Author Archives: Roma Foundation

Allemagne Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Hate Speech in Germany

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Hate Speech in Germany

Well, unfortunately, not much is done about it in Germany, at least not on the internet.

Autriche Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Austria – Commemoration

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Austria – Commemoration

The Baranka Park commemoration took place for the 14th time last Saturday. The association “Voice of Diversity” organises these to commemorate the Roma and Sinti victims of National Socialism and to celebrate and convey the life and culture of the Roma and Sinti as well as Jewish and Viennese culture.

News Middle East

Turkey and Roma

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The Turkish government is planning an action plan on Roma in the country. It is a bit of a joke to speak about housing after the ruling party and Mr. Erdogan expelled the Roma from Istanbul oldest Roma neighbourhood to make space for his supporters, ending a millennium of Roma presence there.

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bulgaria and Illegal burials

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Bulgaria and Illegal burials

A well know Bulgarian TV presented was accused of racism for saying the illegal burials in Bulgaria are the work of “Roma”. He slipped even further saying he is using “To say ‘Roma’ is like saying a man or a woman”.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

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There are several Romanes words that are commonly used in Slovakia by the majority population. This article proposes a quiz, prepared together with the Romathan Theatre of Košice.

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Prague and Roma Refugees

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Prague and Roma Refugees

An article on the fate of Roma refugees from the Ukraine camping at the railway station in Prague. The Prague government denies them help given to Ukrainian refugees, as many of these Roma also have a Hungarian passport.

Moldavie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Roma Refugees – Moldova

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Roma Refugees – Moldova

In an environment where discriminatory attitudes toward Roma are widespread, Moldovan authorities have allowed – and in some cases suggested to volunteers – to prevent Roma refugees from staying in official accommodation, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.

Sad.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Ukraine, Roma, Refugees

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Ukraine, Roma, Refugees

A Ukrainian summary of the Guardian article about Roma refugees from Transcarpathia. The article in which it is called a “festering crisis,” the newspaper describes how hundreds of people sleep in unsanitary conditions at the train station and asks about the actions of the Czech authorities.

“Unlike other Ukrainians who were offered refugee visas, these families found they had nowhere to go and no one needed them,” the newspaper writes.

Europe

Roma in Europe

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Roma in Europe

Lower life expectancy, limited access to health services, violation of human rights… So many factors that affect the mental health of some 10 million Roma in Europe. Associations are sounding the alarm.

France Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Saintes Marie de la Mer

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Saintes Marie de la Mer

The pilgrimage of Saintes Marie de la Mer has started.

Allemagne Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Germany and Roma

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Germany and Roma

Mehmet Daimaguler is the Federal Government’s first Antiziganism Commissioner. In the interview he talks about the Sinti and Roma Holocaust, about their scandalous treatment in the post-war period and about the ongoing discrimination.

Europe

New Foundation

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New Foundation

The Open Society Foundations (OSF) has established a pan-European Roma independent foundation. Under the leadership of Zeljka Jovanovice, the current director of the OSF Roma Initiatives Office, the new European Roma Foundation will become the largest European Roma foundation ever. It will be financed by the OSF for ten years, which it will build on.

“I am proud to announce on the occasion of International Roma Resistance Day that we are taking our long-term commitment and commitment to the Roma to the next level,” said George Soros, founder and chairman of the OSF, on May 16.

Hongire News Americas Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Really?

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Really?

Zsolt Bayer, author of racist and anti-Semitic remarks, is among the speakers at the event organized in Budapest by an American conservative group. He qualified Jews of “stinking excrements” and Roma of “animals.

So much for these conservative Americans …

France Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

French Chronicle …

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French Chronicle …

Not much news on Roma this week. The upcoming pilgrimage of Saintes Marie de la Mer; the inauguration of the transition village in Montpellier and the fate of Roma from a camp that burnt in Aix en Provence in the South; and two articles on neighbours complaining about new Roma camps in their neighbourhood near Paris.

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