The festival that took place in Zvolen, Banska Bistrica and in nearby towns is ending this week end. Yesterday, a gala concert with Roma musicians from various countries was held in Sliač with musicians from Russia, Hungary, Czech republic and Slovakia.
– Galaprogramom dnes vrcholí multižánrové podujatie Ľudia z rodu Rómov. In: Dobre Noviny. 19.08.2017. http://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/108437/galaprogramom-dnes-vrcholi-multizanrove-podujatie-ludia-z-rodu-romov
The Holocaust survivor, Max Birkenfelder, died at the age of 79. Hi family spent four years in the Radom Ghetto in Poland, where they were forced to work under extreme conditions.
May he rest in peace!
– Als Kind Erschießungen erlebt. In: Maheimer Morgen. 18.08.2017. https://www.morgenweb.de/schwetzinger-zeitung_artikel,-schwetzingen-als-kind-erschiessungen-erlebt-_arid,1098227.html
25 young Hungarian Roma will be travelling to Varna, Bulgaria, to attend the Phiren Amenca Network conference. They will meet Roma and Gadže from all over Europe to discuss a variety of topics regarding Roma.
– 25 young Roma to represent Hungary at Varna forum of Phiren Amenca. In: Politics.hu. 18.08.2017. http://www.politics.hu/20170818/25-young-roma-to-represent-hungary-at-varna-forum-of-phiren-amenca/
An interview of the young law student and Romni, Anina Ciuciu who is a candidate to the French senate. A first for a magazine like “Elle”.
GOOD!
– Anina Ciuciu : « Au Sénat, je ne serai pas la Rom de service » in: Elle. 17.08.2017. http://www.elle.fr/Societe/Interviews/Anina-Ciuciu-Au-Senat-je-ne-serai-pas-la-rom-de-service-3520208
Holidays are over, and Roma are back in the news … In Angers, in Western France, a camp will probably dismantled; in Nantes, the municipality is voting an action plan for Roma; in Salliers; a Nazi Swastika was painted on the site of the former Roma concentration camp; in Montreuil. 13 families are still on the street, one year after having been expulsed; in Paris, on the Porte de la Chapelle, the 35th expulsion (yes) just took place; near Paris, an illegal dump is allegedly created by Roma; in the North, in Lille, people bemoan the insecurity with beggars and others near the railway station; and finally, in Strasbourg, there is a potential case of tuberculosis in a camp.
– Angers Le camp des Roms menacé d’expulsion rue du Maine. In: Le Courrier de l’Ouest. 17.08.2017. http://www.courrierdelouest.fr/actualite/angers-le-camp-des-roms-menace-d-expulsion-rue-du-maine-17-08-2017-328166
– Nantes Métropole Un plan d’action pour les Roms. In: Presse Océan. 17.08.2017. http://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-metropole-un-plan-daction-pour-les-roms-17-08-2017-241923
– Elle est où, l’horreur? In: Médiapart. 19.08.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/190817/elle-est-ou-lhorreur
– Montreuil, épicétout. In: Médiapart. 17.08.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/170817/montreuil-epicetout
– Porte de la Chapelle: c’est la 35ème évacuation! In: Médiapart. 18.08.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/arthur-porto/blog/180817/porte-de-la-chapelle-cest-la-35eme-evacuation
– Carrières-sous-Poissy – Triel : la plaine transformée en vaste décharge à ciel ouvert. In: Le Parisien. 16.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/triel-sur-seine-78510/carrieres-sous-poissy-triel-la-plaine-transformee-en-vaste-decharge-a-ciel-ouvert-16-08-2017-7196004.php
– L’insécurité autour de la gare Lille-Flandres inquiète riverains et commerçants. In: Nord Éclair. 14.08.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/82993/article/2017-08-14/l-insecurite-autour-de-la-gare-lille-flandres-inquiete-riverains-et-commercants
– Strasbourg : suspicion d’un cas de tuberculose dans un camp de migrants. In: FR3 Grand Est. 14.08.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/suspicion-cas-tuberculose-camp-refugies-1311273.html
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