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Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia and Work – Lack of Workers

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There is a shortage of workers in Slovakia and the state is taking measures to employ Roma and bring in skilled workers (who often are actually also Roma) …

– Recept na nedostatok ľudí? Rýchlejší príchod cudzincov a práca pre Rómov. In: Spary Pravda. 28.08.2018. https://spravy.pravda.sk/ekonomika/clanok/482066-recept-na-nedostatok-ludi-rychlejsi-prichod-cudzincov-a-praca-pre-romov/
– Aktualizované: Dovoz pracovníkov zo zahraničia by sa mal zjednodušiť, Pellegrini chce zamestnať aj Rómov. In: Web Noviny. 28.08.2018. https://www.webnoviny.sk/dovoz-pracovnikov-zo-zahranicia-sa-mal-zjednodusit-pellegrini-chce-zamestnat-aj-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/ekonomika/clanok/482066-recept-na-nedostatok-ludi-rychlejsi-prichod-cudzincov-a-praca-pre-romov/ “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia and Work

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Minister of Labour Ján Richter has repeatedly said that there are many Roma in Slovakia who want to work, only companies have many prejudices against them.
The most recent analysis of the Institute of Financial Policy at the Ministry of Finance shows that most of the work Roma do does not really benefit the state ad that the measures to help Roma find work are inadequate.

– Rómov firmy nechcú, veľmi nepomáha ani štát. In: SME. 28.08.2018. https://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/20901099/romov-firmy-nechcu-velmi-nepomaha-ani-stat.html [link-preview url=”https://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/20901099/romov-firmy-nechcu-velmi-nepomaha-ani-stat.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Kyiv …

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What we don’t need – a report of “bands” of “Gypsy thieves” “robbing” people in the Kyiv railway station. And, while it is unfortunately probably true that there are Roma who steal there, the blanket statements in an already hot and tense situation do not help.

– Орудуют целой группой: на вокзале в Киеве засекли ромов-воров. In: Obozrevatel. 27.08.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/crime/oruduyut-tseloj-gruppoj-na-vokzale-v-kieve-zasekli-romov-vorov.htm [link-preview url=”https://www.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/crime/oruduyut-tseloj-gruppoj-na-vokzale-v-kieve-zasekli-romov-vorov.htm”]

Moldavie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Roumanie Ukraine

Tatarbunar …

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The mayor of Tatarbunar, Andrei Glushchenko, in the Odessa region close to Moldova and Romania, has an adviser on Roma issues. He will consult with the communities of this people and choose one representative who will sit in the city council. The mayor wants Roma to participate more actively in the life of the city.
Let’s see …

– В Одесской области появился советник по делам ромов. In: USI. 25.08.2018. https://usionline.com/2018/08/25/v-odesskoj-oblasti-poyavilsya-sovetnik-po-delam-romov/
– У главы Татарбунар, Одесская область, есть советник по вопросам ромов. In: Slovo. 22.08.2018. http://slovo.odessa.ua/news/29444-u-glavy-tatarbunar-odesskaya-oblast-est-sovetnik-po-voprosam-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://usionline.com/2018/08/25/v-odesskoj-oblasti-poyavilsya-sovetnik-po-delam-romov/ “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Russie

Russian Nationalism

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Not surprisingly, Russians are getting increasingly nationalists and think that Russia is for Russians. The first victims thereof are clearly Roma …
Bad, especially in a country where there were very little stereotypes against Roma.

– Mehr Russen lehnen Fremde ab. In: Tageschau. 27.08.2018. https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/lewada-institut-101.html [link-preview url=”https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/lewada-institut-101.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Epidemics

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The Roma shantytowns in Slovakia are seeing high levels of infectious diseases such as measles, mumps, jaundice, and now mosquito borne diseases.

– Prečo má východné Slovensko také veľké problémy s epidémiami chorôb (mapy). In: Aktuality. 22.08.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/615828/preco-ma-vychodne-slovensko-take-velke-problemy-s-epidemiami-chorob-mapy/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/615828/preco-ma-vychodne-slovensko-take-velke-problemy-s-epidemiami-chorob-mapy/”]

France Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Like the French

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Nothing to be proud of, but the Belgians are applying the same failed policies as their southern neighbour in the case of Roma: Repeated expulsions.
Bad …

– Neder-over-Hembeek : le groupe de Roms installé dans la rue des Prés Communs a été expulsé ce jeudi. In: BX1. 23.08.2018. https://bx1.be/bruxelles-ville/neder-over-hembeek-groupe-de-roms-installe-rue-pres-communs-a-ete-expulse-jeudi/
– La police évacue un camp de Roms rue du Pavillon à Schaerbeek. In: BX1. 20.08.2018. https://bx1.be/news/police-evacue-camp-de-roms-rue-pavillon-a-schaerbeek/ [link-preview url=”https://bx1.be/bruxelles-ville/neder-over-hembeek-groupe-de-roms-installe-rue-pres-communs-a-ete-expulse-jeudi/ “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Education, Corruption, and More

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Rastislav Trnka, in early July, the president of Kosice Self-governing, filed a criminal complaint regarding a bribe he was offered and for the intimidation he has been subjected to related to the mismanagement of funds in the case of an education program in Sečovcia, which belongs to the Unesco School in Dobšin. Trnka said the operation of program was too costly for the region and there were suspicions of breaching the law. It is unfortunately a program aimed at integrating Roma …

– Trnka o elokovanom pracovisku v Sečovciach: “Nechcem zrušiť vzdelávania pre Rómov. Prekáža mi množstvo porušení zákona a plytvanie peniazmi nás všetkých”. In: Hlavne Spravy. 24.08.2018. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/trnka-elokovanom-pracovisku-secovciach-nechcem-zrusit-vzdelavania-romov-prekaza-mi-mnozstvo-poruseni-zakona-plytvanie-peniazmi-nas-vsetkych/1500940
– Keď rozum nepustí… In: HN Kommentare. 24.08.2018. https://komentare.hnonline.sk/komentare/1798603-ked-rozum-nepusti [link-preview url=”https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/trnka-elokovanom-pracovisku-secovciach-nechcem-zrusit-vzdelavania-romov-prekaza-mi-mnozstvo-poruseni-zakona-plytvanie-peniazmi-nas-vsetkych/1500940 “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Ukraine: Neo Fascists

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A report on the fears and lives of Roma in the Ukraine following the numerous attacks they have been subjected to by far-right extremists.

– ‘They wanted to kill us’: masked neo-fascists strike fear into Ukraine’s Roma. In: The Guardian. 27.08.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/27/they-wanted-to-kill-us-masked-neo-fascists-strike-fear-into-ukraines-roma [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/27/they-wanted-to-kill-us-masked-neo-fascists-strike-fear-into-ukraines-roma”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Koudelka

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A retrospective of Josef’s Koudelka’s photograph can be seen in Prague. Besides having documented the Societ invasion of 1968, he also did an iconic work on Roma.
A must see.

– JOSEF KOUDELKA – UNE VIE SACRIFIÉE À LA PHOTOGRAPHIE. In: Radio Praha. 25.08.2018. https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/literature/josef-koudelka-une-vie-sacrifiee-a-la-photographie [link-preview url=”https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/literature/josef-koudelka-une-vie-sacrifiee-a-la-photographie”]

Allemagne Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Collective Guilt

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An editorial on the debate about child social money in Germany, saying with right that Roma and Sinti are collectively presented as guilty …

– KINDERGELD-DEBATTE: UND WIEDER WERDEN SINTI UND ROMA KOLLEKTIV ZU TÄTERN GEMACHT. In: Belltowers. 24.08.2018. http://www.belltower.news/artikel/debatte-um-kindergeld-und-wieder-werden-sinti-und-roma-kollektiv-zu-taetern-gemacht-14122 [link-preview url=”http://www.belltower.news/artikel/debatte-um-kindergeld-und-wieder-werden-sinti-und-roma-kollektiv-zu-taetern-gemacht-14122″]

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Roma Armee

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Next show … Tpday

– http://www.dramaten.se/repertoar/roma-armee/ [link-preview url=”http://www.dramaten.se/repertoar/roma-armee/”]

France Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

French Chronicle…

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Not many news this week on Roma. In the North, the headline asks what alternatives there are to shantytowns. Warranted question in France, where the very same 20’000 people get pushed from one to the next precarious lodging. Then, a camp closure in Lille; an aggression of firemen as they came to the rescue of a person in a Roma camp in Montpellier (Bad); in Lyon, an expulsion ith the expulsed people squatting in a square; and finally in Lyon, the insertion village closure, after a really successful period seing all the Roma having found a job an housing.

– Quelle alternative aux bidonvilles ? In: La Voix du Nord. 21.08.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/435458/article/2018-08-21/quelle-alternative-aux-bidonvilles
– À Lille, les Roms du carrefour Pasteur ont levé le camp. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.08.2018. http://lavdn.lavoixdunord.fr/434582/article/2018-08-20/lille-les-roms-du-carrefour-pasteur-ont-leve-le-camp
– Les Roms du carrefour Pasteur n’ont pas attendu le face-à-face avec la police. In: La Voix du Nord. 19.08.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/434550/article/2018-08-19/les-roms-du-carrefour-pasteur-n-ont-pas-attendu-le-face-face-avec-la-police
– Montpellier : Les pompiers agressés dans un camp de Roms alors qu’ils venaient secourir une personne. In: Actu 17. 21.08.2018. https://actu17.fr/montpellier-les-pompiers-agresses-dans-un-camp-de-roms-alors-quils-venaient-secourir-une-personne/
– Montpellier : des pompiers agressés au camp de Roms, une plainte déposée. In: Midi Libre. 20.08.2018. https://www.midilibre.fr/2018/08/20/montpellier-des-pompiers-agresses-au-camp-de-roms-une-plainte-deposee,4679290.php
– Expulsion à Lyon : des familles précaires à la rue. In: Lyon Capitale. 22.08.2018. https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/actualite/expulsion-a-lyon-des-familles-precaires-a-la-rue/
– Lyon : des familles roumaines et moldaves expulsées installées place Sathonay. In: FR3. 24.08.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/rhone/lyon/lyon-familles-roumaines-moldaves-expulsees-installees-place-sathonay-1530084.html
– Le village d’insertion de St-Genis-les-O. ferme, la plupart des Roms ont trouvé travail et lodgement. In: Le Progrès. 25.08.2018. https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-ouest-lyonnais/2018/08/25/le-village-d-insertion-ferme-la-plupart-des-roms-ont-trouve-travail-et-logement [link-preview url=”https://actu17.fr/montpellier-les-pompiers-agresses-dans-un-camp-de-roms-alors-quils-venaient-secourir-une-personne/ “]

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Not Good

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A new book on Roma in Hungary, and lots of falsehoods on their origins and arrival in Hungary.

– Emberevő cigányok és újmagyarok. In: Index. 22.08.2018. https://index.hu/techtud/tortenelem/2018/08/22/emberevo_ciganyok_es_ujmagyarok/ [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/techtud/tortenelem/2018/08/22/emberevo_ciganyok_es_ujmagyarok/”]

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Neo-Fascism

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Two articles on the dangers of “neo-fascism” and populism for minorities and refugees.
Scary.

– Vom unrentablen Menschen. In: Junge Welt. 22.08.2018. https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/338373.vom-unrentablen-menschen.html
– Mojca Širok, novinarka in pisateljica. In: Mladina. 24.08.2018. https://www.mladina.si/187001/mojca-sirok-novinarka-in-pisateljica/ [link-preview url=”https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/338373.vom-unrentablen-menschen.html “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Roma Spirit Jubilee

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Roma Spirit, now in its tenth year, is a program that aims at presenting successful examples of integration in Slovakia. The Roma Spirit 2018 award is awarded in seven categories – Personality, Culture, Town and City, Society and Employer, NGO, Media and Cinema of the Year.

– Jubilejný Roma Spirit predstaví dobré príklady integrácie Rómov. In: SME 22.08.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20898016/jubilejny-roma-spirit-ma-predstavit-dobre-priklady-integracie-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20898016/jubilejny-roma-spirit-ma-predstavit-dobre-priklady-integracie-romov.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

School and Roma

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A Slovak sociologist, Jarmila Lajčáková, Center for Research on Ethnicity and Culture says that gifted young Roma often do not go to college because they lack money or self-confidence. she created a program to help Roma prepare for admission exams and then graduate from the University of Economics in Bratislava.

– Sociologička Lajčáková: Samotná snaha mladých Rómov nestačí, potrebujú pomoc. In: SME. 22.08.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20897952/sociologicka-lajcakova-snaha-romov-nestaci-treba-pomoc-rozhovor.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20897952/sociologicka-lajcakova-snaha-romov-nestaci-treba-pomoc-rozhovor.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest Royaume-Uni

Review

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A review of two recent books on Roma in the UK. One by Fabian Le Bas and one, more historical, by David Cressy.

– Gypsies by David Cressy and The Stopping Places by Damian Le Bas review – the truth about life on the road. In: The Guardian. 22.08.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/22/gypsies-david-cressy-stopping-places-damian-le-bas-review [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/22/gypsies-david-cressy-stopping-places-damian-le-bas-review”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Pologne

Hell on Earth

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No comments – and a nice acknowledgement.

– ‘Hell on Earth was a German creation,’ says Foreign Minister on visit to Auschwitz. In: The Local (DE). 20.08.2018. https://www.thelocal.de/20180820/hell-on-earth-was-a-german-creation-says-foreign-minister-on-visit-to-auschwitz [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.de/20180820/hell-on-earth-was-a-german-creation-says-foreign-minister-on-visit-to-auschwitz”]

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