Lety – at last

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Lety – at last

The demolition of the pig fram on the site of the former Roma concentration camp of Lety can begin. It took time.

Roma Weddings

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Roma Weddings

The Serbian folk singer Nadica Ademov who here admits playing at Roma wedding and states that a large part of her revenues come from those sometimes lavish events.

Viki Gabor

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Viki Gabor

A young Polish Romni who is a reality TV star after having participated in the “Voice of Kids” in Poland turns 15. Viki Gabor was born in Hamburg as the daughter of Ewelina and Dariusz Gabor – Roma of Polish origin. She lived first in Poland, then in Great Britain, eventually returning to Poland for good.

French Chronicle …

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French Chronicle …

Not much, but always the same, which is depressing. A camp closed in the north, and as usual, no solution found for its inhabitants; another one closed in Alsace and one in the west in Nantes; and in the dSouth, residents protest against a Roma camp.

Austria and August 2nd

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Austria and August 2nd

Austria is discussing the establishment August 2nd as a national remembrance day for the Roma and Sinti victims of the Nazis.

Switzerland and Camping Sites

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Switzerland and Camping Sites

After an appeal was dismissed against the decision not to pursue a camping site in the Canton St. Gallen, the umbrella organization of the Swiss Yenish and Sinti is now relying on the cantonal structure plan, which provides for a long-term place – and is taking the judgment to the next higher instance.

Switzerland and Camping Sites

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Switzerland and Camping Sites

One of the main so-called “Transit” camping sites in Switzerland is in need of renovation …

Germany and Roma

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Germany and Roma

The antiziganism reporting and information center in Berlin started work on July 5th. With this, antiziganism is finally being monitored in Germany and incidents are being counted and documented. An important step, because surveys show again and again how widespread social rejection of Sinti and Roma is. An interview with dr. Guillermo Ruiz, the project manager of the registration and information centre and political officer of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma.

Shooting in the Baleares

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Shooting in the Baleares

As if we needed this. A shooting took place in Palma de Majorca. A car belonging to one Roma gang  was shot at by a rival Roma gang. The person who shot at the car was arrested and has already been sentenced.

What is bad is that the oppress speaks of criminal Roma clans, once more.

UK, Roma, and Education

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UK, Roma, and Education

No surprise, Travellers and Roma face hurdles in higher education.

Bad.

Germany and Racism

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Germany and Racism

A Sinti family residing in Bavaria, who made a stop in Ettlingen, reports on terrible racist insults. The police has been alerted and an audio recording was presented.

Bulgaria, Schools, and Roma

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Bulgaria, Schools, and Roma

According to e recent study presented at a conference  on the “State of Roma educational integration: from segregation to education in an ethnically mixed environment”, organized by the “Amalipe” center (link is external) on July 4 and 5 in Sofia, almost 1/2 of the schools in our country have a majority of children from vulnerable groups (so Roma and other minorities).

This amounts more and more to a form of segregation.

Germany and Antiziganism

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The nationwide reporting and information centre for antiziganism has been opened in Berlin. In the future, attacks and insults directed against Roma and Sinti can be reported there.

Germany, Holocaust, and Roma

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Germany, Holocaust, and Roma

Claudia Roth, a prominent German Green politician and one of the vice presidents of the Bundestag. She is also currently serving as Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media has declined to attend a ceremony marking the 100thbirthday of Philomena Franz, where the Sintica and Holocaust survivor will tell about her life.

Vučić and Roma

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Vučić and Roma

Several articles on the Serbian president Vučić recognised the first generation of participants in the Barvalipe program, for young Roma  to work in the Serbian Public administration.

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