– Head of Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo paid respects to Roma victims of the Holocaust in Donja Gradina. In: Council of Europe. 02.08.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/sarajevo/-/head-of-council-of-europe-office-in-sarajevo-paid-respects-to-roma-victims-of-the-holocaust-in-donja-gradina [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/sarajevo/-/head-of-council-of-europe-office-in-sarajevo-paid-respects-to-roma-victims-of-the-holocaust-in-donja-gradina”]
Category Archives: News Eastern Europe
Auschwitz
– Commemoration of the Roma Holocaust: our duty to remember, and to combat persisting anti-Gypsyism in today’s Europe. In: Council of Europe. 02.08.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/commemoration-of-the-roma-holocaust-our-duty-to-remember-and-combat-persisting-anti-gypsyism-in-today-s-europe [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/commemoration-of-the-roma-holocaust-our-duty-to-remember-and-combat-persisting-anti-gypsyism-in-today-s-europe”]
Holocaust Remembrance: Croatia
Let’s not forget that Croatia killed nearly ALL Croatian Roma during World War Two. This was not the Germans, but the Ustaša. If you want to meet the few Croatian Roma who survived, you have to go to Milan …
– Croatia Marks International Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. 02.08.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/30176-croatia-marks-international-roma-genocide-remembrance-day [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/30176-croatia-marks-international-roma-genocide-remembrance-day”]
Holocaust Remembrance: Bulgaria and Romania
– Bulgaria and Romania Mark Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. In: Balkan Insight. 02.08.2018. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/gallery/bulgaria-and-romania-mark-roma-holocaust-memorial-day-08-02-2018 [link-preview url=”http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/gallery/bulgaria-and-romania-mark-roma-holocaust-memorial-day-08-02-2018″]
Sziget Festival in a few days.
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Slovakia: Do not Forget
A summary of Holocaust for Roma in Slovakia and the Commemorations and remembrance on Holocaust.
– Rómsky holokaust nesmie upadnúť do zabudnutia, pripomenú ho viaceré podujatia. In: Spravy Pravda. 01.08.2018. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/478859-romsky-holokaust-nesmie-upadnut-do-zabudnutia-pripomenu-ho-viacere-podujatia/ [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/478859-romsky-holokaust-nesmie-upadnut-do-zabudnutia-pripomenu-ho-viacere-podujatia/”]
UN and Ukraine
The UN is urging Ukraine to stop violence against Roma.
– Hromadske International: UN urges Ukraine to crackdown on anti-Roma violence. In: Kyiv Post. 31.07.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/hromadske-international-un-urges-ukraine-to-crackdown-on-anti-roma-violence.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/hromadske-international-un-urges-ukraine-to-crackdown-on-anti-roma-violence.html”]
Slovenia and Holocaust
Slovenia will mark the International Roma Holocaust Day with several events.
– Roma Holocaust remembered in Slovenia. In: STA. 01.08.2018. https://english.sta.si/2539494/roma-holocaust-remembered-in-slovenia [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2539494/roma-holocaust-remembered-in-slovenia”]
Example
A good example of what can be achieved even in a region that is really poor. Roma in a very tiny village (Szúcs-Bányatelep) in North Eastern Hungary help themselves.
– En Hongrie, un village rom fait mentir les préjugés. In: Le Courrier International. 27.07.2018. https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/en-hongrie-un-village-rom-fait-mentir-les-prejuges [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/en-hongrie-un-village-rom-fait-mentir-les-prejuges”]
Example
A good example of what can be achieved even in a region that is really poor. Roma in a very tiny village (Szúcs-Bányatelep) in North Eastern Hungary help themselves.
– En Hongrie, un village rom fait mentir les préjugés. In: Le Courrier International. 27.07.2018. https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/en-hongrie-un-village-rom-fait-mentir-les-prejuges [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/en-hongrie-un-village-rom-fait-mentir-les-prejuges”]
Indicted …
Jaroslav Stanik, the former secretary of the rightist party of Tomio Okamura, will have to answer charges of incitation to racial hatred for his comments on migrant and Roma.
Good!
– L’ANCIEN SECRÉTAIRE DU PARTI D’EXTRÊME-DROITE SPD POURSUIVI POUR INCITATION À LA HAINE. In: Radio Prague. 24.07.2018. http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/lancien-secretaire-du-parti-dextreme-droite-spd-poursuivi-pour-incitation-a-la-haine [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/lancien-secretaire-du-parti-dextreme-droite-spd-poursuivi-pour-incitation-a-la-haine”]
Indicted …
Jaroslav Stanik, the former secretary of the rightist party of Tomio Okamura, will have to answer charges of incitation to racial hatred for his comments on migrant and Roma.
Good!
– L’ANCIEN SECRÉTAIRE DU PARTI D’EXTRÊME-DROITE SPD POURSUIVI POUR INCITATION À LA HAINE. In: Radio Prague. 24.07.2018. http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/lancien-secretaire-du-parti-dextreme-droite-spd-poursuivi-pour-incitation-a-la-haine [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/lancien-secretaire-du-parti-dextreme-droite-spd-poursuivi-pour-incitation-a-la-haine”]
Returning Roma
A reportage on the fate of Roma who are expulsed back to Kosovo after having spent more than a decade iN Germany.
Bad.
– Abschiebung in den Kosovo – Härte vor Humanität. In: Deutsche Welle. 26.07.2018. https://www.dw.com/de/abschiebung-in-den-kosovo-härte-vor-humanität/a-44840454 [link-preview url=”https://www.dw.com/de/abschiebung-in-den-kosovo-härte-vor-humanität/a-44840454″]
Returning Roma
A reportage on the fate of Roma who are expulsed back to Kosovo after having spent more than a decade iN Germany.
Bad.
– Abschiebung in den Kosovo – Härte vor Humanität. In: Deutsche Welle. 26.07.2018. https://www.dw.com/de/abschiebung-in-den-kosovo-härte-vor-humanität/a-44840454 [link-preview url=”https://www.dw.com/de/abschiebung-in-den-kosovo-härte-vor-humanität/a-44840454″]
Croatia and Racism
A Romni artist in Rijeka was told by a taxi driver that he would not give rides to gypsies and whores …
Summarises well what happens in Croatia.
– Umjetnicu koja izlaže u Rijeci napao vozač: ‘Ne vozim Cigane i ne vozim kurve. Vozim za dom i poglavnika’. In: Novilist. 25.07.2018. http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Umjetnicu-koja-izlaze-u-Rijeci-napao-vozac-Ne-vozim-Cigane-i-ne-vozim-kurve.-Vozim-za-dom-i-poglavnika?meta_refresh=true [link-preview url=”http://www.novilist.hr/Vijesti/Hrvatska/Umjetnicu-koja-izlaze-u-Rijeci-napao-vozac-Ne-vozim-Cigane-i-ne-vozim-kurve.-Vozim-za-dom-i-poglavnika?meta_refresh=true”]
Ukraine – Some Movement
The Ukrainian Government wants to create regional authorities on Roma affairs in regions with “large” Roma population.
Frankly what will they do. The issue is nationalism and segregation, not the lack of committees…
– Ukraine’s govt supports creation of regional authorities for Roma affairs. In: 112.ua. 24.07.2018. https://112.international/politics/ukraines-govt-supports-creation-of-regional-authorities-for-roma-affairs-30528.html
– 112.ua: Cabinet supports creation of regional authorities for Roma affairs. In: Kyiv Post. 24.07.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/112-ua-cabinet-supports-creation-of-regional-authorities-for-roma-affairs.html [link-preview url=”https://112.international/politics/ukraines-govt-supports-creation-of-regional-authorities-for-roma-affairs-30528.html “]
Attack in Žilina
Several people attacked a small group or Roma in the Slovak own of Žilina. One has a brain haemorrhage and another a broken leg. “They started behind us, shouting – gypsies, we will kill you. They were throwing stones on us, bottles, screaming”.
The attackers fled when the police arrived.
– Rómov v Žiline dobila skupina mužov, jeden skončil v nemocnici s krvácaním do mozgu. In: Dennik. 23.07.2018. https://dennikn.sk/1186559/romov-v-ziline-dobila-skupina-muzov-jeden-skoncil-v-nemocnici-s-krvacanim-do-mozgu/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/1186559/romov-v-ziline-dobila-skupina-muzov-jeden-skoncil-v-nemocnici-s-krvacanim-do-mozgu/”]
Slovenia and Italy
The Slovenian press is beginning to report on the closure of legal Roma camps in Rome and the deportation of some of its residents.
– Občina Rim se je prva lotila izgona Romov. In: RTV Slovenia. 21.07.2018. http://www.rtvslo.si/svet/obcina-rim-se-je-prva-lotila-izgona-romov/461271 [link-preview url=”http://www.rtvslo.si/svet/obcina-rim-se-je-prva-lotila-izgona-romov/461271″]
Forced Labour
Not a surprise, unfortunately, but the Mafia is exploiting Bulgarian Roma as cheap labour in Southern Italy.
– Bulgarian Roma – Labor Force Under Mafia Control in Southern Italy. In: EUScoop. https://www.euscoop.com/en/2018/7/23/bulgarian-roma-work-force-mafia-control-southern-italy [link-preview url=”https://www.euscoop.com/en/2018/7/23/bulgarian-roma-work-force-mafia-control-southern-italy”]
Support
A new movement of Roma students in the Czech Republic wants to support and help young talented Roma.
Good!
– MfD: New movement wants to support young talented Roma. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 20.07.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/07/20/mfd-new-movement-wants-support-young-talented-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/07/20/mfd-new-movement-wants-support-young-talented-roma”]
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