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Discrimination

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The “Therme Bucharest”, the biggest wellness and spa complex in Romania has been fined for discriminating against Roma. Specifically they were condemned to pay RON 30’000 for discrimination against two Roma who were pulled out of the line and told to get out.
Good!

– Therme Bucharest needs to pay moral damages for Roma discrimination. In: Romania Insider. 03.10.2017. https://www.romania-insider.com/therme-bucharest-damages-discrimination/ [link-preview url=”https://www.romania-insider.com/therme-bucharest-damages-discrimination/”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia: New Health Program.

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Roma living in segregated communities suffer from high rates of chronic and infectious diseases, as well as reduced physical and mental (SIC!) performance. In some areas of Slovakia, their life expectancy is 15 years lower than in the majority population. Therefore, the Ministry of Health already launched the Health Promotion Program for the Disadvantaged Communities in Slovakia in 2013, which in 2015 was changed to a program aimed at supporting the improvement of Roma health from segregated areas, especially in the 150 municipalities identified as the least developed. This is stated in the information material submitted by the Minister of Health Tomáš Drucker and the Government has taken note of it at today’s meeting.
A new national program is being set up to continue the work.
How about simply integrating the Roma???

– Ministerstvo zdravotníctva spúšťa nový program pre Rómov: Trpia vysokou frekvenciou ochorení. In: Topky. 07.10.2017. http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1660553/Ministerstvo-zdravotnictva-spusta-novy-program-pre-Romov–Trpia-vysokou-frekvenciou-ochoreni [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1660553/Ministerstvo-zdravotnictva-spusta-novy-program-pre-Romov–Trpia-vysokou-frekvenciou-ochoreni”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Roma, Slovakia, and Language

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A map of the languages spoken by Roma in Slovakia (principal language). A Roma activist has proposed that Romanes be taught as a language in school as it is the principal language (often together with Hungarian) of many Roma in Slovakia.

– Slovenčinu chcú učiť ako cudzí jazyk, nová mapa ukazuje, kde sa mieša s rómčinou. In: Dennik. 03.10.2017. https://dennikn.sk/898985/slovencinu-mozu-ucit-ako-cudzi-jazyk-nova-mapa-ukazuje-kde-sa-miesa-s-romcinou/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/898985/slovencinu-mozu-ucit-ako-cudzi-jazyk-nova-mapa-ukazuje-kde-sa-miesa-s-romcinou/”]

News Osteuropa Russland

Russian Roma and Bitcoins …

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A tale of Roma selling some “real”, i.e. solid Bitcoins to credulous Russians in a small town near Moscow.
The photo by the way is almost certainly not from Russian Roma and definitively reflects the bias of the journalist and the editor … Not surprising from Sputnik.
– My Big Fat Bitcoin Scam: Russian Gypsies Cash In On Cryptocurrency Craze. In: Sputnik. 05.10.2017. https://sputniknews.com/russia/201710051057969156-obninsk-gypsies-selling-bitcoins/ [link-preview url=”https://sputniknews.com/russia/201710051057969156-obninsk-gypsies-selling-bitcoins/”]

Bosnien News Osteuropa

Bosnia: Some Houses

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The EU funded a series of houses for Roma in Gračanica, Bosnia. Many Roma were driven out of the town during the war and their houses were destroyed.

– EU provides new homes for Roma families in Gračanica. In: European Western Balkan. 04.10.2017. https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2017/10/04/eu-provides-new-homes-roma-families-gracanica/ [link-preview url=”https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2017/10/04/eu-provides-new-homes-roma-families-gracanica/”]

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CEU

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The central European University launches a new program of Roma studies in Budapest.

– CEU launches Romani Studies Program. In: Budapest Business Journal. 03.10.2017. https://bbj.hu/culture/ceu-launches-romani-studies-program_139614 [link-preview url=”https://bbj.hu/culture/ceu-launches-romani-studies-program_139614″]

News Osteuropa Rumänien

Pennsylvania: Screening of our School

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Quite a few people of the town of Californai (PA) went to see a screening of the movie “our school” by Miruna Coca-Cozma – an excellent movie which highlights the difficulties and racism faced by Roma in Romania.
The town was at the centre of a media frenzy with the arrival of ca 50 Roma refugees from Romania.

– Film Shown to Highlight Struggles of Roma People. In: CalTimes. 03.10.2017. https://www.caltimes.org/3941/showcase/film-shown-to-highlight-struggles-of-roma-people/ [link-preview url=”https://www.caltimes.org/3941/showcase/film-shown-to-highlight-struggles-of-roma-people/”]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Czech Republic and Internet Racism

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The Czech justice dismissed several cases of Internet hate speech submitted by the Rome organisation in the Czech Republic.
Judge by yourself, but the statements are definitively racist.

– Czech Police say threats to “bring Roma children to justice” are not criminal. In: Romea. 02.10.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-police-say-threats-to-bring-roma-children-to-justice-are-not-criminal [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-police-say-threats-to-bring-roma-children-to-justice-are-not-criminal”]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Czech Republic: 245’800

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According to a recently released statistic, there are 245’800 Roma in the Czech Republic. The region with the highest number was the one of Usti nad Labem, with 68’500.
These statistics are usually very unreliable as many Roma prefer not to declare themselves as such, resulting in an over-representation of Roma living in Ghettos and a lower overall number.

– V Česku žije podľa najnovšieho sčítania vyše 245-tisíc Rómov. In: SME. 08.09.2017. https://svet.sme.sk/c/20644588/v-cesku-zije-podla-najnovsieho-scitania-vyse-245-tisic-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://svet.sme.sk/c/20644588/v-cesku-zije-podla-najnovsieho-scitania-vyse-245-tisic-romov.html”]

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Czech Republic: Prize

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A Roma activist, Cenek Ruzicka, was awarded the Czech Artis Bohemiae Amicis prize for his efforts to remove the pig farm from the Lety concentration site.
Good.

– Culture Ministry awards Czech Roma activist. In: The Prague Monitor. 02.10.2017. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/10/02/culture-ministry-awards-czech-roma-activist [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/10/02/culture-ministry-awards-czech-roma-activist”]

News Osteuropa Polen

Poland – Wrocław

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On 22 July 2015 the city of Wrocław levelled the Roma settlement in ul. Paprotna. At the moment of demolition, the settlement consisted of five buildings. Families (adults and children) had been living in these houses since 2009. A complaint to the ECHR was filed in early 2016.

The Roma complainants did not know about the planned demolition of their homes. On the morning of July 22, they left their homes and they were demolished. Consequently, they lost their home and belongings. Some items (such as applaiances and stoves) were misappropriated, and the remaining property, including documents and medicines, was levelled to the ground and dumped into the nearby rubbish dump with the rubble.

The European Court of Human Rights is investigating the case and has send a series of questions to the Polish government.

– Skargi Romów na wyburzenie ich domów we Wrocławiu. In: Rzeczpospolita. 28.09.2017. http://www.rp.pl/Cudzoziemcy/309289966-Skargi-Romow-na-wyburzenie-ich-domow-we-Wroclawiu.html#ap-1
– Europejski Trybunał Praw Człowieka pyta o wyburzone domy wrocławskich Romów. In: Radio Wrocław. 26.09.2017. http://www.radiowroclaw.pl/articles/view/70779/Wraca-sprawa-wroclawskich-Romow-Europejski-Trybunal-Praw-Czlowieka-z-pismem-do-polskiego-rzadu
– Europa pyta o wrocławskich Romów. “Zniszczono cały ich dobytek”. In: Wyborca. 27.09.2017. http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,22435229,europa-pyta-o-wroclawskich-romow-zniszczono-caly-ich-dobytek.html
– Polski rząd będzie się tłumaczyć z wyburzenia koczowiska Romów we Wrocławiu. In: Wrocław Onet. 28.09.2017. https://wroclaw.onet.pl/polski-rzad-bedzie-sie-tlumaczyc-z-wyburzenia-koczowiska-romow-we-wroclawiu/9fqk71k [link-preview url=”https://wroclaw.onet.pl/polski-rzad-bedzie-sie-tlumaczyc-z-wyburzenia-koczowiska-romow-we-wroclawiu/9fqk71k”]

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French Chronicle …

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Not many news in France this week. In Gennevilliers, near Paris, a camp is being dismantled; in Champs sur Marne, the mayor clamours for a French-wide solution to the Roma “issue”; in the North, in Hénin-Beaumont, two camps were closed and the travellers are escorted out by the police; iN Grenoble, an association closes for lack of funds for Roma; and finally a bad stereotype – a Roma pimp arrested in Hungary for crimes (running a prostitution ring) in France.

– Quasi déserté, le bidonville rom de Gennevilliers en cours de démantèlement. In: Europe 1. 26.09.2017. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/quasi-deserte-le-bidonville-rom-de-gennevilliers-en-cours-de-demantelement-3446795
– Champs-sur-Marne réclame une prise en charge globale des Roms. In: Le Parisien. 26.09.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/champs-sur-marne-77420/champs-sur-marne-reclame-une-prise-en-charge-globale-des-roms-26-09-2017-7288587.php
– La maire de Champs-sur-Marne veut aider les nomades à trouver une vie plus stable. In: Évasion. 27.09.2017. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-28349-la-maire-de-champs-sur-marne-veut-aider-les-nomades-a-trouver-une-vie-plus-stable.html
– Double évacuation de camps de Roms et de Monténégrins ce mardi, près de Sainte-Henriette. In: La Voix du Nord. 26.09.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/223843/article/2017-09-26/double-evacuation-de-camps-de-roms-et-de-montenegrins-ce-mardi-pres-de-sainte
– Les nomades ont repris la route… sous surveillance de la police. In: La Voix du Nord. 27.09.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/224538/article/2017-09-27/les-nomades-ont-repris-la-route-sous-surveillance-de-la-police
– met la clé sous la porte à cause d’une baisse drastique des subventions faire sans Roms Action. In: Le Dauphiné.30.09.2017. http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2017/09/30/met-la-cle-sous-la-porte-a-cause-d-une-baisse-drastique-des-subventions-faire-sans-roms-action
– Condamné à Lille pour proxénétisme, il est arrêté en Hongrie. In: La Voix du Nord. 26.09.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/223694/article/2017-09-26/condamne-lille-pour-proxenetisme-il-est-arrete-en-hongrie [link-preview url=”https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-28349-la-maire-de-champs-sur-marne-veut-aider-les-nomades-a-trouver-une-vie-plus-stable.html “]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Really???

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It seems that Slovakia only sends Roma children for adoption abroad… This can definitively be qualified as state racism. The director of the Centre for International Children and Youth Protection Andrey Císarová, states that “international adoption is recommended by LEN children who have Roma ethnicity and are [thus] not interesting in Slovakia”.
No further comments.

– Slovensko posiela na adopciu do cudziny iba rómske deti, podľa Blahovej zo SaS je to rasizmus. In Dennik. 27.09.2017. https://dennikn.sk/892982/slovensko-posiela-na-adopciu-do-cudziny-iba-romske-deti-podla-blahovej-zo-sas-je-to-rasizmus/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/892982/slovensko-posiela-na-adopciu-do-cudziny-iba-romske-deti-podla-blahovej-zo-sas-je-to-rasizmus/”]

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Autonomous Hungarian Roma Province?

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István Kamarás, a Hungarian Roma who fled to Canada and came back to the country, is advocating the idea of an autonomous Roma province in North Eastern Hungary. His main argument is the current corruption among the distribution of the EU funds for Roma and the inefficiency of Roma politicians in Budapest.
Still, this is a dangerous idea.

– Referendum proposed on autonomous Roma province in Hungary. In: The Hungarian Free Press. 28.09.2017. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/09/28/referendum-proposed-on-autonomous-roma-province-in-hungary/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/09/28/referendum-proposed-on-autonomous-roma-province-in-hungary/”]

News Osteuropa Rumänien

Pilgrimage in Romania

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Pictures of the Roma feast of St. Gregory in Costesti.

– AP PHOTOS: Roma celebrate religious feast day in Romania. In: Idaho Statesman. 27.09.2017. http://www.idahostatesman.com/entertainment/article175605856.html [link-preview url=”http://www.idahostatesman.com/entertainment/article175605856.html”]

News Osteuropa Ukraine

Ukraine, One Year Later

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One year after the pogroms in Odessa, the situation doesn’t get better, to the contrary.

– A year on from Odessa “pogrom”, Ukraine’s Roma face rise in mob justice. In: Reuters. 25.09.2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-rights-roma/a-year-on-from-odessa-pogrom-ukraines-roma-face-rise-in-mob-justice-idUSKCN1C01RN [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-rights-roma/a-year-on-from-odessa-pogrom-ukraines-roma-face-rise-in-mob-justice-idUSKCN1C01RN”]

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Bulgaria: Really ?

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An article about the Moslem Roma “threat” in Bulgaria where several articles in the local press state that the biggest threat to the country is the islamisation of the local Roma.
Bad.

– BULGARIE : LES ROMS MUSULMANS, UNE MENACE POUR L’« INTÉGRITÉ TERRITORIALE » ? In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 20.09.2017. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Les-Roms-de-Bulgarie-vus-comme-menace-un-sujet-d-espionnage-ou-un-sujet [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Les-Roms-de-Bulgarie-vus-comme-menace-un-sujet-d-espionnage-ou-un-sujet”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovak Press and Spišský Hrhov

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Following the publication in the NYT, the follow up in the English Slovak Press.

– NY Times highlights partnership in a Roma settlement. In: Slovak Spectator. 19.09.2017. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20652677/ny-times-highlights-partnership-in-a-roma-settlement.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20652677/ny-times-highlights-partnership-in-a-roma-settlement.html”]

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Germany, Roma, and Sterotypes

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The arrival of some Romanian Roma in a neighbourhood of the central City of Magdeburg is escalating. “They” as the Roma are referred to, are accused of being noisy, dirty, throwing everything in the street etc. And one speaks of 1’200 people (about half of them from Romania) in a neighbourhood with more than 15’000 inhabitants. Not a real majority …
It highlights the danger of stereotypes and generalisations.

– Wie aus einem Nachbarschaftsstreit ein Skandal wird. In: Die Zeit Online. 23.09.2017. http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-09/roma-magdeburg-neue-neustadt-migration [link-preview url=”http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2017-09/roma-magdeburg-neue-neustadt-migration”]

Moldawien News Osteuropa

Valentina

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Another movie on Roma: Valentian and a critique of it from Romblog.

– http://www.romblog.at/2017/09/19/filmkritik-valentina-von-laura-moldovan/ [link-preview url=”http://www.romblog.at/2017/09/19/filmkritik-valentina-von-laura-moldovan/”]

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