The AfD (or at least several of its members and allied groups) is reported to have drafted a relocation plan for citizen of non-German origins. Olaf Scholtz, the German Chancellor has slammed this plan that reminds of the Nazis’ racial laws. The definition of non-German raises questions for Roma and Jews alike.
First review of 2024 of the news in France about Roma. The main article is about Bulgaria and Romania partly joining the Schengen space, and the question as to whether the 10% of Roma who live there will migrate en masse. Another article is about the festival “Welcome en Tsiganie” whose programation will centre on a homage to Ferus Mustafov. Finally, an unusual Roma squat in a former Chinese consulate in Belgium.
Another article on the controversy surrounding the building of a new subway line that passes under the Berlin Roma Genocide memorial.
Well, who is surprised by the fact that Paris is closing Roma camps ahead of the upcoming Olympic games next summer.
Susanne Raab (ÖVP), the Austrian Minister responsible for ethnic groups, invited people to a ceremony in the Federal Chancellery on Monday evening to mark the 30th anniversary of the recognition of the Roma as an ethnic group. It is clear to her that the culture and history of the Roma is an integral and integral part of Austria’s history, she said.
30 years ago, Austria recognised Roma as a national minority. In this context, Music and Minorities Research Center in Vienna featured the 2023 MMRC Lecture “amenca ketane. Histories of Trauma, Music and Romani Empowerment”.
Also, an evening on December 16th.
An exhibition on art by Roma opened in the Heidelberg town hall foyer on December 5th. It was created as part of an art support program for members of the minority. One of the artist is Natalie Tomenko shown here in front of her series of pictures “When the darkness came”.
Not much of the usual camp closure and petty criminality this week, which is good. An article about a new dictionnary on Roma, an exhibition on Roma ghettoes in France, and an article about online racism.
A route through Barcelona is quite different from the ones that take place in the city centre and which aim to show the beautiful side of Barcelona. Organized by EMIC Maridadges Culturals and the Catalan Institute of Anthropology (ICA), in the framework of Anthropology Week, it is called La ciutat dels oblidats. It is led by the historian Montse Solé and wants to show the city that is often not explained. In other words, visit the places where mainly the Roma population settled, and which were on the outskirts of Barcelona.
The newly created memorial for Sinti and Roma at the Protestant city cemetery in Bayreuth was inaugurated. For Bayreuth regional bishop Dorothea Greiner, it is important to come to terms with history.
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, a Polish-Romani artist, has won the prestigious Tajsa Prize Cultural Heritage Prize 2023 for her significant contribution to Roma cultural heritage. The award ceremony took place on 30 November at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater and was organized by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).
The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) has announced the five finalists for the prestigious Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2023, which honours outstanding individuals who are leaders in the contemporary Roma cultural movement. The award ceremony will take place on 30 November 2023 at 19:00 and will be broadcast online from the Gorki Theatre in Berlin.
On November 27, a mass fight took place in the village of Pidvynogradiv in Transcarpathia, involving several dozen men, during which one was killed with a shovel. The fight took place in a part of the village where Roma live. According to the know information, the fight occurred during the elections of a “baron” in the settlement.
According to the news, a 41 years old person was arrested for having organised the fight and weapons in advance.
The new memorial for the Sinti victim of the Nazi genocide was inaugurated in Hamburg.
First an article with maybe good intentions but which labels Roma as nomads, and in the usual French way mixes Gitans, Manouches, Roma, etc. In brief, the usual French confusion. Time they should learn. Then, the more usual: In Bordeaux, Roma from a camp are being re-lodged (an exception) into decent buildings. Finally, In Montpellier, a festival “Migrant’scène” will showcase the documentary about he rumours in France that Roam were stealing children. A must see.
On Friday December 8th, the Esma association organises an information event on Roma culture and a concert. The association was founded by the renowned Romni Esma Rdžepova.
The Hamburg Sinti Association has erected a memorial in the cemetery at Diebsteich in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. It will be ceremoniously inaugurated on Sunday.
According to the European Roma Right Centre, the Italian current government is targeting Romnja.
Natalie Reinhardt, chairwoman of the state representation of German Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg, sees anti-Gypsyism emerging again and again in various areas of social work.
Not a good thing: In Chemnitz, two Roma families are making headlines for noise, insults, garbage, and in addition they are suspected of shoplifting. Whether true or not, the mere fact that such articles pop up is bad.
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