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Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bulgaria: Reprimand

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The Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Simeonov was found guilty of anti-Roma hate speech. In a speech in Parliament, he compared Roma to “stray dogs” and accused them to live “outside the rules of human behaviour”.
Good!

– Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Simeonov found guilty of anti-Roma hate speech – NGO. In: The Sofia Globe. 25.10.2017. https://sofiaglobe.com/2017/10/25/bulgarian-deputy-prime-minister-simeonov-found-guilty-of-anti-roma-hate-speech-ngo/
– Bulgarian deputy PM reprimanded over anti-Roma speech. In:: Channel News Asia. 25.10.2017.
Read more at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/bulgarian-deputy-pm-reprimanded-over-anti-roma-speech-9344038 [link-preview url=”https://sofiaglobe.com/2017/10/25/bulgarian-deputy-prime-minister-simeonov-found-guilty-of-anti-roma-hate-speech-ngo/ “]

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Zoltan Balog

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The Hungarian Minister (and Calvinist preacher) Zoltan Balog has made statements on Roma advocating segregation in schools and quite a few other ones. Here’s a long list.

– 10 things he really said: Zoltán Balog, Hungarian Minister for Human Resources. In: ERRC. 24.10.2017. http://www.errc.org/blog/10-things-he-really-said-zoltan-balog-hungarian-minister-for-human-resources/195 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/blog/10-things-he-really-said-zoltan-balog-hungarian-minister-for-human-resources/195″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Employment Forum

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A forum on Roma employment will be held in Kosiče in Eastern Slovakia on October 26th. Experts from the non-governmental sector, as well as companies that are already working with marginalized Roma, will share their experience and know-how for other companies and help solve their particular issues. The event is called the Pro Bono Action Forum: Practical steps for Roma employment in your company.

– V Košiciach sa uskutoční fórum o zamestnávaní Rómov. In: Teraz. 24.10.2017. http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/kosice-forum-romovia-zamestnanie/288009-clanok.html [link-preview url=”http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/kosice-forum-romovia-zamestnanie/288009-clanok.html”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Lety at Last

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Two US articles on Lety and the fact that the Czech government will finally buy the pig farm on the site.
Unfortunately, both articles contain misleading information. That 1’300 Roma were sent to Auschwitz from there, that there were 10’000 Roma in the Czech Republic before the War etc. Fact is that many people who were shipped to Auschwitz were not registered, and that no one knows how many Roma there was in the Czech Republic before the war.
One thing though is sure: After the War, there were none left.
May they rest in peace.

– Czechs to make memorial at ex-Nazi Roma concentration camp. In: The National Post. 23.10.2017. http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/czech-govt-to-buy-pig-farm-on-nazi-concentration-camp-land
– Czechs to make memorial at ex-Nazi Roma concentration camp. In: Fox News. 23.10.2017. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/23/czechs-to-make-memorial-at-ex-nazi-roma-concentration-camp.html [link-preview url=”http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/czech-govt-to-buy-pig-farm-on-nazi-concentration-camp-land “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovénie

Slovenia: More on the Roma Protest

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The protest last week of about 100 Roma in front of the Slovenaian parliament had quite an echo in the local press.
Good!

– Skupina Romov pred vlado zahteva odpravo diskriminacije. In: Delo. 16.10.2017. http://www.delo.si/novice/ljubljana/protest-romov-sredi-ljubljani.html
– Prvi romski protest. In: Mladina. 16.10.2017. http://www.mladina.si/182355/prvi-romski-protest/
– PROTESTNI SHOD ROMOV. In: RTV 4. 16.10.2017. http://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/prvi-dnevnik/174496852
– Romi, končno. In: Večer, V Soboto. 21.10.2017. https://www.vecer.com/romi-koncno-6332800 [link-preview url=”https://www.vecer.com/romi-koncno-6332800″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Spišsky Hrhov

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How do you turn a village around? An analysis of a successfully integrated mixed village in Slovakia.

– Rady zo Spišského Hrhova podľa skutočných udalostí. In: SME. 20.10.2017. https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20670590/rady-zo-spisskeho-hrhova-podla-skutocnych-udalosti.html [link-preview url=”https://komentare.sme.sk/c/20670590/rady-zo-spisskeho-hrhova-podla-skutocnych-udalosti.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Pologne

Poland: Construction or Not?

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Back and forth in Poland about proper housing for Roma. The governor is for it, the communes say they have no money and won’t do it. And the Roma have nowhere to go.
Bad.

– Maszkowice. Nie będzie bloku dla Romów. In: Gazetta Krakowska. 20.10.2017. http://www.gazetakrakowska.pl/wiadomosci/nowy-sacz/a/maszkowice-nie-bedzie-bloku-dla-romow,12599284/ [link-preview url=”http://www.gazetakrakowska.pl/wiadomosci/nowy-sacz/a/maszkowice-nie-bedzie-bloku-dla-romow,12599284/”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Roumanie

Buzescu, Romania …

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Yet another article, this time in Switzerland, about the Roma palaces of the city of Buzescu. Not good for all, and one can argue about the style.

– Die Roma-Paläste von Buzescu. In: 20 Minuten (CH). 21.10.2017. http://www.20min.ch/immobilien/story/13921220 [link-preview url=”http://www.20min.ch/immobilien/story/13921220″]

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

French Chronicle …

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Unfortunately, a standard week in France. And not only outside Paris or Lille, but also in smaller cities. First, an expulsion in St. Etienne, in the centre of France; then in Angers, in Western France, where Kosovo Roma will be expulsed from their camp and in Nantes, were a camp is slowly being closed; in the North of France, a fight for granting Roma children a special tariff in public transports (a tariff that all other school children have) is ongoing; and then, the Paris region with Roma allowed to stay (for the time being) in disaffected hospital buildings in Melun; a new illegal camp along the Marne river; a camp in Bonneuil threatened with closure; and a hefty bill for a clean-up of a former camp in Poissy, on the site of the Paris St. Germain football club training centre.

– Saint-Étienne : six familles Roms expulsées attendent place Jean-Jaurès. In: France Bleu. 19.20.2017. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/saint-etienne-six-familles-expulsees-attendent-place-jean-jaures-1508410770
– Encore des Roms expulsées place Jean Jaurès (VIDEO). In: Zoomdici. 19.10.2017. http://www.zoomdici.fr/actualite/Encore-des-Roms-expulsees-place-Jean-Jaures-(VIDEO)-id161157.html
– L’expulsion menace le campement rue du Maine. In: Ouest France. 20.10.2017. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/l-expulsion-menace-le-campement-rue-du-maine-5330565
– Les Roms de Rezé déménagent en douceur. In: Ouest France. 17.10.2017. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/les-roms-de-reze-demenagent-en-douceur-5318920
– Vers une solution pour que les écoliers roms bénéficient du tarif solidaire de Transpole ? in: La Voix du Nord. 18.10.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/248414/article/2017-10-18/vers-une-solution-pour-que-les-ecoliers-roms-beneficient-du-tarif-solidaire-de
– Transpole refuse la tarification solidaire aux enfants roms, une association alerte. In: La Voix du Nord. 16.10.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/246964/article/2017-10-16/transpole-refuse-la-tarification-solidaire-aux-enfants-roms-une-association
– Le directeur de l’hôpital de Melun débouté. Les roms et leurs soutiens soulagés. In: Agora Vox. 20.10.2017. https://www.agoravox.fr/tribune-libre/article/le-directeur-de-l-hopital-de-melun-197929
– Des Roms se sont installés illégalement. In: Actu France. 18.10.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/villenoy_77513/des-roms-se-sont-installes-illegalement_13043229.html
– Bonneuil : les Roms du Bec de canard menacés d’expulsion. In: Le Parisien. 16.10.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/bonneuil-sur-marne-94380/bonneuil-les-roms-du-bec-de-canard-menaces-d-expulsion-16-10-2017-7336107.php
– Poissy : la facture pour enlever les déchets déversés sur les terrains du PSG s’annonce salée. In: Le Parisien. 20.10.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/poissy-la-facture-pour-enlever-les-dechets-deverses-sur-les-terrains-du-psg-s-annonce-salee-20-10-2017-7345362.php [link-preview url=”https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/saint-etienne-six-familles-expulsees-attendent-place-jean-jaures-1508410770 “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Devolution?

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Jozef Červeňák , the candidate of the Roma Initiative of Slovakia (RIS) to the post of Chairman of the Košice Self-Governing Region (KSK) wants a significant improvement in the state of roads in the region, in the stability and development of small municipalities as well as a dual two-year education of children from socially weak families geared towards the automotive industry. The self-governing region should, according to him, be more keen to revive tourism. The shift in the solution of the Roma issue is seen in the transfer of competences from the central government to the region.

– ČERVEŇÁK: Riešeniu problematiky Rómov v KSK pomôže presun kompetencií. In: Dobre Noviny. 18.10.2017. http://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/113702/cervenak-rieseniu-problematiky-romov-v-ksk-pomoze-presun-kompetencii [link-preview url=”http://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/113702/cervenak-rieseniu-problematiky-romov-v-ksk-pomoze-presun-kompetencii”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Pologne

Poland: Attacks

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Two attacks of a Roma settlement in Poznan. Stone thrown at houses, broken windows, broken doors, and the police thinks the attacks are not racially motivated…
REALLY???

– Nieznani sprawcy napadli w nocy na koczowisko Romów w Poznaniu. Policja nie widzi rasizmu. In: Wyborcza. 20.10.2017. http://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,22541410,nieznani-sprawcy-napadli-w-nocy-na-koczowisko-romow-w-poznaniu.html [link-preview url=”http://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,22541410,nieznani-sprawcy-napadli-w-nocy-na-koczowisko-romow-w-poznaniu.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Not here …

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In recent days, a rumour circulated in Sabinov, a small town north of Kosiče in Eastern Slovakia, about the planned construction of residential homes for up to 2’000 Roma from the by now famous Roma settlement of Lunik IX in Kosiče. This was presented in the town’s website.
Protests immediately occurred … A petition is ongoing to stop the construction.

– Sabinovčania nechcú Rómov z Lunika IX. In: Korzar – Prešov. 20.10.2017. https://presov.korzar.sme.sk/c/20676624/sabinovcania-nechcu-romov-z-lunika-ix.html [link-preview url=”https://presov.korzar.sme.sk/c/20676624/sabinovcania-nechcu-romov-z-lunika-ix.html”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Czech Elections

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It seems that Roma are not planning to go and vote in the upcoming Czech elections. This is bad, especially since the country may move sharply to the populist right.
What is also bad is the article …

– Number of Roma, disabled election candidates falling in ČR. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 17.10.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/10/17/number-roma-disabled-election-candidates-falling-čr [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/10/17/number-roma-disabled-election-candidates-falling-čr”]

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Hungary: Mob Assault

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Laszlo Bogdan, the mayor of Cserdi, a Roma village that has been often cited as an example in the press, was assaulted by a mob after having suggested he would welcome refugees in his village.
This shows how far the Orban propaganda against refugees and migrant has goen.
Bad!

– Locals assault and threaten to murder mayor who promised to welcome refugees in Roma village. In: The Hungarian Free Press. 19.10.2017. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/10/19/locals-assault-and-threaten-to-murder-mayor-who-promised-to-welcome-refugees-in-roma-village/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/10/19/locals-assault-and-threaten-to-murder-mayor-who-promised-to-welcome-refugees-in-roma-village/”]

Allemagne Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

An Interview of Timea Junghaus, ERIAC

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The director of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), Timea Junghaus, in an interview about herself, her work and about what ERIAC means to Roma.

– The Roma mobilize their own knowledge: this is a paradigm shift. Interview with Tímea Junghaus. In: Political Critique.org. 18.10.2017. http://politicalcritique.org/cee/hungary/2017/interview-timea-junghaus-budapest-international-centre-roma-culture-berlin-eriac-decolonization/ [link-preview url=”http://politicalcritique.org/cee/hungary/2017/interview-timea-junghaus-budapest-international-centre-roma-culture-berlin-eriac-decolonization/”]

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bulgaria: Clash

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There was a clash between Roma and forest guards near Plovidiv that escalated while the guards were trying to prevent Roma from stealing wood. The guards were beaten up.
Bad, but also bad that sheer poverty forces people to go and steal wood to heat their homes.

– Stamen Geshev, Banya Mayor: Roma from town attacked and beat forest guards from Hisarya. In: Focus News. 17.10.2017. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/10/17/424094/stamen-geshev-banya-mayor-roma-from-town-attacked-and-beat-forest-guards-from-hisarya.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/10/17/424094/stamen-geshev-banya-mayor-roma-from-town-attacked-and-beat-forest-guards-from-hisarya.html”]

Kosovo Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Mitrovica and Lead Poisoning

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A long article on a real person poisoned by lead in the UN refugee camp of Mitrovica, Kosovo. She is one of roughly 500 victims, and she needs constant medication for which she has no money.
Shame on the UN.

– Roma in Kosovo: ‘De VN heeft ons ziek gemaakt’. In: NOS. 16.10.2017. https://nos.nl/artikel/2198322-roma-in-kosovo-de-vn-heeft-ons-ziek-gemaakt.html [link-preview url=”https://nos.nl/artikel/2198322-roma-in-kosovo-de-vn-heeft-ons-ziek-gemaakt.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Serbie

A Dancer and a Project

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A portrait of a French Dancer – Nicolas Archambault – a of some of his dance projects. He has one with Roma in Serbia – called GRUBB for Gypsy Urban Balkan Beats.
Watch the video …

– https://youtu.be/cltFKaEvRyA
– DALS: Nicolas Archambault, ce juré qui “n’a pas peur de mouiller le maillot”. In: L’Express. 14.10.2017. http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/tele/dals-nicolas-archambault-ce-jure-qui-n-a-pas-peur-de-mouiller-le-maillot_1925237.html [link-preview url=”https://youtu.be/cltFKaEvRyA”]

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bulgaria and School

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Another article about the current Bulgarian initiative aiming at getting Roma children in school.

– Bulgarie: la carotte et le bâton pour scolariser les enfants roms. In: Le Point. 12.10.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/bulgarie-la-carotte-et-le-baton-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-12-10-2017-2163953_24.php [link-preview url=”http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/bulgarie-la-carotte-et-le-baton-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-12-10-2017-2163953_24.php”]

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