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UK: No further Actions

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The police will not pursue actions against the Welsh Tory MP for his leaflet against Travellers.

Unfortunately not surprising.

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Bulgaria and Roma Weddings

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A “special Operation” of the police in Sliven confiscated musical instruments in a Romani Mahala for violating the night silence ordinance, that is celebrating weddings after 11 PM.

They really have nothing better to do…

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Switzerland and Travellers

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Another conflict between Swiss towns and Roma travellers. This time in Yverdon. The town has blocked access to a camping site with concrete blocks, preventing the Roma who are there from leaving with their caravans.

There are not enough sites in Switzerland, and the highest court in the land is prompting the cantons to remedy this issue. Nothing is of course done.

Autriche Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Salzburg: Monument Restored

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Salzburg: Monument Restored

The monument commemorating the Roma victims of the Holocaust on the site of the camp of Maxglan will be reopened this coming Wednesday. It was heavily damaged in February.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Slovakia: Diggers

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A strange story: Roma have allegedly dug up disused cables in the Prešov region. However, it is not a few metres, but rather 10 kilometres of trenches that have been dug up in the region.

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Croatia and the Holocaust

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Croatia and the Holocaust

An article on the Genocide of the Roma in Croatia, a Genocide that didn’t leave anyone alive. The historian Danijel Vojak explains.

In fact, if one wants to meet Croatian Roma, the only place is Milan, where a few of them fled in 1944. The Roma currently in Croatia come from other parts of former Yugoslavia.

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Peter Pollak on the Holocaust

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Peter Pollák, Slovak MEP during the commemoration of the Genocide of the Roma in Banská Bystrica that “The pernicious ideology of Nazism and fascism caused millions of victims, including hundreds of thousands of Roma in Europe. Even the Roma bought today’s peace. However, we must keep in mind that if we don’t remember these atrocities, what our ancestors went through, we can also go through.”

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Hungary and Analphabets

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The Hungarian Minister Gergely Gulyás who tried to explain the high percentage of 8th graders who are analphabets by laying the blame on Roma is being countered by an economist and education researcher Júlia Varga.

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Poland – Eviction

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Moving of a Roma family who lives in an old building failed. The City of Limanowo, due to the lack of social housing in its area, intended to buy an apartment in another community, but failed to raise funds for this purpose.

The Roma are now left by themselves.

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Interview with Lucie Fuková

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An interview with the commissioner for Roma minority affairs of the Czech Republic. She is being asked what the state is doing to prevent the recurrence of conflicts between Roma and Ukrainians and wether the Commissioner of the Council of Europe right when she claims that the Roma in the Czech Republic face discrimination.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Serbie

Serbia: The Opovo Settlement

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The new settlement in Opovo is one of the more organized of the Vojvodina region, having been built in 2019 by a European Union project with the aim of integrating the Roma population into the local community. It was visited by representatives of the National Council of the Roma National Minority and the province on the occasion of the “Children’s Games”.

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Hungary Blaming Roma

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A reaction for the Roma Right Centre on the statement of a Hungarian minister blaming Roma for the 40% of analphabets in 8th grade Hungarian school.

Well, there are not 40% of Roma children in Hungary, or it there are, it will be interesting …

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Ukraine and Roma

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According to this article, a “flood” of complaints was filed with the police because of Roma renting apartments. According to the article, unsanitary conditions and neglect of parental responsibilities are often cited as a reason for the complaints.

How about mentioning poverty and discrimination?

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovénie

Slovenia: The Usual

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Another unfortunate article about Roma in the Slovenian press. They speak of criminality, brutality, gangs, and the like. In this article, they “explain” that Roma are driving customers away with the intent to extorting money from the businesses.

Bad.

Autriche Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Holocaust, Roma, and Remembrance

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August 2nd is celebrated at the commemoration of the genocide of the Roma during the Holocaust since 2015. But Roma have long been second-class victims. The interest of the public in this commemoration and this part of the suppressed history is not least thanks to people like Čeija Stojka, who broke the silence. A major show is now being dedicated to Stojka at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York.

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest Royaume-Uni

UK and Roma

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A conservative MP from Wales created a sh*tstorm by asking his constituents whether they would (yes/no) like to see a traveller site next to their house. Police is investigating, conservative media think it is a perfectly ok question. Like “would you like to see [any other minority] a your neighbour…

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August 2nd

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Some articles from Eastern Europe on the commemoration of the Genocide of the Roma.

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