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Bullsh*t

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The Gatestone institute wrote a piece on “no go zones” in Germany, and managed to pack a bunch of nasty and totally inacceptable stereotypes in the process… Totally beyonf the point. For example: “thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians (including Sinti and Roma “gypsies”) have flocked to Duisburg”, Sinti are locals, and the thousands are not there; “New migrants from Bulgaria and Romania are adding to the problems”, what problems, if not the ones of the journalist; this mixed with factual reporting such as “At night, Romanian residents dance on the streets, the sound system in the car supplies loud music” taken from the German Press.
Well, this article is full of stereotypes and is BAD!!!

– Inside Germany’s No-Go Zones: Part I – North Rhine-Westphalia. In: Gatestone Institute. 07.11.2016. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9279/germany-no-go-zones-nrw [link-preview url=”https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9279/germany-no-go-zones-nrw”]

Koratien News Osteuropa

Croatia: Prime Minister Attends International Romanes Day

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The Croatian Prime minister Plenkovic attended the celebration of the international Romanes day in Zagreb.

– Prime Minister Plenkovic attended International Romani Language Day. In: Government of Croatia. 04.11.2016. https://vlada.gov.hr/glavni-izbornik-14951/news/prime-minister-plenkovic-attended-international-romani-language-day/19581?big=0 [link-preview url=”https://vlada.gov.hr/glavni-izbornik-14951/news/prime-minister-plenkovic-attended-international-romani-language-day/19581?big=0″]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia and Unemployment

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The Slovak government finally recognised that their dream to reach a low unemployment rate will require the country to tackle the question of the Rroma who are very often excluded from jobs due to rampant racism and prejudice.

– Nezamestnanosť už neznížime, prehliadame rómsky problem. In: Trend. 04.11.2016. http://blog.etrend.sk/jozef-hajko/nezamestnanost-uz-neznizime-prehliadame-romsky-problem.html [link-preview url=”http://blog.etrend.sk/jozef-hajko/nezamestnanost-uz-neznizime-prehliadame-romsky-problem.html”]

News Osteuropa Polen

Puławy: Vote Postponed

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The municipality of Puławy postponed a vote that was meant to decide on a new program on Rroma integration in that city. The program is aiming at reducing prejudices against Rroma, at furthering their education and at integration.

– Radni odłożyli dyskusję o pomocy dla Romów. “Władza potraktowała nas z buta”. In: Dziennik. 28.11.2016. http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/radni-odlozyli-dyskusje-o-pomocy-dla-romow-wladza-potraktowala-nas-z-buta,n,1000188994.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/radni-odlozyli-dyskusje-o-pomocy-dla-romow-wladza-potraktowala-nas-z-buta,n,1000188994.html”]

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Germany: Petition

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A petition to prevent the deportation of a young Rromni born in Hamburg to Montenegro, a country she never saw.
Please sign!

– https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/in-hamburg-geborene-selma-darf-nicht-abgeschoben-werden [link-preview url=”https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/in-hamburg-geborene-selma-darf-nicht-abgeschoben-werden”]

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Canada Lifts Visas Requirement

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Canada will be lifting its visa requirements for Romanians and Bulgarians. This is spite of the fears of some that many Rroma from these countries would come.
Good!

– Canada to lift Romania, Bulgaria visa requirement. In: Yahooh News. 01.11.2016. https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/33062016/canada-to-lift-romania-bulgaria-visa-requirement/#page1 [link-preview url=”https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/33062016/canada-to-lift-romania-bulgaria-visa-requirement/#page1″]

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Czech Republic: Silent Protest

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Rroma protested in front of a pizzeria in Žatec where a young Rrom was recently killed after having been beaten up by patrons, staff and police. They demanded a formal investigation.
It has been more than two weeks since the events, and nothing has happened.

– Rómovia pochodovali za mŕtveho Miroslava: VIDEO pietne zhromaždenie rozháňali ťažkoodenci. In: Topky.sk. 28.10.2016. http://www.topky.sk/cl/11/1584813/Romovia-pochodovali-za-mrtveho-Miroslava–VIDEO-pietne-zhromazdenie-rozhanali-tazkoodenci [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/11/1584813/Romovia-pochodovali-za-mrtveho-Miroslava–VIDEO-pietne-zhromazdenie-rozhanali-tazkoodenci”]

News Osteuropa Polen

Poland: More Houses for Rroma

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The town of Limanowa in Southern Poland, is currently deciding whether to purchase new houses to improve the hosing situation of the Rroma there. The money comes from a government program and is meant to help three families in that town.
The debate currently is about where to buy… Surprise …

– Kupią kolejne domy dla Romów? Dziś decyzja radnych. In: Limanowa.in. 20.10.2016. http://limanowa.in/wydarzenia;kupia-kolejne-domy-dla-romow-dzis-decyzja-radnych,33729.html [link-preview url=”http://limanowa.in/wydarzenia;kupia-kolejne-domy-dla-romow-dzis-decyzja-radnych,33729.html”]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia: Where have EU Funds Gone

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František Tanko, of the Roma Civic Union of Slovakia has been criticising the use of EU funds in Slovakia. He says that many towns and cities have received millions from the EU, but that there is nothing to show against that money.
He is unfortunately quite right …

– Predseda občianskeho združenia Únia Rómov na Slovensku František Tanko opäť kritizoval aj činnosť Úradu splnomocnenca vlády pre rómske komunity. In: Webnoviny.sk. 27.10.2016. http://www.webnoviny.sk/slovensko/clanok/1113256-tanko-obce-dostavaju-tisice-eur-na-romov-zmeny-nevidno [link-preview url=”http://www.webnoviny.sk/slovensko/clanok/1113256-tanko-obce-dostavaju-tisice-eur-na-romov-zmeny-nevidno”]

News Osteuropa Rumänien

Romania: Inexistent Rroma

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An article about the plight of very visible Rroma who have no papers, birth certificates or other documents demonstrating their identities. There are unfortunately quite a number of such cases in the country.

– Romania’s ‘invisible’ Roma battle for identity. In: Digital Journal. 27.10.2016. http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/romania-s-invisible-roma-battle-for-identity/article/478184 [link-preview url=”http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/romania-s-invisible-roma-battle-for-identity/article/478184″]

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia: Final Ban on Right Wing Patrols

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The Slovak parliament has finally voted the interdiction of the far right vigilante patrolling of trains in that country.
What took you so long?

– Slovakia bans far-right train patrols targeting Roma. In: Yahooh News. 26.10.2016. https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/33006061/slovakia-bans-far-right-train-patrols-targeting-roma/#page1 [link-preview url=”https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/33006061/slovakia-bans-far-right-train-patrols-targeting-roma/#page1″]

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Plzeň, Czech Republic – New Initiative

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An association opened up a park for the practice of “Parkour” a kind of obstacle race set in a city environment. The park is open to all and is aimed at poor children, many of which are Rroma.

– A Plzeň, un terrain de parkour pour surmonter les barrières sociales. In: Radio Prague. 19.10.2016. http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/faits/a-plzen-un-terrain-de-parkour-pour-surmonter-les-barrieres-sociales [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/faits/a-plzen-un-terrain-de-parkour-pour-surmonter-les-barrieres-sociales”]

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Czech Republic: Demands for Investigation

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Several members of the Czech Council of Roma Minority affairs are demanding in an open letter that the suspicious death of a young Rrom in Žatec be investigated. The boy died on October 18th after having been apparently beaten up by the workers at a restaurant as well as by several patrons there and finally by the police.
BAD

– Civil society members of Czech Govt Roma Council demand thorough investigation of Romani man’s death as soon as possible. In: Romea.cz. 23.10.2016. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/civil-society-members-of-czech-govt-roma-council-demand-thorough-investigation-of-romani-man-s-death-as-soon-as-possible#.WAzWHk2X5Lo.facebook
– Členové romské rady žádají důsledné prošetření smrti Roma v Žatci v co nejkratším čase. In: Romea.cz. 23.10.2016. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/clenove-romske-rady-zadaji-dusledne-prosetreni-smrti-roma-v-zatci-v-co-nejkratsim-case [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/civil-society-members-of-czech-govt-roma-council-demand-thorough-investigation-of-romani-man-s-death-as-soon-as-possible#.WAzWHk2X5Lo.facebook”]

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Slovakia: I am Rom

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A Rroma blogger from Slovakia says what it means to be Rrom in that country. “I am Rom … Therefore I am different, do I have four arms, two human hearts? Who am I to say, where I was a Rom?”

– Som Róm… In: SME Blog. 18.10.2016. http://jozefkmeto.blog.sme.sk/c/436064/som-rom.html [link-preview url=”http://jozefkmeto.blog.sme.sk/c/436064/som-rom.html”]

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Reportage on the Shutka

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A French reportage in the Shutka in Skopje, Macedonia.

– Gael Turine, la rue tranquille d’une capitale Rom. In: France Info. 22.10.2016. http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/des-mots-de-minuit/photos-parlees/gael-turine-la-rue-tranquille-d-une-capitale-rom-247501 [link-preview url=”http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/des-mots-de-minuit/photos-parlees/gael-turine-la-rue-tranquille-d-une-capitale-rom-247501″]

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French Chronicle …

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More of the same, in spite of the nearing winter. 600 Rroma displaced by the closure of a camp n St. Ouen near Paris; 100 other Rroma threatened with eviction from their camp near Vigneux sur Seine, close to Paris; a large controversy in the North of France with a mayor publishing statistics based on ethnicity (FORBIDDEN in France), stating that nearly 1’000 live in Denain; a recourse in Roubaix to prevent the destruction of a camp; various associations in Roubaix are protesting the expulsions of Rroma in that city; a positive news in the North with the education of migrant children, Rroma amongst them; another positive note in Nantes, with a shared lunch for migrants; tensions in the South West over squats, especially from Bulgarian Rroma; conflict in Béziers, in the South West of France between the mayor (very much anti-migrant) and associations over the closure of a room that, according to the mayor, was used as an illegal mailbox for migrants and Rroma; and finally, a fire in a camp near Montpellier.

– Saint-Ouen: un important campement Rom évacué. In: BFM TV. 21.10.2016. http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/saint-ouen-un-important-campement-rom-evacue-1050701.html
– SAINT-OUEN : SURSIS POUR LE DÉMANTÈLEMENT DU BIDONVILLE ROM. In: LCI. 20.10.2016. http://www.lci.fr/societe/saint-ouen-sursis-pour-le-demantelement-du-bidonville-rom-2008449.html
– Une centaine de Roms vont être évacués. In: Le Parisien. 18.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/essonne-91/une-centaine-de-roms-vont-etre-evacues-18-10-2016-6220893.php
– Mille Roms à Denain? In: La Voix du Nord. 21.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/62725/article/2016-10-21/mille-roms-denain
– Le tableau denaisien brossé par sa maire est-il aussi sombre que ça? In: La Voix du Nord. 21.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/62728/article/2016-10-21/le-tableau-denaisien-brosse-par-sa-maire-est-il-aussi-sombre-que-ca
– Roms des Couteaux: nouveau recours pour repousser l’expulsion de trois ans. In: La Voix du Nord. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/62425/article/2016-10-20/roms-des-couteaux-nouveau-recours-pour-repousser-l-expulsion-de-trois-ans
– Roubaix : des associations fustigent la mairie après une expulsion de roms. In: Nord Éclair. 17.10.2016. http://www.nordeclair.fr/info-locale/roubaix-des-associations-fustigent-la-mairie-apres-une-jna50b12891n1273813
– Au collège Simone-de-Beauvoir, les enfants passent devant les réfugiés. In: La Voix du Nord. 17.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/60953/article/2016-10-17/au-college-simone-de-beauvoir-les-enfants-passent-devant-les-refugies
– Au coeur de Nantes, un repas partagé contre la misère. In: Ouest France. 22.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/au-coeur-de-nantes-un-repas-partage-contre-la-misere-4577427
– Crispation autour des squats. In: Ouest France. 22.10.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/10/22/crispation-autour-des-squats-2543644-3229.php
– Béziers : le conflit entre la municipalité et l’ABCR devant le Conseil d’État. In: Midi Libre. 21.10.2016. http://www.midilibre.fr/2016/10/20/abcr-mairie-le-conflit-devant-le-conseil-d-etat,1412690.php
– Montpellier : caravanes et épaves en feu à cause d’une bougie ! In: Infos H24. 18.10.2016. http://infos-h24.fr/2016/10/18/montpellier-caravanes-feu-campement/ [link-preview url=”http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/saint-ouen-un-important-campement-rom-evacue-1050701.html”]

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Poland: A Case of Prejudice?

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The mayor of a small city in Poland received an enquiry from the Ombudsmann over his city’s reluctance to settle a family of Rroma in the commune. According to the Ombudsman, this could definitively be deemed to be racial prejudice. And clearly, people in that twon do not want any Rroma as neighbours.

– Kamionna, Czchów. Wójt musi się tłumaczyć z niechęci do Romów. In: Dziennik. 22.10.2016. http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/region/a/kamionna-czchow-wojt-musi-sie-tlumaczyc-z-niecheci-do-romow,10767504/ [link-preview url=”http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/region/a/kamionna-czchow-wojt-musi-sie-tlumaczyc-z-niecheci-do-romow,10767504/”]

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Poland: Integration in Puławy

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The city of Puławy in South Eastern Poland has started a new program aimed at furthering the integration of Rroma in that city.
The program aims at reducing prejudices and at furthering Rroma in the school system, as many do not go further than elementary school. The city is home to 260 Rroma.

– Puławy: Integracja Romów może być trudna. In: Dziennik. 17.10.2016. http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/pulawy-integracja-romow-moze-byc-trudna,n,1000188340.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/pulawy-integracja-romow-moze-byc-trudna,n,1000188340.html”]

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England: More on the Adoption

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Another article about the imminent adoption of two young Rroma girls whose parents have now returned to Hungary. As said, matters are more complex than represented here.

– Roma sisters ordered to remain with UK foster family. In: Sky News. 21.10.2016. http://news.sky.com/story/roma-sisters-ordered-to-remain-with-uk-foster-family-10625791 [link-preview url=”http://news.sky.com/story/roma-sisters-ordered-to-remain-with-uk-foster-family-10625791″]

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UK and Adoption

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Two young Rroma children who were removed in London from their parent’s home (at birth and at the age of 15 months) are now allowed to be given for adoption following a ruling of the High Court.
The children were traken away against their parents’ will because of the poverty and squalid conditions they lived in. The parent, Rroma from Hungary, meanwhile returned to Hungary.
Here, the well being of the children was used as an argument. But is it really sufficient to deprive them of their parents and to deprive the parents of their children?

– Roma sisters should be adopted, the High Court rules. In: Stowe. 19.10.2016. http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2016/10/19/roma-sisters-should-adopted-the-high-court-rules/ [link-preview url=”http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2016/10/19/roma-sisters-should-adopted-the-high-court-rules/”]

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