarn News Osteuropa Slowakei Ukraine

Ukraine Vigilantes

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Ukrainian neo Nazi vigilantes burnt down a Roma camp and drove away the Roma in Kiev. These Roma are from Transcarpathia – the Western part of the Ukraine that lies on the Western flank of the Ukraine towards Hungary and Slovakia. The region has many Carpathian Roma who are extremely poor.

– Ukrainian neo-Nazi C14 vigilantes drive out Roma families, burn their camp. In: KHPG. 23.04.2018. http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1524441220 [link-preview url=”http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1524441220″]

Bosnien Italien News Osteuropa News Westeuropa

Italy and Roma

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Giorgio Halilovic was born on August 12, 1982 in Rome in a camp and was the beneficiary of a EU funded program on integration. In the afternoon of April 12th, 2018, he was arrested by the police, transferred to the Office of the Police Headquarters of Rome and officially expelled from Italy. The next day he was put on an airplane and taken to Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country he had never been to.
This is the new policy of the Five Star movement and of the Rome Mayor Raggi.
SHAME.

– Rom e Sinti: giustizia per Giorgio Halilovic e le famiglie del Camping River. In: Agora. 18.04.2018. http://www.agoravox.it/Rom-e-Sinti-giustizia-per-Giorgio.html [link-preview url=”http://www.agoravox.it/Rom-e-Sinti-giustizia-per-Giorgio.html”]

News Osteuropa Serbien

Roma, Serbia, and Soros

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Georges Soros met the Serbian President Vucic and they discussed the topic of the Roma. Georges Soros funded many projects helping Roma.

– Vucic and Soros talk about position of Roma in Serbia. In: B92. 20.04.2018. https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2018&mm=04&dd=20&nav_id=103987 [link-preview url=”https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2018&mm=04&dd=20&nav_id=103987″]

News Osteuropa Rumänien

Romania, measles and vaccination

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Another Roma child died of measles in Romania. The epidemic is progressing fast, in part due to Roma being suspicious of the state’s vaccination campaign.
Bad.

– Un bébé meurt de la rougeole en Roumanie, l’épidémie progresse. In: Huff Post (FR). 19.04.2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/04/19/un-bebe-meurt-de-la-rougeole-en-roumanie-lepidemie-progresse_a_23415172/
– En Roumanie, la méfiance envers les vaccins tue. In: Boursorama. 19.04.2018. https://www.boursorama.com/actualite-economique/actualites/en-roumanie-la-mefiance-envers-les-vaccins-tue-512071bf0c3a9caf40ca3cf64c4ab5d9 [link-preview url=”https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/04/19/un-bebe-meurt-de-la-rougeole-en-roumanie-lepidemie-progresse_a_23415172/ “]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia – Prešov

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The Prešov region will have a new counsellor for “socially excluded” communities – i.e. for Roma. The Role was given to Róbert Neupauer, who has field experience, mainly from a Roma settlement in the village of Križova Ves (Kežmarok district), where he worked in a mission-community centre.
The role is supposed to look for concrete solutions to the problems faced by Roma in the region.

– Prešovský kraj bude mať poradcu pre sociálne vylúčené komunity. In: Korzar. 19.04.2018. https://presov.korzar.sme.sk/c/20807491/presovsky-kraj-bude-mat-poradcu-pre-socialne-vylucene-komunity.html [link-preview url=”https://presov.korzar.sme.sk/c/20807491/presovsky-kraj-bude-mat-poradcu-pre-socialne-vylucene-komunity.html”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia: Housing

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A project in Slovakia is helping Roma families to build their own houses. For that they need to save some money – 50 Euros per month for a year at least. Some of the houses will be built on the Lunik IX site in Košice.
Good!

– Rok si odkladá 50 eur, aby mohla preč z osady. In: Aktuality. 20.04.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/582410/rok-si-odklada-50-eur-aby-mohla-prec-z-osady/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/582410/rok-si-odklada-50-eur-aby-mohla-prec-z-osady/”]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Condemned!

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A Czech man was condemned to 12.5 years in prison for the shooting and murder of a Rom in Ušti nad Labem. He had shot 13 bullets at a van driven by the Rom.
Cheap for a life, but better than nothing. The killer is appealing.

– VIDEO: First-instance verdict in the Chomutov shooting case – 12.5 years. In: Romea. 19.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/video-first-instance-verdict-in-the-chomutov-shooting-case-12-5-years
– BREAKING NEWS: Czech shooter of Romani man gets 12.5 years in prison. In: Romea. 17.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/breaking-news-czech-shooter-of-romani-man-gets-12-5-years-in-prison [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/video-first-instance-verdict-in-the-chomutov-shooting-case-12-5-years “]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia: A Teacher

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A Slovak teacher simply refused to grade racist essays. Good! Read the interview.

– Slovakia: Meet the Romani teacher who refused to grade racist essays. In: Romea. 14.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-meet-the-romani-teacher-who-refused-to-grade-racist-essays# [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-meet-the-romani-teacher-who-refused-to-grade-racist-essays#”]

Deutschland News Osteuropa News Westeuropa Serbien

Roma, Serbia, and Germany

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A German politician goes to Serbia to see the situation for himself. Well, it is bad in the “safe” country of Serbia for Roma. And people who are sent back are in a really bad position.

– Kretschmann in Serbien in heikler Mission. In: Schwäbische Politik. 19.04.2018. https://www.schwaebische.de/ueberregional/politik_artikel,-kretschmann-in-serbien-in-heikler-mission-_arid,10855163.html [link-preview url=”https://www.schwaebische.de/ueberregional/politik_artikel,-kretschmann-in-serbien-in-heikler-mission-_arid,10855163.html”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Again

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Again an article about poor dogs and pets being saved from their plight and being removed from a Roma ghetto – this time in Slovakia.
Did they check the conditions in which the Roma live?
This kind of journalism is not acceptable.

– Große Tierrettung aus Müll und Elend. In: Frankenpost. 18.04.2018. https://www.frankenpost.de/region/muenchberg/Grosse-Tierrettung-aus-Muell-und-Elend;art2441,6086226 [link-preview url=”https://www.frankenpost.de/region/muenchberg/Grosse-Tierrettung-aus-Muell-und-Elend;art2441,6086226″]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Lety

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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”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakian Osada

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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/”]

News Osteuropa Ukraine

Ukraine and Roma …

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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”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

YESSSSS!!!!!

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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/ “]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia: An Interview

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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”]

Frankreich News Osteuropa News Westeuropa Rumänien

France and Roma

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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”]

News Osteuropa Slowenien

Slovenia: Again.

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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 “]

News Osteuropa

Roma Integration in the Balkans

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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”]

Kosovo News Osteuropa

Hotel Gračanica

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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/”]

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