Author Archives: Roma Foundation

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Pollak again

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Pollak again

A review and views on the work of Peter Pollak and his impact on Rroma issues. This highlights also the fact that a single Rrom in a parliament is bound to face issues and be seen as failing, and also that there are many established institutions who prefer “their” Rroma reality to the hard facts …

Hard job, long term, and impossible hurdles.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Stolpersteine

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Stolpersteine

An article about these little stones that commemorate victims of the Holocaust in several countries (there are by now 48’000 of these). The sculptor Gunter Demnig had the idea on the 50th anniversary of Himmler’s edict on the deportation of Roma and Sinti. Strangely enough, Minich still bans these stones …

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Pollak Resigns

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Slovakia: Pollak Resigns

The government proxy for Rroma affairs, Peter Pollak resigned from his pots on April 4th. Pollak was very much engaged in improving the situation for Rroma in Slovakia, he himself running a school in Jarovnice.

A successor will be nominated by the Most-Hid coalition.

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French Journalists Trying to Understand Rroma

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French Journalists Trying to Understand Rroma

A few French journalists from the Bourgogne region went to Romania to try to understand a bit more about Rroma… If only they would open up on the fact that Romanian Rroma are not necessarily representative of the entire community …

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Camps near Rome

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Camps near Rome

An article about the shanty towns and camps near and around Rome where where one estimates that 8’000 people live, a large majority of them Rroma from former Yugoslavia and from Romania but also Italians and South Americans.

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Not Acceptable !

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Not Acceptable !

An article in the Canadian Press is mixing some historical facts (Indian origin, since at least 900 years in the Balkan, etc.) with some gross mistakes – Rom comes from Romania. But then, there are totally racist statements. Judge by yourself:

  • No patriotism (gypsies have never been tied to any lands unless by force)
  • There is no spirit of solidarity (gypsies express such feelings of solidarity only in cases that serve their interests of the moment)
  • There is no punctuality and a sense of order (gypsies are Bohemian, indifferent to history, they are perennial pilgrims)
  • There is no respect for the law (in gypsy society the law is made by the “stabor” and the “bulibasha,” similar to Muslim tribes and their Sharia Law)
  • Gypsies build a state within a state, supported by the force of the occult.

Please protest!

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Of Plants and Travellers

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Of Plants and Travellers

The newly established camp for travelers in Basle is again being discussed, as there may be some rare plants there that could be threatened by the caravans… Knowing that this is a strip of grass in the middle of the city next to railroad tracks, no comments required …

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French Chronicle …

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This week, French news are not dominated by the closure of camps or petty criminality … Main news are the fight against discrimination and racism. This is much better!

News on an exhibition in Roubaix, in the North on racism; “living books” aka story tellers in Lille; 200 people manifesting against the expulsions in Lille; and a portrait of an activist in Marseilles.

Expulsions are also in the press: Near Paris where 600 people were expulsed; and in the North where a camp awaits the verdict of the courts on its eviction.

Then, there is crime … With the collaboration of the French and Romanian police (bad, as the latter are really racist); and with arrests for theft among Rroma.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Police Cleared

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Slovakia: Police Cleared

The Slovak Interior Ministry investigation cleared the police of any wrongdoings during the police raids in the Rroma settlement in Moldava nad Bodvou. As a reminder, several Rroma were beaten up, some even in the police station …

SHAME!

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Roumanie

Romania: Evictions have to Stop!

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Romania: Evictions have to Stop!

The European Human Rights Court is asking Romania to stop the eviction of Rroma in the Southern city of Eforie. These Rroma currently live in containers on the edge of the town and have been threatened with eviction due to unpaid utility bills. There have been other expulsions recently in Romania.

Bad …

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest Roumanie

I am a Rromni

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I am a Rromni

Interesting … News in Romanian about a series of cultural events on European Roma art. The whole thing taking place in Vienna, Austria. There will be film screenings, exhibitions, concerts, theatrical performances which will show the public a picture of what it means to be Roma and specifically a Rromni. It also mentions – a first – invisible Rroma, i.e. integrated Rroma. There is progress J

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Remembering!

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Remembering!

The city of Marburg in Germany remembered deported Sinti. The city’s mayor also expressed regrets at the current discrimination levels against Sinti and Rroma in Germany.

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Two Years Later

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Two Years Later

Two years ago, the fate of a young Rromni – Leonarda – from Kosovo who was expulsed from France filled the papers. She was found by a journalist in Kosovo where she works as a waitress. It says a lot about those expulsions.

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