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What to do in Bucharest

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Well, turns out you can take a tour of the Roma settlements and visit a Roma museum of crafts.

– What to see and do when you’re in Bucharest, Romania. In: Born to Invest. 14.09.2017. https://born2invest.com/articles/see-do-bucharest-romania/ [link-preview url=”https://born2invest.com/articles/see-do-bucharest-romania/”]

Czech Minister …

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Czech Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Karel Novotny has written on Facebook that the Roma are like jellyfish because they are “a nuisance, good for nothing.”
He should be fired immediately.

– Deputy trade minister: Roma are like jellyfish, nuisance. In: The Prague Monitor. 15.09.2017. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/09/15/deputy-trade-minister-roma-are-jellyfish-nuisance
– DEPUTY TRADE MINISTER APOLOGIZES FOR HATE SPEECH ON FACEBOOK. In: Radio Praha. 15.09.2017. http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/deputy-trade-minister-apologizes-for-hate-speech-on-facebook
– DEPUTY TRADE MINISTER PUTS HATE SPEECH ON FACEBOOK. In: Radio Praha. 14.09.2017. http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/deputy-trade-minister-puts-hate-speech-on-facebook
– Czech deputy minister compares Roma to jellyfish in Facebook post. In: The Visegrad Group. 14.09.2017. http://www.visegradgroup.eu/news/czech-deputy-minister
– Deputy trade minister: Roma are like jellyfish, nuisance. In: European News. 15.09.2017. http://www.europe.easybranches.com/czech-republic/Deputy-trade-minister–Roma-are-like-jellyfish–nuisance-35018 [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/09/15/deputy-trade-minister-roma-are-jellyfish-nuisance “]

Cioaba …

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The latest in the Cioaba saga, and not good publicity.

– Romania’s self-proclaimed Roma king detained in EUR 5 mln tax evasion case. In: Romania Insider. 14.09.2017. https://www.romania-insider.com/roma-king-tax-evasion/ [link-preview url=”https://www.romania-insider.com/roma-king-tax-evasion/”]

Hungarian Roma Pilgrimage

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A Hungarian Catholic Roma pilgrimage West of Budapest.

– Roma seek luck and love at Catholic shrine in Hungary. In: Reuters. 11.09.2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-religion-roma/roma-seek-luck-and-love-at-catholic-shrine-in-hungary-idUSKCN1BM1GR [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-religion-roma/roma-seek-luck-and-love-at-catholic-shrine-in-hungary-idUSKCN1BM1GR”]

Croatia: Commemorative Plaque for Nazis

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A commemorative plaque was unveiled in Eastern Croatia, not far from the former concentration camp of Jasenovac… This plaque uses the Ustaša slogan “Za dom spremni” [Ready for the Country] and is definitively not OK.
Bad.

– Croatie : une plaque commémorative pro-nazie réinstallée plus loin d’un ancien camp. In: Times of Israel. 08.09.2017. http://fr.timesofisrael.com/croatie-une-plaque-commemorative-pro-nazie-reinstallee-plus-loin-dun-ancien-camp/ [link-preview url=”http://fr.timesofisrael.com/croatie-une-plaque-commemorative-pro-nazie-reinstallee-plus-loin-dun-ancien-camp/”]

Kosovo Poisoning

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Still no progress – the UN refuses to acknowledge its guilt and much less pay any compensation to the Roma who were settled “as refugees” in a toxic dump that was a UN run “refugee” camp.
About time to pay for it?

– ONU : Dédommager les victimes d’intoxication au plomb du Kosovo. In: Human Rights Watch. 07.09.2017. https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2017/09/07/onu-dedommager-les-victimes-dintoxication-au-plomb-du-kosovo [link-preview url=”https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2017/09/07/onu-dedommager-les-victimes-dintoxication-au-plomb-du-kosovo”]

Positive Example

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It works in Slovakia too … The story of a village in Eastern Slovakia which integrated its Roma population, and thrived as a result.

– Slovak Village Prospers in Partnership With Roma Residents It Once Shunned. In: The New York Times. 09.09.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/world/europe/slovakia-roma-spissky-hrhov-integration.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/world/europe/slovakia-roma-spissky-hrhov-integration.html”]

This Time in English …

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Charges levied against the Roma who were beaten up by the police in Moldova nad Bodvou. They having been beaten off are now being sued. Really – after the acquittal of the police – already a scandal, the Roma are being sued for false testimonies and defamation.

– Charges now brought against witnesses in infamous Moldava raid. In: The Slovak Spectator. 06.09.2017. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20643289/charges-now-brought-against-witnesses-in-infamous-moldava-raid.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20643289/charges-now-brought-against-witnesses-in-infamous-moldava-raid.html”]

Slovakia – Now the Victims are Criminals

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The Roma who sued the police for violence in Moldova nad Bodvou for having been beaten off are now being sued. Really – after the acquittal of the police – already a scandal, the Roma are being sued for false testimonies and diffamation.

– Z obetí robia páchateľov, svedkov policajnej razie v Moldave obvinili z krivej výpovede. In: Dennikn. 06.09.2017. https://dennikn.sk/872764/z-obeti-robia-pachatelov-svedkov-policajnej-razie-v-moldave-obvinili-z-krivej-vypovede/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/872764/z-obeti-robia-pachatelov-svedkov-policajnej-razie-v-moldave-obvinili-z-krivej-vypovede/”]

Slovakia: Scary

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A Slovak politician Andrej Danko, thinks the Hungarian model for Roma is the one to go for, and that citizen should have the right to bear arms to defend themselves.
This is REALLY BAD!

– Danko o práci Rómov: Keby som mal oveľa väčšiu moc, prebral by som maďarský model. In: HN Online. 03.09.2017. http://hnonline.sk/slovensko/1020153-danko-o-praci-romov-keby-som-mal-ovela-vacsiu-moc-prebral-by-som-madarsky-model [link-preview url=”http://hnonline.sk/slovensko/1020153-danko-o-praci-romov-keby-som-mal-ovela-vacsiu-moc-prebral-by-som-madarsky-model”]

Slovakia: Roma Life

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The Roma life is getting harder and harsher in Moldova nad Bodvou. Increased police brutality, segregation, eviction, racism…
What is indeed amazing is that this is published in a Slovak Newspaper (this time in Slovak)…

– Rómov z Moldavy sťahujú, hoci sa chceli dohodnúť. In: SME Domov. 06.09.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20638090/romov-z-moldavy-stahuju-hoci-sa-chceli-dohodnut.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20638090/romov-z-moldavy-stahuju-hoci-sa-chceli-dohodnut.html”]

Slovakia: Roma Life

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The Roma life is getting harder and harsher in Moldova nad Bodvou. Increased police brutality, segregation, eviction, racism…
What is indeed amazing is that this is published in a Slovak Newspaper (ok, in English)…

– Life gets harder for Roma in Moldava. In: The Slovak Spectator. 05.09.2017. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20642128/life-gets-harder-for-roma-in-moldava.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20642128/life-gets-harder-for-roma-in-moldava.html”]

Media Course in the Czech Republic

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The Roma organisation Romea has been organising a media course for 50 Roma.

– Czech Roma students to be taught media presentation. 31.08.2017. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/08/31/czech-roma-students-be-taught-media-presentation
– RENCONTRE DES ÉTUDIANTS ROMS DE TOUTE LA RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE. In: Radio.cz. 30.08.2017. http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/rencontre-des-etudiants-roms-de-toute-la-republique-tcheque [link-preview url=”http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/08/31/czech-roma-students-be-taught-media-presentation “]

Disneyland Roma …

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The affair of the Romanian Roma who picked the pockets of the tourists in the Paris Disneyland filled the pages of the French press. They have now been sentenced to prison with penalties ranging from 2 to 6 years. The titles and comments highlight how a few Roma can manage to get an entire minority discredited.

– Un vaste réseau de pickpockets roumains devant la justice. In: Le Figaro. 29.08.2017. http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2017/08/29/01016-20170829ARTFIG00008-un-vaste-reseau-de-pickpockets-roumains-devant-la-justice.php
– Disneyland Paris : un réseau de pickpockets qui détroussaient des touristes devant la justice. In: FranceInfo. 29.08.2017. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/justice-proces/disneyland-paris-un-reseau-de-pickpockets-qui-detroussaient-des-touristes-devant-la-justice_2347371.html
– Un clan de pickpockets qui volaient les touristes de Disneyland devant les juges. In: La Croix. 29.08.2017. http://www.la-croix.com/France/Justice/clan-pickpockets-volaient-touristes-Disneyland-devant-juges-2017-08-29-1200872660
– Le clan des pickpockets de Disneyland Paris face aux juges. In: Le Parisien. 29.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/chessy-77700/seine-et-marne-un-reseau-de-pickpockets-roumains-face-aux-juges-28-08-2017-7219143.php
– Début du procès d’un gang d’enfants roumains à Disneyland. In: Europe 1. 29.08.2017. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/debut-du-proces-du-gang-des-enfants-roumains-a-disneyland-3422030
– Un clan de pickpockets roumains devant la justice. In: Le Point. 29.08.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/faits-divers/un-clan-de-pickpockets-roumains-devant-la-justice-29-08-2017-2152907_2627.php
– Pickpockets de Disneyland: un clan jugé pour avoir poussé ses enfants à voler. IUn: L’Express. 29.08.2017. http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/justice/pickpockets-de-disneyland-un-clan-juge-pour-avoir-pousse-ses-enfants-a-voler_1938684.html
– Douze voleurs à la tire devant le tribunal de Meaux. In: FranceInfo FR3. 29.08.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/seine-et-marne/douze-voleurs-tire-devant-tribunal-meaux-1318181.html
– Le clan des pickpockets de Disneyland Paris devant la justice. In: BFM TV. 29.08.2017. http://www.bfmtv.com/police-justice/le-clan-des-pickpockets-de-disneyland-paris-devant-la-justice-1244981.html
– Ils envoyaient leurs enfants détrousser les touristes à Disneyland : un million d’euros de prejudice. In: Actu.fr. 29.08.2017. https://actu.fr/faits-divers/ils-envoyaient-leurs-enfants-detrousser-touristes-disneyland-million-deuros-prejudice_11655459.html
– Meaux: Les pickpokets de Disneyland devant la justice. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 29.08.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/paris/2122875-20170829-meaux-pickpokets-disneyland-devant-justice
– Disneyland Paris : ouverture du procès d’un clan de pickpockets roumains qui détroussaient les tourists. In: Actu Orange. 29.08.2017. https://actu.orange.fr/france/disneyland-paris-ouverture-du-proces-d-un-clan-de-pickpockets-roumains-qui-detroussaient-les-touristes-CNT000000MNdDU.html
– Ils envoyaient leurs enfants faire les poches des touristes près de Disneyland: 12 roumains devant la justice. In: News SFR. 29.08.2017. https://news.sfr.fr/actualites/societe/ils-envoyaient-leurs-enfants-faire-les-poches-des-touristes-pres-de-disneyland-12-roumains-devant-la-justice.html
– Un clan de pickpockets roumains qui détroussaient des touristes devant la justice. In: Le Point. 27.08.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/un-clan-de-pickpockets-roumains-qui-detroussaient-des-touristes-devant-la-justice-27-08-2017-2152466_23.php
– LE GANG DES PICKPOCKETS DE DISNEY JUGÉ À MEAUX ! In: Voltage. 29.08.2017. http://www.voltage.fr/news/le-gang-des-pickpockets-de-disney-juge-a-meaux-32809
– Ils envoyaient leurs enfants faire les poches des touristes étrangers aux abords de Disneyland Paris. In: Actu.fr. 28.09.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/chessy_77111/ils-envoyaient-leurs-enfants-faire-poches-touristes-etrangers-abords-disneyland-paris_11655949.html
– Des pickpockets roumains qui détroussaient des touristes devant la justice. In: L’Alsace. 27.08.2017. http://www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2017/08/27/des-pickpockets-roumains-qui-detroussaient-des-touristes-devant-la-justice
– De deux à six ans de prison pour les pickpockets roumains de Disneyland Paris. In: Actu.fr. 01.09.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/chessy_77111/de-deux-six-ans-prison-pickpockets-roumains-disneyland-paris_11713720.html
– Tension au procès des pickpockets roumains. In: Le Monde. 31.08.2017. http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2017/08/30/tension-au-proces-des-pickpockets-roumains_5178415_3224.html [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/faits-divers/ils-envoyaient-leurs-enfants-detrousser-touristes-disneyland-million-deuros-prejudice_11655459.html “]

French Chronicle …

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The holidays are over in France. A lot of news in the press about Roma.
First, near Paris, a new Roma camp was opened on the future site of the Paris St. Germain Football club training site, resulting in many articles; then, the camp on the former train tracks of the Petite Ceinture will again be dismantled (again); near Paris, a camp was dismantled in the Essone; and again near Paris, Roma left a mess behind after having left their camp.
In the North of France, a camp was closed and dismantled near Lille, and another one is “disturbing” the reconstruction of a church. Disturbingly, in the North, an article stating that Roms are Romanian beggars while Travellers are the locals …
Finally, in Western France an illegal camp angers residents and in Angers, Roma will be expulsed for the 24th time!

– Poissy : un camp de Roms sur le futur centre d’entraînement du Paris Saint-Germain. In: France Info FR3. 31.08.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/yvelines/poissy-camp-roms-futur-centre-entrainement-du-paris-saint-germain-1319577.html
– Poissy : des Roms sur les terrains du PSG. In: Le Parisien. 31.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/poissy-78300/poissy-des-roms-s-installent-sur-les-terrains-du-psg-31-08-2017-7225902.php
– Un groupe de Roms s’installe sur le terrain du futur centre d’entraînement du PSG. In: RT. 31.08.2017. https://francais.rt.com/france/42684-groupe-roms-sinstalle-sur-terrain-du-futur-centre-entrainement-psg
– Une centaine de Roms s’installent sur le futur centre du PSG à Poissy. In: Evasion.fm. 01.09.2017. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-27587-une-centaine-de-roms-s-installent-sur-le-futur-centre-du-psg-a-poissy.html?version=essonne
– Poissy : un camp de Roms sur le site du futur centre d’entraînement du PSG. In: France Bleu. 01.09.2017. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/poissy-un-camp-de-roms-sur-le-site-du-futur-centre-d-entrainements-du-psg-1504287042
– Paris : le bidonville de la petite ceinture de nouveau expulsé ? In: Le Parisien. 29.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75018/paris-le-bidonville-de-la-petite-ceinture-de-nouveau-expulse-29-08-2017-7221897.php
– Le bidonville de l’hippodrome a été détruit. In: Essonne Info. 01.09.2017. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/114403/bidonville-de-lhippodrome-a-ete-detruit/
– Bondoufle : le bidonville de l’hippodrome a été évacué. In: Le Parisien. 30.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/bondoufle-91070/bondoufle-le-bidonville-de-l-hippodrome-a-ete-evacue-30-08-2017-7223847.php
– Isles-lès-Villenoy catastrophé après le départ de 350 Roms. In: Le Parisien. 01.09.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/isles-les-villenoy-77450/isles-les-villenoy-catastrophe-apres-le-depart-de-350-roms-01-09-2017-7228875.php
– Isles-lès-Villenoy. Après sept mois, les 350 Roms ont déserté le camp. In: La Marne. 29.08.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/isles-les-villenoy_77232/isles-villenoy-apres-sept-mois-350-roms-ont-deserte-camp_11679002.html
– Le camp de Roms de la plaine de la Poterne démantelé. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/210168/article/2017-08-29/le-camp-de-roms-de-la-plaine-de-la-poterne-demantele
– Lille : un nouveau camp Rom démantelé plaine de la Poterne. In: France Info. FR3. 29.08.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/lille/lille-nouveau-camp-rom-demantele-plaine-poterne-1318537.html
– «L’occupation de notre terrain gêne la reconstruction de notre église» In: La Voix du Nord. 30.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/210433/article/2017-08-30/l-occupation-de-notre-terrain-gene-la-reconstruction-de-notre-eglise
– Les riverains informés, ce jeudi, sur la nouvelle aire d’accueil des gens du voyage. In: La Voix du Nord. 30.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/210819/article/2017-08-30/les-riverains-informes-ce-jeudi-sur-la-nouvelle-aire-d-accueil-des-gens-du
– Bouguenais. Le campement sauvage met les riverains en colère. In: Ouest France. 31.08.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/bouguenais-44340/le-campement-sauvage-met-les-riverains-en-colere-5215320
– A Angers, des Roms sont menacés d’une vingt-quatrième expulsion. In: Mediapart. 31.08.2017. https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/310817/angers-des-roms-sont-menaces-d-une-vingt-quatrieme-expulsion?onglet=full [link-preview url=”https://francais.rt.com/france/42684-groupe-roms-sinstalle-sur-terrain-du-futur-centre-entrainement-psg “]

Roma and Politics

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The picture of a Romni in Slovakia signing a paper at the stand of the Kotleba Extreme Rightist party is shocking. This is unfortunately often the case that Roma are bought for a cigarette or some food and enticed to vote or support parties that want them eradicated. This also happens in Hungary.

– Cigáni sa predajú aj za kus cigarety. In: Redakcia 1. 01.09.2017. https://redakcia1.blogspot.ch/2017/09/cigani-sa-predaju-aj-za-kus-cigarety.html [link-preview url=”https://redakcia1.blogspot.ch/2017/09/cigani-sa-predaju-aj-za-kus-cigarety.html”]

Czech Schools

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What a surprise … Roma are discriminated in the Czech school system. This has not changed much, according to the latest report on the state of human rights in the Czech Republic. And Roma children are still put in “special” schools…

– Czech Gov’t human rights report finds Romani children are still discriminated against in education. In: Romea. 01.09.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-gov-t-human-rights-report-finds-romani-children-are-still-discriminated-against-in-education-2
– Report: Czech Roma kids still face discrimination in education. In: The Prague Monitor. 01.09.2017. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/08/31/report-czech-roma-kids-still-face-discrimination-education [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-gov-t-human-rights-report-finds-romani-children-are-still-discriminated-against-in-education-2 “]

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