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Poland and Racism …

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Numbers speak by themselves; A survey in Poland done between 2015 and 2016 and recently published shows that in Poland, 30% of Poles do not want Roma to be citizen, 38% do not want them as neighbours, and 49% do not want them as family members …
No comments.

– Most Poles accept Jews as fellow citizens and neighbors, but a minority do not. In: Pew Research Centre. 28.03.2018. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/28/most-poles-accept-jews-as-fellow-citizens-and-neighbors-but-a-minority-do-not/ [link-preview url=”http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/28/most-poles-accept-jews-as-fellow-citizens-and-neighbors-but-a-minority-do-not/”]

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Nazif Mujić

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A commemoration of the life of Nazif Mujić who won a prize at the Berlin Film festival and died recently in utter poverty and a reflection on the current situation of Roma in the Balkans.

– Roma in the Balkans: the story of Nazif. In: Ossevatore Balcanico e Caucaso. 27.03.2018. https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Roma-in-the-Balkans-the-story-of-Nazif-186885 [link-preview url=”https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Roma-in-the-Balkans-the-story-of-Nazif-186885″]

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Czech Republic: Attack

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A Romni was brutally assaulted in the street of a small Czech city for no apparent reason. The police refused to comment to Romea – a Roma organisations – but was happy to give lots of information to a local TV station.
No comments…

– Brutal assailant attacks Romani woman in front of her children, Czech Police can’t get their stories straight. In: Romea.cz. 23.03.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/brutal-assailant-attacks-romani-woman-in-front-of-her-children-czech-police-can-t-get-their-stories-straight [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/brutal-assailant-attacks-romani-woman-in-front-of-her-children-czech-police-can-t-get-their-stories-straight”]

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Exhibition in Brno

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The Roma museum in Brno opened an exhibition of the works of Anrej Pešta, a photographer who documented the Roma live in Czechoslovakia in the 1960-80s.

– Andrej Pešta: Mire sveti / Světy Andreje Pešty. In: ArtMap. 22.03.2018. http://www.artmap.cz/en/andrej-pesta-mire-sveti-svety-andreje-pesty
– Andrej Pešta: Mire sveti / Světy Andreje Pešty. In: Go To Brno. https://www.gotobrno.cz/akce/andrej-pesta-mire-sveti-svety-andreje-pesty/
– Brno Museum displays Roma photographer’s unique works. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 26.03.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/03/26/brno-museum-displays-roma-photographers-unique-works [link-preview url=”https://www.gotobrno.cz/akce/andrej-pesta-mire-sveti-svety-andreje-pesty/ “]

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Soldatii …

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The movie “Soldiers” which has been released in Romania. It tells the story of an ethnologist’s homosexual love for a Rom in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Bucharest. The article is an interview of Adi Schiop, the author of the book on which the movie is based who plays his own role in the movie.

– CINÉMA EN ROUMANIE : « SOLDATS », HISTOIRE D’AMOURS ROMS ET MASCULINES À FERENTARI. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Cinema-en-Roumanie-Soldats-histoire-d-amours-roms-et-gays-a-Ferentari [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Cinema-en-Roumanie-Soldats-histoire-d-amours-roms-et-gays-a-Ferentari”]

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Pictures of Slovakia

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The Swedish photographer Åke Erikson is publishing a book called “Non Grata” on Roma children in the Lunik IX settlement in Kosiče, Eastern Slovakia.
The look of the picture shows an influence of Koudelka, and his 1975 book about Roma.

– The big picture: Romany children in Slovakia. In: The Guardian. 25.03.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/25/the-big-picture-romany-children-in-slovakia-ake-ericson-non-grata-book [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/25/the-big-picture-romany-children-in-slovakia-ake-ericson-non-grata-book”]

News Osteuropa Polen

Poland: Expulsions – Maybe …

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The story of the Limanowa housing estate is still going on. The mayor of that city wanted to evict Roma from a building in the centre of town without providing any alternatives. This has been dragging on in courts ever since the Ombudsman started legal proceedings against the municipality.
This is now in the last instance … Let’s see.

– W poniedziałek wyrok w sprawie o wstrzymanie eksmisji Romów. In: Limanowa. 23.03.2018. https://limanowa.in/wydarzenia/news;w-poniedzialek-wyrok-w-sprawie-o-wstrzymanie-eksmisji-romow,40708.html [link-preview url=”https://limanowa.in/wydarzenia/news;w-poniedzialek-wyrok-w-sprawie-o-wstrzymanie-eksmisji-romow,40708.html”]

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Bardejov, Slovakia

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More on the election of Eva Kučova to the district court of Bardejov. She had compared Roma to rats and is not backing off on her statements…

– Smerácka sudkyňa z ľudu: Rómovia ako potkany. In: Korzar. 21.03.2018. https://presov.korzar.sme.sk/c/20785980/smeracka-sudkyna-z-ludu-romovia-ako-potkany.html
– Smerácka sudkyňa prirovnala Rómov k potkanom. In: Kormidlo. 23.03.2018. http://kormidlo.blog.pravda.sk/2018/03/23/smeracka-sudkyna-prirovnala-romov-k-potkanom/ [link-preview url=”https://presov.korzar.sme.sk/c/20785980/smeracka-sudkyna-z-ludu-romovia-ako-potkany.html “]

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Slovakia: Protests

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Protests continue in Slovakia against the current government, following the recent murder of a journalist and his girlfriend. The journalist was investigating the involvement of the mafia in skimming EU subsidies as well as its closeness to the government.
During these protest, the question of the EU money for Roma was raised – where did this money go? Certainly not to the Roma themselves!

– Banskobystričania na Námestí slobody odmietli bábkovú vládu. In: My Bistrica. 23.03.2018. https://mybystrica.sme.sk/c/20788297/banskobystricania-na-namesti-slobody-odmietli-babkovu-vladu.html [link-preview url=”https://mybystrica.sme.sk/c/20788297/banskobystricania-na-namesti-slobody-odmietli-babkovu-vladu.html”]

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Germany: Protests

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There were protests at the airport in Baden, Germany after the deportation of 34 Roma on March 15th to Kosovo. The protests last Wednesday were aimed at further deportations this time to Serbia and Macedonia.

– Humanitäres Bleiberecht für Sinti und Roma erneut einfordern. In: Radio Dreieckland. 22.03.2018. https://rdl.de/beitrag/humanit-res-bleiberecht-f-r-sinti-und-roma-erneut-einfordern [link-preview url=”https://rdl.de/beitrag/humanit-res-bleiberecht-f-r-sinti-und-roma-erneut-einfordern”]

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Bosnia: Memorandum

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Ten municipalities in Bosnia have signed a memorandum of understanding confirming that they want to involve Roma in the work of local authorities.
Nice, but let’s see what this does. Right now, the situation of Roma in that country is still very bad.

– Local communities must listen to the Roma voices. In: IBNA. 22.03.2018. http://balkaneu.com/local-community-must-listen-to-the-roma-voices/ [link-preview url=”http://balkaneu.com/local-community-must-listen-to-the-roma-voices/”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia and Roma

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The opposition parties to the current Slovak Government called the Government to action to combat segregation of the Roma, noting that the country cannot afford to loose another generation of Slovak Roma children.
Good – but let’s see…

– Opozícia žiada vládu bojovať proti segregácii Rómov. In: SME Domov. 21.03.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20786088/opozicia-ziada-vladu-bojovat-proti-segregacii-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20786088/opozicia-ziada-vladu-bojovat-proti-segregacii-romov.html”]

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Puławy – Poland

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Following the beating by 4 Roma of the owner of a Pizzeria (Desperado), an editorial in the local Newspaper went into a total rant against all Roma.
To cite: “Until now, the Roma were tolerated in Puławy, although they do absolutely nothing to deserve it. They are shameful and demanding. Everyone lives on pensions, and it is not not known on what basis these are granted by the doctors …”
Bad.

– PUŁAWY MÓWIĄ DOŚĆ! NIE BĘDZIE PRZYZWOLENIE NA WYBRYKI ROMÓW. In: Tugodnik Powisla. 16.03.2018. http://tygpowisla.pulawy.pl/pulawy-mowia-dosc-bedzie-przyzwolenie-wybryki-romow/ [link-preview url=”http://tygpowisla.pulawy.pl/pulawy-mowia-dosc-bedzie-przyzwolenie-wybryki-romow/”]

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Ukraine – Stereotypes and Reality

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An essay on negative stereotypes against Roma in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. Unfortunately, these stereotypes have been recently reinforced by the presence of a group of criminal Roma in the centre of the city and the inability of the police to deal with the issue.
As a result, all Roma are considered in a negative light, regardless of what they do.
This is bad, but alas, not new.

– ЯК МОЖНА ПОДОЛАТИ СТЕРЕОТИПИ ПРО РОМІВ У ЛЬВОВІ. In: TVOE MISTO. 19.03.2018. http://tvoemisto.tv/blogs/yak_mozhna_podolaty_stereotypy_pro_romiv_u_lvovi_92132.html [link-preview url=”http://tvoemisto.tv/blogs/yak_mozhna_podolaty_stereotypy_pro_romiv_u_lvovi_92132.html”]

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Demonstration in Prague

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The video of the Roma manifestation against racism and against Okamura, the MP and president of the rightist party who effectively denies the Roma Holocaust.

– https://www.facebook.com/DVTV.cz/videos/1994264534155876/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/DVTV.cz/videos/1994264534155876/”]

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Slovakia and Education

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Nils Muižneks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has stated that segregated education leads to poor outcomes and prevents Roma children as well as disabled children from joining society. It is to be noted that Slovakia often segregates Roma children into schools for children with disabilities.
The Commissioner urged the Slovak authorities to address, on a broader scale, the persistent segregation in the education of children with disabilities as well as Roma children and to apply inclusive an education.

– Muižnieks: Vzdelávanie Rómov a detí s postihnutím potrebuje víziu. In: Dobre Noviny. 17.03.2018. https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/127312/muiznieks-vzdelavanie-romov-a-deti-s-postihnutim-potrebuje-viziu [link-preview url=”https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/127312/muiznieks-vzdelavanie-romov-a-deti-s-postihnutim-potrebuje-viziu”]

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Slovakia and Racism

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The Slovak town of Bardejov elected a new judge. The new judge was a municipal councillor who likened Roma to rats …
And the town doesn’t want to reconsider this nomination.
No further comments.

– Smeráčka prirovnala Rómov k potkanom. Bude sudcom z ľudu. In: Aktuality. 16.03.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/573059/smeracka-prirovnala-romov-k-potkanom-bude-sudcom-z-ludu/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/573059/smeracka-prirovnala-romov-k-potkanom-bude-sudcom-z-ludu/”]

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Norway and Lety

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The Norwegian Government wants to fund a memorial for the Roma victims of the Holocaust on the site of the former concentration camp of Lety, in the Czech Republic.

– Norway wants to fund Czech Roma Holocaust memorial. In: The Prague Monitor. 15.03.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/03/15/norway-wants-fund-czech-roma-holocaust-memorial [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/03/15/norway-wants-fund-czech-roma-holocaust-memorial”]

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Montenegro: Roma Union

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The Montenegrin Roma municipal employees have created a union to defend their rights. A report of the Roma situation and on the work of these workers.

– MONTÉNÉGRO : LES EMPLOYÉS ROMS DES SERVICES COMMUNAUX CRÉENT LEURS SYNDICATS. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 14.03.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Montenegro-les-Rroms-et-les-Egyptiens-unis-dans-la-lutte-syndicale-pour-les [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Montenegro-les-Rroms-et-les-Egyptiens-unis-dans-la-lutte-syndicale-pour-les”]

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