The criminal proceedings against the perpetrator of the attack against a Roma camp in Lviv which left one Rom dead have started in Kiev.
– У Львові судять підозрюваних у нападі на табір ромів. In: UNN. 08.02.2019. https://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1778791-u-lvovi-sudyat-pidozryuvanikh-u-napadi-na-tabir-romiv [link-preview url=”https://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1778791-u-lvovi-sudyat-pidozryuvanikh-u-napadi-na-tabir-romiv”]
Bulgarian nationalists have presented a “Roma Integration Plan” which foresees cutting welfare and destroying “illegal” housing.
Really? And this in the EU?
– Bulgarian Nationalists’ Roma ‘Integration’ Plan Dismays Rights Advocates. In: Balkan Insight. 07.02.2019. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/bulgarian-nationalists-issue-controversial-roma-integration-plan-02-07-2019 [link-preview url=”http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/bulgarian-nationalists-issue-controversial-roma-integration-plan-02-07-2019″]
A more positive coverage on the OECD report on Slovakia with good growth expectations and some homework regarding the integration of Roma.
– OECD o Slovensku: Vysoký rast, nutnosť zlepšiť integráciu Rómov. In: Spravy. 05.02.2019. https://spravy.pravda.sk/ekonomika/clanok/501028-oecd-o-slovensku-vysoky-rast-nutniost-zlepsit-integraciu-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/ekonomika/clanok/501028-oecd-o-slovensku-vysoky-rast-nutniost-zlepsit-integraciu-romov/”]
First of two views on the current OECD report covering Slovakia. Basically, Slovakia could and should do better at integrating Roma.
– Správa OECD odhaľuje nedostatky v politikách zameraných na integráciu Rómov. In: Euraktiv. 06.02.2019. https://euractiv.sk/section/ekonomika-a-euro/news/sprava-oecd-odhaluje-nedostatky-v-politikach-zameranych-na-integraciu-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://euractiv.sk/section/ekonomika-a-euro/news/sprava-oecd-odhaluje-nedostatky-v-politikach-zameranych-na-integraciu-romov/”]
A new plan in the UK foresees the possibility of jailing travellers for setting up illegal camps.
REALLY???
– CAMP CRACKDOWN. Travellers could be jailed for setting up unauthorised camps under new plans from Home Secretary Sajid Javid. In: The Sun. 07.02.2019. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8370697/travellers-jailed-illegal-camps-new-plans-sajid-javid/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8370697/travellers-jailed-illegal-camps-new-plans-sajid-javid/”]
On February 7th, Roma will protest in Venice in front of the regional parliament of the Veneto region against the evictions and ask for the implementation of the European structural Framework Agreements.
– Venezia: manifestazione Rom, Sinti e Caminanti contro il Decreto Sicurezza. In: Imola Oggi. 04.02.2019. https://www.imolaoggi.it/2019/02/04/venezia-manifestazione-rom-sinti-e-caminanti-contro-il-decreto-sicurezza/ [link-preview url=”https://www.imolaoggi.it/2019/02/04/venezia-manifestazione-rom-sinti-e-caminanti-contro-il-decreto-sicurezza/”]
A report on a project of self-help affordable housing for Roma in Slovakia.
– Slovakia: Self-help house building project changes Romani people’s lives. In: Romea. 02.02.2019. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-self-help-house-building-project-changes-romani-people-apos-s-lives?fbclid=IwAR2jicUT4rfORsn8UPdORDS-byMW8ZdadNzzbOnbhxhsJO6Z9Zf5TbTGGLo#.XFWKrzPQRIo.facebook [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-self-help-house-building-project-changes-romani-people-apos-s-lives?fbclid=IwAR2jicUT4rfORsn8UPdORDS-byMW8ZdadNzzbOnbhxhsJO6Z9Zf5TbTGGLo#.XFWKrzPQRIo.facebook”]
Andrej Danko, Slovak MP and chairman of the Slovak National Party has been condemned by Roma and other personalities for his comments on television calling MP Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová “a little gypsy”.
He should apologise to all Roma.
– Roma personalities condemn Danko’s racist comment. In: The Slovak Spectator. 05.02.2019. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22046474/roma-personalities-condemn-dankos-racist-comment.html
– Rómovia obvinili Danka z rasizmu za výrok o Ďuriš-Nicholsonovej. In: SME. 06.02.2019.
https://domov.sme.sk/c/22045748/romovia-obvinili-danka-z-rasizmu-duris-nicholsonova.html#ixzz5ejypruMn
– Rómske osobnosti kritizovali výrok o cigánočke Nicholsonovej. In: TA3. 05.02.2019. https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1147488/romske-osobnosti-kritizovali-vyrok-o-ciganocke-nicholsonovej.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22046474/roma-personalities-condemn-dankos-racist-comment.html “]
The Green party is stepping up its requests to fight racism against Roma and for more transparency in the selection of a commission for that purpose.
– „Mehr Respekt für Sinti und Roma“. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 02.02.2019. https://www.fr.de/politik/antiziganismus-respekt-fuer-sinti-roma-11651253.html [link-preview url=”https://www.fr.de/politik/antiziganismus-respekt-fuer-sinti-roma-11651253.html”]
Why do shopkeepers put frogs in their shops in Portugal? Well, it is to keep Roma out.
An article in Al Jazeera on the prevalent racism against Roma in Portugal.
– Portuguese shopkeepers using ceramic frogs to ‘scare away’ Roma. In: Al Jazeera. 04.02.2019. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/portuguese-shopkeepers-ceramic-frogs-scare-roma-190203235953102.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/portuguese-shopkeepers-ceramic-frogs-scare-roma-190203235953102.html”]
A Polish youtuber is under trial in Poland for having insulted Roma in many youtube videos he posted. He is one of the most popular contributor in Poland.
Judgement in mid February.
– Znany youtuber znieważył Romów? Wyrok w jego sprawie w połowie lutego. In: Głos Wielkopolski. 01.02.2019. https://gloswielkopolski.pl/znany-youtuber-zniewazyl-romow-wyrok-w-jego-sprawie-w-polowie-lutego/ar/13854302 [link-preview url=”https://gloswielkopolski.pl/znany-youtuber-zniewazyl-romow-wyrok-w-jego-sprawie-w-polowie-lutego/ar/13854302″]
The Swiss government asked Slovakia to stop discrimination against Roma. Well… Considering that the Swiss don’t recognise Roma as a minority, one can ask oneselft why they are so righteous in this case.
– La Slovaquie doit mettre fin à la discrimination contre les Roms. In: La Liberté. 28.01.2019. https://www.laliberte.ch/news-agence/detail/la-slovaquie-doit-mettre-fin-a-la-discrimination-contre-les-roms/473123 [link-preview url=”https://www.laliberte.ch/news-agence/detail/la-slovaquie-doit-mettre-fin-a-la-discrimination-contre-les-roms/473123″]
Roma organisations asked for an urgent meeting with the interior minister (Salvini of the Lega) to ask for an immediate stop of the eviction of Roma camps that Salvini has been advocating loudly.
– Rom, sinti e caminanti a Roma per fermare gli sgomberi. In: Umbria Journal. 01.02.2019. https://www.umbriajournal.com/cronaca/rom-sinti-e-caminanti-a-roma-per-fermare-gli-sgomberi-298627/ [link-preview url=”https://www.umbriajournal.com/cronaca/rom-sinti-e-caminanti-a-roma-per-fermare-gli-sgomberi-298627/”]
Romania will preside the EU for the coming 6 months. This article ponders the impact of this presidency over the situation of Roma in the country.
Well, we think it will not change much for as long as the country as a whole does not change.
– Profitieren rumänische Roma vom EU-Vorsitz? In: Deutschlandfunk. 02.02.2019. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/antiziganismus-in-rumaenien-profitieren-rumaenische-roma.724.de.html?dram:article_id=440027 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/antiziganismus-in-rumaenien-profitieren-rumaenische-roma.724.de.html?dram:article_id=440027″]
A recourse has been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights against the interdiction and criminalisation of begging in the canton Vaud and the city of Lausanne.
– Recours déposé à Strasbourg contre l’interdiction vaudoise de la mendicité. In: RTS. 01.02.2019. https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/10185827-recours-depose-a-strasbourg-contre-l-interdiction-vaudoise-de-la-mendicite.html
– Vaud: recours à Strasbourg contre l’interdiction de mendier. In: Radio Lac. 01.02.2019. https://www.radiolac.ch/actualite/vaud-recours-a-starsbourg-contre-linterdiction-de-mendier/ [link-preview url=”https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/10185827-recours-depose-a-strasbourg-contre-l-interdiction-vaudoise-de-la-mendicite.html “]
Not much this week in France on Roma. A video on their history and origins is probably one of the better ones to circulate in that country, except when they divide Roma into three groups (Sinti/Manouches; Kale; Roma), and that their maps of distributions misses quite a few regions. Oh well, France seems oblivious of history when it comes to Roma.
Other than that, in the North, an article about an integration centre; a new squat in Angers, in Western France; and a protest in Juvigny, in the Alps, about a planned Roma camp.
– D’où viennent les Roms et qui sont-ils ? Réponses dans cette vidéo. In: Positivr. 28.01.2019. https://positivr.fr/qui-sont-les-roms-histoire/
– Lambersart Un SAS Roms pour « sortir les familles de la logique de survie » In: La Voix du Nord. 02.02.2019. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/531525/article/2019-02-02/un-sas-roms-pour-sortir-les-familles-de-la-logique-de-survie-22
– Angers. Les Roms se sont réinstallés rue du Maine, la Ville redemande leur expulsion. In: Oust France. 01.02.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/angers-les-roms-se-sont-reinstalles-rue-du-maine-la-ville-redemande-leur-expulsion-6207525
– Des habitants lancent une pétition contre le camp de Roms imposé par l’État. In: Le Dauphiné. 28.01.2019. https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2019/01/28/des-habitants-lancent-une-petition-contre-le-camp-de-roms-impose-par-l-etat [link-preview url=”https://positivr.fr/qui-sont-les-roms-histoire/ “]
An article / radio on the Romnja in Miskolc, Eastern Hungary who won a case of discrimination against the Hungarian state for discrimination in the hospitals.
– E romnja njerisrade ando krisi ando Miskolc. In: Radio Romano. 29.01.2019. https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=7144432&fbclid=IwAR2V6GiibSXLma5ut5cGgoCSldLoh9vVk20_Tdctj_WkgVvpW0-P00b9CzU [link-preview url=”https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2122&artikel=7144432&fbclid=IwAR2V6GiibSXLma5ut5cGgoCSldLoh9vVk20_Tdctj_WkgVvpW0-P00b9CzU”]
In Tiraspol, Transnistria – a region that declared independence and is only recognised by Russia, a round table on “The social and economic position of the Roma in society” was organised. Among its participants are representatives of public organizations, executive bodies of power, as well as deputies of the Supreme Council.
Well, no comments …
– ПРОБЛЕМЫ РОМОВ ОБСУДИЛИ НА КРУГЛОМ СТОЛЕ В ТИРАСПОЛЕ. In: Novosti PMR. 31.01.2019. https://novostipmr.com/ru/news/19-01-31/problemy-romov-obsudili-na-kruglom-stole-v-tiraspole [link-preview url=”https://novostipmr.com/ru/news/19-01-31/problemy-romov-obsudili-na-kruglom-stole-v-tiraspole”]
A report on a project involving NGOs and factories to help Roma back to work. This is the first project, and resulted in the employment of 40 Roma in a local factory in Poprad.
– Popradská spoločnosť je prvou v projekte Človeka v ohrození: Zamestnáva 40 Rómov. In: Poprad 24. 01.02.2019. https://poprad.dnes24.sk/popradska-spolocnost-je-prvou-v-programe-zamestnavania-romov-dala-pracu-40-z-nich-321584
– Spoločnosť Stiga v Poprade zamestnala už 40 Rómov pomocou inovatívneho programu zamestnávania. In: Web Noviny. 01.02.2019. https://www.webnoviny.sk/spolocnost-stiga-v-poprade-zamestnala-uz-40-romov-pomocou-programu-organizacie-clovek-v-ohrozeni/
– Program pre zamestnávanie Rómov premieňa celé komunity. In: SME Domov. 01.02.2019. https://domov.sme.sk/c/22043198/program-pre-zamestnavanie-romov-premiena-cele-komunity.html [link-preview url=”https://poprad.dnes24.sk/popradska-spolocnost-je-prvou-v-programe-zamestnavania-romov-dala-pracu-40-z-nich-321584 “]
An exhibition on the Roma Holocaust in the UK. Good, as this is not a topic that is often talked about there.
– Hard-hitting exhibition shines light on Nazi persecution of Gypsy and Roma families. In: The Courier. 31.01.2019. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/818599/hard-hitting-exhibition-shines-light-on-nazi-persecution-of-gypsy-and-roma-families/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/818599/hard-hitting-exhibition-shines-light-on-nazi-persecution-of-gypsy-and-roma-families/”]
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