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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”]

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Budapest: Roma Pride

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The Roma Pride in Budapest was held a week ago.

– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzcm3_ku6uM
– https://www.facebook.com/radiochiriklo/videos/1152590844873658/
– ROMA PRIDE DAY MARKED IN BUDAPEST. In: Budapest Daily News. 08.10.2017. https://dailynewshungary.com/roma-pride-day-marked-budapest/ [link-preview url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzcm3_ku6uM”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Czech Republic: An Appeal to Vote!

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An appeal to Roma to go and vote to bar Tomio Okamura, a rightist Czech-Japanese entrepreneur from governing the country. He is definitively not pro-Roma.

– Alena Gronzíková: Romale, don’t be lazy, vote! Otherwise Okamura will govern us! In: Romea. 13/10.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/alena-gronzikova-romale-don-t-be-lazy-vote-otherwise-okamura-will-govern-us [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/alena-gronzikova-romale-don-t-be-lazy-vote-otherwise-okamura-will-govern-us”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

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On the 8th of October, two men in a car shot several times against a house in a Roma Osada. The police has ruled out a racial motive and is saying that the two men were under the influence of alcohol. Apparently, the two men wanted to have sex with a Romni, and while waiting, accidently shot several times …
No comments…

– Streľba na Rómov v Pohronskej Polhore nemala rasový motív, mladíci chceli na seba upozorniť. In: Web Noviny. 12.10.2017. https://www.webnoviny.sk/strelba-na-romov-v-pohronskej-polhore-nemala-rasovy-motiv-mladici-chceli-na-seba-upozornit/
– V prípade streľby na rodinný dom Rómov polícia vylúčila rasový motív. In: Teraz Regiony. http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/pohronska-polhorav-pripade-strelby-n/285888-clanok.html [link-preview url=”https://www.webnoviny.sk/strelba-na-romov-v-pohronskej-polhore-nemala-rasovy-motiv-mladici-chceli-na-seba-upozornit/”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Pologne

Poznan, Poland: Measles Epidemics

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So far 18 people have caught measles in a Roma camp in the Polish city of Poznan. There are roughly 80 people living in this camp.

– Burza wokół zachorowań na odrę w Poznaniu. “To dla mnie niepojęte. Nie żyjemy przecież jak za króla Ćwieczka”. In: Na Temat. http://natemat.pl/219691,burza-wokol-zachorowan-romow-na-odre-w-poznaniu-to-dla-mnie-niepojete-nie-zyjemy-przeciez-jak-za-krola-cwieczka [link-preview url=”http://natemat.pl/219691,burza-wokol-zachorowan-romow-na-odre-w-poznaniu-to-dla-mnie-niepojete-nie-zyjemy-przeciez-jak-za-krola-cwieczka”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Roumanie

Collective Guilt

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What we really don’t need … A case of rape with a truly underage 12 years old girl due to a child wedding. The Rom, 25 years old was sentenced to 6 years of jail. It did the front page of the UK press and of course also of the Romanian one.
It is used unfortunately as a case f collective guilt.

– Roma man from Romania jailed in UK for raping 12-year-old pregnant wife. In: Romania Insider. 12.10.2017. https://www.romania-insider.com/roma-man-romania-jailed-uk/
– Romany Gypsy man, 25, is jailed for six years for having sex with his TWELVE-year-old wife after moving to Essex. In: Daily Mail. 10.10.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4965092/Romany-Gypsy-man-25-jailed-six-years.html [link-preview url=”https://www.romania-insider.com/roma-man-romania-jailed-uk/ “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Roumanie

Nostalgia

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An article on the Romanian Kitsch museum… Guess what it showcases over Roma: Kings and crowns – which actually don’t mean anything.
A further stereotype.

– Many eastern Europeans feel nostalgia for the communist era. In: The Economist. 12.10.2017. https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21730167-though-few-really-want-dictators-back-many-eastern-europeans-feel-nostalgia-communist [link-preview url=”https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21730167-though-few-really-want-dictators-back-many-eastern-europeans-feel-nostalgia-communist”]

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bulgaria, Roma, and Schools

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The Bulgarian government seems to make an effort to make sure Roma children are going to school in the country.
Nice to try to convince the parents, but definitively not enough. One needs to prevent discrimination which exists in school and make sure the children have the means to buy books and material.

– Bulgaria makes effort to bring Roma children back to school. In: Euraktiv. 12.10.2013. https://www.euractiv.com/section/languages-culture/news/bulgaria-makes-effort-to-bring-roma-children-back-to-school/ [link-preview url=”https://www.euractiv.com/section/languages-culture/news/bulgaria-makes-effort-to-bring-roma-children-back-to-school/”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est North Macedonia

Macedonia: Discrimination

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Two Roma families denied exit from Macedonia win a discrimination case against the country.
GOOD!

– Roma Denied Exit From Macedonia Win Discrimination Case. In: ERRC. 10.10.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/roma-denied-exit-from-macedonia-win-discrimination-case/4595 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/article/roma-denied-exit-from-macedonia-win-discrimination-case/4595″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Roumanie

Discrimination

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The “Therme Bucharest”, the biggest wellness and spa complex in Romania has been fined for discriminating against Roma. Specifically they were condemned to pay RON 30’000 for discrimination against two Roma who were pulled out of the line and told to get out.
Good!

– Therme Bucharest needs to pay moral damages for Roma discrimination. In: Romania Insider. 03.10.2017. https://www.romania-insider.com/therme-bucharest-damages-discrimination/ [link-preview url=”https://www.romania-insider.com/therme-bucharest-damages-discrimination/”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: New Health Program.

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Roma living in segregated communities suffer from high rates of chronic and infectious diseases, as well as reduced physical and mental (SIC!) performance. In some areas of Slovakia, their life expectancy is 15 years lower than in the majority population. Therefore, the Ministry of Health already launched the Health Promotion Program for the Disadvantaged Communities in Slovakia in 2013, which in 2015 was changed to a program aimed at supporting the improvement of Roma health from segregated areas, especially in the 150 municipalities identified as the least developed. This is stated in the information material submitted by the Minister of Health Tomáš Drucker and the Government has taken note of it at today’s meeting.
A new national program is being set up to continue the work.
How about simply integrating the Roma???

– Ministerstvo zdravotníctva spúšťa nový program pre Rómov: Trpia vysokou frekvenciou ochorení. In: Topky. 07.10.2017. http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1660553/Ministerstvo-zdravotnictva-spusta-novy-program-pre-Romov–Trpia-vysokou-frekvenciou-ochoreni [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/100535/1660553/Ministerstvo-zdravotnictva-spusta-novy-program-pre-Romov–Trpia-vysokou-frekvenciou-ochoreni”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Roma, Slovakia, and Language

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A map of the languages spoken by Roma in Slovakia (principal language). A Roma activist has proposed that Romanes be taught as a language in school as it is the principal language (often together with Hungarian) of many Roma in Slovakia.

– Slovenčinu chcú učiť ako cudzí jazyk, nová mapa ukazuje, kde sa mieša s rómčinou. In: Dennik. 03.10.2017. https://dennikn.sk/898985/slovencinu-mozu-ucit-ako-cudzi-jazyk-nova-mapa-ukazuje-kde-sa-miesa-s-romcinou/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/898985/slovencinu-mozu-ucit-ako-cudzi-jazyk-nova-mapa-ukazuje-kde-sa-miesa-s-romcinou/”]

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