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Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Bulgaria and Racism

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A Bulgarian, Petar Nizamov, is hunting refugees and Roma at the Bulgarian Turkish border. He is the president of a group called “Civic Group for the Defence of Borders, Woman, and Faith”, and has regularly been accused of violence against Roma. He is also claiming not to have any reveues but flouts expensive cars and lifestyle…
Bad.

– BULGARIE : PETAR NIZAMOV « PERATA », CHASSEUR DE ROMS ET DE RÉFUGIÉS. In: Courrier des Balkans. 22.07.2017. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bulgarie-Quand-les-pauvres-roulent-en-Mercedes-et-travaillent-comme-patriotes [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bulgarie-Quand-les-pauvres-roulent-en-Mercedes-et-travaillent-comme-patriotes”]

News Osteuropa Serbien

Serbia and Roma Tourism

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A Serbian tour company which was offering visits of the Roma ghettos scrapped its offering after being accused of racism.
About time!!!

– Serbian Tour Company Scraps ‘Gypsy Tour’ After Racism Row. In: Balkan Insight. 17.07.2017. https://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-company-cancels-gypsy-tour-over-controversy-07-17-2017
– CitySoul stoppt “Gypsy-Tour” für Belgrad-Besucher, In: Wallstreet Online. 20.07.2017. https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/9755756-citysoul-stoppt-gypsy-tour-belgrad-besucher [link-preview url=”https://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-company-cancels-gypsy-tour-over-controversy-07-17-2017 “]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Racist Cops and What TO Do With Them

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An article about what to do with racist cops in Slovakia. There’s definitively a need in that country.

Ako si naše úrady poradia s rasistickými policajtmi? Príklad ponúkajú Švédi. In: SME. 20.07.2017. https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20608246/ako-si-nase-urady-poradia-s-rasistickymi-policajtmi.html [link-preview url=”https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20608246/ako-si-nase-urady-poradia-s-rasistickymi-policajtmi.html”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

It is Possible

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An example of a peaceful cohabitation between Roma and non-Roma in a small village in one of the poor regions of Slovakia. OK, there are stereotypes, this being Slovakia … But nevertheless, can we have more villages like this?

– Boli sme v dedine, kde Rómovia chcú pracovať. In: Aktuality. 21.07.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/505075/boli-sme-v-dedine-kde-romovia-chcu-pracovat/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/505075/boli-sme-v-dedine-kde-romovia-chcu-pracovat/”]

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Petition

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A reminder that the petition against the European MP from Bulgaria Angel Dzhambazki is still going.
PLEASE SIGN!

– Bulgarian MEP Accused of Hate Speech Against Roma. In: Balkan Insight. 18.07.2017. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/sanctions-demanded-against-bulgarian-mep-for-anti-roma-rhetoric-07-17-2017 [link-preview url=”http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/sanctions-demanded-against-bulgarian-mep-for-anti-roma-rhetoric-07-17-2017″]

News Osteuropa Rumänien

40 Roma – Continued

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A conservative Fox News journalist – Tucker Carlson – went totally overboard on his show on the topic of the 40 Romanian Roma immigrants in Pennsylvania. He used comments of the type “”Gypsies” are settled in a small Pennsylvania town… and locals complain of them going to toilet in the street and beheading chickens” and worse ones. In brief, the went into a racist rant.
SHAME

– In his quest to demonize immigrants, Fox News’s Tucker Carlson misses a good story. In: The Washington Post. 20.07.2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/07/20/in-his-quest-to-demonize-immigrants-fox-newss-tucker-carlson-misses-a-good-story/?utm_term=.55ce3c15b762
– Fox News Feud – Sean Hannity Angry That Other Hosts Aren’t Blindly Supporting Trump. In: The Ring of Fire Network. 19.07.2017. https://trofire.com/2017/07/19/fox-news-feud-sean-hannity-angry-hosts-arent-blindly-supporting-trump/
– Tucker Carlson Getting A Little More Hitlery All The Time. In: The Wonkette. 19.07.2017. https://wonkette.com/620459/tucker-carlson-getting-a-little-more-hitlery-all-the-time#rgJ42epefJvys9c0.99 [link-preview url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/07/20/in-his-quest-to-demonize-immigrants-fox-newss-tucker-carlson-misses-a-good-story/?utm_term=.55ce3c15b762 “]

News Osteuropa Rumänien

40 Roma being Helped

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Meanwhile the 40 Roma refugees from Romania in the small town of California, in Pennsylvania, are being helped to integrate. At least something positive.

– Groups reach out to Romas to help them assimilate in California Borough. In: Observer Reporter. 18.07.2017. http://www.observer-reporter.com/20170718/groups_reach_out_to_romas_to_help_them_assimilate_in_california_borough
– EDITORIAL California immigrants should be helped adjusting to U.S. In: Observer Reporter. 19.07.2017. http://www.observer-reporter.com/20170719/editorial_california_immigrants_should_be_helped_adjusting_to_us [link-preview url=”http://www.observer-reporter.com/20170718/groups_reach_out_to_romas_to_help_them_assimilate_in_california_borough “]

News Osteuropa Rumänien

40 Roma

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The story of the 40 refugees from Romania in the small town of California in Pennsylvania is creating a frenzy of news in rightist papers.
Breitbart and co are claiming these immigrants are defecating everywhere …
BAD.

– The truth about the immigrants Tucker Carlson claims are defecating in the streets of Pennsylvania. In: Think Progress. 19.07.2017. https://thinkprogress.org/roma-refugees-cal-pa-3997faa966c
– Conservative media outlets stoke fears that “gypsies” are coming to America and defecating in the streets. In: Mediamatters. 18.07.2017. https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/07/18/conservative-media-outlets-stoke-fears-gypsies-are-coming-america-and-defecating-streets/217302 [link-preview url=”https://thinkprogress.org/roma-refugees-cal-pa-3997faa966c “]

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Bulgarian, Politicians, and Roma

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Bulgarian European MEP Angel Dzhambazki is being accused in an online petition of stirring up anti-Roma hatred. The Petition is on AVAAZ.
SIGN!!!

– Bulgarian MEP Accused of Hate Speech Against Roma. In: Balkan Insight. 18.07.2017. https://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/sanctions-demanded-against-bulgarian-mep-for-anti-roma-rhetoric-07-17-2017 [link-preview url=”https://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/sanctions-demanded-against-bulgarian-mep-for-anti-roma-rhetoric-07-17-2017″]

News Osteuropa Rumänien

Pennsylvania: Roma Refugees

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Another article on the 40 or so Romanian Roma who asked for asylum in California, Pennsylvania. Not meant negatively, but full of stereotypes…
Bad

– Roma say they came to Pa. to flee persecution. In: Pittsburgh Post Gazette. 15.07.2017. http://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2017/07/15/Roma-say-they-came-to-Pa-to-flee-persecution/stories/201707150080 [link-preview url=”http://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2017/07/15/Roma-say-they-came-to-Pa-to-flee-persecution/stories/201707150080″]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

More on the Excavation in Lety

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A more extensive article on the excavations of the Czech concentration camp of Lety, excavations that showed that the camp was not razed to the ground as originally believed.

– Archaeologists find remains of wartime camp for Czech Roma. In: The Prague Monitor. 17.07.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/07/17/archaeologists-find-remains-wartime-camp-czech-roma [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/07/17/archaeologists-find-remains-wartime-camp-czech-roma”]

Italien News Osteuropa News Westeuropa Rumänien

Rome – An Office for the Closure of Camps …

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The mayor of Rome, Virgina Raggi, has set up an office whose aim is to monitor and ensure the closure of the Roma camps – long a promise she made during her election. Several Roma associations are waiting to see what is happening.
According to a recent briefing by the Association July 21, “in the face of a constant presence of Roma in informal settlements in Rome quantified in the last five years at around 2,200 / 2,500 housing units, in the last few months the estimate sank to no more than one thousand units. This decline is explained by less arrivals from other countries (Romania), from transfers to other European countries (Spain, France and Germany) and largely from the transition from informal settlements to old unused industrial facilities. In a city with about 2.9 million inhabitants, Roma people in informal settlements account for only 0.03% of the Roma population.”

– A Roma nasce un ufficio per monitorare il superamento dei campi rom. In: La Stampa. 09.07.2017. http://www.lastampa.it/2017/07/09/italia/politica/a-roma-nasce-un-ufficio-per-monitorare-il-superamento-campi-rom-7kfwNjw6LnHCVRNcRuQJkN/pagina.html
– Campi rom e sgomberi, a Roma la musica è davvero cambiata. Purtroppo. In: Il Fatto Quotidiano. 13.07.2017. https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/07/13/campi-rom-e-sgomberi-a-roma-la-musica-e-davvero-cambiata-purtroppo/3726875/ [link-preview url=”https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/07/13/campi-rom-e-sgomberi-a-roma-la-musica-e-davvero-cambiata-purtroppo/3726875/”]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Czech Republic and Lety

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The comments from the Czech President Milos Zeman regarding the former concentration camp of Lety are simply not acceptable and are out of touch, according to Karel Holomek.
We agree…

– Karel Holomek: Czech President’s proposal to leave pig farm on genocide site is out of touch. In: Romea. 13.07.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/karel-holomek-czech-president-s-proposal-to-leave-pig-farm-on-genocide-site-is-out-of-touch [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/karel-holomek-czech-president-s-proposal-to-leave-pig-farm-on-genocide-site-is-out-of-touch”]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa Rumänien Slowakei

Pennsylvania, Residents, and Romanian Roma

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Bad – bad as an article, and bad in that that a minority of Romanian Roma seems to make the headlines. Especially since in Pittsburgh, there have been many Roma from Czechoslovakia who have and still live there since pre-World War One.

– In California, Pa., residents want answers about Romanian immigrants. In: Pittsburg Post Gazette. 14.07.2017. http://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2017/07/14/California-Pa-residents-want-answers-about-Romanian-immigrants/stories/201707140150 [link-preview url=”http://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2017/07/14/California-Pa-residents-want-answers-about-Romanian-immigrants/stories/201707140150″]

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Lety – Camp Measured

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The exact extent of the Lety camp has been assessed by archaeologists. They managed to find physical remains of the barracks, contrary to the common view that the camp was totally razed at the end of the War.

– ARCHAEOLOGISTS MAP OUT PRECISE CONTOURS OF NAZI-ERA LETY CONCENTRATION CAMP. In: Radio Prague. 13.07.2017. http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/archaeologists-map-out-precise-contours-of-nazi-era-lety-concentration-camp [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/archaeologists-map-out-precise-contours-of-nazi-era-lety-concentration-camp”]

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Assenovgrad: Protests

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The protests in Assenovgrad are continuing. This is scary.

– Protests in Asenovgrad Continue. In: Novinite. 10.07.2017. http://www.novinite.com/articles/181106/Protests+in+Asenovgrad++Continue [link-preview url=”http://www.novinite.com/articles/181106/Protests+in+Asenovgrad++Continue”]

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Bulgaria – Assenovgrad

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A rather long article on the Assenovgrad protests against Roma – Protests that nearly turned violent and were stopped by the police. This article is from a vey Bulgarian perspective and cites an alleged “assault” by Roma against a rowing team as the origin of the protests. This is a first one – before, it was a generic protest against “illegal” Roma settlements.

– Protests in Bulgaria: From Assenovgrad to the ‘1300 years’ monument. In: The Soifia Globe. 11.07.2017. http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/07/11/protests-in-bulgaria-from-assenovgrad-to-the-1300-years-monument-2/ [link-preview url=”http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/07/11/protests-in-bulgaria-from-assenovgrad-to-the-1300-years-monument-2/”]

Kosovo News Osteuropa

Kosovo, Refugees and Lead

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Another article about the lead poisoning suffered by many Roma refugees in Kosovo after having been parked by the UN in a camp build on a toxic waste dump. This has been going on for years and the UN has not done anything yet.

– LES MEHMETI, UNE FAMILLE ROM CONTAMINÉE AU PLOMB. In: Kosovox. 06.07.2017. http://kosovox.com/les-mehmeti-une-famille-rom-contaminee-au-plomb/
– Roma in Kosovo: ‘My children are poisoned by lead’. In: Al Jazeera. 19.06.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/05/roma-kosovo-children-poisoned-lead-160524060039653.html [link-preview url=”http://kosovox.com/les-mehmeti-une-famille-rom-contaminee-au-plomb/ “]

Ungarn News Osteuropa

Hungary: Even more to the Right

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Three extreme right movements joined force in Hungary this week end for “ethnical self defence”, for the “protection of the white European race” and its “Lebensraum”, and against “Migrant and Gypsies”.
BAD and dangerous.

– Jobbik “verweichlicht”: Drei Neonazi-Gruppen in Ungarn vereinigen sich. In: Pester Llyod. 09.07.2017. http://www.pesterlloyd.net/html/1728neonazigruppen.html [link-preview url=”http://www.pesterlloyd.net/html/1728neonazigruppen.html”]

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