Really?????

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Boris Kollar, the president of “Sme Rodina” [We are a family] stated that Slovakia cannot accept or keep Syrian refugees because Slovakia has not been able to integrate Roma in 600 years …
We should maybe suggest he takes some history lessons …

– Nedokázali sme integrovať Rómov a chceme prijímať sýrske siroty, rozohnil sa Boris Kollár. In: Web Noviny. 03.10.2018. https://www.webnoviny.sk/nedokazali-sme-integrovat-romov-a-chceme-prijimat-syrske-siroty-rozohnil-sa-boris-kollar/ [link-preview url=”https://www.webnoviny.sk/nedokazali-sme-integrovat-romov-a-chceme-prijimat-syrske-siroty-rozohnil-sa-boris-kollar/”]

Facebook Against Zeman

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Following the statements on Roma last week by the Czech president Miloš Zeman, Roma have begun to post pictures of themselves at work – saying “we do work”.

– Czech Roma respond to president: We do work! In: Yahoo. 03.10.2018. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/czech-roma-respond-president-174101893.html [link-preview url=”https://sg.news.yahoo.com/czech-roma-respond-president-174101893.html”]

Brigitta Balogh

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Another article on the young Hungarian Romni who is set to become the first Roma barrister in the UK.

– Hungarian Woman Set to Become Britain’s First Roma Barrister. In: Hungary Today. 03.10.2018. https://hungarytoday.hu/hungarian-woman-set-to-become-britains-first-roma-barrister/ [link-preview url=”https://hungarytoday.hu/hungarian-woman-set-to-become-britains-first-roma-barrister/”]

600 Years

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The German acknowledge it, the Swiss deny it: 600 years of Roma presence in the German speaking lands.

– 600 Jahre Roma in Frankfurt. In: ZDF. 01.10.2018. https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-in-deutschland/600-jahre-roma-in-frankfurt-100.html [link-preview url=”https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-in-deutschland/600-jahre-roma-in-frankfurt-100.html”]

Switzerland and Travellers

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Roma travellers in Switzerland have been unwelcome lately. An article about them and about the work of an association of Sinti and Roma and its president who mediate between travellers, locals, and authorities.

– Er erklärt ausländischen Fahrenden die Schweiz. In: Berner Zeitung. 02.10.2018. https://m.bernerzeitung.ch/articles/5bb26d1fab5c3743ef000001 [link-preview url=”https://m.bernerzeitung.ch/articles/5bb26d1fab5c3743ef000001″]

Bunch of untruths

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One always wonders why people can write totally false things about Roma with total impunity…

– ABOUT ROMANIA AND GYPSIES. NEED ROMANIAN EXPERIENCE IN UKRAINE? – NEWS ZIK.UA. In: Siver Post. 02.10.2018. https://sivpost.com/about-romania-and-gypsies-need-romanian-experience-in-ukraine-news-zik-ua/23912/ [link-preview url=”https://sivpost.com/about-romania-and-gypsies-need-romanian-experience-in-ukraine-news-zik-ua/23912/”]

Education, Work, and Roma

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Conference on the integration of Roma in the workforce in Croatia.

– Inclusion of Roma youth through education, employment and political participation. In: Council of Europe. 26.09.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/inclusion-of-roma-youth-through-education-employment-and-political-participation [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/congress/-/inclusion-of-roma-youth-through-education-employment-and-political-participation”]

Newspaper on Zeman

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Articles in the press on the ERRC on Zeeman.

– Roma-Zentrum wirft tschechischem Präsidenten Zeman Rassismus vor. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 02.10.2018. https://www.nzz.ch/international/roma-zentrum-wirft-tschechischem-praesidenten-zeman-rassismus-vor-ld.1424855
– EUROPÄISCHES ROMA-ZENTRUM WIRFT ZEMAN RASSISMUS VOR. 01.10.2018. https://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/nachrichten/europaeisches-roma-zentrum-wirft-zeman-rassismus-vor [link-preview url=”https://www.nzz.ch/international/roma-zentrum-wirft-tschechischem-praesidenten-zeman-rassismus-vor-ld.1424855 “]

Zeeman and EERC

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An open letter of the European Roma Right Center to the Czech president Miloš Zeman.

– OPEN LETTER TO CZECH PRESIDENT ON RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT ROMA. In: ERRC. http://www.errc.org/press-releases/open-letter-to-czech-president-on-racist-comments-about-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/press-releases/open-letter-to-czech-president-on-racist-comments-about-roma”]

Zeman – again

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An article on the impact of the latest statements by Miloš Zeman on Roma. They are de-facto increasing ethnic tensions and promoting a negative view of Roma.

– Politológ: Zeman výrokmi o fackovaní Rómov zvyšuje etnické napätie. In: Parlamentne Listy. 29.09.2018. https://www.parlamentnelisty.sk/arena/monitor/Politolog-Zeman-vyrokmi-o-fackovani-Romov-zvysuje-etnicke-napatie-305212 [link-preview url=”https://www.parlamentnelisty.sk/arena/monitor/Politolog-Zeman-vyrokmi-o-fackovani-Romov-zvysuje-etnicke-napatie-305212″]

Hungarian Press on Hungarian Roma in the UK

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An article in the Hungarian press on Brigit Balogh, a Hungarian Romni who is probably going to become England’s first Roma barrister.

– Magyar roma nőről ír az Independent, aki a brit cigányság jogaiért küzd. In: Index. 26.09.2018. https://index.hu/kulfold/szevasztok/2018/09/26/anglia_balogh_brigitta_barrister_ugyved_london/ [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/kulfold/szevasztok/2018/09/26/anglia_balogh_brigitta_barrister_ugyved_london/”]

Accused and Accusing

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A total of 6 Roma who have claimed being victims of police violence in the Košice region have been indicted themselves and five of them have been already condemned.
Shame.

– Pojednávanie v kauze zásahu polície v rómskej osade súd odročil. In: Teraz. 24.09.2018. https://www.teraz.sk/regiony/sudy-os-kosice-i-pojednavanie-v-kauze/350513-clanok.html [link-preview url=”https://www.teraz.sk/regiony/sudy-os-kosice-i-pojednavanie-v-kauze/350513-clanok.html”]

Book on Ustaša

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The book “1941” by Slavko Goldstein analyses the origins of the nationalism in the Balkans, and shows the atrocities committed by the Ustaša against Jew, Roma, and Serbs during that time.

– Das entscheidende Jahr. In: TAZ. 29.09.2018. http://www.taz.de/!5536502/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5536502/”]

Eva Davidová

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The Czech sociologist and ethnologist Eva Davidová died on Friday 21st of September at the age of 85.
May she rest in peace.

– Czech Republic: Eva Davidová, an ethnographer who loved Romani people, has passed away. In: Romea. 2609.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-eva-davidova-an-ethnographer-who-loved-romani-people-has-passed-away
– DÉCÈS D’EVA DAVIDOVÁ, SOCIOLOGUE ET SPÉCIALISTE DES ROMS. In: Radio Prague. 26.09.2018. https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/deces-deva-davidova-sociologue-et-specialiste-des-roms [link-preview url=”https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/infos/deces-deva-davidova-sociologue-et-specialiste-des-roms”]

French Chronicle …

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The trend holds. Very fe news on Roma this week in France.
Pictures of a Roma camp near Paris made the headline. They show the houses and the garbage filmed from a drone. In Montreuil, the mayor requisitioned housing for migrants, but not for Roma who have been expulsed a long while back. In the north, locals are asking for the closure of a camp while in the South East, in Grenoble, a camp is likely to be closed.

– Essonne : avec ses images aériennes, il interpelle les autorités sur la situation d’un bidonville. In: Le Parisien. 24.09.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/essonne-avec-ses-images-aeriennes-il-interpelle-les-autorites-sur-la-situation-d-un-bidonville-24-09-2018-7901208.php
– Essonne : Un campement rom vu du ciel à Bondoufle/Ris-Orangis. In: Le Républicain de l’Essonne. 26.09.2018. https://www.le-republicain.fr/actualites-locales/grand-paris-sud/essonne-un-campement-rom-vu-du-ciel-a-bondoufle-ris-orangis
– Essonne. Il dénonce la pollution d’un bidonville grâce à son drone. Ouest France. 25.09.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/ile-de-france/essonne/essonne-il-denonce-la-pollution-d-un-bidonville-grace-son-drone-5985018
– Montreuil solidaire, vraiment? In: Médiapart. 27.09.2018. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/270918/montreuil-solidaire-vraiment
– Les riverains de la rue du Plaisir demandent le départ des Roms. In: Nord Eclair. 26.09.2018. http://www.nordeclair.fr/191608/article/2018-09-26/les-riverains-de-la-rue-du-plaisir-demandent-le-depart-des-roms
– Fontaine : les Roms du terrain Courtade pourraient être expulses. In: Le Dauphiné. 29.09.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2018/09/29/fontaine-les-roms-du-terrain-courtade-pourraient-etre-expulses [link-preview url=”https://www.le-republicain.fr/actualites-locales/grand-paris-sud/essonne-un-campement-rom-vu-du-ciel-a-bondoufle-ris-orangis “]

Typical

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A typical article from the Daily Mail about beggars. You could think that Oxford street is full of beggars…

– The Oxford Street ‘hugger muggers’: How aggressive ‘Fagin’ gangs are using children as young as THREE to target wealthy victims in the heart of London. In: Daly Mail. 27.09.2018. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6213719/Fagin-beggar-gangs-using-kids-aged-three-target-wealthy-victims-Londons-Oxford-Street.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6213719/Fagin-beggar-gangs-using-kids-aged-three-target-wealthy-victims-Londons-Oxford-Street.html”]

Slovakia and Work

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Yet another article in the Slovakian press about the need to employ local Roma rather than rely on immigrants from other countries. This article describes some of the reasons behind the large unemployment of Roma in Slovakia.

– Príležitosť pre ľudí z osád. In: Nazory Pravda. 28.09.2018. https://nazory.pravda.sk/analyzy-a-postrehy/clanok/485894-prilezitost-pre-ludi-z-osad/ [link-preview url=”https://nazory.pravda.sk/analyzy-a-postrehy/clanok/485894-prilezitost-pre-ludi-z-osad/”]

Slovenia and Salvini

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The Slovenian Press started reporting on Salvini’s effort to close all Roma camps within five years in Italy.

– Italijanska vlada s strožjo zakonodajo nad mafijce, teroriste in migrante. In: RTV. 24.09.2018. https://www.rtvslo.si/svet/evropa/italijanska-vlada-s-strozjo-zakonodajo-nad-mafijce-teroriste-in-migrante/466856
– Salvini bi do konca mandata zaprl vsa nezakonita romska naselja. In: STA. 24.09.2018. https://www.sta.si/2556101/salvini-bi-do-konca-mandata-zaprl-vsa-nezakonita-romska-naselja [link-preview url=”https://www.rtvslo.si/svet/evropa/italijanska-vlada-s-strozjo-zakonodajo-nad-mafijce-teroriste-in-migrante/466856 “]

Slovenia: Efforts

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A community centre will be opened in the largest Roma settlement in Slovenia. Let’s see what this brings.

– Roma village to get community centre. In: STA. 25.09.2018. https://english.sta.si/2556442/roma-village-to-get-community-centre [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2556442/roma-village-to-get-community-centre”]

Madrid: Closure

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A Roma camp in Madrid was closed this week. But at least contrary to France or Italy, alternative housing is being provided.

– In Madrid, a Roma community prepares for relocation. In: Reuters. 28.09.2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-shantytown/in-madrid-a-roma-community-prepares-for-relocation-idUSKCN1M81VV [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-shantytown/in-madrid-a-roma-community-prepares-for-relocation-idUSKCN1M81VV”]

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