Once again, the German NPD party (extreme right) uses its famous poster: “Money for grandma instead for Sinti and Roma”. The real shame is that the courts did not condemn this poster.
– Aufregung über NPD-Plakate in Gießen. In: Alsfelder Allgemeine. 12.10.2018. https://www.alsfelder-allgemeine.de/regional/stadtgiessen/Stadt-Giessen-Aufregung-ueber-NPD-Plakate-in-Giessen;art71,498461
Two Roma rammed a police car after a burglary near Milan. Immediately, Salvini jumps on it…
Not much to say, except that a crime by a Rom is an accusation against all Roma.
– 2 Roma ram police car after burglary. In: ANSA. 12.10.2018. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/10/12/2-roma-ram-police-car-after-burglary_526e02b6-7721-4832-bbbc-930ab2081f03.html
The rape and murder of Viktoria Marinova, a journalist took yet another turn after it was reported that the suspect, a Bulgarian arrested in Germany, is apparently a Rom.
This was immediately seized by right wing politicians who anyhow speak about “Roma Terror”…
Bad.
– Marinova murder grist to mill of Bulgaria’s far-right politicians. In: The Sofia Globe. https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/10/12/marinova-murder-grist-to-mill-of-bulgarias-far-right-politicians/
In order to resolve the current situation and improve the situation of Roma in Milan, Roma organisation are calling for a consultation with politicians and associations running the camps in an open letter.
– Un Incontro Con Sala: Rom E Sinti Vogliono Collaborare Per Quale Nuovo Progetto? In: Milano Post. 09.10.2018. https://www.milanopost.info/2018/10/09/un-incontro-con-sala-rom-e-sinti-vogliono-collaborare-per-quale-nuovo-progetto/
The plight of a Roma family in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is not pretty.
– Roma granny said children are traumatised by repeated attacks on their South Belfast home. In: Belfast Live. 09.10.2018. https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/roma-granny-said-children-traumatised-15256355
The Roma Documentation Centre in Heidelberg was handed over a collection of portraits of successful Roma made by the US photographer Chad Evans.
– Stolz und erfolgreich – trotz aller Widerstände. In: Rhein Nekar Zeitung. 12.10.2018. https://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/heidelberg_artikel,-heidelberg-stolz-und-erfolgreich-trotz-aller-widerstaende-_arid,392685.html
The Plenipotentiary of the Government for Roma Communities Ábel Ravasz has announced a study of the real living condition of the Roma settlements in Slovakia. More precise statistics have been requested by the European Commission.
– Budú sa zaujímať o životné podmienky Rómov. In: SME. 10.10.2018. https://mynitra.sme.sk/c/20932183/budu-sa-zaujimat-o-zivotne-podmienky-romov.html
What can you say when anti-Roma Nazi posters in German (yes) are plastered around a village in the South of the UK…
– Barns Green anti-gypsy posters spark police probe. In: BBC News. 08.10.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-45786710
– Nazi protest at Gypsies in Sussex village. In: The Times. 10.10.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nazi-protest-at-gypsies-in-sussex-village-gcxgpztgq
– Gypsies and travellers condemn Barns Green posters. In: The Argus. 11.10.2018. https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/16975701.gypsies-and-travellers-condemn-barns-green-posters/
– VILLAGE IDIOTS. ‘Anti-traveller’ posters written in German plastered all over quiet Sussex village. In: The Sun. 09.10.2018. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7451150/racist-anti-traveller-posters-written-in-german-plastered-all-over-quiet-sussex-village/
The European Public Health Alliance is making an analysis based on existing material on the life expectancy gap between Roma and the general population.
Actually, speaking of Roma in this context is misleading. Poverty and education would be closer to the mark.
– Closing the life expectancy gap of Roma in Europe. In: EPHA. 09.10.2018. https://epha.org/closing-life-expectancy-gap-roma-europe/
Marián Mišún, a member of the extreme right party of Kotleba is an admirer of National Socialism and has published articles such as one entitled “Final solution to the Gypsy problem” …
This in Europe in 2018 …
– Kotlebov nádejný primátor obdivuje národný socializmus a v roku 2014 kandidoval spolu so zločincom. In: Dennik. 08.10.2018. https://dennikn.sk/blog/1225898/kotlebov-nadejny-primator-obdivuje-narodny-socializmus-a-v-roku-2014-kandidoval-spolu-so-zlocincom/
The Plenipotentiary of the Government for Roma Communities Ábel Ravasz, the Public Protector of Rights Mária Patakyová, and the Principal School Inspector Viera Kalmárová signed a joint declaration on desegregation of the education system of Slovakia, pointing out the shortcomings in the education system.
Let’s hope it is effective!
– Desegregácia vzdelávacieho systému dostala konkrétne pravidlá. In: SME Domov. 08.12.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20932163/desegregacia-generacna-chudoba-vzdelavanie-romovia-ravasz-ombudsmanka.html
An article on the education of Roma in Bulgaria and the de-facto segregation of schooling – with disastrous results.
– Wenn Bildung zur Sackgasse wird. In: Deutschlandfunk. 08.10.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/bulgarische-schulen-fuer-roma-wenn-bildung-zur-sackgasse.795.de.html?dram:article_id=429956
70% of the Roma in the Czech Republic are working … Mr. Zeman should know that as president.
– ROMEA: Czech President has manipulated facts yet again – we can prove 70 % of Romani people in this country work. In: Romea. 05.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romea-czech-president-has-manipulated-facts-yet-again-we-can-prove-70-of-romani-people-in-this-country-work
A reaction from Romea on Miloš Zeman’s latest comments about Roma.
– Czech President insults Romani people yet again after casting his ballot. In: Romea. 07.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-president-insults-romani-people-yet-again-after-casting-his-ballot
Miloš Zeman doubled up on his assertions that 90% of Roma don’t work.
SHAME on him.
– Czech president defends assertion that most Roma don’t work. In: Reuters. 07.10.2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-roma/czech-president-defends-assertion-that-most-roma-dont-work-idUSKCN1MH0Q5
The Swiss Federal Tribunal judged that the law enacted in the canton of Lausanne against begging is conform to the European Human Right Convention and can thus enter in vigour.
It may be conform, but it is still a bad law…
– Le Tribunal fédéral confirme l’interdiction de la mendicité dans le canton de Vaud. In: Le Temps. 04.10.2018. https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/tribunal-federal-confirme-linterdiction-mendicite-canton-vaud
– Interdiction de la mendicité confirmée. In: LFM. 04.10.2018. https://www.lfm.ch/actualite/vaud/interdiction-de-la-mendicite-confirmee/
– La loi sur la mendicité sera finalement appliquée dans le canton de Vaud. In: RTS. 04.10.2018. https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/9892761-la-loi-sur-la-mendicite-sera-finalement-appliquee-dans-le-canton-de-vaud.html
An article in Le Monde on the Roma Holocaust and on the fact that it has been ignored for a long time. Only thing one should say, “Tsiganes” is not the right terminology …
– Le génocide oublié des Tziganes. In: Le Monde. 03.10.2018. https://www.lemonde.fr/long-format/article/2018/10/03/tziganes-le-genocide-oublie_5363736_5345421.html
Still few news on Roma in France, let’s hope the trend continues. First article is devoted to the success of an “insertion village” in Lyon, a project to integrate Roma. Good! Then the more usual news of a fire in a camp in Bordeaux; a camp closed in Toulouse; camps closed near Paris; and finally, an article in Breizh-Info in the usual tone on the situation of bus drivers in Nantes.
– Près de Lyon, le pari “à 80% réussi” d’un village d’insertion de Roms. In: La Croix. 04.10.2018. https://www.la-croix.com/France/Pres-Lyon-pari-80-reussi-village-insertion-Roms-2018-10-04-1300973644
– Bordeaux : un incendie se déclare dans un camp de Roms à Villenave-d’Ornon. In: FR3 France Info. 01.10.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/gironde/bordeaux/bordeaux-incendie-se-declare-camp-roms-villenave-ornon-1550650.html
– Toulouse : démantèlement d’un camp de roms dans le quartier Saint-Cyprien. In: FR3 France Info. 02.10.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/haute-garonne/toulouse/toulouse-demantelement-camp-roms-quartier-saint-cyprien-1551026.html
– Essonne. 6 camps de Roms évacués le long de la RN 104. In: Actu.fr. 04.10.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/corbeil-essonnes_91174/essonne-6-camps-roms-evacues-long-rn-104_18903186.html
– Corbeil-Essonnes : des campements Rom évacués. In: Le Parisien. 05.10.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/actus/evacuation-campement-roms
– Nantes. Un conducteur de bus de nuit : «Pour la direction, seule compte l’exploitation, les conducteurs ils s’en fichent ». In: Breizh Info. https://www.breizh-info.com/2018/10/02/103253/nantes-bus-semitan-agressions
A really strange story: Maria Kirstent was adopted by a Danish couple at the age of four. She does not speak Hungarian. Two years ago, a Danish television company trusted a journalist to look up her parents who were found in a Roma ghetto. This is the story of the meeting and a clash of civilisation.
– Semmire sem emlékszem a múltamból. In: Index. 05.10.2018. https://index.hu/belfold/2018/10/05/roma_orokbeadas_dania_kutatas/
According to Mr. László Kövér, the Speaker of the Parliament, Hungary which currently has a real labour shortage can count on two pillars: One is in the education system, which and the other is the “non-integrated part of the Roma population in Hungary. The education system has been underfunded and is segregating Roma, and Roma, especially in the countryside are forced to work in menial jobs under a public works program…
This is not really promising.
– Kövér: Magyarországnak több tartaléka is van a munkaerőhiány megoldására. In: Mandiner. 05.10.2018. http://mandiner.hu/cikk/20181005_kover_magyarorszagnak_tobb_tartaleka_is_van_a_munkaerohiany_megoldasara
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