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Greece: Government Secretariat for Rroma

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The Greek government is planning a secretariat for the Rroma which would allow representatives of the Rroma community to have a greater say in legislation and decisions that concern them.
Good!

– Gov’t planning secretariat for Roma community. In: Ekhatimerini. 17.10.2016. http://www.ekathimerini.com/212920/article/ekathimerini/news/govt-planning-secretariat-for-roma-community [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/212920/article/ekathimerini/news/govt-planning-secretariat-for-roma-community”]

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Only a few news this week on Rroma in France. The fate of the Rroma from Montreuil who were evicted in July still dominate the news. Frankly, had half the energy that has been put into news, manifestations and other activities be invested into solving the issue, these people would have a house by now. Now, the are threatened with being expelled from France. Among the other news, a fire in a Rroma camp in Grigny, near Paris; neighbours protesting a Rroma squat near Paris; in Western France, in Caen, Rroma from Albania are occupying a house; and finally in the South West, after their eviction, Bulgarian Rroma are sleeping in tents in Mérignac.

– Montreuil : bras de fer entre la municipalité et des Roms attachés à la ville. In: Libération. 13.10.2016. http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/10/13/montreuil-bras-de-fer-entre-la-municipalite-et-des-roms-attaches-a-la-ville_1521525
– Montreuil : des Roms sommés de « quitter le territoire » In: Le Parisien. 11.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-des-roms-sommes-de-quitter-le-territoire-11-10-2016-6194751.php
– Familles Roms expulsées à Montreuil: comment ça va la santé? In: Mediapart. 10.10.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/101016/familles-roms-expulsees-montreuil-comment-ca-va-la-sante
– Grigny : une partie du camp de Roms part en fumée. In: Le Parisien. 11.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/grigny-l-incendie-du-camp-de-roms-provoque-la-fermeture-de-l-a6-11-10-2016-6194979.php
– Corbeil-Essonnes : les voisins d’une maison squattée par des Roms exceeds. In: Le Parisien. 10.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/corbeil-essonnes-91100/corbeil-essonnes-les-voisins-d-une-maison-squattee-par-des-roms-excedes-10-10-2016-6191785.php
– Près de Caen. Une famille d’Albanais squatte une maison à Fleury. In: Ouest France. 14.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/pres-de-caen-une-famille-d-albanais-squatte-une-maison-fleury-4558783
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– Mérignac : après l’évacuation de leur squat, une quinzaine de Roms bulgares dorment dans des tentes. In: FR3 France Info. 10.10.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/aquitaine/gironde/bordeaux-metropole/merignac-apres-evacuation-leur-squat-quinzaine-roms-bulgares-dorment-tentes-1105725.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/pres-de-caen-une-famille-d-albanais-squatte-une-maison-fleury-4558783″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

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The Slovakian Village of Spišský Hrhov was awarded the European Roma Spirit Award 2016 in the category of village and city. It is the first time that such an award aimed at inclusion and integration has been given to a village or town in Slovakia. Maybe something is changing?

– Spišský Hrhov získal medzinárodnú cenu za riešenie problémov Rómov. In: Korzár Spiš. 12.10.2016. http://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20353123/spissky-hrhov-ziskal-medzinarodne-ocenenie-za-riesenie-problemov-romov.html#ixzz4N8kQePG5

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Buddha and Rroma

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A surprising tale of Buddha in the middle of a Rroma settlement in Hungary. A school named after Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891 – 1956), an Indian lawyer coming from the Dalits in a Rroma settlement aims at helping Rroma out of the exclusion which is too often the norm in Hungary. The school is run by Janos Orsos, a Rrom who converted to Buddhism.

– Wie Buddha in die Roma-Siedlung kam. In: Budapester Zeitung. 14.10.2016. http://www.budapester.hu/news/wie-buddha-die-roma-siedlung-kam [link-preview url=”http://www.budapester.hu/news/wie-buddha-die-roma-siedlung-kam”]

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Slovakia: Government Wants to Reduce Rroma in Special Schools

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The Slovak Government wants to reduce the number of Rroma children in special schools and to this end is focusing on pre-school training.
We hope this will works, as in Slovakia (and in the Czech Republic and Hungary) putting Rroma children in special schools is almost the norm.

– Vláda chce znížiť počet Rómov v špeciálnych školách. In: TA3. 10.10.2016. http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1092332/vlada-chce-znizit-pocet-romov-v-specialnych-skolach.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1092332/vlada-chce-znizit-pocet-romov-v-specialnych-skolach.html”]

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Syracuse – USA: Visual Archives of the Holocaust

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Syracuse university is inviting people to attend a symposium on October 10, devoted to the visual archives of Holocaust. These archives recorded testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust.

– Syracuse Symposium Invites People to Discover USC Visual History Archive Oct. 10. In: University of Syracuse. 06.10.2016. http://news.syr.edu/syracuse-symposium-invites-people-to-discover-usc-visual-history-archive-oct-10-65717/ [link-preview url=”http://news.syr.edu/syracuse-symposium-invites-people-to-discover-usc-visual-history-archive-oct-10-65717/”]

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Germany, Bulgaria, and Prostitution

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The story of a Bulgarian Rromni forced into prostitution by Bulgarian men – ethnicity not specified. Sad but this unfortunately happens. Let’s hope the men will be condemned appropriately.

– 19-Jährige flüchtet aus Zwangsprostitution. In: LZ.de. 08.10.2016. http://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/20940910_19-Jaehrige-fluechtet-aus-Zwangsprostitution.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/20940910_19-Jaehrige-fluechtet-aus-Zwangsprostitution.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: The Origins of Racism

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An article on the origins of the current racism in Slovakia, which, according to the author can be traced to the “Shock therapy after the fall of the Iron Curtain” which brought “Slovakia capitalism without its natural development, which often lasted even 100 years” resulting in a “real capitalism without the bourgeoisie, without intellectual elite that would have supported it.” The author also goes back further to the fact that Slovakia was built on the remnants of the Austrian Hungarian Empire, but forgetting that the policies of exclusion and racism were started under that regime in the 18th century.

– Pôvody rasizmu a šovinizmu na Slovensku. In: Dennik. 06.10.2016. https://dennikn.sk/blog/povody-rasizmu-a-sovinizmu-na-slovensku/ [link-preview url=””]

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Kosovo: The Forgotten Rroma

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An article about the forgotten victims of the Kosovo War: the Rroma. This time about the Rroma refugees in Montenegro.
As a reminder, there are currently less than 10% of the Rroma in Kosovo than the country had before the war.

– Les Roms, oubliés de la guerre du Kosovo. In: Ouest France. 05.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/kosovo/les-roms-oublies-de-la-guerre-du-kosovo-4535226 [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/kosovo/les-roms-oublies-de-la-guerre-du-kosovo-4535226″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Kotleba wants to Round up Asocial Rroma

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Martin Kotleba, the rightist extremist in Slovakia wants to round up “asocial” Rroma and force them to work.
Last time we heard such statements, it was under Hitler.
SHAME!!!

– Marián Kotleba chce nahnať cigánskych “asociálov” do práce… In: SME Blog. 06.10.2016. http://jozefkmeto.blog.sme.sk/c/434903/marian-kotleba-chce-nahnat-ciganskych-asocialov-do-prace.html [link-preview url=”http://jozefkmeto.blog.sme.sk/c/434903/marian-kotleba-chce-nahnat-ciganskych-asocialov-do-prace.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Social Care and Rroma

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An interesting article on the social care in Slovakia, which, in the eyes of the social workers, does not work properly in Slovakia. These workers, in this case one who has been working with Rroma since the floods in 1988 in Jarovnice, floods which killed many Rroma, do not want to leave the settlements and continue helping. They are facing larger and larger hurdles.

– Roky pracuje s Rómami: Mnohí úradníci do osady ani nechceli ísť. In: Aktuality.sk. 06.10.2016. http://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/378942/roky-pracuje-s-romami-mnohi-uradnici-do-osady-ani-nechceli-ist/ [link-preview url=”http://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/378942/roky-pracuje-s-romami-mnohi-uradnici-do-osady-ani-nechceli-ist/”]

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Hungary: A book on Holocaust and Rroma

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A recent fiction book in Hungary is tackling the touchy subjects of Holocaust and racism against Rroma.
GOOD

– Endre Farkas: Never, Again. In: The Hungarian Free Press. 04.10.2016. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2016/10/04/endre-farkas-never-again/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2016/10/04/endre-farkas-never-again/”]

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Training on Human Rights and Anti-Tsiganism

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The council of Europe is inviting young people to apply to a regional training on combatting anti-Tisganism though human rights to be held in Odessa, in the Ukraine.
Frankly, teaching people about their human rights when their legal rights are not even respected is, at least in our minds, not the best way to fight discrimination. We’ve seen that in several countries.
Let’s hope …

– Apply now: human rights education for youth to battle Roma discrimination. In: Euro East. 05.10.2016. http://enpi-info.eu/eastportal/news/latest/46692/Apply-now:-human-rights-education-for-youth-to-battle-Roma-discrimination [link-preview url=”http://enpi-info.eu/eastportal/news/latest/46692/Apply-now:-human-rights-education-for-youth-to-battle-Roma-discrimination”]

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Miss Rroma Election in the Czech Republic

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Not sure what to say – but this is certainly not the thing we would copy …
The election of Miss Roma in Ostrava in the Czech Republic.

– VIDEO: V Ostravě proběhla Miss Gypsy 2016. Pořadatelé podpořili Natálku Kudrikovou. In: Romea.cz. 01.10.2016. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/video-v-ostrave-probiha-miss-gypsy-2016-ma-podporit-i-natalku-kudrikovou [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/video-v-ostrave-probiha-miss-gypsy-2016-ma-podporit-i-natalku-kudrikovou”]

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Czech Republic: Education and Rroma

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An article about the difficulties encountered by Rroma in the Czech school system as told by one Rromni who managed to study and who is now engaged in politics aiming at helping fellow Rroma.

– Into the Mainstream. In: TOL. 03.10.2016. http://www.tol.org/client/article/26360-roma-czech-republic-stejskalova.html [link-preview url=”http://www.tol.org/client/article/26360-roma-czech-republic-stejskalova.html”]

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Orban and Rroma

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An interesting article on how the Orban government tried to rope in Rroma to vote for his referendum against refugees and EU. A MUST read.- Orban ropes Hungarian Roma into anti-refugee campaign. In: DW. 02.10.2016. http://www.dw.com/en/orban-ropes-hungarian-roma-into-anti-refugee-campaign/a-35944193 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/orban-ropes-hungarian-roma-into-anti-refugee-campaign/a-35944193″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Gypsy Wedding

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The video of an expensive (but not necessarily chic) wedding of Rroma in Slovakia has gone viral. And resulted in articles in several papers.
Not the best advertisement for Rroma to say the least, if you want to stop stereotypes.

– THE ULTIMATE BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDING Romani bride wearing £175,000 wedding dress is showered in gold and money at ceremony in Slovakia. In: The Sun. 03.10.2016. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1900897/romani-gypsy-bride-wedding-dress-slovakia/
– Dieses slowakische Pärchen zeigt, wie “Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” geht. In: Stern. 03.10.2016. http://www.stern.de/panorama/weltgeschehen/big-fat-gypsy-wedding–dieses-slowakische-paerchen-zeigt–wie-man-richtig-protzt-7086212.html
– Big Fat Gypsy Wedding: 19χρονη Ρομά με χρυσό νυφικό αξίας 200.000 ευρώ [βίντεο] In: Iefimerida. 04.10.2016. http://www.iefimerida.gr/news/292149/big-fat-gypsy-wedding-19hroni-roma-me-hryso-nyfiko-axias-200000-eyro-vinteo#ixzz4M5bGbgce [link-preview url=”http://www.stern.de/panorama/weltgeschehen/big-fat-gypsy-wedding–dieses-slowakische-paerchen-zeigt–wie-man-richtig-protzt-7086212.html
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Glasgow Girls

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An interview of one of the cast of the play “Glasgow Girls” currently running in the UK and, among the girls in the play casts a young Rromni from Kosovo and her plight as a refugee in Scottland.

– Interview with Roanna Davidson from the cast of Glasgow Girls. In: London Theatre. 26.09.2016. https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/148085/interview-roanna-davidson-cast-glasgow-girls/ [link-preview url=””]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Nouvelles suisses Roumanie

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Two articles in the aftermath of the ban of begging in Lausanne. One by a photographer, Yves Leresche, who has been taking picture of these beggars in both Switzerland and Romania, and the other, on the actual effects of banning beggars. The bans are actually bad and make matter worse.

– Yves Leresche: «je m’étonne de l’absence de débat sur la mendicité» In: La Côte. 30.09.2016. http://www.lacote.ch/articles/regions/vaud/yves-leresche-je-m-etonne-de-l-absence-de-debat-sur-la-mendicite-1-2-585162
– A Genève, le bilan inquiétant de la loi anti-mendicité. In: Le Courrier. 29.09.2016. http://www.lecourrier.ch/142819/a_geneve_le_bilan_inquietant_de_la_loi_anti_mendicite [link-preview url=”http://www.lacote.ch/articles/regions/vaud/yves-leresche-je-m-etonne-de-l-absence-de-debat-sur-la-mendicite-1-2-585162″]

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Prague: A Rroma Fashion Label

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A reportage on a new Rroma fashion label in Prague “Gypsy MaMa” entirely produced by Rroma from some of the worst Czech Ghettoes.

– Gypsy MaMa : des vêtements pour lutter contre les préjugés. In: Radio Prague. 27.09.2016. http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/panorama/gypsy-mama-des-vetements-pour-lutter-contre-les-prejuges [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/panorama/gypsy-mama-des-vetements-pour-lutter-contre-les-prejuges”]

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