An overview of the programs and goals for Rroma Health in Romania.
- Nasture, Florin. Making Roma Health a priority – from formal statements to specific indicators. In: EPHA. http://www.epha.org/a/6434
Category Archives: News Eastern Europe
The Rroma Lawyer
Another article on Nizaqete Bislimi, a lawyer and a Rroma refugee from Kosovo.
- Von Linus, Schöpfer. «Ich kann kein Essen wegwerfen» In: Tages Anzeiger. 09.10.2015. http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/buecher/ohne-wille-geht-es-nicht/story/11730103
Hungary: Graft among Rroma Organisations
Affairs of corruption and graft in the Rroma Autonomy (Roma National Government) are raising questions about this organisation and with the Rroma leadership in Hungary. We have always maintained that this organisation was an alibi …
- Roma groups in disarray over graft, leadership. In: Budapest Times. 11.10.2015. http://budapesttimes.hu/2015/10/11/roma-groups-in-disarray-over-graft-leadership/
Rroma and Move
Interesting read: Are Rroma really mobile? They are no less and no more than the rest of the population. Some food for thoughts in the debate about migrants.
- Sardelic, Julia. In: Open Democracy. 06.10.2015. https://www.opendemocracy.net/beyondslavery/julija-sardelić/rethinking-immobilities-of-roma-in-europe
Hungary: Rroma Prevented from Boarding
The Canadians are continuing their policy of denying Rroma boarding to flights from Hungary to Canada. All the while while they are slowly acknowledging that persecutions of this minority do exist in Hungary. Rroma NGos are asking for a refund from the airlines. With right!
SHAME on the Airlines!
- Hungarian Roma regularly prevented from boarding Canada-bound flights. In: CBC News. 05.10.2015. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/hungarian-roma-refugee-claim-cbsa-air-transat-budapest-gabor-lukaçs-1.3257661
- Roma rights group NEKI wants Air Transat to reimburse rejected passengers. In: CBC News. 06.10.2015. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/roma-hungarian-air-transat-cbsa-neki-boarding-denied-1.3259457
Slovak Rroma Refugees in New-Zealand
New Zealand granted asylum to a Rroma family from Slovakia. The family was a victim of arson by Skinheads in their home country.
- Roma family accepted as refugees. In: Radio New-Zealand. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/285974/roma-family-accepted-as-refugees
Extreme Right Candidate
The National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria is presenting a candidate as Mayor of Sofia, the capital. This party advocates removing illegal Roma ghettos, something that is already happening in various cities in that country.
- National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria presented mayor nominee in capital city. In: Focus News Agency. 02.10.2015. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/10/02/384877/national-front-for-the-salvation-of-bulgaria-presented-mayor-nominee-in-capital-city-roundup.html
Serbian President at the UN
The intervention of the Serbian President at the UN. Worthwhile reading.
- Serbian president addresses UN General Assembly. In: B92. 01.10.2015. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2015&mm=10&dd=01&nav_id=95615
Hungary: Minorities Suffer
Minorities in Hungary bear the brunt of the anti migrant rhetoric. This is particularly the case of the Rroma in that country.
- Hungary’s minorities bear brunt of anti-migrant rhetoric. In: Daily Times. 04.10.2015. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/foreign/02-Oct-2015/hungary-s-minorities-bear-brunt-of-anti-migrant-rhetoric
A Black Social Worker
An article about a social worker from Benin who went to study in Slovakia during communist times and stayed. He is now helping Rroma in that country.
- Gastaldi, Daphné. Slovaquie: le Béninois qui veut sauver les Roms. In: RFI. 29.09.2015. http://www.rfi.fr/europe/20150928-afrique-slovaquie-beninois-roms-yves-ogou
Roma Pride in 14 Cities
Rroma Pride took place yesterday in 14 European cities. In Prague, they pointed aout the scandal of Lety where a pig farm is located on the site of a former concentration camp.
- Стартира кампанията Roma Pride – Ден на ромската гордост и култура. In: DAIK. 04.10.2015. http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=1509113
- Prahou projde 4. ročník Roma Pride, upozornit chce na provoz vepřína v Letech u Písku. In: Zpravy. 04.10.2015. http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/regiony/_zprava/prahou-projde-4-rocnik-roma-pride-upozornit-chce-na-provoz-veprina-v-letech-u-pisku–1539692
- France Roma Pride site: https://www.facebook.com/RomaPride2013
Babi Yar
Ukraine commemorates the start of the Babi Yar massacre near Kiev which saw nearly 100’000 people killed in 1941, mostly Jews, but also Rroma and some others.
Remember!
- Ukraine Today: Ukraine Ukraine Babi Yar massacre anniversairy ceremony held near Kyiv. In: Kyiv Post. 30.09.2015. https://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine-abroad/ukraine-today-ukraine-ukraine-babi-yar-massacre-anniversairy-ceremony-held-near-kyivz-massacre-anniversairy-ceremony-held-near-kyiv-398959.html
- Ukraine Babyn Yar massacre anniversary ceremony held near Kyiv. In: Ukraine Today. 29.09.2015. http://uatoday.tv/society/ukraine-babi-yar-massacre-anniversairy-ceremony-held-near-kyiv-503110.html
Hotel Gračanica: Switzerland, Rroma, and Kosovo
Hotel Gračanica is an exception … Unfortunately.
- Dotto, Nicola. The Roma who built a five-star hotel. In: West. 29.09.2015. http://www.west-info.eu/the-roma-who-built-a-five-star-hotel/
Tough times for Rroma Returning
Times are hard for those Rroma whose asylum applications have been refused following the declaration of Serbia as a safe country by Germany.
Worthy Read!
- Balkan migrant returnees face tough times, In: DW. 29.09.2015. http://www.dw.com/en/balkan-migrant-returnees-face-tough-times/a-18746419
Rroma Decade and Inclusion
Interesting reading on the Rroma Decade and its failures. This from the OSI. Fact is, the Rroma decade did not achieve much, if anything…
- Why Europe’s “Roma Decade” Didn’t Lead to Inclusion. In: OSI News. 21.09.2015. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/why-europe-s-roma-decade-didn-t-lead-inclusion
Serbia is not Safe
Serbia is not safe for Rroma – this what people who went there say about it.
- Serbien ist für Roma nicht sicher. In: AZ Online. 24.09.2015. http://www.az-online.de/leserbriefe/uelzen/serbien-roma-nicht-sicher-5558714.html
Erpatak – the Ghetto
Scary – Erpatak again, and what is happening there.
- An example of ghettoization in the heart of Europe. In: Hungarian Free Press. 28.09.2015. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2015/09/28/an-example-of-ghettoization-in-the-heart-of-europe/
Large Shantytown in Malmö
Police is taking action against a large camp of migrants, mostly from Rromania (and thus assumed to be Rroma) in Malmö. This camp has been growing and residents are alarmed at having a shantytown on their doorstep.
- Police act against huge Swedish shanty camp. In: The Local. 28.09.2015. http://www.thelocal.se/20150928/police-to-act-against-swedens-biggest-shanty-camp
Bulgarian Church: Moslems not Welcome
The Bulgarian church stated explicitely that Moslems were not welcome in Bulgaria. This allegedly to prevent an “invasion”. Well, Turks and Rroma from Bulgaria are also Moslems, and make around 13% of the population. Are they too unqwelcome? Let’s not forget that in the 80’s, Bulgaria expelled roughly 400’000 Turkish Moslems to Turkey (they went to settle in Cyprus – well done Bugaria). That is almost 5% of the Bulgarian population of that time.
Is this Christian?
- Muslim refugees are not welcome, Bulgaria church says. In: Press TV. 26.09.2015. http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/09/26/430822/Bulgaria-Orthodox-Church-refugee-crisis-Muslims
- Don’t let Muslim refugees in, says Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church. In: Middle East Eye. 26.09.2015. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dont-let-muslim-refugees-says-bulgarias-orthodox-church-1024482681#sthash.xZJ0UTQS.dpuf
Rroma Refugees in Hamburg
Rroma who are under threat of deportation to their former “home” country due to the “safe country” regulation are currently occupying a church in Hamburg. This is their last hope. And a shame for Germany, especially in the case of Rroma from Bosnia and from Kosovo, two countries that were ethnically cleansed with Europe watching and doing nothing.
- Kirchenzuflucht als letzte Hoffnung für Sinti und Roma. In: Abendblatt. 24.09.2015. http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/hamburg-mitte/article205790953/Kirchenzuflucht-als-letzte-Hoffnung-fuer-Sinti-und-Roma.html#
- Kirchenkreis kündigt Unterstützung für Roma an. In: NDR. 24.09.2015. http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Sinti-und-Roma-wollen-Bleiberecht-einklagen,roma176.html
- Kirchenbesetzungsaufruf von Sinti und Roma “inakzeptabel” In: Die Welt. 24.09.2015. http://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article146817946/Kirchenbesetzungsaufruf-von-Sinti-und-Roma-inakzeptabel.html
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