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Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Special Schools or not?

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Slovakia has a tradition of putting Roma in special school for children with mental problems. An NGO wanted to check the situation. It still exists, but is probably more differentiated. In the Rokycani district, 20% of Roma children are still enrolled in such schools. High by any standards, but lower than it was.

– OĽaNO chce preveriť zaraďovanie Rómov do špeciálnych základných škôl. In: SME Domov. 25.11.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20702484/olano-chce-preverit-zaradovanie-romov-do-specialnych-zakladnych-skol.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20702484/olano-chce-preverit-zaradovanie-romov-do-specialnych-zakladnych-skol.html”]

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Plovdiv Region: More Hepatitis

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An article on the Hepatitis A epidemic affecting mostly Roma children in the Plovdiv region in Bulgaria.

– Plovdiv: 71 of total 89 people infected with hepatitis A in the Roma neighborhood Rakovski of Plovdiv are children aged 1 to 14 years. In: Focus. 25.11.2017. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/11/25/425358/71-of-total-89-people-infected-with-hepatitis-a-in-the-roma-neighborhood-of-rakovski-in-plovdiv-are-children-aged-1-to-14-years.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/11/25/425358/71-of-total-89-people-infected-with-hepatitis-a-in-the-roma-neighborhood-of-rakovski-in-plovdiv-are-children-aged-1-to-14-years.html”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

More on Lety!

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More articles on the purchase of the pig farm on the site of the former concentration camp of Lety, in the Czech Republic.

– Tschechien: Roma-Gedenkstätte ersetzt Schweinemast auf früherem NS-Lagergelände. In: RT. 24.11.2017. https://deutsch.rt.com/europa/61138-tschechien-roma-gedenkstaette-ersetzt-schweinemast-auf-früherem-ns-lagergelaende/
– Schweinefarm wird zur KZ-Gedenkstätte. In: N-TV. 23.11.2017. https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Schweinefarm-wird-zur-KZ-Gedenkstaette-article20148960.html
– Czechy: Rząd wykupił chlewnię obejmującą teren obozu dla Romów. In: Farmer.pl. 24.11.2017. http://www.farmer.pl/fakty/unia-europejska/czechy-rzad-wykupil-chlewnie-obejmujaca-teren-obozu-dla-romow,75112.html [link-preview url=”https://deutsch.rt.com/europa/61138-tschechien-roma-gedenkstaette-ersetzt-schweinemast-auf-früherem-ns-lagergelaende/ “]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bought !

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At last, the pig farm on the former site of the Lety concentration camp has been bought by the Czech Government.

– Czech Republic buys pig farm at former Nazi camp to shutter it. In: The Times of Israel. 23.11.2017. https://www.timesofisrael.com/czech-republic-buys-pig-farm-at-former-nazi-camp-to-shutter-it/ [link-preview url=”https://www.timesofisrael.com/czech-republic-buys-pig-farm-at-former-nazi-camp-to-shutter-it/”]

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bulgaria: Hepatitis

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There is an hepatitis A epidemic in the Roma Mahala in the small town of Rakovski near Plovdiv in the centre of the country. Non Roma parents have been protesting and requesting Roma children be removed from the elementary school.
How about treating them instead?

– Hepatitis A Sparks Protests for Removing Gypsies From an Elementary School. In: EU Scoop. https://www.euscoop.com/en/2017/11/23/gepatitis-infection-in-rakovski
– Roma Ghetto in Southern Bulgarian City Struggling with Hepatitis A Outbreak. In: Novinite. 23.11.2017. http://www.novinite.com/articles/185524/Roma+Ghetto+in+Southern+Bulgarian+City+Struggling+with+Hepatitis+A+Outbreak [link-preview url=”https://www.euscoop.com/en/2017/11/23/gepatitis-infection-in-rakovski “]

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Buddha, Roma, and Hungary

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A reportage about a Buddhist school founded in a small village in Hungary with the aim of helping young Roma to get an education and gain a foothold in life.
A must see.

– Der zornige Buddha. In: ZDF. 21.11.2017. https://www.zdf.de/filme/das-kleine-fernsehspiel/der-zornige-buddha-100.html [link-preview url=”https://www.zdf.de/filme/das-kleine-fernsehspiel/der-zornige-buddha-100.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovénie

Slovenia: Health Program

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An article about a Slovenian Health program aimed mostly at poor Roma, especially at women and children. Good idea, unfortunately, the article manages to put all Roma in the same pot, as usual…
So good program, not so good article, as usual.

– Izobraževanje Romov glede zdravja naletelo na dober odziv. In: RTV Slovenia. 17.11.2017. https://www.rtvslo.si/lokalne-novice/izobrazevanje-romov-glede-zdravja-naletelo-na-dober-odziv/438167 [link-preview url=”https://www.rtvslo.si/lokalne-novice/izobrazevanje-romov-glede-zdravja-naletelo-na-dober-odziv/438167″]

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Livia Jaroca

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The Hungarian Romni, Livia Jaroca who was recently elected as a vice-president of the European Parliament, recently gave an interview in the Hungarian Press. Well, she is indeed a member of Fidesz, a party that is not exactly known for its kind policies towards migrants (and Roma). In there, she states:
“We would like it if they [the refugees] would understand that we find it important that, after a rapid and effective integration, armed with European knowledge, they would be able to return to their own homelands.”
Seems that Hungary accepted around 1’000 refugees – very quietly indeed. But these words from the Fidesz Party are new.

– BEWARE, THE REFUGEES ARE COMING! IN: The Hungarian Spectrum. 20.11.2017. http://hungarianspectrum.org/2017/11/20/beware-the-refugees-are-coming/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianspectrum.org/2017/11/20/beware-the-refugees-are-coming/”]

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Sofia: Interdiction of Carriages

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Horse carriages have been banned “for security reasons” from the centre of town. This means that many Roma who use them to earn their livings will no longer be able to come in the centre and will loose their livelihood.
According to TV Nova, this is more about the image that Sofia wants to project when Bulgaria will be the president of the EU in the first semester of 2018.

– BULGARIE : LES CHARRETTES DES ROMS VONT DISPARAÎTRE DU CENTRE DE SOFIA. In: Le Corrier des Balkans. 19.11.2017. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bulgarie-Les-charrettes-vont-disparaitre-du-centre-de-Sofia [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bulgarie-Les-charrettes-vont-disparaitre-du-centre-de-Sofia”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Serbie

I even met happy Gypsies …

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The old movie “I even met happy Gypsies” from Aleksandar Petrović was re-released in a newly re-mastered version. The movie had won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury in cannes in 1967 (ex aequo with another movie).
While it is an iconic movie, it also perpetuates all stereotypes …

– http://www.culturopoing.com/cinema/reprises/aleksandar-petrovic-jai-meme-rencontre-des-tziganes-heureux-skupljaci-perja-1967/20171113 [link-preview url=”http://www.culturopoing.com/cinema/reprises/aleksandar-petrovic-jai-meme-rencontre-des-tziganes-heureux-skupljaci-perja-1967/20171113″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovénie

Slovenia, Roma, and Parliament

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Activists in Slovenia say Roma need to become more active in politics and be recognised as a minority so that they can have a representative in Parliament. This later point is always a subject of debate. What an a minority representative do in a parliament?

– Roma need representative in National Assembly, debate hears. In: STA. 17.11.2017. https://english.sta.si/2451623/roma-need-representative-in-national-assembly-debate-hears [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2451623/roma-need-representative-in-national-assembly-debate-hears”]

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Kisvarda, Hungary

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A Hungarian town is going to extreme means to get rid of its Roma: They pay them 1.5 Mio HUF, a huge sum (more than a year of net salary in the countryside) if they live town. The town seems to be awash in funds and happens to be the hometown of Minister of National Development Miklós Seszták.

– Kisvárda offers Roma families $5,650 to leave town. In: Budapest Beacon. 16.11.2017. https://budapestbeacon.com/kisvarda-offers-roma-residents-5650-to-leave-town/ [link-preview url=”https://budapestbeacon.com/kisvarda-offers-roma-residents-5650-to-leave-town/”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

In Case You Doubted …

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Jaroslav Staník, the secretary of the Czech rightist party ‘Freedom and Direct Democracy” of Tomio Okamura is prone to verbal abuse. He recently suggested to gas all homosexuals, Jews, and Roma.
In which century and times does he live?

– Tschechischer Politiker: Juden, Homosexuelle und Roma vergasen. In: Qeer. 13.11.2017. http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=30081 [link-preview url=”http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=30081″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

SaS Party

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The Liberal and Libertarian Party SaS in Slovakia unveiled their plans for Roma. A new ministry for “socially excluded communities” and help linked to “merit” and willingness to do something.
One can only wonder how this will be measured …

– Politika hrubšej palice nedostane Rómov z pasce chudoby. In: SME. 16.11.2017. https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20695376/politika-hrubsej-palice-nedostane-romov-z-pasce-chudoby.html
– Nicholsonová chce nové ministerstvo pre Rómov. Vládny splnomocnenec krúti hlavou! In: Plus. 13.11.2017. https://www1.pluska.sk/Spravy/Z-domova/Nicholsonova-chce-nove-ministerstvo-pre-Romov.-Vladny-splnomocnenec-len-kruti-hlavou [link-preview url=”https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20695376/politika-hrubsej-palice-nedostane-romov-z-pasce-chudoby.html “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Education or Business

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It seems that some schools in Slovakia are considering Roma children as a business rather than as pupils who need to be taught. In brief, the staff selected children, apparently overwhelmingly Roma, diagnosing them with various health disabilities, which resulted in their subsequent inclusion in a group of pupils with special educational needs where the school could receive more than twice the amount of money than for standard pupils.
Slovakia has a long story of putting Roma children in classes for mentally disabled people – before basically as racism, now for profit…

– Kto zarába na rómskych žiakoch. In: Dennik. 15.11.2017. https://dennikn.sk/blog/kto-zaraba-na-romskych-ziakoch/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/blog/kto-zaraba-na-romskych-ziakoch/”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

More on Milos Zeman and Roma

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A few articles from Slovakia on the comments of the Czech President on Czech Roma. Zeman said on television that 90% of “inadaptable citizen” are Roma and only10% are white.

– Zeman nahneval českých Rómov. In: Aktuality. 12.11.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/538263/zeman-nahneval-ceskych-romov/
– Český prezident popudil proti sebe Rómov. In: Pravda. 13.11.2017. http://kormidlo.blog.pravda.sk/2017/11/13/cesky-prezident-popudil-proti-sebe-romov-2/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/538263/zeman-nahneval-ceskych-romov/ “]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Roma Manifestation

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Roma Ostrava demonstrated for equal access to quality education. In the Czech Republic, it is well known (and noted by the UN and EU) that Roma are discriminated against in the school system.

– Almost 2 000 Roma assemble in Czech town to ask for equal access to quality education. In: Romea. 13.11.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/almost-2-000-roma-assemble-in-czech-town-to-ask-for-equal-access-to-quality-education [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/almost-2-000-roma-assemble-in-czech-town-to-ask-for-equal-access-to-quality-education”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Czech President: Really????

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The Czech President Miloš Zeman, in an interview broadcasted on Cable TV in the Czech Republic stated that 90% of “inadaptable citizen” are Roma and only10% are white.

The Full quote is: “It is probably true that 90 percent of them are Roma. Nevertheless, there may also be 10 percent of white lazybones and we have to approach both [groups] equally. Only if we discriminated against either of the two groups, either positively or negatively, it would amount to human rights violation,”

Not sure how Mr. Zeman arrived at his numbers, but he certainly has preconceived views of the world. Shame on him. Activists are protesting and calling for people not to re-elect Zeman in the January 2018 elections.

– Czech President says 90 % of “inadaptable citizens” are Romani. In: Romea. 13.11.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-president-says-90-of-inadaptable-citizens-are-romani
– Roma reps condemn Zeman’s words, warn of his re-election. In: The Prague Monitor. 13.11.2017. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/11/13/roma-reps-condemn-zemans-words-warn-his-re-election
– Civil society members of Czech Govt Roma Council call on voters not to re-elect Zeman. In: Romea. 13.11.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/features-and-commentary/reportage/civil-society-members-of-czech-govt-roma-council-call-on-voters-not-to-re-elect-zeman [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-president-says-90-of-inadaptable-citizens-are-romani “]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Nouvelles suisses

Czech Republic under Pressure

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The Czech republic has been under pressure at the UN in Geneva reading Roma and the persisting racism and discrimination against them in the Czech Republic.
Good!

– INTÉGRATION DES ROMS ET MONTÉE DU RACISME : L’ONU RECOMMANDE À LA TCHÉQUIE D’EN FAIRE PLUS. In: Radio Praha. 07.11.2017. http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/faits/integration-des-roms-et-montee-du-racisme-lonu-recommande-a-la-tchequie-den-faire-plus
– LE PRÉSIDENT ZEMAN CRITIQUÉ PAR LES REPRÉSENTANTS DE LA MINORITÉ ROM. In: Radio Praha. 12.11.2017. http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/le-president-zeman-critique-par-les-representants-de-la-minorite-rom [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/faits/integration-des-roms-et-montee-du-racisme-lonu-recommande-a-la-tchequie-den-faire-plus “]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Really?

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In Litvinov, in the Czech Republic, several Roma families have had their water supply cut off in spite of having paid their rents…

– Czech housing estate sees water cut off, situation is critical for residents. In: Romea. 31.10.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-housing-estate-sees-water-cut-off-situation-is-critical-for-residents [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-housing-estate-sees-water-cut-off-situation-is-critical-for-residents”]

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