Monthly Archives: avril 2018

Ukraine: Vigilantes

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Following the theft of a mobile phone in a bus in Kiev, a massive brawl started and a group of Roma was literally beaten up in the bus. This was followed in Facebook and on other social media. The fight started in trolleybus No. 30, which was moving along the route “Miloslavskaya – Kadetsky gai”, Kievite Elena Mashuk wrote in the Facebook group “Solomensky district”. “Today they beat the gypsies on the route of trolley bus No. 30 after they took the phone from my sister.”. In comments to her post, social network users supported the beaters: “They did it right”, “It’s high time”, “I hope they broke their hands”.

– В Киеве в троллейбусе вспыхнула массовая драка из-за кражи телефона. In:
РИА Новости Украина. 05.04.2018. https://rian.com.ua/kiev/20180405/1033980976/Kiev-passagiry-izbili-gruppu-romov-ukravshyh-telefon.html [link-preview url=”https://rian.com.ua/kiev/20180405/1033980976/Kiev-passagiry-izbili-gruppu-romov-ukravshyh-telefon.html”]

Roma in Serbia

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An article from Pakistan – yes – on Roma in Serbia and the discriminations they face in daily life.

– For Serbia’s Roma, just getting a roof over their heads is a start. In: GEO TV. 06.04.2018. https://www.geo.tv/latest/189773-for-serbias-roma-just-getting-a-roof-over-their-heads-is-a-start [link-preview url=”https://www.geo.tv/latest/189773-for-serbias-roma-just-getting-a-roof-over-their-heads-is-a-start”]

Hungarian Elections

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An article of what is at stake for Roma in the upcoming elections and what the issues are that are relevant to them. The article focuses on Paszto, a small town and Szirak, a village in Nograd, one of the poorer regions of Hungary.

– Hungary’s impoverished Roma to vote with their pocketbooks on April 8th. In: Budapest Beacon. 04.04.2018. https://budapestbeacon.com/hungarys-impoverished-roma-to-vote-their-pocketbooks-on-april-8th-reports-abcug/ [link-preview url=”https://budapestbeacon.com/hungarys-impoverished-roma-to-vote-their-pocketbooks-on-april-8th-reports-abcug/”]

Romnja

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Several Romnja are fighting prejudice through art, be it acting or other means. They all will participate in the first Roma Biennale opening this week end at the Maxim Gorki theatre in Berlin.

– Not just housewives and whores: Roma women fight prejudice with art. In: Reuters. 05.04.2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-roma-art/not-just-housewives-and-whores-roma-women-fight-prejudice-with-art-idUSKCN1HC042 [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-roma-art/not-just-housewives-and-whores-roma-women-fight-prejudice-with-art-idUSKCN1HC042″]

Pavlovgrad

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The Ukrainian city of Pavlovgrad in the East of the country is being lauded for its action towards its Roma minority and its support of the Roma association “Amaro Kher”.
Good, but frankly, the situation in Ukraine is not that good for Roma.

– Intercultural cities: good practice examples. In: Council of Europe. https://www.coe.int/en/web/interculturalcities/-/successful-roma-of-pavlograd [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/interculturalcities/-/successful-roma-of-pavlograd”]

Festival

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The Festival “Welcome en Tziganie” (not the best name, really) will soon open in South Western France near Auch.

– http://www.welcome-in-tziganie.com [link-preview url=”http://www.welcome-in-tziganie.com”]

New Portal on Sinti and Roma

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The Documentation Centre of the Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg just opened a new web portal on the history of the minority, with a focus on Holocaust and on the continuing discrimination in post-war Germany.

– Webportal dokumentiert Geschichte der Sinti und Roma. In: DlF24. 03.04.2018. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfolgung-von-minderheiten-webportal-dokumentiert.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=868126 [link-preview url=”http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfolgung-von-minderheiten-webportal-dokumentiert.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=868126″]

Lety – Maybe at Last …

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The Czech State is now officially the owner of the site of the former Roma concentration camp of Lety. The pig farm is now definitively closed. Remains to be seen whether and when a commemorative monument will be erected.

– WIRD ROMA-GEDENKSTÄTTE IN LETY ENDLICH REALITÄT? In: Radio Praha. 03.04.2018. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/wird-roma-gedenkstaette-in-lety-endlich-realitaet
– Firm transfers pig farm at site of WWII Roma camp to state. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 04.04.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/04/04/firm-transfers-pig-farm-site-wwii-roma-camp-state [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/wird-roma-gedenkstaette-in-lety-endlich-realitaet “]

EU Roma Week

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A reminder of the EU Roma Week that will start on April 8th in Brussels.

– http://ergonetwork.org/2018/03/join-us-eu-roma-week-2018/ [link-preview url=”http://ergonetwork.org/2018/03/join-us-eu-roma-week-2018/”]

First Roma Biennale

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The Berlin theatre “Maxim Gorki” will open the first Roma Biennale on April 7th. The Biennale will showcase Roma artists and will also organise a Roma Parade through Berlin on April 8th, the International Roma Day.

– Maxim Gorki Theater Erste Roma Biennale startet in Berlin. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 02.04.2018. https://www.mz-web.de/kultur/maxim-gorki-theater-erste-roma-biennale-startet-in-berlin-29954504 [link-preview url=”https://www.mz-web.de/kultur/maxim-gorki-theater-erste-roma-biennale-startet-in-berlin-29954504″]

A Ciambra

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A review of the movie “A Ciambra” of the Italian-America filmmaker Jonas Carpignano on a friendship of a young Rom with a man from Burkina Fasso in a small town in Southern Italy.

– A Ciambra ou le pénible passage à l’âge adulte. In: El Watan. 03.04.2018. http://www.elwatan.com/culture/a-ciambra-ou-le-penible-passage-a-l-age-adulte-30-03-2018-365377_113.php [link-preview url=”http://www.elwatan.com/culture/a-ciambra-ou-le-penible-passage-a-l-age-adulte-30-03-2018-365377_113.php”]

Giuvlipen

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A long article on the theatre play “Giuvlipen” and on its actors in Romania. The journalists give a portrait of the actors and their engagement both for feminism and against racism.

– THÉÂTRE EN ROUMANIE : GIUVLIPEN, LA TROUPE QUI MET EN SCÈNE LE FÉMINISME ET L’ACTIVISME ROM. In: Le Corrier des Balkans. 28.03.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Theatre-en-Roumanie-Giuvlipen-la-troupe-qui-met-en-scene-le-feminisme-et-l [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Theatre-en-Roumanie-Giuvlipen-la-troupe-qui-met-en-scene-le-feminisme-et-l”]

Lausanne and Beggars

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Again an article on beggars in Lausanne, this time accusing the police of being to lenient. It is forbidden to beg in that city if in company of children.
Lots of noise for less than a hundred people in that city.

– MENDICITÉ À LAUSANNE: LA POLICE FERME TROP LES YEUX. In: Le Matin. 30.03.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/Mendicite-la-police-ferme-trop-les-yeux/story/16931136 [link-preview url=”https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/Mendicite-la-police-ferme-trop-les-yeux/story/16931136″]

Finland: Discrimination

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An editorial in a Finnish paper highlights the inherent discrimination encountered by Roma. According to the paper one Romni sent 400 application letters, and received only 4 negative answers. Another cannot graduate as he cannto find a job placement required for his diploma.
Bad…

– Thursday’s papers: Million-euro pay packets, Metro staff disquiet and Roma discrimination. In: Yle Utiset. 29.03.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_million-euro_pay_packets_metro_staff_disquiet_and_roma_discrimination/10138505
– Kun sukunimi on väärä – miltä tuntuisi, jos lapsesi ei olisi tervetullut mihinkään? In: Helsingin Sanomat. 29.03.2018. https://www.hs.fi/mielipide/art-2000005621588.html [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_million-euro_pay_packets_metro_staff_disquiet_and_roma_discrimination/10138505 “]

Ireland and Immigration

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Support in Ireland for immigration, especially for Moslems and for Roma, is lower than the European average.

– Irish attitudes to immigration worse than European average – report. In: RTE. 29.03.2018. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0329/950816-attitudes_to_immigration/ [link-preview url=”https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0329/950816-attitudes_to_immigration/”]

Hungary, Roma, and Elections

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Even though Janos Lazar claims that Roma show one cannot integrate migrants, Roma are still being courted by Orban’s party for the upcoming elections on April 8th. A scandal just emerged where the president of the Roma Autonomy Janos Balogh was recorded trying to convince an event organiser to just bill him for fictitious events. The money would then be paid by the state, i.e. by the taxpayer.
According to some people, this is a way to pay for the organisation of Roma vote, especially in the country side.

– „Akkor kapol hatszázat, tisztán” – Választási csalást szervezhet a roma vezető. In: Magyar Nemzet. 31.03.2018. https://mno.hu/belfold/akkor-kapol-hatszazat-tisztan-valasztasi-csalast-szervezhet-a-roma-vezeto-2456960
– Választási csalást szervezhet egy roma vezető. In: Magyar Nemzet. 30.03.2018. https://mno.hu/belfold/valasztasi-csalast-szervezhet-egy-roma-vezeto-2457077 [link-preview url=”https://mno.hu/belfold/akkor-kapol-hatszazat-tisztan-valasztasi-csalast-szervezhet-a-roma-vezeto-2456960 “]

Paris: Exhibition

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Another article on the photography exhibition in Paris called “Mondes Tsiganes – La Fabrique des Images” in the museum for migration.The exhibition aims at showing how stereotypes were created via photography.
BUT: The name “Tsigane” as well as the place “Immigration” museum are not the right ones. And the Press now speaks of “Travellers”…

– Les gens du voyage sous l’œil des photographes. In: RFI. 28.03.2018. http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes [link-preview url=”http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes”]

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