Author Archives: Roma Foundation

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Czech Republic: Trial

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Lawyers of the European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) and the Forum for Human Rights (FORUM) filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against the Czech Republic over the death of Roma Stanislav Tomáš during a police intervention in Teplice in 2021. The Czech Constitutional Court rejected a complaint by the organization in April 2023. The case before the court is being conducted on behalf of the surviving family member of the deceased Roma.

Moldavie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Moldova: Award

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The US Embassy in Moldova congratulated activist Victorina Luca on receiving the Global Anti-Racism Hero Award. She is the first member of the Roma Council for the Prevention of Discrimination and Ensuring Equality.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken noted that her work to end discrimination in Moldova and protect the interests of the Moldovan Roma community is an example for everyone. “We honour Victorina and all human rights defenders and are proud to work with them to solve current problems and build a more democratic, prosperous and secure future in Moldova,” Blinken said at the award ceremony.

Croatie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Croatia: Mixed Marriages

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A Croatian sociologist is married to a Rom from Kosovo. They have a daughter together. And they face lots of prejudice.

Allemagne Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Germany: Integration?

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For several years, a group of Roma from Romania lived in a camp in the middle of Berlin. Now the district wants to put them in apartments and find them official work.

The article asks whether this will work. Alone the question contains a lot of stereotypes …

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Czech Republic: Memories

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A new Internet project in the Czech Republic collects and presents eyewitness accounts of the persecution of the Roma during the German occupation of the country in World War II.

The touching individual fates have been available for a few days at www.romanestimonies.com – both in Czech and in English translation. They are supplemented by historical notes and an extensive glossary.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest Royaume-Uni

Tory MP on Travellers

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The Tory MP who was investigated in Wales for a leaflet that was deemed racist by Travellers has a long story of hostile and racist comments about Travellers. The Guardian found evidence as far back as 25 years ago.

It shoes that racism against these communities does not impair your chances of promotion.

Sad.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia and Roma

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Zuzana Kumanová, PhD., is one of the most prominent experts in ethnology and history of the 20th century, especially in the topic of the Roma Holocaust. In addition to the academic sphere, she is also active in the field of Roma and women’s activism and in public and state administration. She says that as a society, we don’t know what we actually want to do with the Roma.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest Royaume-Uni

UK: No further Actions

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The police will not pursue actions against the Welsh Tory MP for his leaflet against Travellers.

Unfortunately not surprising.

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bulgaria and Roma Weddings

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A “special Operation” of the police in Sliven confiscated musical instruments in a Romani Mahala for violating the night silence ordinance, that is celebrating weddings after 11 PM.

They really have nothing better to do…

Nouvelles suisses

Switzerland and Travellers

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Another conflict between Swiss towns and Roma travellers. This time in Yverdon. The town has blocked access to a camping site with concrete blocks, preventing the Roma who are there from leaving with their caravans.

There are not enough sites in Switzerland, and the highest court in the land is prompting the cantons to remedy this issue. Nothing is of course done.

Autriche Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Salzburg: Monument Restored

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Salzburg: Monument Restored

The monument commemorating the Roma victims of the Holocaust on the site of the camp of Maxglan will be reopened this coming Wednesday. It was heavily damaged in February.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Diggers

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A strange story: Roma have allegedly dug up disused cables in the Prešov region. However, it is not a few metres, but rather 10 kilometres of trenches that have been dug up in the region.

Croatie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Croatia and the Holocaust

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Croatia and the Holocaust

An article on the Genocide of the Roma in Croatia, a Genocide that didn’t leave anyone alive. The historian Danijel Vojak explains.

In fact, if one wants to meet Croatian Roma, the only place is Milan, where a few of them fled in 1944. The Roma currently in Croatia come from other parts of former Yugoslavia.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Peter Pollak on the Holocaust

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Peter Pollák, Slovak MEP during the commemoration of the Genocide of the Roma in Banská Bystrica that “The pernicious ideology of Nazism and fascism caused millions of victims, including hundreds of thousands of Roma in Europe. Even the Roma bought today’s peace. However, we must keep in mind that if we don’t remember these atrocities, what our ancestors went through, we can also go through.”

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Hungary and Analphabets

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The Hungarian Minister Gergely Gulyás who tried to explain the high percentage of 8th graders who are analphabets by laying the blame on Roma is being countered by an economist and education researcher Júlia Varga.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Pologne

Poland – Eviction

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Moving of a Roma family who lives in an old building failed. The City of Limanowo, due to the lack of social housing in its area, intended to buy an apartment in another community, but failed to raise funds for this purpose.

The Roma are now left by themselves.

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Interview with Lucie Fuková

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An interview with the commissioner for Roma minority affairs of the Czech Republic. She is being asked what the state is doing to prevent the recurrence of conflicts between Roma and Ukrainians and wether the Commissioner of the Council of Europe right when she claims that the Roma in the Czech Republic face discrimination.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Serbie

Serbia: The Opovo Settlement

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The new settlement in Opovo is one of the more organized of the Vojvodina region, having been built in 2019 by a European Union project with the aim of integrating the Roma population into the local community. It was visited by representatives of the National Council of the Roma National Minority and the province on the occasion of the “Children’s Games”.

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