An article on Roma travellers in Switzerland, and for once, one that is not as negative as the usual presentation in the country’s press.
And it shows one can do things differently.
– «Schaue ich vorbei, werde ich oft zum Kaffee eingeladen». In: Der Bund. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/schaue-ich-vorbei-werde-ich-oft-zum-kaffee-eingeladen/story/24489767 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/schaue-ich-vorbei-werde-ich-oft-zum-kaffee-eingeladen/story/24489767″]
The largest horse fair in the UK, the Appleby horse fair is being prepared with many travellers slowly gathering. The fair will be held between June 7 and 10.
– Gypsies and travellers make their way to Appleby for horse fair. In: The Westmoreland Gazette. 01.06.2018. http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/16264205.Gypsies_and_travellers_make_their_way_to_Appleby_for_horse_fair/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/16264205.Gypsies_and_travellers_make_their_way_to_Appleby_for_horse_fair/”]
Lots of cultural events this week in France on Roma – and very little negative news. First, a projection of a movie on a Roma camp in Nantes. The movie is presented on the site of that former site, before it is developed. Projection of another movie on Roma in Arles. The exhibition “Mondes Tsiganes” in Paris, with many photographs. That exhibition is not in the right place (in the museum of migration) and is definitively fuelling clichés. Concert of a Slovakian Roma group in the South of France. Then the more usual news: A fire in a camp in Montreuil; a new squat of a empty house near Paris; and, surprise, a positive experiment in Marseilles, where Roma are lodged in apartments …
– Nantes. Miséry de Miséry, tous les chemins mènent aux Roms. In: Ouest France. 31.05.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-misery-de-misery-tous-les-chemins-menent-aux-roms-5794949
– 8, avenue Lénine. In: Journal Zibeline. http://www.journalzibeline.fr/8-avenue-lenine/
– “Mondes tsiganes” : histoire d’une fascination-répulsion fabriquée par les images. In: France 24. 02.06.2018. http://www.france24.com/fr/20180602-mondes-tsiganes-roms-exposition-photographie-images-stereotype-racisme
– Soirée sous le signe de la Slovaquie au Benefire. In: Midi Libre. 02.06.2018. http://www.midilibre.fr/2018/06/02/soiree-sous-le-signe-de-la-slovaquie-au-benefire,1680419.php
– Un incendie dans un bidonville de Montreuil, une cinquantaine de personnes mises à l’abri. In: France Bleu. 29.05.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/un-incendie-dans-un-bidonville-de-montreuil-cinquante-personnes-mises-a-l-abri-1527607184
– Montreuil : le bidonville part en fumée, quinze familles à la rue. In: Le Parisien. 29.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/montreuil-le-bidonville-part-en-fumee-quinze-familles-a-la-rue-29-05-2018-7742325.php
– Nouveau squat d’une maison inoccupée dans le Val-d’Oise. In: Le Parisien. 29.05.2018. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/nouveau-squat-d-maison-inoccupée-val-d-oise-184324686.html?guccounter=2
– Bouches-du-Rhône: A Gardanne, des camps de Roms à la vie tranquille en appartement. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 29.05.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2277007-20180529-bouches-rhone-gardanne-camps-roms-vie-tranquille-appartement [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-misery-de-misery-tous-les-chemins-menent-aux-roms-5794949 “]
Another slew of articles on the non-recognition of the Roma minority by the Swiss government. This time, the French speaking press of Switzerland.
Check the pictures – then there is no wonder about the decision …
– LES ROMS PAS RECONNUS COMME MINORITÉ NATIONALE. In: Le Matin. 01.06.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/roms-reconnus-minorite-nationale/story/11067196
– Les Roms pas reconnus comme minorité nationale. In: 20 Minutes (CH). 01.06.2018. http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/suisse/story/Les-Roms-pas-reconnus-comme-minorite-nationale-30821632
– Les Roms en Suisse : partie intégrante de la société, ils ne constituent pas une minorité nationale. In: AlbInfo. 03.06.2018. http://www.albinfo.ch/fr/les-roms-en-suisse-partie-integrante-de-la-societe-ils-ne-constituent-pas-une-minorite-nationale/
– Les Roms suisses ne sont pas reconnus comme minorité nationale. In: RTS. 01.06.2018. http://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/9615035-les-roms-suisses-ne-sont-pas-reconnus-comme-minorite-nationale.html [link-preview url=”https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/roms-reconnus-minorite-nationale/story/11067196 “]
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