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Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

EU and Slovakia

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On the 7th and 8th of June, the EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, visited Slovakia. During the visit, she wanted to understand the progress on the investigation of the murder of journalist Jana Kuciak and his wife Martina Kušnířová and to find out what measures Slovakia has taken to better integrate Roma pupils into Slovak schools.

– Na Slovensko zavíta eurokomisárka. Zaujímať sa bude o Kuciaka a Rómov. In: Aktualne. 06.06.2018. https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/spolocnost/na-slovensko-zavita-eurokomisarka-zaujimat-bude-kuciaka-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/spolocnost/na-slovensko-zavita-eurokomisarka-zaujimat-bude-kuciaka-romov.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Ukraine and Pogroms

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The Ukrainian police is refusing to talk about the suspects of the various recent attacks against Roma in the country. They even refused to say whether anyone is being suspected at all of these attacks.

– Погром лагеря ромов: полиция отказалась говорить о подозреваемых. In: Liga. 04.06.2018. http://news.liga.net/incidents/news/pogrom-lagerya-romov-politsiya-otkazalas-govorit-o-podozrevaemyh [link-preview url=”http://news.liga.net/incidents/news/pogrom-lagerya-romov-politsiya-otkazalas-govorit-o-podozrevaemyh”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Ukraine; UN Demands Investigation

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The UN is asking Ukraine to investigate the spate of attacks against Roma in the country.

– ООН требует расследовать нападения на ромов в Украине. In: Korrespondent. 01.06.2018. https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/3976489-oon-trebuet-rassledovat-napadenyia-na-romov-v-ukrayne
– ООН призвала власти Украины расследовать атаки на ромов и ЛГБТ. In: Liga. 01.06.2018. http://news.liga.net/politics/news/oon-prizvali-vlasti-ukrainy-rassledovat-ataki-na-romov-i-lgbt [link-preview url=”https://korrespondent.net/ukraine/3976489-oon-trebuet-rassledovat-napadenyia-na-romov-v-ukrayne “]

Albanie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Virtual Reality

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A short movie made in virtual reality gives a tour of the Mahala – Roma quarter – of a small town in Albania as seen by a Romni activist.

– UNDP launches first virtual reality film about and with the Roma community. In: UNDP. 30.05.2018. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2018/Roma-virtual-film.html [link-preview url=”http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2018/Roma-virtual-film.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Roumanie

Roma Museum

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The story behind a Roma museum in Romania. The museum is in the suburbs of Bucharest, and one cannot but somewhat question its purpose as well as its exhibits …

– BUCAREST, DERNIÈRE STATION : LE MUSÉE DE LA CULTURE DES ROMS DE ROUMANIE. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 30.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bucarest-derniere-station-le-musee-de-la-culture-des-Roms [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bucarest-derniere-station-le-musee-de-la-culture-des-Roms”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Ukraine and Roma

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A chilling report of the current situation for Roma in the Ukraine.

– Mariana Berbec-Rostas: Fighting anti-Roma hate, one story at a time. In: The Kyiv Post. 03.05.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/mariana-berbec-rostas-fighting-anti-roma-hate-one-story-at-a-time.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/mariana-berbec-rostas-fighting-anti-roma-hate-one-story-at-a-time.html”]

Kosovo Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Kosovo and Property

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A seldom mentioned fact: Many Roma in Kosovo were evicted from their houses. 20 years later, they have not recovered their properties.

– KOSOVO : LE CASSE-TÊTE DE LA RESTITUTION DES PROPRIÉTÉS USURPÉES PENDANT LA GUERRE. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 29.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Kosovo-le-casse-tete-de-la-restitution-des-proprietes-usurpees-pendant-la [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Kosovo-le-casse-tete-de-la-restitution-des-proprietes-usurpees-pendant-la”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Czech Republic: A Rom and Inclusion

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David Beňák, a Czech Rom is now heading the Czech Agency for Social Inclusion.
Well done!

– Romani community member David Beňák now director of the Czech Govt Agency for Social Inclusion. In: Romea. 02.06.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romani-community-member-david-benak-now-director-of-the-czech-govt-agency-for-social-inclusion [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romani-community-member-david-benak-now-director-of-the-czech-govt-agency-for-social-inclusion”]

France Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest Slovaquie

French Chronicle …

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Lots of cultural events this week in France on Roma – and very little negative news. First, a projection of a movie on a Roma camp in Nantes. The movie is presented on the site of that former site, before it is developed. Projection of another movie on Roma in Arles. The exhibition “Mondes Tsiganes” in Paris, with many photographs. That exhibition is not in the right place (in the museum of migration) and is definitively fuelling clichés. Concert of a Slovakian Roma group in the South of France. Then the more usual news: A fire in a camp in Montreuil; a new squat of a empty house near Paris; and, surprise, a positive experiment in Marseilles, where Roma are lodged in apartments …

– Nantes. Miséry de Miséry, tous les chemins mènent aux Roms. In: Ouest France. 31.05.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-misery-de-misery-tous-les-chemins-menent-aux-roms-5794949
– 8, avenue Lénine. In: Journal Zibeline. http://www.journalzibeline.fr/8-avenue-lenine/
– “Mondes tsiganes” : histoire d’une fascination-répulsion fabriquée par les images. In: France 24. 02.06.2018. http://www.france24.com/fr/20180602-mondes-tsiganes-roms-exposition-photographie-images-stereotype-racisme
– Soirée sous le signe de la Slovaquie au Benefire. In: Midi Libre. 02.06.2018. http://www.midilibre.fr/2018/06/02/soiree-sous-le-signe-de-la-slovaquie-au-benefire,1680419.php
– Un incendie dans un bidonville de Montreuil, une cinquantaine de personnes mises à l’abri. In: France Bleu. 29.05.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/un-incendie-dans-un-bidonville-de-montreuil-cinquante-personnes-mises-a-l-abri-1527607184
– Montreuil : le bidonville part en fumée, quinze familles à la rue. In: Le Parisien. 29.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/montreuil-le-bidonville-part-en-fumee-quinze-familles-a-la-rue-29-05-2018-7742325.php
– Nouveau squat d’une maison inoccupée dans le Val-d’Oise. In: Le Parisien. 29.05.2018. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/nouveau-squat-d-maison-inoccupée-val-d-oise-184324686.html?guccounter=2
– Bouches-du-Rhône: A Gardanne, des camps de Roms à la vie tranquille en appartement. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 29.05.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2277007-20180529-bouches-rhone-gardanne-camps-roms-vie-tranquille-appartement [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-misery-de-misery-tous-les-chemins-menent-aux-roms-5794949 “]

Albanie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

About a Romni

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The story of an Albanian Romni and on how a film about her came to be.

– Virtual reality brought me into the world of a strong Roma woman. In: Medium. 30.05.2018. https://medium.com/@UNDP/virtual-reality-brought-me-into-the-world-of-a-strong-roma-woman-6025b314bea1 [link-preview url=”https://medium.com/@UNDP/virtual-reality-brought-me-into-the-world-of-a-strong-roma-woman-6025b314bea1″]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

I Have a Dream

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Young Roma students in the Czech Republic are sharing their stories as part of a campaign in the country called “I Have a Dream”.

– Vanesa Horváthová: I hope there will be more Romani doctors, journalists, lawyers and police officers. In: Romea. 30.05.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/vanesa-horvathova-i-hope-there-will-be-more-romani-doctors-journalists-lawyers-and-police-officers#.Ww7QlzqNDfM.facebook [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/vanesa-horvathova-i-hope-there-will-be-more-romani-doctors-journalists-lawyers-and-police-officers#.Ww7QlzqNDfM.facebook”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Khamoro

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The Khamoro Festival opened in Prague last Sunday.

– Romské slunce nezapadne celý týden, začal festival Khamoro. In: O24. 28.05.2018. http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/kultura/2492182-romske-slunce-nezapadne-cely-tyden-zacal-festival-khamoro
– Kultura: Festival Khamoro začal ve studiu Seznamu. Poslechněte si romský All-Star Band. In: Zpravy. https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/festival-khamoro-zacal-ve-studiu-seznamu-poslechnete-si-romsky-all-star-band-47914
– IN PRAG BEGINNT FESTIVAL KHAMORO. In: Radio Prague. 28.05.2018. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/nachrichten/in-prag-beginnt-festival-khamoro [link-preview url=”https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/festival-khamoro-zacal-ve-studiu-seznamu-poslechnete-si-romsky-all-star-band-47914 “]

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

Frankfurt: Eviction

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Another article on the closure of a migrant’s camp near the Frankfurt’s railway station. Many of its residents were Romanian Roma. As in France, no alternative was provided to the people, and they will land back on the streets.

– Polizei räumt Roma-Elendslager: „Sie werden wieder nur auf der Straße sitzen“. In: Focus. 30.05.2018. https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/sie-lebten-in-huetten-aus-sperrholz-polizei-raeumt-roma-elendslager-in-frankfurt-sie-werden-wieder-nur-auf-der-strasse-sitzen_id_9001339.html [link-preview url=”https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/sie-lebten-in-huetten-aus-sperrholz-polizei-raeumt-roma-elendslager-in-frankfurt-sie-werden-wieder-nur-auf-der-strasse-sitzen_id_9001339.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia and Children

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A depressing article about the prospects of young Roma from the settlements: If a child is born in a Roma settlement, he has no prospects for the future. He or she usually ends as his parents – without an education and under-employed. According to experts, poverty in Slovakia is due because of the persistent prejudice and the inability of schools to adapt to the needs of Roma children.

– Nikdy z teba nič nebude, počujú neraz deti Rómov. In: Slovensko. 28.05.2018. https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1752058-nikdy-z-teba-nic-nebude-pocuju-neraz-deti-romov [link-preview url=”https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1752058-nikdy-z-teba-nic-nebude-pocuju-neraz-deti-romov”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Ukraine

Ukraine and Pogroms

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An article on the series of Pogroms in the Ukraine and the de-facto impunity of the perpetuators. Scary is the fact that this anti-Roma attitude in society has gained hold in recent years.
Bad for all.

– “За погромы ромов так никто и не ответил”. Кто разжигает нетерпимость в обществе. In Vesti. 26.05.2018. https://vesti-ukr.com/strana/290208-za-pohromy-romov-tak-nikto-i-ne-otvetil-kto-razzhihaet-neterpimostv-obshchestve [link-preview url=”https://vesti-ukr.com/strana/290208-za-pohromy-romov-tak-nikto-i-ne-otvetil-kto-razzhihaet-neterpimostv-obshchestve”]

Kosovo Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Interview

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A video of an Interview with Kujtim Paćaku, who recently died. He was a Roma journalist and poet from Prizren. The interview was realised 4 years ago.

– Kujtim Paćaku poète rrom du Kosovo. https://vimeo.com/88567555 [link-preview url=”https://vimeo.com/88567555″]

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Ukraine: Follow Up

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The lawyer defending the Roma victims of an attack on a camp in the Kharkiv region was brutally attacked. And the leader of the attacker was none other than a local prosecutor. Apparently, the attackers were not even masked and there is CCTV coverage.
Bad.
Also bad that the newspaper used the picture of a Roma shantytown from Paris. It is the camp of the petite ceinture – on the tracks of a disused train line.

– Halya Coynash: Ukrainian prosecutor accused of brutal attack on Roma hate crime lawyer. In: Kyiv Post. 28.05.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-ukrainian-prosecutor-accused-of-brutal-attack-on-roma-hate-crime-lawyer.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-ukrainian-prosecutor-accused-of-brutal-attack-on-roma-hate-crime-lawyer.html”]

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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The Bulgarian authorities have begun destroying “illegal” houses, i.e. undocumented constructions, in the Stolipinovo neighbourhood of Plovdiv. Stolipinovo is one of the largest mahala (Roma neighbourhood) in the city.

– Събарят незаконните постройки в кв. Столипиново в Пловдив. In: Novini. 22.05.2018. https://www.facebook.com/Novini.bg/videos/1873962609337056/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/Novini.bg/videos/1873962609337056/”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovénie

Slovenia and Roma

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Roma are deprived of health care
According to the President of the Union of Roma of Slovenia Jožko Horvat Muca, the Roma community is deprived of health care. “Roma are still living in often illegal settlements, under bad conditions, without drinking water and electricity. All of this contributes to the poor health situation”.

– Romi so pri zdravstveni oskrbi prikrajšani. In: STA. 25.05.2018. https://siol.net/romi-so-prikrajsani-v-zdravstveni-oskrbi-468470 [link-preview url=”https://siol.net/romi-so-prikrajsani-v-zdravstveni-oskrbi-468470″]

Bosnie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bosnie

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Schooling is difficult for Roma in Bosnia. In Modrički Lug, a van was is planned to be bought in order to ferry Roma children to the nearby city of Vukosavlje, where they can pursue their school career. There is no upper secondary school in the city, and due to poverty, most cannot afford the transport. The purchase is a local Roma initiative.

– ROMS DE BOSNIE-HERZÉGOVINE : GRANDE PAUVRETÉ VS. DROIT À L’ÉDUCATION. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 23.05.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Roms-de-Bosnie-Herzegovine-grande-pauvrete-vs-droit-a-l-education [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Roms-de-Bosnie-Herzegovine-grande-pauvrete-vs-droit-a-l-education”]

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