Sofia is extremely polluted, due to its increasing urbanisation, the switch to individual heating vs. the old centralised socialist system, and too many cars.
But according to the press, the real cause are the Roma … Because they drive old cars and heat with wood.
It is always easier to have someone else to blame.
– BULGARIE : POLLUTION DE L’AIR À SOFIA, C’EST LA FAUTE AUX PAUVRES ! In: Le Courrier des Balkans. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/bulgarie-sofia-pollution-air-voiture-chauffage
Two documentaries are presented: in Gardannes “8 Avenue Lenine” and in Grenoble “Les Roms citoyens comme les autres”. In Grenoble too, the metropolitan council is questioned regarding the right to lodging.
– « 8, avenue Lénine », film de Valérie Mitteaux et Anna Pitoun. In: Mille Babord. https://www.millebabords.org/spip.php?article32568
– Documentaire « Les Roms, des citoyens comme les autres – Les Roms face à l’Europe » Maison de l’International Grenoble, Parvis des Droits de l’Homme/Jardin de Ville, Grenoble, 38 000, France. In: Unidivers. https://www.unidivers.fr/rennes/documentaire-les-roms-des-citoyens-comme-les-autres-les-roms-face-a-leurope/
– La Métropole interpellée sur le droit au logement. In: L’Essor. 06.01.2019. https://www.lessor38.fr/la-metropole-interpellee-sur-le-droit-au-logement-23549.html
Basel opened a new camping site for travellers recently, and thus closed the old provisional site. Well, not quite … Seems that some travellers were allowed to stay there.
– Zoff um ehemaligen Fahrenden-Platz. In: Tele Basel. 03.01.2019. https://telebasel.ch/2019/01/03/zoff-um-ehemaligen-fahrenden-platz/
An article about young photographers in Eastern Europe… The first subject is a total cliché – Roma witches … No comments.
– Five local photographers sharing fascinating stories from Eastern Europe. In: Daze Digital. 03.01.2019. https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/42412/1/five-local-photographers-sharing-fascinating-stories-from-eastern-europe
The story of a small village in the North East of Hungary with a large Rroma minority, and the setup of a special school to help Roma have a better education. This additional school was set up by a Roma association, and has been facing issues (relocation etc.) in the village.
– Miért elégedetlenek Lucfalván a tanodával? In: Index. 03.01.2019. https://index.hu/belfold/2019/01/03/lucfalva_nograd_megye_tanoda/
An article about an accidental death triggering a feud between two Roma families. All the stereotypes are there …
– Gitanos: dos muertes y la desaparición de un clan. In: Imneuquen. 30.12.2018. https://www.lmneuquen.com/gitanos-dos-muertes-y-la-desaparicion-un-clan-n618240
The data on the academic results of the Roma community continue to worry. 64% of Roma children leave the classroom without the diploma of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) while the dropout rate of the rest of school children is at 16%. This gap began to be reduced little by little during the last years thanks to initiatives such as the Promociona program, promoted by the Fundación Secretariado Gitano, which has been developing in other Asturian councils since 2009.
– Activos contra el abandono escolar Gitano. In: El Comercio. 31.12.2018. https://www.elcomercio.es/asturias/cuencas/activos-abandono-escolar-gitano-asturias-20181230103715-nt.html
Five women who have innovated in Flamenco.
– 5 mujeres gitanas que han innovado en el flamenco. In: El Pais. 28.12.2018. https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2018/11/20/articulo/1542708688_312017.html
Following the decision in the Netherlands Railway to compensate people who were deported by train to concentration camps or their relatives, a feud between Roma organisations has erupted. Accusations are being made, all in the open.
This is bad.
– Nederlandse vereniging Roma en Sinti reageert op beschuldigingen Steinse club. In: Limburger. 30.12.2018. https://www.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20181230_00086201/nederlandse-vereniging-roma-en-sinti-reageert-op-steinse-club
A long article about the Romni who was the model of a standard book in the DDR “Ede and Unku”. She really existed and was killed in Auschwitz in 1944.
– Kinderbuch-Klassiker “Ede und Unku”Was aus Unku wurde. Im: Spiegel Online. 02.01.2019. http://www.spiegel.de/einestages/ddr-kinderbuch-was-wurde-aus-ede-und-unku-a-1243180.html
The life story of Zoni Weisz, a Dutch Sinto who was deported at the age of 7.
– „Ich bin ein Blumenkind“. In: Deutschlandfunk. 01.01.2019. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/das-leben-des-sinto-zoni-weisz-ich-bin-ein-blumenkind.694.de.html?dram:article_id=436992
Dreadful living conditions for some Roma families housed in containers in Hannover, waiting for a building of social flats to complete.
– Hannover: Roma müssen in menschenunwürdiger Notunterkunft leben. In: Göttinger Tageblatt. 29.12.2018. http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Nachrichten/Hannover/Hannover-In-einer-staedtischen-Notunterkunft-hausen-Roma-Familien-unter-menschenunwuerdigen-Bedingungen
The rise and fall of a Roma mafia clan in Rome…
– Dentro la notizia – Angeli e Bonini: “Mafia a Roma, ascesa e declino dei Casamonica”. 01.01.2019. https://video.repubblica.it/edizione/roma/dentro-la-notizia-angeli-e-bonini-mafia-a-roma-ascesa-e-declino-dei-casamonica/323367/323988
The Vice-Governor of the Slovak Central Bank, Ľudovít Ódor, said in an interview that
“It is high time to talk more openly about controlled migration, activation of the Roma minority, brain drain and education system in Slovakia.” The focus is on getting more skilled worked in the country.
– SLOVENSKO potrebuje riadenú MIGRÁCIU a RÓMOV aktivizovať. In: Dennik. 28.12.2018. http://dennikpolitika.sk/archiv/51321
Law enforcers completed a pre-trial investigation into the attack on the Roma camp in Lviv in May 2018 which resulted in one dead Rom and there injured ones. A criminal case against an adult organizer and nine juvenile offenders were transferred to court. This is on Friday, December 28, according to the prosecutor’s office of the region.
– Напад на табір ромів у Львові: розслідування завершилося. In: Korrespondent. 28.12.2018. https://ua.korrespondent.net/city/lvov/4048504-napad-na-tabir-romiv-u-lvovi-rozsliduvannia-zavershylosia
– Розслідування нападу на табір ромів у Львові завершено: 10 осіб постануть перед судом. In: Warta 1. 28.12.2018. https://varta1.com.ua/rozsliduvannya-napadu-na-tabir-romiv-u-lvovi-zaversheno-10-osib-postanut-pered-sudom/
The tale of a group of young Roma actors who perform all over Hungary and now maybe beyond.
– Cigánynak akartam születni, mert cigánynak lenni jó. In: 444. 26.12.2018. https://444.hu/2018/12/26/ciganynak-akartam-szuletni-mert-ciganynak-lenni-jo
The fate of a Slovak Rom adopted at the age of one and a half in Sweden. Interview and a proof of what the environment can do …
– Narodil sa v osade, adoptovali si ho Švédi: Vo Švédsku sa k migrantom správajú asi ako Slováci k Rómom. In: Dennik. 28.12.2018. https://dennikn.sk/1335595/narodil-sa-v-osade-adoptovali-si-ho-svedi-vo-svedsku-sa-k-migrantom-spravaju-asi-ako-slovaci-k-romom/
The preliminary enquiry in the attack on a Roma camp in Lvov in May that left one Rom dead and three injured has been completed. One adult and two minors were involved in the murder.
– Нападение на ромов во Львове: завершено досудебное расследование. In: Fokus. 28.12.2018. https://focus.ua/ukraine/416278-napadenie-na-romov-vo-lvove-sud-vynes-prigovor.html
Unfortunately, Roma made it …
– A billion-dollar bust, gypsy teen brides and a web of lies: Catch up on the ABC’s best long reads of 2018. In: ABC. 30.12.2018. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-29/abcs-best-long-reads-of-the-year-2018-virginia-trioli/10668510
Almost no news in France for the last French Chronicle of 2018. Christmas for Roma children in Marseilles; Christmas near Paris; and a book on migration. Finally, an article on fake news using the picture of the petite ceinture camp near Paris (losed a long while back) but with interesting statistics on people living in camps.
– Framboise met du soleil et de l’art dans les squats. In: La Marseillaise. 26.12.2018. http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/marseille/societe/74148-framboise-met-du-soleil-et-de-l-art-dans-les-squats
– Créteil-Bonneuil : la Cabane des associations sur tous les fronts. In: Le Parisien. 26.12.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/creteil-bonneuil-la-cabane-des-associations-sur-tous-les-fronts-26-12-2018-7976904.php
– Vient de paraître : «La Ville Accueillante». In: Le Moniteur. 24.12.2018. https://www.lemoniteur.fr/article/vient-de-paraitre-la-ville-accueillante.2012054
– Les Fake News de la semaine. In: Le Tribunal du Net. http://www.letribunaldunet.fr/actualites/fake-news-semaine-3.html
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