Ten Rromnja from camps surrounding Rome are cooking against prejudice in that city!
- Gypsy Queens cook up Roma dishes in the eternal city. In: West. 26.04.2016. http://www.west-info.eu/gypsy-queens-cook-up-roma-dishes-in-the-eternal-city/
Category Archives: News Western Europe
Esma Redžepova wins against Borat
For those of you who did not yet know … The Macedonian Rroma singer went to court and did indeed win against Borat for the misuse of one of her greatest hit Čaje šukarije… She is on tour in Oakland. Go and see here .
- Macedonian Rock Star Who Sued Borat (and Won!) to Appear in Oakland. In: KQED. 29.04.2016. https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/04/29/macedonian-rock-star-who-sued-borat-and-won-to-appear-in-oakland/
Sweden: Police allowed to keep a register of Rroma
This is bad, the last time it was done in earnest, there was an Austrian Corporal fuming against all minorities, with the consequences one knows.
WRITE TO THE SWEDISH EMBASSY!
- Swedish police Roma register ‘not illegal’. In: The Local. 02.05.2016. http://www.thelocal.se/20160502/swedish-police-roma-register-not-illegal
Dumb and Dumber … UK Press
Another of these articles that feed on stereotypes. Kings, barons, mansions (well…), all stereotypes are here. Is it reality or is it something else? Besides the taste to be discussed, the view here is that all these Rroma did their money illegally on the back of the UK (or European, or else) taxpayer. Wrong… They worked!
- Inside the gypsy capital of the world: The Moldovan town where locals flaunt their wealth by building flamboyant homes and the ‘Gypsy King’ rules supreme. In: Mail Online. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3559115/Inside-gypsy-capital-world-Moldovan-town-locals-flaunt-wealth-building-flamboyant-homes-Gypsy-King-rules-supreme.html#ixzz46xh9626I
Belgium – Laeken: Expulsion of Rroma
The Rroma camp in Laeken – 50 people or so – is going to be dismantled. Belgium seems to follow the French model.
- Laeken: les Roms vont devoir quitter l’ex-site des établissements Fourcroy. In: La Capitale. 21.04.2016. http://www.lacapitale.be/1554531/article/2016-04-21/laeken-les-roms-vont-devoir-quitter-l-ex-site-des-etablissements-fourcroy
Another Article on Bulgaria
A summary of the aggression against the young Rrom in Bulgaria who stated “you are my equal” to an obviously racist and brutal Bulgarian.
- “Et si je te tue ?” : une vidéo d’agression fait d’un jeune Rom un symbole de la lutte antiraciste. In: Les Observateurs. 21.04.2016. http://observers.france24.com/fr/20160421-agression-raciste-rom-tuer-meurtre-bulgare-symbole-lutte-antiraciste
Last Week End, a Festival
Two article on a festival last week end in Western France.
- Welcome in tziganie : «Seissan est l’endroit parfait». In: La Dépèche. 18.04.2016. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/04/18/2327449-seissan-est-l-endroit-parfait.html
- Voyage gersois en Tziganie. In: Sud-Ouest. 22.04.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/04/22/voyage-gersois-en-tziganie-2337894-2277.php
A Movie on Rroma …
A polemic started in France because of a planned moive by a French humourist – Christian Clavier – called “Sivouplééé” – a play on the French “please” as pronounced by Romanian Rroma beggars. This movie shows a leftist intellectual who has to open his home to a family of Rroma. And of course, all stereotypes are present.
Toni Gatlif, the French Rroma movie maker simply finds this disgusting, and we share his point of view.
SHAME !!!
- Le réalisateur Tony Gatlif flingue le film avec Christian Clavier sur les Roms: “C’est une horreur, c’est un film dégueulasse” – Regardez. In: M. 23.04.2016. http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-352562-le-realisateur-tony-gatlif-flingue-le-film-avec-christian-clavier-sur-les-roms-c-est-une-horreur-c-est-un-film-degueulasse-regardez.html
- Sivouplééé!, un «film dégueulasse» pour Tony Gatlif. In: Le Figaro. 23.04.2016. http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2016/04/23/03002-20160423ARTFIG00092–sivoupleee-un-film-degueulasse-pour-tony-gatlif.php
- Christian Clavier retrouve le réalisateur de Qu’est-ce qu’on a fait au Bon Dieu? pour Sivouplééé ! In: Allo Ciné. 18.04.2016. http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18652114.html
- Christian Clavier accueillera une famille de Roms dans “Sivouplééé” In: La Parisienne. 18.04.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/laparisienne/societe/culture/christian-clavier-accueillera-une-famille-de-roms-dans-sivoupleee-18-04-2016-5728095.php
- Sivouplééé!: Christian Clavier fait polémique avec sa nouvelle comédie sur les Roms. In: BFM TV. 19.04.2016. http://people.bfmtv.com/cinema/isivoupleeei-christian-clavier-fait-polemique-avec-sa-nouvelle-comedie-sur-les-roms-968025.html
- Christian Clavier va accueillir des Roms chez lui… In: Metro News. 19.04.2016. http://www.metronews.fr/culture/christian-clavier-va-accueillir-des-roms-chez-lui-dans-sivoupleee/mpds!DeNw2pOVJp8w/
- Sivouplééé ! : recevoir des Roms et mourir? In: Le Figaro. 23.04.2016. http://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2016/04/20/03002-20160420ARTFIG00289–sivoupleee-recevoir-des-roms-et-mourir.php
French Chronicle …
And the spring comes, and camps are dismantled or at least threatened … The French constant. In Ris Orangis, near Paris, a camp was dismantled; in Annet sur Marne, the tribunal will decide on May 6th about the camp, a camp which has neighbours up in arms; in Lyon, a new camp in the city; in the North, Rroma are being displaced to a new location in Vauban amidst opposition; and near Paris, a commune searches for a solution for sedentarised travellers.
Meanwhile, former residents of a camp in Paris are looking for a new address; and mayors in several cities in France are really increasing their racist rhetoric. Finally, a Bulgarian death in a camp lands in front of the justice – with the usual background of “human trafficking”.
- Un camp rom démantelé à Evry et Ris-Orangis. In: Essone Info. 21.04.2016. http://essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/91037/camp-de-roms-demantele-a-evry-ris-orangis/
- http://www.leparisien.fr/evry-91000/les-roms-de-ris-ont-ete-evacues-du-bois-de-l-epine-au-petit-matin-21-04-2016-5734619.php
- Le sort du campement rom sera tranché le 6 mai. In: Le Parisien. 22.04.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/le-sort-du-campement-rom-sera-tranche-le-6-mai-22-04-2016-5735449.php
- Annet-Sur-Marne : le ton monte contre le camp rom illicite. In: Le Parisien. 17.04.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/annet-sur-marne-77410/annet-sur-marne-le-ton-monte-contre-le-camp-rom-illicite-17-04-2016-5723087.php
- Nuit Debout Lyon. Un camp de roms place Guichard. In: Lyon People. 21.04.2016. http://www.lyonpeople.com/politique/55372-2016-04-21.html
- Arrivée des Roms à Vauban : un collectif pour la sauvegarde du site. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.04.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/arrivee-des-roms-a-vauban-un-collectif-pour-la-ia19b0n3464882
- Lille : les Roms du Faubourg-de-Béthune seront bientôt accueillis à Vauban. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.04.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/lille-les-roms-du-faubourg-de-bethune-seront-bientot-ia19b57394n3461454
- Carrières-sous-Poissy cherche une issue pour les gens du voyage sédentarisés. In: Le Parisien. 21.04.2016.
- Les ex-habitants du bidonville se cherchent une adresse. In: Le Parisien. 20.04.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-75018/les-ex-habitants-du-bidonville-se-cherchent-une-adresse-20-04-2016-5731955.php
- Surenchère de plusieurs maires dans le racisme et le rejet anti-Rom ! In: Resources Solidaires. 21.04.2016. http://www.ressources-solidaires.org/Surenchere-de-plusieurs-maires
- Roubaix : aux assises, la mort d’un Bulgare sur fond de traite d’êtres humains. In: Nord Éclair. 21.04.2016. http://www.nordeclair.fr/info-locale/roubaix-aux-assises-la-mort-d-un-bulgare-sur-fond-de-ia50b12891n1105194
Duisburg, Germany: Conferences on the Holocaust
A series of conferences on the “remembrance” focuses on the persecution of Rroma and Sinti in Nazi Germany.
Let us not forget.
- Wie Sinti und Roma systematisch vernichtet wurden. In: RP Online. 22.04.2016. http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duisburg/wie-sinti-und-roma-systematisch-vernichtet-wurden-aid-1.5918509
France: An Analysis of Exclusion
An article about the politic of exclusion that is the norm in France.
- Roma in France: The Politics of Exclusion. In: World Policy Blog. 21.04.2016. http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2016/04/21/roma-france-politics-exclusion
Hamburg: Rroma will be Expulsed
The Rroma families who occupied a church in Hamburg (see earlier reports) 6 month ago to protest their upcoming expulsion out of the country will be deported after all.
Bad!
- Roma aus dem Michel stehen vor der Abschiebung. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. 18.04.2016. http://m.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article207437093/Roma-aus-dem-Michel-stehen-vor-der-Abschiebung.html
Remembering Victims of Flossenbürg
Never forget!
- Gedenken an Völkermord in Flossenbürg. In: Mittelbayrische. 17.04.2016. http://www.mittelbayerische.de/bayern/oberpfalz-nachrichten/gedenken-an-voelkermord-in-flossenbuerg-21684-art1367815.html
- Mahnmal für ermordete Sinti und Roma. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 18.04.2016. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/flossenbuerg-mahnmal-fuer-ermordete-sinti-und-roma-1.2955254
Antiziganismus: Professor gets an Award
Professor Wilhelm Solms is awarded the German Federal Order of Merit for his work on the Antiziganismus and his engagement in this cause.
Congratulations!
- Für Sinti und Roma in Antiziganismusforschung engagiert – Professor Wilhelm Solms erhielt Bundesverdienstkreuz. In: Das Marburger. http://www.das-marburger.de/2016/04/fuer-sinti-und-roma-in-antiziganismusforschung-engagiert-professor-wilhelm-solms-erhielt-bundesverdienstkreuz/
Council of Europe: Creation of a Rroma Cultural Institute
The Council of Europe announced the creation of a European Rroma Institute to promote and defend the Rroma cultural heritage.
Let’s hope!
- Création d’un institut rom européen pour promouvoir le patromoine culture des roms et des gens du voyage. In: News Press France. 13.04.2016. http://www.newspress.fr/Communique_FR_295821_643.aspx
Exhibition in Strassbourg
An Exhibition – Rroma on the Way to School – opened its doors in Strasbourg.
- Strasbourg : les enfants roms sur le chemin de l’école. In: FR3 Alsace. 14.04.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/alsace/bas-rhin/strasbourg/strasbourg-les-enfants-roms-sur-le-chemin-de-l-ecole-975198.html
Exhibition on Concentration Camps
A new permanent exhibition near Buchenwald has opened. A must see. Let’s not forget.
- Inside Buchenwald: Horrors of Nazi concentration camp are remembered in haunting exhibition 71 years after liberation. In: Daily Mail. 14.04.2016. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3538669/Inside-Buchenwald-Horrors-Nazi-concentration-camp-remembered-haunting-exhibition-71-years-liberation.html#ixzz464WqORfB
A Positive Note
Anina Ciuciu, a young Rromni passed from a camp in Italy to the French university of La Sorbonne in Paris where she studies law. A portrait.
- Anina Ciuciu, Rom et future avocate. In: La Croix. 12.04.2016. http://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Europe/Anina-Ciuciu-Rom-et-future-avocate-2016-04-12-1200752869
- Des camps de Roms à la Sorbonne, le récit d’une intégration réussie. In: RFI. 08.04.2016. http://www.rfi.fr/europe/20160408-camps-roms-sorbonne-recit-une-integration-reussie-anina-ciuciu-journee-international
Belgium and Rroma Camps
A few articles on a Rroma camp in Laaken in Belgium. All this for 50 people …
- Campement de Roms à Laeken: “Ce type de construction ne peut-être tolérée”, selon Pascal Smet (PHOTOS). In: La Libre.be. 15.04.2016. http://www.lalibre.be/regions/bruxelles/campement-de-roms-a-laeken-ce-type-de-construction-ne-peut-etre-toleree-selon-pascal-smet-photos-571138ad35708ea2d4941656
- 50 roms dans un «bidonville» à Laeken: «Ça ne peut être toléré» In: L’Avenir. 15.04.2016. http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20160415_00811927/50-roms-dans-un-bidonville-a-laeken-ca-ne-peut-etre-tolere
71 Years Ago
71 years ago to this day, the concentration camps of Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen were freed. May those who did not survive rest in peace.
- Erinnerung an Befreiung der Konzentrationslager. In: Focus. 17.04.2016. http://www.focus.de/regional/brandenburg/geschichte-erinnerung-an-befreiung-der-konzentrationslager_id_5443612.htmlv
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