The story behind the now famous Casamonica Roma mafia clan.
– Mafia di Roma: 41 bis per Giuseppe Casamonica. In: Antimafia. 08.09.2018. http://www.antimafiaduemila.com/home/mafie-news/287-mafia-capitale/71454-mafia-di-roma-41-bis-per-giuseppe-casamonica.html
A Roma festival in the Berlin Neuköln neighbourhood. This is the work of a Roma NGO, called Centrum.
– Leute in Bewegung bringen. In: TAZ. 07.09.2018. http://www.taz.de/!5531121/
A Roma festival in the Berlin Neuköln neighbourhood. This is the work of a Roma NGO, called Centrum.
– Leute in Bewegung bringen. In: TAZ. 07.09.2018. http://www.taz.de/!5531121/
The story behind the fires in Plauen, a small city in Sachsen, where two fires broke out in houses where Roma and migrants lived.
The analysis and the background.
– Es brennt in Plauen. In: TAZ. 11.09.2018. http://www.taz.de/!5531184/
A two week event called “Romnokher” – Romano Kher – is under way in Manheim. Its aim is to present the Roma and Sinti, their culture and history to the public.
– „Wir machen unsere Kultur erlebbar“. In: Mahneimer Morgen. 07.09.2018. https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-mannheim-wir-machen-unsere-kultur-erlebbar-_arid,1311484.html
An exhibition on the lives, traditions and history of the Roma in the Netherlands opened in the Eindhoven Catharinakerk.
– Expositie toont tradities en soms tragische historie Sinti en Roma. In: Studio 40. 06.09.2018. https://www.studio040.nl/expositie-toont-tradities-en-soms-tragische-historie-sinti-en-roma/content/item?1098210
British MPs will be discussing with experts on what needs to be done to improve the educational situation of Roma and Traveller in the UK.
Let’s hope concrete actions will follow.
– Need to know: Gypsy and Roma educational inequality. In: TES. 10.09.2018. https://www.tes.com/news/need-know-gypsy-and-roma-educational-inequality
A newspaper in Ivano-Frankivsk is reporting that the railway station is now “Free of Roma”, i.e. they have been driven away.
A reminder of the “Zigeunerfrei” that was common a while back.
BAD.
– Привокзальний сквер у Івано-Франківську звільняють від ромів. In: MGK. 06.09.2018. http://gk-press.if.ua/pryvokzalnyj-skver-u-ivano-frankivsku-zvilnyayut-vid-romiv/
The state treaty between the State of Baden Wurttemberg and Roma and Sinti will be renewed. It is aimed at anchoring the integration of the minority.
Good!
– Neuauflage des Staatsvertrags für Sinti und Roma geplant. In: Die Welt. 08.09.2018. https://www.welt.de/regionales/baden-wuerttemberg/article181465000/Neuauflage-des-Staatsvertrags-fuer-Sinti-und-Roma-geplant.html
– Staatsvertrag für Sinti und Roma soll fortgeschrieben warden. In: Esslinger Zeitung. 08.09.2018. https://www.esslinger-zeitung.de/region/baden-wuerttemberg_artikel,-staatsvertrag-fuer-sinti-und-roma-soll-fortgeschrieben-werden-_arid,2215504.html
Did we know that Belgium is interning youngsters from Roma and traveller backgrounds? And that this is not a piece of cake …
Not widely advertised, but really bad.
– Détention d’enfants roms en centres fermés : la Belgique s’illustre à nouveau par le pire. In: La Libre. 06.09.2018. http://www.lalibre.be/debats/opinions/detention-d-enfants-roms-en-centres-fermes-la-belgique-s-illustre-a-nouveau-par-le-pire-5b8fecbecd70ef4bea8c3753
Do we have a trend? Less and less news about Roma. The most prominent one was that they also resisted against the Nazis.
Unfortunately, the other one is that the government is cutting the water to a Roma camp. And finally, article about caravans being dumped on private land near Paris.
– Sur France Culture, la mémoire des Roms résistants. In: Telerama. 08.09.2018. https://www.telerama.fr/radio/sur-france-culture,-la-memoire-des-roms-resistants,n5788725.php
– Résistances tsiganes (1/2). Raymond Gurême. In: France Culture. 08.09.2018. https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/une-histoire-particuliere-un-recit-documentaire-en-deux-parties/resistances-tsiganes-12-raymond-gureme
– GIRONDE : PAS D’EAU POUR LES ROMS DE CANÉJAN. In: WitFM. 03.09.2018. https://www.witfm.fr/news/gironde-pas-d-eau-pour-les-roms-de-canejan-8090
– Camp de fortune à Canéjan (33) : les Roms déboutés de leur demande d’eau et de sanitaires. In: Sud Ouest. 03.09.2018. https://www.sudouest.fr/2018/09/03/deboutes-de-leur-demande-d-eau-et-de-sanitaires-5356674-3232.php
– Yvelines. Évecquemont : dix-sept caravanes abandonnées sur son terrain depuis trois mois. In: Actu.fr. 06.09.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/evecquemont_78227/yvelines-evecquemont-dix-sept-caravanes-abandonnees-sur-terrain-depuis-trois-mois_18472338.html
The Slovak President Andrej Kiska said during a visit in Moldavan ad Bodvou that the number of Roma in Slovakia reaches almost 10% of the population, but a large part of the politicians do not want to admit that they do not address the fundamental problems of this community.
Good for him!
– Hrubá sila podľa Kisku rómsky problém nevyrieši, v Moldave sa stretol s bežkyňou v balerínach. In: Web Noviny. 03.09.2018. https://www.webnoviny.sk/hruba-sila-podla-prezidenta-kisku-romsky-problem-nevyriesi-v-moldave-sa-stretol-s-bezkynou-v-balerinach/
– Neriešia sa zásadné problémy rómskej komunity, vyhlásil Kiska v Moldave. In: Korzar. 03.09.2018. https://kosice.korzar.sme.sk/c/20905762/neriesia-sa-zasadne-problemy-romskej-komunity-vyhlasil-kiska-v-moldave.html
The story of a young Rom voting for the extreme rightist (and anti-Roma) party of Tomio Okamura.
Not a good idea.
– Tomáš Ščuka: We may disagree with him, but Romani candidate for extremist party is entitled to his opinions. In: Romea. 07.09.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/tomas-scuka-we-may-disagree-with-him-but-romani-candidate-for-extremist-party-is-entitled-to-his-opinions
Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini wants a wider debate on the report on Roma integration following the publication of a report of activities on this subject in Slovakai for 2017.
– Pellegrini chce širšiu diskusiu k správe o integrácii Rómov, rokovanie odložili. In: SME Domov. 05.09.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20907116/vlada-rokovanie-k-sprave-o-integracii-romov-prerusila-pellegrini-chce-diskusiu.html
– K správe o integrácii Rómov sa vláda vráti o týždeň. In: Dobre Noviny. https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/141689/k-sprave-o-integracii-romov-sa-vlada-vrati-o-tyzden
A young Roma girl dies. The family asks the priest to celebrate a mass for the girl. He refuses – allegedly because the girl was baptised by a Uniat priest (the Ukrainian Orthodox church).
No empathy and probably a good dose of racism.
– В пресс-службе Волынской епархии УПЦ объяснили, почему священник не отпел ребенка ромов. In: Religion Unian. 04.09.2018. https://religions.unian.net/orthodoxy/10249167-v-press-sluzhbe-volynskoy-eparhii-upc-obyasnili-pochemu-svyashchennik-ne-otpel-rebenka-romov.html
– НА ВОЛЫНИ СВЯЩЕННИК УПЦ МП ОТКАЗАЛСЯ ОТПЕВАТЬ РЕБЕНКА РОМОВ | ФОТО. In: 1Com. https://1k.com.ua/na-volyni-svyashhennik-upts-mp-otkazalsya-otpevat-rebenka-romov-foto.html
A small atlas of Roma poetry.
– Poetischer Atlas der Roma und Sinti. In: Deutschlandkultur. 06.09.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/gedichtband-die-morgendaemmerung-der-worte-poetischer-atlas.1270.de.html?dram:article_id=427449
An interview of the president of one of the Swiss Sinti organisation in the context of the recognition of the Sinti (but not the Roma – Really!) in Switzerland.
– Die unbekannteste Minderheit: Sinti in der Schweiz. In: SRF Tagesgespräch. 06.09.2018. https://m.srf.ch/sendungen/tagesgespraech/die-unbekannteste-minderheit-sinti-in-der-schweiz
To the point: In German, one should not use the concept of “Ausländerfeindlichkeit” – which can be translated by Xenophobia – but connotes more the hate of foreigners, but rather state that this is outright racism as there are very few chances if any that a blond Dane or Swede be confronted to it.
If you are Rom, black, or non Northern European, then things get more difficult.
– Wie Worte die Realität verfälschen. In: Spiegel Online. 06.09.2018. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/chemnitz-berichterstattung-warum-auslaenderfeindlichkeit-das-falsche-wort-ist-a-1226620.html
There is an increased drive for Canada to officially recognise the Roma Holocaust. Prime Minister Trudeau already did so personally, but the official recognition will go through the parliament.
– Roma community campaigns for feds’ official recognition of genocide during Holocaust. In: The Hill Times. 05.09.2018. https://www.hilltimes.com/2018/09/05/roma-community-campaigns-feds-official-recognition-genocide-holocaust/156168
What happens to Roma who migrated to the UK for other European countries after Brexit? Most Roma in the UK are anxious about it.
– Roma rights in UK after Brexit. In: European Interest. 31.09.2018. https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/roma-rights-uk-brexit/
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