In Live’s Solomensky district Roma set up a camp right in the middle of the courtyard of a multi-storey apartment building.
Not a good advertisement.
– Во дворе жилого дома на Соломенке появился лагерь ромов. In: Vesti. 02.11.2018. https://vesti-ukr.com/kiev/310896-vo-dvore-zhiloho-doma-na-solomenke-pojavilsja-laher-romov [link-preview url=”https://vesti-ukr.com/kiev/310896-vo-dvore-zhiloho-doma-na-solomenke-pojavilsja-laher-romov”]
The list of known ethnic killings or Roma in 2017 and 2018.
May they rest in peace.
– ETHNIC KILLINGS CLAIMED FIFTEEN ROMA IN 2017/18. In: The Norwich Radical. 02.11.2018. https://thenorwichradical.com/2018/11/02/ethnic-killings-claimed-fifteen-roma-in-2017-18/ [link-preview url=”https://thenorwichradical.com/2018/11/02/ethnic-killings-claimed-fifteen-roma-in-2017-18/”]
The German State of Baden Wuertemberg will be granting more support to Sinti and Rom going forward.
Good!
– Mehr staatliche Förderung für Sinti und Roma. In: Badische Neueste Nachrichten. 31.10.2018. https://bnn.de/nachrichten/suedwestecho/mehr-staatliche-foerderung-fuer-sinti-und-roma [link-preview url=”https://bnn.de/nachrichten/suedwestecho/mehr-staatliche-foerderung-fuer-sinti-und-roma”]
Another side effect of the upcoming Brexit: Travellers may be at risk of deportation if they do not possess the right documents…
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– Roma gypsies warned over risk of deportation after Brexit without paperwork proving residency. In: The Independent. 01.11.2018. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-roma-gypsies-travellers-windrush-immigration-paperwork-a8613606.html [link-preview url=”https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-roma-gypsies-travellers-windrush-immigration-paperwork-a8613606.html”]
The European Roma Right Centre (ERRC) was awarded Clifford Chance Access to Justice award. This award is granted yearly to various NGOs providing legal help.
– Help for the Roma. In: The Times. 01.11.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/edward-fennell-law-diary-help-for-the-roma-f2d9xb6mq [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/edward-fennell-law-diary-help-for-the-roma-f2d9xb6mq”]
An exhibition of the work of Nihad Nino Pušija, a Bosnian born Rom who lives since more than 25 years in Berlin.
– Ausstellung „So ist das bei uns“ – Lauter Individuen. In: TAZ. 28.10.2018. http://www.taz.de/!5543359/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5543359/”]
A new community centre for Roma will be built in the suburb of Orechov in Nitra. It will replace an older centre that is no longer fit for purposes.
– Pre Rómov v Orechovom dvore mesto postaví nové komunitné centrum. In: Nitra Děn. 31.10.2018. https://nitraden.sk/pre-romov-v-orechovom-dvore-mesto-postavi-nove-komunitne-centrum/ [link-preview url=”https://nitraden.sk/pre-romov-v-orechovom-dvore-mesto-postavi-nove-komunitne-centrum/”]
12 Roma organisations in Hungary have joined the protest against the new law criminalising homelessness in Hungary.
– Roma szervezetek is csatlakoztak a hajléktalanság büntethetősége ellen. In: Index. 31.10.2018. https://index.hu/belfold/2018/10/31/roma_szervezetek_is_csatlakoztak_a_hajlektalansag_buntethetosege_ellen/ [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/belfold/2018/10/31/roma_szervezetek_is_csatlakoztak_a_hajlektalansag_buntethetosege_ellen/”]
The museum of Roma Culture announces photography competition inspired by the work of Romani photographer Andrej Pešta.
– Czech Republic: Museum of Romani Culture announces photography competition. In: Romea. 31.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-museum-of-romani-culture-announces-photography-competition [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-museum-of-romani-culture-announces-photography-competition”]
The story of a young Slovak Rom who was sent to a special school in Slovakia, a graveyard for education, and, when he moved to England, ended up in the university.
In brief, a prod that with equal chances, one gets equal results…
– Na Slovensku ho poslali do špeciálnej školy, v Británii študuje na univerzite. Jeho britskí učitelia ukazujú, ako učiť Rómov. In:Dennik. 26.10.2018. https://dennikn.sk/1273911/na-slovensku-ho-poslali-do-specialnej-skoly-v-britanii-vystudoval-univerzitu-jeho-britski-ucitelia-ukazuju-ako-ucit-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/1273911/na-slovensku-ho-poslali-do-specialnej-skoly-v-britanii-vystudoval-univerzitu-jeho-britski-ucitelia-ukazuju-ako-ucit-romov/”]
Residents of Zabrze, a town near Katowice have erected a wall to separate themselves from their Roma neighbours …
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– Zabrze: Mieszkańcy postawili mur i odgradzają się od Romów ZDJĘCIA Romscy sąsiedzi są rozgoryczeni na lokatorów z Sienkiewicza. In: Dziennik Nachodni. 27.10.2018. https://dziennikzachodni.pl/zabrze-mieszkancy-postawili-mur-i-odgradzaja-sie-od-romow-zdjecia-romscy-sasiedzi-sa-rozgoryczeni-na-lokatorow-z-sienkiewicza/ar/13619560 [link-preview url=”https://dziennikzachodni.pl/zabrze-mieszkancy-postawili-mur-i-odgradzaja-sie-od-romow-zdjecia-romscy-sasiedzi-sa-rozgoryczeni-na-lokatorow-z-sienkiewicza/ar/13619560″]
According to Ambassador Bernd Borchardt, Head of OSCE Presence in Albania, society is judged by the way it treats its weakest members. And that is often, in the Balkan, the Roma minority.
There is some way to go – even to achieve the state that was under Ottoman rule.
– OP-ED/ Society is judged by the way it treats its weakest members. In: Independent Balkan News Agency. 29.10.2018. https://balkaneu.com/op-ed-society-is-judged-by-the-way-it-treats-its-weakest-members/ [link-preview url=”https://balkaneu.com/op-ed-society-is-judged-by-the-way-it-treats-its-weakest-members/”]
Following the derogatory remarks by the EU parliament president Tajani, the Alliance against Antigypsyism is asking him for a clear position against antigypsyism. He had stated that the minimal income that the new government wants to introduce in Italy would land in the pockets of Roma.
Among the prominent signatories: Romani Rose of the German Council of Sinti and Roma.
– Alliance against Antigypsyism demands clear commitment of EP President Tajani against antigypsyism. In: European Interest. 29.10.2018. https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/alliance-antigypsyism-demands-clear-commitment-ep-president-tajani-antigypsyism/ [link-preview url=”https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/alliance-antigypsyism-demands-clear-commitment-ep-president-tajani-antigypsyism/”]
The Council of Europe chided Slovenia in its report on the framework convention on the protection of national minorities and asked the country to do more against hate speech.
– CoE: Slovenia urged to secure more Roma rights, fight hate speech. In: STA. 29.10.2018. https://english.sta.si/2568740/coe-slovenia-urged-to-secure-more-roma-rights-fight-hate-speech [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2568740/coe-slovenia-urged-to-secure-more-roma-rights-fight-hate-speech”]
This is not pretty, in parallel with an increase of Roma settling in Ballymea, Northern Ireland, there is an increase of racism and animosity against Roma.
Bad.
– Ballymena tensions over rise in Roma community. In: BBC. 26.10.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-45979270 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-45979270″]
In contrast with the president of the Czech Republic, Pavel Rychetský,
the president of its constitutional court deems ethnic and nationalistic self centeredness and xenophobia as a threat to Europe!
– Czech Constitutional Court president: Ethnic and national self-centeredness and xenophobia are a threat to Europe. In: Romea. 28.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-constitutional-court-president-ethnic-and-national-self-centeredness-and-xenophobia-are-a-threat-to-europe [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-constitutional-court-president-ethnic-and-national-self-centeredness-and-xenophobia-are-a-threat-to-europe”]
The Roma pride was held in Prague on Sunday, 28th of October.
– LIVE BROADCAST AT 14:15 TODAY – Roma Pride 2018. In: Romea. 28.10.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/live-broadcast-at-14-15-today-roma-pride-2018 [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/live-broadcast-at-14-15-today-roma-pride-2018″]
The Ukrainian Ombudsman demands an investigation of the eviction of Roma from the Kiev railway station by the ultra nationalist C14 organisation while the municipal guards claim it did not happen …
Difficult to know what is going on.
– Омбудсменка вимагає розслідувати можливий напад С14 на ромів на київському вокзалі. In: Hmarochos. https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2018/10/26/ombudsmenka-vimagaye-rozsliduvati-mozhliviy-napad-s14-na-romiv-na-kiyivskomu-vokzali/
– «Муніципальна варта» заявляє, що ромів на вокзалі в Києві не розганяли. In: Hromadske. 26.10.2018. https://hromadske.ua/posts/municipalna-varta-kiyeva-zayavila-sho-romiv-na-vokzali-v-kiyevi-ne-rozganyali [link-preview url=”https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2018/10/26/ombudsmenka-vimagaye-rozsliduvati-mozhliviy-napad-s14-na-romiv-na-kiyivskomu-vokzali/ “]
Geneva forbade begging 10 years ago. The result is bad: None of the fines cashed in, much more expenses, and there are still beggars.
It shows that the money would be better used in helping those people.
– Milliers d’amendes et taux d’encaissement de 0%. In: 20 Minutes (CH). 27.10.2018. https://www.20min.ch/ro/news/geneve/story/Des-milliers-d-amendes-par-an-pour-mendicite-12461136
– En diz ans, la loi antimendicité n’a rien rapport à Genève. In; 24 Heures. https://www.24heures.ch/suisse/suisse-romande/En-dix-ans-la-loi-antimendicite-n-a-rien-rapporte-a-Geneve/story/23953453 [link-preview url=”https://www.20min.ch/ro/news/geneve/story/Des-milliers-d-amendes-par-an-pour-mendicite-12461136 “]
An essay on the role of churches on the Roma Holocaust.
– Sinti und Roma – Die Schuld der Kirchen. In: Ha Galil. 14.09.2018. http://www.hagalil.com/2017/09/schuld-der-kirchen/?fbclid=IwAR14-oYAjo1ETBFbWAUgfH1MjsnfEkSlbTrmdr-liWSDG6R-jiOtpeBgPiU [link-preview url=”http://www.hagalil.com/2017/09/schuld-der-kirchen/?fbclid=IwAR14-oYAjo1ETBFbWAUgfH1MjsnfEkSlbTrmdr-liWSDG6R-jiOtpeBgPiU”]
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