Kosovo Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Lead Poisoning

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Another article on the fate of the Roma from Kosovo who are suffering from lead poisoning following their internment in a refugee camp located on a toxic dump. The UN has still not apologised nor compensated them.

– Les Roms ont été empoisonnés par le plomb dans des camps de réfugiés au Kosovo. In: Sciences et Avenir. 20.08.2017. https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/les-refugies-roms-qui-ont-fui-le-kosovo-empoisonnes-pres-des-mines-par-du-plomb_115370 [link-preview url=”https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/les-refugies-roms-qui-ont-fui-le-kosovo-empoisonnes-pres-des-mines-par-du-plomb_115370″]

France Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Another Interview with Anina Ciuciu

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Anina Ciuciu gave another interview last week to the French press. She is a candidate in the Senatorial elections in France and could become the first elected Romni in the French Senate.

– Anina Ciuciu, 27 ans, première candidate rom aux sénatoriales. In: France 24. 24.08.2017. http://www.france24.com/fr/20170823-anina-ciuciu-premiere-candidate-rom-senatoriales-senat-portrait-seine-saint-denis-eevl [link-preview url=”http://www.france24.com/fr/20170823-anina-ciuciu-premiere-candidate-rom-senatoriales-senat-portrait-seine-saint-denis-eevl”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia, the Police, and Roma

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The head of the Slovak Police, Tibor Gašpar, visited several Roma settlements in the east of the country, surrounded by quite a few body gards…
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– FOTO Policajný prezident Gašpar na návšteve u Rómov: Šokovaní obyvatelia, TOTO nečakali. In: Topky. 27.08.2017. http://www.topky.sk/cl/100370/1652061/FOTO-Policajny-prezident-Gaspar-na-navsteve-u-Romov–Sokovani-obyvatelia–TOTO-necakali [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/100370/1652061/FOTO-Policajny-prezident-Gaspar-na-navsteve-u-Romov–Sokovani-obyvatelia–TOTO-necakali”]

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Roma Street …

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The somewhat peculiar story of the Polish city of Puławy where the residents of a street named “Roma” (as the minority – not the city) complain about its name, stating they discriminated simply by means of their address …

– Romowie nie chcą mieszkać przy ul. Romów. In: Dziennik. 27.08.2017. http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/romowie-nie-chca-mieszkac-przy-ul-romow,n,1000204527.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/romowie-nie-chca-mieszkac-przy-ul-romow,n,1000204527.html”]

News Americas

Roma Refugees in Canada

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Part II and III of the story of Hungarian Roma refugees in Canada, from 2000 to current days. A Must read.

– Hungarian Roma refugees in Canada — The lead case, its aftermath and the future (Parts 2 & 3). In: The Hungarian Free Press. 25.08.2017. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/08/25/hungarian-roma-refugees-in-canada-the-lead-case-its-aftermath-and-the-future-parts-2-3/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/08/25/hungarian-roma-refugees-in-canada-the-lead-case-its-aftermath-and-the-future-parts-2-3/”]

France Kosovo Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

French Chronicle …

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Very few news this week on Roma in France. An article about Roma from the Kosovo who had to appear in front of a judge in Angers, in Western France; in Montpellier, the mayor is asking the French state for support to control a Roma camp in the city; in Lille, one of the largest camps has been closed; and finally, Roma pickpockets in Disneyland near Paris.

– L’errance des Roms passe par le tribunal. In: Ouest France. 25.08.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/l-errance-des-roms-passe-par-le-tribunal-5207765
– Camps de Roms à Montpellier : Philippe Saurel perd patience. In: Midi Libre. 27.08.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/08/26/camps-de-roms-a-montpellier-philippe-saurel-perd-patience,1552029.php
– Lille: Démantèlement du camp de Roms de Pont-Royal. In: 20 Minutesd (FR). 22.08.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/lille/2119675-20170822-lille-demantelement-camp-roms-pont-royal
– Le camp de Roms de Pont-Royal a été évacué ce mardi matin. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/207166/article/2017-08-22/le-camp-de-roms-de-pont-royal-ete-evacue-ce-mardi-matin
– Des pickpockets roumains qui détroussaient des touristes devant la justice. In: Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace. http://www.dna.fr/actualite/2017/08/27/des-pickpockets-roumains-qui-detroussaient-des-touristes-devant-la-justice [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/l-errance-des-roms-passe-par-le-tribunal-5207765″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia, Highways, Roma, and Unemployment Rate

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This is how not to make statistics … While correlating the unemployment rate and its decrease with the presence of highways, a small paragraph states:

“The most significant impact on the unemployment rate in the regions is the percentage of Roma. This is shown in each research or model. While in Western Slovakia, the Roma represent a low share of the total population, mostly up to 5% (according to the Atlas of the Roma communities), they are around 30% in the Gemer region, and in many other districts of Eastern Slovakia around 20%. We know from microdata that there is about 65% unemployment among Roma.”

– Ako IFP „zavrhlo“ výstavbu diaľnic. In: Dennik. 24.08.2017. https://dennikn.sk/blog/ako-ifp-zavrhlo-vystavbu-dialnic/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/blog/ako-ifp-zavrhlo-vystavbu-dialnic/”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Summer School

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How a 19 year old future teacher organised a summer camp in Slovakia for Roma children. And the camp is full – for, as she says, Roma children want to learn.
Well done!

– Budúca učiteľka má len 19 rokov, do jej letnej školy sa už hlásili desiatky Rómov. In: Dennik. 21.08.2017. https://dennikn.sk/851615/buduca-ucitelka-ma-len-19-rokov-do-jej-letnej-skoly-sa-uz-hlasili-desiatky-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/851615/buduca-ucitelka-ma-len-19-rokov-do-jej-letnej-skoly-sa-uz-hlasili-desiatky-romov/”]

Allemagne Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Germany: The Story of the Family Weiss

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A story about a Sinti family in Post War Germany. This shows what Roma had to face in the aftermath of the War and Holocaust in Germany.

Die unerzählte Geschichte der Familie Weiß. In: Dewezet. 25.08.2017. https://www.dewezet.de/hintergrund/hintergrund-seite_artikel,-die-unerzaehlte-geschichte-der-familie-weiss-_arid,2397270.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dewezet.de/hintergrund/hintergrund-seite_artikel,-die-unerzaehlte-geschichte-der-familie-weiss-_arid,2397270.html”]

France Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Pilgrimage in Lourdes

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The annual pilgrimage of the French travellers (Manouches et Gitans) in Lourdes closed yesterday., It is held from the 19th to the 24th of August.

– Le pèlerinage des gens du voyage à Lourdes. In: Aleteia. 24.08.2017. https://fr.aleteia.org/2017/08/24/le-pelerinage-des-gens-du-voyage-a-lourdes/ [link-preview url=”https://fr.aleteia.org/2017/08/24/le-pelerinage-des-gens-du-voyage-a-lourdes/”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Czech Government, Lety, and Roma

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Following the decision by the Czech government to buy the pig farm located on the site of the Roma concentration camp of Lety, the contract could be signed as early as next month.
This would close the chapter of Lety, but certainly not of the Holocaust in the Czech Republic where Roma were almost totally annihilated – essentially by the Czech themselves.

– Czech Government Agrees to Buy Roma Holocaust Site. In: TOL. 22.08.2017. http://www.tol.org/client/article/27139-czech-government-agrees-to-buy-roma-holocaust-site.html [link-preview url=”http://www.tol.org/client/article/27139-czech-government-agrees-to-buy-roma-holocaust-site.html”]

Hongire News Americas Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Hungarian Roma Refugees in Canada

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A long article on the Roma refugees from Hungary in Canada. This story covers the years between the 1990’s and 2000.

– Hungarian Roma refugees in Canada — The Roma fiasco (Part 1). In: The Hungarian Free Press. 24.08.2017. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/08/24/hungarian-roma-refugees-in-canada-the-roma-fiasco-part-1/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/08/24/hungarian-roma-refugees-in-canada-the-roma-fiasco-part-1/”]

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bulgaria – Law and Order

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The Bulgarian Interior Minister Valentin Radev promised the return of Law and Order in Asenovgrad by adding policemen policing the Roma neighbourhood there. The city had been the scene of riots against Roma – allegedly because of petty criminality …
The right answer would be a different one.

– Minister Valentin Radev: There will be law and order in Roma neighbourhood in Asenovgrad. In: Focus Network. 24.08.2017. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/08/24/422311/minister-valentin-radev-there-will-be-law-and-order-in-roma-neighbourhood-in-asenovgrad.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/08/24/422311/minister-valentin-radev-there-will-be-law-and-order-in-roma-neighbourhood-in-asenovgrad.html”]

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Hungary, Voting Rights, and Roma

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An idea is being floated in Hungary that only people paying taxes should be allowed to vote in elections. This is mainly directed at Hungarians outside of Hungary (many of whom acquired the Hungarian passport under Orban). The Deputy Prime Minister made a slip of the tongue while arguing against this idea referring to Roma – saying that very few of them actually work and pay taxes.

– Dog whistle racism from Hungary’s deputy prime minister. In: Hungarian Free Press. 21.08.2017. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/08/21/dog-whistle-racism-from-hungarys-deputy-prime-minister/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2017/08/21/dog-whistle-racism-from-hungarys-deputy-prime-minister/”]

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Really?

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Roma were forbidden entry in a swimming pool in Mallorca. Its owner is now facing a trial.

– Kein Eintritt für Gitanos in Schwimmbad auf Mallorca. In: Mallorca Zeitung. 21.08.2017. http://www.mallorcazeitung.es/lokales/2017/08/21/kein-eintritt-zigeuner-schwimmbad-mallorca/53620.html [link-preview url=”http://www.mallorcazeitung.es/lokales/2017/08/21/kein-eintritt-zigeuner-schwimmbad-mallorca/53620.html”]

Nouvelles suisses

Travellers and Switzerland

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This time, in Eastern Switzerland … They rented a piece of land from a Farmer and will stay for around 30 days.
– Fahrende sind wieder da. In: Tagblatt. 21.08.2017. http://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/fahrende-sind-wieder-da;art509043,5063338 [link-preview url=”http://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/fahrende-sind-wieder-da;art509043,5063338″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

School and Slovakia

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A typical story for Slovakia. The government plenipotentiary for Roma affairs, Abel Ravasz, is trying to mediate an issue of bullying of Roma in a school and a de-facto attempt at school segregation. Bullying against Roma children happened in Demandice, a village where Roma from two neighbouring communes are attending school in. The local council has decided to exclude Lontov and Ipeľský Sokolec from their school district, meaning that the mostly Roma pupils from these municipalities are allowed to attend a school in Demandice, but will not have the travel expenses paid. This is a de-facto exclusion of the Roma as they depend on this stipend.

Rómsky splnomocnenec sa dohodol so starostami na postupe v Demandiciach. In: SME Domov. 22.08.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20631878/splnomocnenec-sa-dohodol-so-starostami-na-rieseni-problemov-v-demandiciach.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20631878/splnomocnenec-sa-dohodol-so-starostami-na-rieseni-problemov-v-demandiciach.html”]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest Royaume-Uni

Response to Slavery

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The UK press had a field day when the details of the slavery case were highlighted last week. A family of travellers held people in squalid conditions as de-facto slaves.
Here is the response to this act from the Traveller Community.

– ‘Traveller slavery’ and the press – a TT response. In: The Travellers’ Times. 21.08.2017. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Traveller-slavery-and-the-press–a-TT-response.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Traveller-slavery-and-the-press–a-TT-response.aspx”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Czech Mourning

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200 people commemorated the victims of the Holocaust on the site of the Hodonin Roma concentration camp in the Czech Republic. The commemoration was attended by the Prime Minister.

– Some 200 Czechs, including PM, commemorate Roma Holocaust. In: Prague Daily Monitor. 21.08.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/08/21/some-200-czechs-including-pm-commemorate-roma-holocaust [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/08/21/some-200-czechs-including-pm-commemorate-roma-holocaust”]

Bulgarie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Sofia: House Destroyed

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The removal of Roma settlement continues in Bulgaria. This time, Roma 149 houses in Zaharna Faharna that are deemed to be illegal were destroyed.
Illegal means it was built without formal approval/land registry entry which happens to be the case of all Roma Mahalas.
BAD!

– 149 Illegal Roma Houses are being Destroyed in Sofia’s Zaharna Fabrika Quarter. In: Novinite. 22.08.2017. http://www.novinite.com/articles/182518/149+Illegal+Roma+Houses+are+being+Destroyed+in+Sofia%27s+Zaharna+Fabrika+Quarter [link-preview url=”http://www.novinite.com/articles/182518/149+Illegal+Roma+Houses+are+being+Destroyed+in+Sofia%27s+Zaharna+Fabrika+Quarter”]

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