In spite of the small number of Roma in Finland, prejudice and stereotypes are prevalent. Roma are fighting against it.
– Roma minority asks Finns to look beyond the stereotypes. In: YLE. 08.04.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/roma_minority_asks_finns_to_look_beyond_the_stereotypes/10150192 [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/roma_minority_asks_finns_to_look_beyond_the_stereotypes/10150192″]
According to a report from the EU office for fundamental rights, one in three Roma has been a victim of harassment in the EU.
Bad…
– ‘It’s a vicious cycle’: One in three Roma people in EU states are victims of harassment. In: The Journal. 08.04.2018. http://www.thejournal.ie/roma-european-union-report-3944351-Apr2018/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thejournal.ie/roma-european-union-report-3944351-Apr2018/”]
Stolipinovo is the largest “mahala” or Roma neighbourhood in Plovdiv. Many of its residents are now working on a regular basis in Germany – generally short term manual work in construction. And this has an influence on Stolipinovo itself. A story of two worlds!
– How the ‘Germans’ are changing the largest Roma enclave in Europe. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.04.2018. http://www.dw.com/en/how-the-germans-are-changing-the-largest-roma-enclave-in-europe/a-43298822 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/how-the-germans-are-changing-the-largest-roma-enclave-in-europe/a-43298822″]
Angelo Debarre – together with the very beginnings at the Rose Fleurie in Paris. [link-preview url=””]
Even thought there are very few Roma living in Poland, they are still facing discrimination and prejudice. A very good report on their situation.
– Poland’s Roma community battles discrimination. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.04.2018. http://www.dw.com/en/polands-roma-community-battles-discrimination/a-43273328 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/polands-roma-community-battles-discrimination/a-43273328″]
Many Roma are facing living conditions that are closer to those of third world countries rather than to European standards…
– Many EU Roma face life like people in the world’s poorer countries. In: FRA. 06.04.2018. http://fra.europa.eu/en/press-release/2018/many-eu-roma-face-life-people-worlds-poorer-countries [link-preview url=”http://fra.europa.eu/en/press-release/2018/many-eu-roma-face-life-people-worlds-poorer-countries”]
Thorbjørn Jagland, the EU Council secretary General urged political parties in Europe to sing a pledge to improve the political representation of Roma women in politics.
Good!
– 8 April, International Roma Day: Statement by Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland. In: Council of Europe. 06.04.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/with-the-number-of-elected-roma-and-traveller-women-close-to-zero-the-secretary-general-urges-political-parties-to-fast-track-roma-women-in-politics [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/with-the-number-of-elected-roma-and-traveller-women-close-to-zero-the-secretary-general-urges-political-parties-to-fast-track-roma-women-in-politics”]
EU leaders marked the International Roma Day.
– EU Leaders Mark International Roma Day. In: Emerging Europe. 07.04.2018. http://www.emerging-europe.com/in-brief/eu-leaders-mark-international-roma-day/ [link-preview url=”http://www.emerging-europe.com/in-brief/eu-leaders-mark-international-roma-day/”]
Mateo Salvini, the current Italian leader of the Lega Nord – the far right party which won a large number of seats in the recent Italian elections found nothing better than to comment on the International Roma day by saying:
“if many of them worked more and stole less, if many of them sent their children to school instead of teaching them to steal, then it really would be something to celebrate”.
No further comments.
– Italy’s far-right League marks International Roma Day by telling them to “work more and steal less”. In: Il Globo. 09.04.2018. http://ilglobo.com.au/news/38209/italys-far-right-league-marks-international-roma-day-by-telling-them-to-work-more-and-steal-less/
– Try stealing less, League head tells Roma. In: Pulse Live. 08.04.2018. http://www.pulselive.co.ke/news/world/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma-id8222907.html
– Try stealing less, Italian League head tells Roma. In: The Malay Mail. 08.04.2018. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma
– Try stealing less, Italian League head tells Roma. In: Le Journal du Cameroon. 08.04.2018. https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma/”]
Jobbik, the extreme right party stands a very good change of being the largest opposition party in Hungary. It is officially no longer anti-Semitic and anti-Roma. Well, maybe …
– Gabor Vona seeks to make Jobbik Hungary’s official opposition. In: Euronews. 06.04.2018. http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/06/-profile-gabor-vona [link-preview url=”http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/06/-profile-gabor-vona”]
An article on the “forgotten Holocaust” and on how it has been portrayed over time.
– The genocide of the Roma – and how commemoration of this ‘forgotten Holocaust’ is shifting. In: The Conversation. 06.04.2018. http://theconversation.com/the-genocide-of-the-roma-and-how-commemoration-of-this-forgotten-holocaust-is-shifting-92771 [link-preview url=”http://theconversation.com/the-genocide-of-the-roma-and-how-commemoration-of-this-forgotten-holocaust-is-shifting-92771″]
Another piece of trash journalism – this time from the Daily Mail. A former reality star turned petty criminal. The number of stereotypes is just mind boggling.
– Gypsy Sisters star Mellie Stanley is charged over using bogus coupons scam to obtain thousands of dollars’ worth of goods from Toys R Us. In: The Daily Mail. 06.05.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5585195/Mellie-Jeanette-Lee-star-reality-Gypsy-Sisters-charged-Toys-R-coupons-scam.html#ixzz5Bxs6EQ5q [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5585195/Mellie-Jeanette-Lee-star-reality-Gypsy-Sisters-charged-Toys-R-coupons-scam.html#ixzz5Bxs6EQ5q”]
Frankly, do we need such an article? Would the same article have bene written about another minority? Of course not …
– When tramps and Roma roamed the countryside, and break-ins were prevalent. In: The Altamont Entreprise. 05.04.2018. https://altamontenterprise.com/opinion/columns/glimpse-guilderland-history/04052018/when-tramps-and-roma-roamed-countryside-and-0 [link-preview url=”https://altamontenterprise.com/opinion/columns/glimpse-guilderland-history/04052018/when-tramps-and-roma-roamed-countryside-and-0″]
Following the theft of a mobile phone in a bus in Kiev, a massive brawl started and a group of Roma was literally beaten up in the bus. This was followed in Facebook and on other social media. The fight started in trolleybus No. 30, which was moving along the route “Miloslavskaya – Kadetsky gai”, Kievite Elena Mashuk wrote in the Facebook group “Solomensky district”. “Today they beat the gypsies on the route of trolley bus No. 30 after they took the phone from my sister.”. In comments to her post, social network users supported the beaters: “They did it right”, “It’s high time”, “I hope they broke their hands”.
– В Киеве в троллейбусе вспыхнула массовая драка из-за кражи телефона. In:
РИА Новости Украина. 05.04.2018. https://rian.com.ua/kiev/20180405/1033980976/Kiev-passagiry-izbili-gruppu-romov-ukravshyh-telefon.html [link-preview url=”https://rian.com.ua/kiev/20180405/1033980976/Kiev-passagiry-izbili-gruppu-romov-ukravshyh-telefon.html”]
An article from Pakistan – yes – on Roma in Serbia and the discriminations they face in daily life.
– For Serbia’s Roma, just getting a roof over their heads is a start. In: GEO TV. 06.04.2018. https://www.geo.tv/latest/189773-for-serbias-roma-just-getting-a-roof-over-their-heads-is-a-start [link-preview url=”https://www.geo.tv/latest/189773-for-serbias-roma-just-getting-a-roof-over-their-heads-is-a-start”]
An article of what is at stake for Roma in the upcoming elections and what the issues are that are relevant to them. The article focuses on Paszto, a small town and Szirak, a village in Nograd, one of the poorer regions of Hungary.
– Hungary’s impoverished Roma to vote with their pocketbooks on April 8th. In: Budapest Beacon. 04.04.2018. https://budapestbeacon.com/hungarys-impoverished-roma-to-vote-their-pocketbooks-on-april-8th-reports-abcug/ [link-preview url=”https://budapestbeacon.com/hungarys-impoverished-roma-to-vote-their-pocketbooks-on-april-8th-reports-abcug/”]
An event to attend if in Berlin!
– „Phral mende – Wir über uns“. In: Heinrich Böll Stiftung. http://calendar.boell.de/de/event/phral-mende-wir-ueber-uns [link-preview url=”http://calendar.boell.de/de/event/phral-mende-wir-ueber-uns”]
Several Romnja are fighting prejudice through art, be it acting or other means. They all will participate in the first Roma Biennale opening this week end at the Maxim Gorki theatre in Berlin.
– Not just housewives and whores: Roma women fight prejudice with art. In: Reuters. 05.04.2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-roma-art/not-just-housewives-and-whores-roma-women-fight-prejudice-with-art-idUSKCN1HC042 [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-roma-art/not-just-housewives-and-whores-roma-women-fight-prejudice-with-art-idUSKCN1HC042″]
The Ukrainian city of Pavlovgrad in the East of the country is being lauded for its action towards its Roma minority and its support of the Roma association “Amaro Kher”.
Good, but frankly, the situation in Ukraine is not that good for Roma.
– Intercultural cities: good practice examples. In: Council of Europe. https://www.coe.int/en/web/interculturalcities/-/successful-roma-of-pavlograd [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/interculturalcities/-/successful-roma-of-pavlograd”]
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