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Switzerland: Complaint

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The Society for Threatened People and the Association of Sinti and Roma Switzerland have lodged a complaint against a SVP (right wing populist party) politician for racism and incitation to racial hatred for his comments on Roma travellers.

– «Das ist rassistisch» Strafanzeige gegen Arboner SVP-Mann nach Verbalattacke auf Fahrende. In: Tagblatt. 30.05.2018. https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/nach-verbalattacke-auf-roma-strafanzeige-gegen-den-arboner-svp-fraktionspraesidenten-ld.1024762 [link-preview url=”https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/nach-verbalattacke-auf-roma-strafanzeige-gegen-den-arboner-svp-fraktionspraesidenten-ld.1024762″]

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Pianist

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The story of a young gifted Roma musician from a shantytown who was given a piano and now is giving concerts.
A drop in the ocean, but nevertheless, a positive story.

– Darovaný klavír ho dostal z osady na koncertné podium. In: Domov SME. 29.05.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20836612/darovany-klavir-ho-dostal-z-osady-na-koncertne-podium.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20836612/darovany-klavir-ho-dostal-z-osady-na-koncertne-podium.html”]

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Switzerland and Holocaust

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An article on Ceija Stojka in the Swiss press, and information about the Holocaust on Roma. This is news in Switzerland, as Roma generally are only beggars or travellers …
Good.

– Le travail de mémoire de Ceija Stojka. In: Le Temps. 25.05.2018. https://www.letemps.ch/culture/travail-memoire-ceija-stojka [link-preview url=”https://www.letemps.ch/culture/travail-memoire-ceija-stojka”]

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

French Chronicle …

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Is it a trend? Or is it a change? The news this week on Roma in France are definitively different. Education, about a Romni in Montreuil fighting for the enrolment of Roma children in school; help, with a story of students of a prestigious French university (Science Po) devoting time to Roma in Poitiers; a Roma manifestation in Nice about the living conditions in Romania; a movie about a Roma family; an integration centre is being discussed in the North of France and one opened near Paris in Ivry; and then the usual news, a fire in a camp in the North, and a camp closure near Paris.
Finally, racism in France with Moslems and Roma coming on the top of the league … A depressing pattern in Europe.

– Montreuil : Liliana se bat pour scolariser les enfants roms. In: Le Parisien. 20.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/montreuil-liliana-se-bat-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-20-05-2018-7726188.php
– Les étudiants de Sciences Po agissent auprès des Roms. In: Centre Presse. 22.05.2018. http://www.centre-presse.fr/article-604073-les-etudiants-de-sciences-po-agissent-aupres-des-roms.html
– Les Roms manifestent contre les ghettos en Roumanie. In: Nice Matin. 21.05.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/les-roms-manifestent-contre-les-ghettos-en-roumanie-231892
– 8, AVENUE LÉNINE. In: Mill Bâbords. http://www.millebabords.org/spip.php?article31813
– Projet «Sas Roms», une seconde réunion publique bien plus calme. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.05.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/382341/article/2018-05-23/projet-sas-roms-une-seconde-reunion-publique-bien-plus-calme
– Ivry : des chalets et de l’insertion pour onze familles roms. In: Le Parisien. 25.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/ivry-des-chalets-et-de-l-insertion-pour-onze-familles-roumaines-25-05-2018-7736010.php
– Une dizaine de caravanes détruites dans l’incendie d’un camp de familles roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.05.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/381676/article/2018-05-23/une-dizaine-de-caravanes-detruites-dans-l-incendie-d-un-camp-de-familles-roms
– Yvelines. Houilles : le camp de Roms de la rue Bapaume démantelé. In: Actu.fr. 25.05.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/yvelines-houilles-camp-roms-rue-bapaume-demantele_16969991.html
– France : Selon un rapport, Roms et musulmans sont les minorités les plus stigmatisées. In: Yabiladi. 25.05.2018. https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/65272/france-selon-rapport-roms-musulmans.html
– Le racisme en 2017 : l’état des lieux de la CNCDH. In: Vie Publique. 24.05.2018. http://www.vie-publique.fr/actualite/alaune/racisme-baisse-du-nombre-actes-racistes-signales.html [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/yvelines-houilles-camp-roms-rue-bapaume-demantele_16969991.html “]

Croatie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Bad Publicity

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Another article on bride selling – this time in Croatia, a country where racism runs anyhow high. Again, the right question is not being asked: Is it “selling” or is it an early wedding with the Vlach tradition of paying the father of the bride.
Such small differentiations are probably too much to ask.

– Young Roma Brides Sold in Northern Croatia. In: Total Croatia. 23.05.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28515-young-roma-brides-sold-in-northern-croatia [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28515-young-roma-brides-sold-in-northern-croatia”]

Italie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Italy and Lega

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Now the Lega is part of the Italian government. And they are really racist against Roma. They are being branded as thieves and told their camp will be bulldozed and they will be sent back – to where? Most of them are born in Italy.

– Roma community outraged over Italy party leader’s discrimination. In: Al Jazeera. 23.05.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/roma-community-outraged-italy-party-leaders-discrimination-180523185716479.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/roma-community-outraged-italy-party-leaders-discrimination-180523185716479.html”]

Allemagne Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

A Tale

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The DDR book “Nackt unter Wölfen” [Naked among wolves] was for a long time a classic. A tale of heroic communists who liberated Buchenwald from inside, and who saved a Jewish child. The child effectively existed and survived. But survived he did because another child was sent to his death in Auschwitz. He was a Sinto.

– Welcher Junge kam nach Auschwitz? In: Die Zeit. 16.05.2018. https://www.zeit.de/2018/21/das-kind-auf-der-liste-annette-leo [link-preview url=”https://www.zeit.de/2018/21/das-kind-auf-der-liste-annette-leo”]

Italie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Italian Commemorations

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A commemoration of the 16th of May in Rome.

– Rom, sinti e caminanti: la Resistenza è inziata il 16 maggio 1944 ad Auschwitz. In: Agora Vox. 16.05.2018. http://www.agoravox.it/Rom-sinti-e-caminanti-la.html
– Rom e Sinti, Agnone: il campo di concentramento a loro destinato e la memoria rimossa. In: La Republica. 16.05.2018. http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/diritti-umani/2018/05/16/news/rom_e_sinti_agnone_il_campo_di_concentramento_a_loro_destinato_e_la_memoria_rimossa-196585927/?refresh_ce [link-preview url=”http://www.agoravox.it/Rom-sinti-e-caminanti-la.html “]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Pologne

Resistance

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The 16th of May marks the day where Roma in Auschwitz took arms and resisted.
This day needs to be remembered and commemorated.

– The Forgotten History of Romani Resistance. In: Open Society Foundations. 15.05.2018. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/forgotten-history-romani-resistance [link-preview url=”https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/forgotten-history-romani-resistance”]

Allemagne Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Requiem for Auschwitz

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The Roma Philharmonic finally managed to find the funding to play the “Requiem for Auschwitz” in the context of the Weeks against Anti-Tziganism in Wiesbaden.
Good!

– Das Requiem der Sinti und Roma ist gesichert. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 15.05.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/wiesbaden-das-requiem-der-sinti-und-roma-ist-gesichert-a-1505301 [link-preview url=”http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/wiesbaden-das-requiem-der-sinti-und-roma-ist-gesichert-a-1505301″]

Hongire Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

Roma Heroes – 2nd International Roma Storytelling Festival

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“Roma Heroes” is the second internationally organised theatre festival for Independent held May 24-27, 2018, at the Studio K Theatre (1092 Budapest, Ráday u. 32). The aim of the special cultural event is to draw attention to Roma drama and story-telling, as well as to the situation of Roma communities, by exemplifying individual fate and by highlighting everyday challenges. Eight contemporary European works will be presented at the festival.

– ROMA HŐSÖK – II. NEMZETKÖZI ROMA STORYTELLING FESZTIVÁL. In: Studio K Szinhaz. http://www.studiokszinhaz.hu/roma-hosok-i-nemzetkozi-roma-storytelling-fesztival/ [link-preview url=”http://www.studiokszinhaz.hu/roma-hosok-i-nemzetkozi-roma-storytelling-fesztival/”]

Italie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Rome, Roma, and Mafia

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A large razzia in the Casamonica district was conducted following 6 years of investigation. The target was a Roma clan who controlled various illegal businesses from extortion, drug dealing, and various schemes. They placed their money in real estate that was seized during the raid.

– Le estorsioni, la droga e il racket degli affitti: l’impero costruito dai Casamonica a Roma. In: La Stampa. 09.05.2018. http://www.lastampa.it/2018/05/09/italia/le-estorsioni-la-droga-e-il-racket-degli-affitti-limpero-costruito-dai-casamonica-Z16pxJZ5gwVwR9kCWstUeJ/pagina.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lastampa.it/2018/05/09/italia/le-estorsioni-la-droga-e-il-racket-degli-affitti-limpero-costruito-dai-casamonica-Z16pxJZ5gwVwR9kCWstUeJ/pagina.html”]

République tchèque Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est

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On Sunday, May 13th, a commemoration was held for the victims of the Holocaust on the site of the former concentration camp of Lety. The pig farm that stood on the camp site was closed very recently and this is the first time the commemoration can be held there.

– Roma Holocaust victims commemorated. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 14.05.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/05/14/roma-holocaust-victims-commemorated

– https://www.facebook.com/sdruzeniromea/videos/10156423409676543/

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Roumanie

Roma in Cannes

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An interview in a French / Belgian magazine of the actress Alina Serban, a Romanian Romni who stars in the movie “Seule à mon marriage” – Alone at my wedding.
Well done!

– Cannes 2018 : Interview exclusive de l’actrice Alina Serban à l’affiche de « Seule à mon mariage ». In: Marie Claire. 10.05.2018. http://marieclaire.be/fr/interview-alina-serban-seule-a-mon-mariage/ [link-preview url=”http://marieclaire.be/fr/interview-alina-serban-seule-a-mon-mariage/”]

Italie Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Rome and Roma

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One reportage and one article on the criminality in Rome with a Roma clan being heavily involved in Casamonica, a suburb of Rome. The article is really bad too, with many stereotypes and disparaging remarks.

– Casamonica, il clan di origine Sinti che spadroneggia a Roma. In: TG LA 7. 09.05.2018. http://tg.la7.it/cronaca/casamonica-il-clan-di-origine-sinti-che-spadroneggia-a-roma-09-05-2018-127369
– Quel marcio che strozza Roma. In: Articlo21. 10.05.2018. https://www.articolo21.org/2018/05/quel-marcio-che-strozza-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://www.articolo21.org/2018/05/quel-marcio-che-strozza-roma/”]

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Balkan and Roma

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A survey on the situation of Roma by the United Nations Development Program and the World Bank, supported by the European Commission in the Western Balkan, while showing some progress highlighted high unemployment (up to 80%) and continuing discrimination.
As usual, these studies need to be taken with a grain of salt as they never include integrated Roma – tilting the results.

– Survey shows unemployment, poverty among W. Balkans’ Roma. In: The Tribune. 09.05.2018. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/nation-world/world/article210766949.html
– Survey shows unemployment, poverty among W. Balkans’ Roma. In: The Tampa Bay. 09.05.2018. http://www.tampabay.com/survey-shows-unemployment-poverty-among-w-balkans-roma-ap_world53a4952ffaf64347a088ee76c22b68e6 [link-preview url=”http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/nation-world/world/article210766949.html “]

Irelande Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Ireland, Travellers, and Roma

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An analysis of the situation of Travellers and Roma in Ireland and the continuing discrimination they face.

– Perniciousness of racism and ableism in Ireland still continues. In: The Irish Times. 08.05.2018. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/perniciousness-of-racism-and-ableism-in-ireland-still-continues-1.3480297 [link-preview url=”https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/perniciousness-of-racism-and-ableism-in-ireland-still-continues-1.3480297″]

Nouvelles d'Europe de l'est Slovaquie

Red Skirt

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Not really sure about an exhibition in Slovakia entitled “Red Skirt” and retracing the way Roma have dressed in the country from their arrival in the middle ages to last century. The difficulty here is always the stereotypes and their perpetuation.

– Červenú sukňu mám… Myturiec. 04.05.2018. https://myturiec.sme.sk/c/20816013/cervenu-suknu-mam.html [link-preview url=”https://myturiec.sme.sk/c/20816013/cervenu-suknu-mam.html”]

Allemagne Nouvelles d'Europe de l'ouest

Ede and Unku

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A German Sinto, a distant relative of Unku, a Sintica who died in Auschwitz, recently wrote the continuation the book Ede and Unku. That book told the story of a friendship between a worker and a Sintica and was forbidden by the Nazis in 1933.

– Die wahre Geschichte von Ede und Unku. In: Deutschlandrundfunk. 07.05.2018. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/janko-lauenberger-die-wahre-geschichte-von-ede-und-unku.1310.de.html?dram:article_id=417351
– Das letzte Kapitel Unkus qualvoller Tod in Auschwitz. In: Berliner Zeitung. 07.05.2018. https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/30126746 [link-preview url=”https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/30126746″]

Nouvelles suisses

Switzerland: Condemned

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Two Bernese politicians from the youth section of the right-wing party SVP were effectively convicted for racism for a picture depicting “stinking” Roma during the election campaign for the Bern parliament this spring.
They are appealing their conviction.

– Die Chefs der Berner JSVP müssen vor den Richter. In: Der Bund. 07.05.2018. https://m.derbund.ch/articles/5af0784dab5c37201c000001 [link-preview url=”https://m.derbund.ch/articles/5af0784dab5c37201c000001″]

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