The Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Karel Novotny who compared Roma to “jellyfish” is leaving the Czech Social Democratic Party.
Well … He should have been expelled!
– Deputy minister calling Roma names leaves ČSSD. In: Prague Daily Monitor. 27.11.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/11/27/deputy-minister-calling-roma-names-leaves-čssd [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/11/27/deputy-minister-calling-roma-names-leaves-čssd”]
The Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Karel Novotny who compared Roma to “jellyfish” is leaving the Czech Social Democratic Party.
Well … He should have been expelled!
– Deputy minister calling Roma names leaves ČSSD. In: Prague Daily Monitor. 27.11.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/11/27/deputy-minister-calling-roma-names-leaves-čssd [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/11/27/deputy-minister-calling-roma-names-leaves-čssd”]
Ušti nad Labem in the Czech Republic is experiencing an epidemic of Hepatitis A with nearly 300 people affected. The outbreak started in a Roma settlement and later spread to the town.
– Epidemic of hepatitis in Czech town: Local Romani organization offers aid. In: Romea.cz. 24.11.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/epidemic-of-hepatitis-in-czech-town-local-romani-organization-offers-aid [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/epidemic-of-hepatitis-in-czech-town-local-romani-organization-offers-aid”]
The mayor of a small village in Slovakia wants Roma to be integrated. The village is making efforts, which is good.
Let’s hope it works out.
– Starosta Gerlachova: Rómov treba začleniť do spoločnosti. In: Verbena. 23.11.2017. http://bardejov.dnes24.sk/starosta-gerlachova-romov-treba-zaclenit-do-spolocnosti-285058 [link-preview url=”http://bardejov.dnes24.sk/starosta-gerlachova-romov-treba-zaclenit-do-spolocnosti-285058″]
The mayor of a small village in Slovakia wants Roma to be integrated. The village is making efforts, which is good.
Let’s hope it works out.
– Starosta Gerlachova: Rómov treba začleniť do spoločnosti. In: Verbena. 23.11.2017. http://bardejov.dnes24.sk/starosta-gerlachova-romov-treba-zaclenit-do-spolocnosti-285058 [link-preview url=”http://bardejov.dnes24.sk/starosta-gerlachova-romov-treba-zaclenit-do-spolocnosti-285058″]
The visit of a mayor in a Roma settlement in Slovakia. Not pretty.
– Rómov v Kuzmiciach pobúril pokus starostu Krásnej: Drsný odkaz! In: TIVI. 25.11.2017. https://tivi.cas.sk/video/2513618/romov-v-kuzmiciach-poburil-pokus-starostu-krasnej-drsny-odkaz/ [link-preview url=”https://tivi.cas.sk/video/2513618/romov-v-kuzmiciach-poburil-pokus-starostu-krasnej-drsny-odkaz/”]
The visit of a mayor in a Roma settlement in Slovakia. Not pretty.
– Rómov v Kuzmiciach pobúril pokus starostu Krásnej: Drsný odkaz! In: TIVI. 25.11.2017. https://tivi.cas.sk/video/2513618/romov-v-kuzmiciach-poburil-pokus-starostu-krasnej-drsny-odkaz/ [link-preview url=”https://tivi.cas.sk/video/2513618/romov-v-kuzmiciach-poburil-pokus-starostu-krasnej-drsny-odkaz/”]
A young Sinto, Giano Weiss from the city of Paderborn, is engaging himself for the remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust in his city and for trying to establish the facts. He was received by the Prime Minister of the State of Northwest Westphalia.
– Ministerpräsident Laschet ermutigt jungen Paderborner Sinto. In: Neue Westfälische. 24.11.2017. http://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_paderborn/paderborn/paderborn/21986323_Ministerpraesident-Laschet-ermutigt-jungen-Paderborner-Sinto.html [link-preview url=”http://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_paderborn/paderborn/paderborn/21986323_Ministerpraesident-Laschet-ermutigt-jungen-Paderborner-Sinto.html”]
Virginia Raggi is being criticised in relation with the EU funds allocated for the period 2014-2020 to Rome for resolving and integrating Roma. According to the Roma, nothing is being done.
Bad, but business as usual in Italy.
– I rom denunciano Virginia Raggi e Maria Elena Boschi: “Ecco perché ci hanno truffato”. In: Il Giornale. 25.11.2017. http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/i-rom-denunciano-virginia-raggi-e-maria-elena-boschi-ecco-1467407.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/i-rom-denunciano-virginia-raggi-e-maria-elena-boschi-ecco-1467407.html”]
Finally some positive news. In the North of France, an article about Moldovan Roma, who, 10 years after their arrival, are citizen like any others.
Good!
– Après dix ans de chaos, les Moldovan, des Lillois comme les autres. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.11.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/270603/article/2017-11-22/apres-dix-ans-de-chaos-les-moldovan-des-lillois-comme-les-autres [link-preview url=”http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/270603/article/2017-11-22/apres-dix-ans-de-chaos-les-moldovan-des-lillois-comme-les-autres”]
In some places, France seems to be starting to solve the issue of 20’000 people: In Montpellier, in the south, the largest shantytown will be closed in the spring and its inhabitants will be re-lodged in bungalows. In Ivry, near Paris, Roma are welcome (yes) and in Lille in the North, a mayor and the state are summoned in court for the illegal expulsion of a small camp of Roma. Finally, in Paris, the petite ceinture camp is awaiting its 4th closure.
Other than that, social news, not so good: Children victims of violence in their family in Besançon; general bad situation for children living in shantytowns; and minors’ pregnancies.
– Montpellier: Le plus grand camp de Roms évacué, ses occupants relogés dans des bungalows. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 22.11.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/montpellier/2173679-20171122-montpellier-vers-fin-bidonville-celleneuve
– Montpellier : une partie des Roms du bidonville de Celleneuve bientôt relogés. In: FR3 France Info. 22.11.2017. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/herault/montpellier/montpellier-partie-roms-du-bidonville-celleneuve-bientot-reloges-1370527.html
– Les Roms du quartier Celleneuve à Montpellier vont déménager. In: France Bleu. 21.11.2017. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/les-roms-du-quartier-celleneuve-a-montpellier-vont-demenager-1511284760
– ACTUALITÉS : HERAULT – MONTPELLIER – LES ROMS DU QUARTIER CELLENEUVE BIENTÔT RELOGÉS. In: Occitanie. http://www.occitanie-tribune.com/articles/5033/herault-montpellier-les-roms-du-quartier-celleneuve-bientot-reloges/#Bj4qbEsgwFQH2e25.99
– Bidonville de Celleneuve : les roms relogés près du château de Bionne. In: Gazette de Montpellier. 21.11.2017. http://www.lagazettedemontpellier.fr/15473/bidonville-de-celleneuve-les-roms-reloges-pres-du-chateau-de-bionne.html
– Immigration. À Ivry, les Roms sont les bienvenus. In: L’Humanité. 23.11.2017. https://humanite.fr/immigration-ivry-les-roms-sont-les-bienvenus-646018
– La mairie et l’État assignés au tribunal pour l’expulsion d’un campement rom. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.11.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/271856/article/2017-11-23/la-mairie-et-l-etat-assignes-au-tribunal-pour-l-expulsion-d-un-campement-rom
– Les habitants du dernier bidonville de Paris se préparent à une quatrième evacuation. In: France Culture. 22.11.2017. https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/le-choix-de-la-redaction/les-habitants-du-dernier-bidonville-de-paris-se-preparent-a-une-quatrieme-evacuation
– Maltraitance d’enfants et fraude sociale : deux personnes placées en détention à Besançon. In: Fr3 France Info. 21.11.2017. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/doubs/besancon/maltraitance-enfants-fraude-sociale-deux-personnes-placees-detention-besancon-1370125.html
– Des enfants sont dans des situations “alarmantes” estime le Défenseur des droits. In: L’Express. 20.11.2017. https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/des-enfants-sont-dans-des-situations-alarmantes-estime-le-defenseur-des-droits_1962006.html
– Nantes Les mineures enceintes accueillies à la maternité du CHU. In: Presse Ocean. 22.11.2017. http://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-les-mineures-enceintes-accueillies-a-la-maternite-du-chu-22-11-2017-253912 [link-preview url=”https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/herault/montpellier/montpellier-partie-roms-du-bidonville-celleneuve-bientot-reloges-1370527.html “]
The German State of Hessen increased its contribution to the state association of Sinti and Roma to 300’000 EUR per year.
– Mehr Geld für Sinti und Roma. In: Hessenschau. 22.11.2017. http://www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft/mehr-geld-fuer-sinti-und-roma,kurz-sinti-100.html [link-preview url=”http://www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft/mehr-geld-fuer-sinti-und-roma,kurz-sinti-100.html”]
Slovakia has a tradition of putting Roma in special school for children with mental problems. An NGO wanted to check the situation. It still exists, but is probably more differentiated. In the Rokycani district, 20% of Roma children are still enrolled in such schools. High by any standards, but lower than it was.
– OĽaNO chce preveriť zaraďovanie Rómov do špeciálnych základných škôl. In: SME Domov. 25.11.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20702484/olano-chce-preverit-zaradovanie-romov-do-specialnych-zakladnych-skol.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20702484/olano-chce-preverit-zaradovanie-romov-do-specialnych-zakladnych-skol.html”]
Read, and comment. Tendency is to assimilate Roma to a social issue …
– 5 Recommendations from EPHA to the future EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies post 2020. In: EPHA. 24.11.2017. https://epha.org/5-recommendations-from-epha-to-the-future-eu-framework-for-national-roma-integration-strategies-post-2020/ [link-preview url=”https://epha.org/5-recommendations-from-epha-to-the-future-eu-framework-for-national-roma-integration-strategies-post-2020/”]
An article on the Hepatitis A epidemic affecting mostly Roma children in the Plovdiv region in Bulgaria.
– Plovdiv: 71 of total 89 people infected with hepatitis A in the Roma neighborhood Rakovski of Plovdiv are children aged 1 to 14 years. In: Focus. 25.11.2017. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/11/25/425358/71-of-total-89-people-infected-with-hepatitis-a-in-the-roma-neighborhood-of-rakovski-in-plovdiv-are-children-aged-1-to-14-years.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/11/25/425358/71-of-total-89-people-infected-with-hepatitis-a-in-the-roma-neighborhood-of-rakovski-in-plovdiv-are-children-aged-1-to-14-years.html”]
More articles on the purchase of the pig farm on the site of the former concentration camp of Lety, in the Czech Republic.
– Tschechien: Roma-Gedenkstätte ersetzt Schweinemast auf früherem NS-Lagergelände. In: RT. 24.11.2017. https://deutsch.rt.com/europa/61138-tschechien-roma-gedenkstaette-ersetzt-schweinemast-auf-früherem-ns-lagergelaende/
– Schweinefarm wird zur KZ-Gedenkstätte. In: N-TV. 23.11.2017. https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Schweinefarm-wird-zur-KZ-Gedenkstaette-article20148960.html
– Czechy: Rząd wykupił chlewnię obejmującą teren obozu dla Romów. In: Farmer.pl. 24.11.2017. http://www.farmer.pl/fakty/unia-europejska/czechy-rzad-wykupil-chlewnie-obejmujaca-teren-obozu-dla-romow,75112.html [link-preview url=”https://deutsch.rt.com/europa/61138-tschechien-roma-gedenkstaette-ersetzt-schweinemast-auf-früherem-ns-lagergelaende/ “]
At last, the pig farm on the former site of the Lety concentration camp has been bought by the Czech Government.
– Czech Republic buys pig farm at former Nazi camp to shutter it. In: The Times of Israel. 23.11.2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/czech-republic-buys-pig-farm-at-former-nazi-camp-to-shutter-it/ [link-preview url=”https://www.timesofisrael.com/czech-republic-buys-pig-farm-at-former-nazi-camp-to-shutter-it/”]
There is an hepatitis A epidemic in the Roma Mahala in the small town of Rakovski near Plovdiv in the centre of the country. Non Roma parents have been protesting and requesting Roma children be removed from the elementary school.
How about treating them instead?
– Hepatitis A Sparks Protests for Removing Gypsies From an Elementary School. In: EU Scoop. https://www.euscoop.com/en/2017/11/23/gepatitis-infection-in-rakovski
– Roma Ghetto in Southern Bulgarian City Struggling with Hepatitis A Outbreak. In: Novinite. 23.11.2017. http://www.novinite.com/articles/185524/Roma+Ghetto+in+Southern+Bulgarian+City+Struggling+with+Hepatitis+A+Outbreak [link-preview url=”https://www.euscoop.com/en/2017/11/23/gepatitis-infection-in-rakovski “]
Italy’s top court confirmed the sentence against a man for marrying an underage girl. According to the court, “Underage marriage may be OK for Roma culture but it is against Italian law”.
– Underage Roma marriages not legit (3). In: Ansa. 22.11.2017. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/11/22/underage-roma-marriages-not-legit-3_7bf12e71-4f63-4eb2-8486-73b166536007.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/11/22/underage-roma-marriages-not-legit-3_7bf12e71-4f63-4eb2-8486-73b166536007.html”]
More articles on the vote of the Bern parliament in favour of the establishment of a camping site for travellers in the canton.
– Am Schluss gabs bei den Fahrenden ein Selfie. In: Berner Zeitung. 22.1..2017. https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/am-schluss-gabs-bei-den-fahrenden-ein-selfie/story/23767423
– Statt «Marschhalts» folgt die Planung des Platzes in Wileroltigen. In: Der Bund. 22.11.2017. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/neuhaus-setzt-sich-mit-seiner-fahrendenpolitik-durch/story/29077277
– Berner BDP will Fahrende vertreiben. In: Nau. 23.11.2017. https://www.nau.ch/news/berner-bdp-macht-gegen-fahrende-stimmung-65269502
– Berner Kantonsparlament gegen Planungsstopp für Transitplätze. In: Swiss Info. 22.11.2017. https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/alle-news-in-kuerze/berner-kantonsparlament-gegen-planungsstopp-fuer-transitplaetze/43697220 [link-preview url=”https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/am-schluss-gabs-bei-den-fahrenden-ein-selfie/story/23767423 “]
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