Category Archives: News Western Europe

Ede and Unku

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The background to a standard book in Eastern Germany featuring a Romani girl. She existed and died in a concentration camp.

– Ede und Unku – die wahre Geschichte. In: Freie Presse. 17.03.2019. https://www.freiepresse.de/nachrichten/panorama/ede-und-unku-die-wahre-geschichte-artikel10470233 [link-preview url=”https://www.freiepresse.de/nachrichten/panorama/ede-und-unku-die-wahre-geschichte-artikel10470233″]

Exhibition

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The exhibition “Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner” [Racial Diagnosis: Gypsy] can be seen in Magdebourg, Germany. It is a must see.

– Wanderausstellung „Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner“. In: Focus. 18.03.2019. https://www.focus.de/regional/magdeburg/magdeburg-wanderausstellung-rassendiagnose-zigeuner_id_10441795.html [link-preview url=”https://www.focus.de/regional/magdeburg/magdeburg-wanderausstellung-rassendiagnose-zigeuner_id_10441795.html”]

Spain and Elections

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Juan de Dios Ramirez Heredia, layer, former EU MP, and Rom is asking the various parties in Spain to include Roma in their ranks – and not just in one party.

– ES LA HORA DE LA MUJER GITANA (Por Juan de Dios Ramírez-Heredia. Abogado y periodista presidente de Unión Romaní). In: El Dia. 17.03.2019. https://eldiadigital.es/art/288434/es-la-hora-de-la-mujer-gitana-por-juan-de-dios-ramirez-heredia-abogado-y-periodista-presidente-de-union-romani [link-preview url=”https://eldiadigital.es/art/288434/es-la-hora-de-la-mujer-gitana-por-juan-de-dios-ramirez-heredia-abogado-y-periodista-presidente-de-union-romani”]

Spain: School Program

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A short article on a program helping young Roma in school in Galicia.

– Gitanos contra los prejuicios. In: La Opinion a Coruna. 18.03.2019. https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/sociedad/2019/03/18/gitanos-prejuicios/1384991.html [link-preview url=”https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/sociedad/2019/03/18/gitanos-prejuicios/1384991.html”]

Brussels and Beggars

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In Etterbeek, on the outskirts of Brussels, Roma beggars will be forbidden near banks.
Really????

– Etterbeek éloigne mendiants et roms des agences bancaires. In: La Capitale. 15.03.2019. https://www.lacapitale.be/360336/article/2019-03-15/etterbeek-eloigne-mendiants-et-roms-des-agences-bancaires [link-preview url=”https://www.lacapitale.be/360336/article/2019-03-15/etterbeek-eloigne-mendiants-et-roms-des-agences-bancaires”]

France: A Romano Mayor

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The story of the sole French Romano mayor in the South of France, his life, and his recognition inside his own community.

– The Gypsy mayor who wants Gypsies to mix with everyone else. In: BBC. 17.03.2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47587773 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47587773″]

French Chronicle …

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More news this week in France. To start, reportage on a camp in a hole in Marseille and the plight of its inhabitants. A similar article on the situation of Roma in Nantes. In Toulouse, a camp of Roma, with many Albanians, was closed. In Montpellier, three policemen are wounded as they tried to stop a car entering a Roma camp. Near Paris, a clean-up on the site of a former camp, and a camp closure in Vigneux sur Seine. Finally, an appeal by many organisations to find permanent solutions to the shantytowns in France.
Last but not least, the story of a mayor from the North of France who made racist comments against Roma and who is now using the taxes from his town to pay for his legal costs …

– A Marseille, la survie au fond du «trou». In: Libération. 13.03.2019. https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/03/13/a-marseille-la-survie-au-fond-du-trou_1714886
– Le “trou” de Saint-Antoine où vivent des Roms. In: Marsactu. 14.03.2019. https://marsactu.fr/bref/le-trou-de-saint-antoine-ou-vivent-des-roms/
– Aux Îles Noires à La Riche, le bidonville crie son désespoir. In: La Nouvelle République. 12.03.2019. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/aux-iles-noires-le-bidonville-crie-son-desespoir
– Toulouse : évacuation d’un campement de Roms aux Arènes. In: FR3. 13.03.2019. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/haute-garonne/toulouse/toulouse-evacuation-campement-roms-aux-arenes-1637554.html
– Un camp de Roms et d’Albanais évacué à Toulouse. In: Toulouse Info. 13.03.2019. https://www.toulouseinfos.fr/actualites/33107-camp-de-roms-dalbanais-evacue-a-toulouse.html
– Violences à Montpellier : blessés, trois policiers utilisent leur flash-ball. In: Métropolitain. 15.03.2019. https://e-metropolitain.fr/2019/03/16/violences-a-montpellier-blesses-trois-policiers-utilisent-flash-ball/
– Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes ► Grand nettoyage : le « gros furoncle » des bords de Marne dégrossit. In: Mag Journal. 12.03.2019. https://www.magjournal77.fr/saint-thibault-des-vignes-grand-nettoyage-le-gros-furoncle-des-bords-de-marne-degrossit/
– Le campement Roms de Vigneux-sur-Seine finalement évacué vendredi matin. In: Évasion FM. 11.03.2019. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-42462-le-campement-roms-de-vigneux-sur-seine-finalement-evacue-vendredi-matin.html
– Expulsions des bidonvilles, il est temps de décréter l’urgence sociale! In: Le Journal du Dimance. 16.03.2019. https://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/expulsions-des-bidonvilles-il-est-temps-de-decreter-lurgence-sociale-3875252
– Un maire tient des propos polémiques sur les roms et paye ses frais de justice avec l’argent public. In: BFM. 13.03.2019. https://rmc.bfmtv.com/emission/la-protection-fonctionnelle-permet-aux-elus-de-s-offrir-des-frais-de-justice-avec-l-argent-public-1651431.html [link-preview url=”https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/03/13/a-marseille-la-survie-au-fond-du-trou_1714886 “]

Munich and Holocaust

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Events marked the commemoration of the deportation of Sinti from Munich to Auschwitz, 76 years ago.

– Sinti und Roma. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 12.03.2019. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/wissenstipp-sinti-und-roma-1.4364214
– Deportiert in den Tod. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 14.03.2019. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/verfolgung-deportiert-in-den-tod-1.4368187 [link-preview url=”https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/wissenstipp-sinti-und-roma-1.4364214 “]

Turkey and Roma

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Testimonies of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the war. Greece expelled Moslems and Turkey expelled Christians. Among the Moslems in Greece were most of the local Roma – for example the Sepečides – who are now living in Izmir.

– Roma people tell of ancestors’ 1923 ‘population exchange’ stories. In: Daily News. 13.03.2019. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roma-people-tell-of-ancestors-1923-population-exchange-stories-141853 [link-preview url=”http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/roma-people-tell-of-ancestors-1923-population-exchange-stories-141853″]

Well …

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A primary school in Hannover, Germany, is asking the government to limit the number of Roma children that they have to take. Reason behind it is that the city created a new centre for homeless people in the territory covered by the school, and moved a number of Roma there. The school is asking the city to spread the children in other schools.

– Grundschule Mengendamm möchte nicht viele Roma-Kinder aufnehmen. In: Hannoverische Allgemeine. 11.03.2019. http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Hannover-List-Grundschule-Mengendamm-moechte-nicht-viele-Roma-Kinder-aufnehmen [link-preview url=”http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Hannover-List-Grundschule-Mengendamm-moechte-nicht-viele-Roma-Kinder-aufnehmen”]

Church of England

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The Church of England is making efforts to help Roma and travellers. Well, better late than never.

– Church of England urged to make land available to Gypsies. In: The Guardian. 22.02.2019. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/22/church-of-england-urged-to-make-land-available-to-gypsies [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/22/church-of-england-urged-to-make-land-available-to-gypsies”]

Hamburg’s Sinti

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There are increasingly “problems” in the largest Sinti settlement in Hamburg. The settlement is a street that is exclusively housing people from an extended family. The problems are simply unpaid rents and garbage …

– „Hier wurde die letzten 30 Jahre zu viel weggeschaut“. In: Die Welt. 20.02.2019. https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article189039011/Hamburger-Sinti-Siedlung-Hier-wurde-die-letzten-Jahre-weggeschaut.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article189039011/Hamburger-Sinti-Siedlung-Hier-wurde-die-letzten-Jahre-weggeschaut.html”]

Bavaria and Roma

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A year ago, the German State of Bavaria signed a treaty with the Sinti and Roma. Time to look back at what was achieved and what lies ahead.

– Ernüchterung nach einem Jahr. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 20.02.2019. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/minderheit-ernuechterung-nach-einem-jahr-1.4338282 [link-preview url=”https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/minderheit-ernuechterung-nach-einem-jahr-1.4338282″]

Slur

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A Fianna Fail candidate had to apologise for having insulted someone as “Gypsy” on his Facebook side. There are many countries where he wouldn’t have had to…

– Fianna Fáil election candidate apologises for ‘gypsy’ comment. In: The Irish Times. 20.02.2019. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/fianna-fáil-election-candidate-apologises-for-gypsy-comment-1.3800773 [link-preview url=”https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/fianna-fáil-election-candidate-apologises-for-gypsy-comment-1.3800773″]

Exhibition

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An exhibition about Sinti woman in Germany after World War Two.

– Wie aus der »Zigeunerin« eine »Sintezza« wurde. In: Gießener Allgemeine. 19.02.2019. https://www.giessener-allgemeine.de/regional/stadtgiessen/Stadt-Giessen-Wie-aus-der-Zigeunerin-eine-Sintezza-wurde;art71,554443 [link-preview url=”https://www.giessener-allgemeine.de/regional/stadtgiessen/Stadt-Giessen-Wie-aus-der-Zigeunerin-eine-Sintezza-wurde;art71,554443″]

Housing Crisis

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How the city of Bristol is trying to force travellers out of caravans and into houses and flats.

– Road to nowhere: Bristol’s hidden housing crisis. In: The Bristol Cable. https://thebristolcable.org/2019/02/road-to-nowhere-bristols-gypsy-and-traveller/ [link-preview url=”https://thebristolcable.org/2019/02/road-to-nowhere-bristols-gypsy-and-traveller/”]

50 Years

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Pastora Pavon Cruz, better known as “la Niña de los Peines” died 50 years ago.

– En 2019 se cumplen 50 años sin la Niña de los Peines. In: AI on Sur. 17.02.2019. https://aionsur.com/en-2019-se-cumplen-50-anos-sin-la-nina-de-los-peines/ [link-preview url=”https://aionsur.com/en-2019-se-cumplen-50-anos-sin-la-nina-de-los-peines/”]

Spain – A Discussion

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An editorial on the issue of homosexuality among the Roma community. This is a discussion topic in many regions, and not an easy topic.

– La libertad de las gitanas. In: El Confidencial. 17.02.2019. https://blogs.elconfidencial.com/espana/matacan/2019-02-17/libertad-gitanas-carmen-y-lola_1830206/ [link-preview url=”https://blogs.elconfidencial.com/espana/matacan/2019-02-17/libertad-gitanas-carmen-y-lola_1830206/”]

Not Surprised …

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A Czech court stopped the prosecution of a man accused of threatening a well-known Roma singer on social medias.

– Czech court conditionally suspends prosecution of man who threatened to kill Romani celebrity. In: Romea. 15.02.2019. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-court-conditionally-suspends-prosecution-of-man-who-threatened-to-kill-romani-celebrity [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-court-conditionally-suspends-prosecution-of-man-who-threatened-to-kill-romani-celebrity”]

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