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Ukraine: Neo Fascists

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A report on the fears and lives of Roma in the Ukraine following the numerous attacks they have been subjected to by far-right extremists.

– ‘They wanted to kill us’: masked neo-fascists strike fear into Ukraine’s Roma. In: The Guardian. 27.08.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/27/they-wanted-to-kill-us-masked-neo-fascists-strike-fear-into-ukraines-roma [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/27/they-wanted-to-kill-us-masked-neo-fascists-strike-fear-into-ukraines-roma”]

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Koudelka

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A retrospective of Josef’s Koudelka’s photograph can be seen in Prague. Besides having documented the Societ invasion of 1968, he also did an iconic work on Roma.
A must see.

– JOSEF KOUDELKA – UNE VIE SACRIFIÉE À LA PHOTOGRAPHIE. In: Radio Praha. 25.08.2018. https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/literature/josef-koudelka-une-vie-sacrifiee-a-la-photographie [link-preview url=”https://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/literature/josef-koudelka-une-vie-sacrifiee-a-la-photographie”]

Germany News Western Europe

Collective Guilt

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An editorial on the debate about child social money in Germany, saying with right that Roma and Sinti are collectively presented as guilty …

– KINDERGELD-DEBATTE: UND WIEDER WERDEN SINTI UND ROMA KOLLEKTIV ZU TÄTERN GEMACHT. In: Belltowers. 24.08.2018. http://www.belltower.news/artikel/debatte-um-kindergeld-und-wieder-werden-sinti-und-roma-kollektiv-zu-taetern-gemacht-14122 [link-preview url=”http://www.belltower.news/artikel/debatte-um-kindergeld-und-wieder-werden-sinti-und-roma-kollektiv-zu-taetern-gemacht-14122″]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle…

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Not many news this week on Roma. In the North, the headline asks what alternatives there are to shantytowns. Warranted question in France, where the very same 20’000 people get pushed from one to the next precarious lodging. Then, a camp closure in Lille; an aggression of firemen as they came to the rescue of a person in a Roma camp in Montpellier (Bad); in Lyon, an expulsion ith the expulsed people squatting in a square; and finally in Lyon, the insertion village closure, after a really successful period seing all the Roma having found a job an housing.

– Quelle alternative aux bidonvilles ? In: La Voix du Nord. 21.08.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/435458/article/2018-08-21/quelle-alternative-aux-bidonvilles
– À Lille, les Roms du carrefour Pasteur ont levé le camp. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.08.2018. http://lavdn.lavoixdunord.fr/434582/article/2018-08-20/lille-les-roms-du-carrefour-pasteur-ont-leve-le-camp
– Les Roms du carrefour Pasteur n’ont pas attendu le face-à-face avec la police. In: La Voix du Nord. 19.08.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/434550/article/2018-08-19/les-roms-du-carrefour-pasteur-n-ont-pas-attendu-le-face-face-avec-la-police
– Montpellier : Les pompiers agressés dans un camp de Roms alors qu’ils venaient secourir une personne. In: Actu 17. 21.08.2018. https://actu17.fr/montpellier-les-pompiers-agresses-dans-un-camp-de-roms-alors-quils-venaient-secourir-une-personne/
– Montpellier : des pompiers agressés au camp de Roms, une plainte déposée. In: Midi Libre. 20.08.2018. https://www.midilibre.fr/2018/08/20/montpellier-des-pompiers-agresses-au-camp-de-roms-une-plainte-deposee,4679290.php
– Expulsion à Lyon : des familles précaires à la rue. In: Lyon Capitale. 22.08.2018. https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/actualite/expulsion-a-lyon-des-familles-precaires-a-la-rue/
– Lyon : des familles roumaines et moldaves expulsées installées place Sathonay. In: FR3. 24.08.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/rhone/lyon/lyon-familles-roumaines-moldaves-expulsees-installees-place-sathonay-1530084.html
– Le village d’insertion de St-Genis-les-O. ferme, la plupart des Roms ont trouvé travail et lodgement. In: Le Progrès. 25.08.2018. https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-ouest-lyonnais/2018/08/25/le-village-d-insertion-ferme-la-plupart-des-roms-ont-trouve-travail-et-logement [link-preview url=”https://actu17.fr/montpellier-les-pompiers-agresses-dans-un-camp-de-roms-alors-quils-venaient-secourir-une-personne/ “]

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Not Good

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A new book on Roma in Hungary, and lots of falsehoods on their origins and arrival in Hungary.

– Emberevő cigányok és újmagyarok. In: Index. 22.08.2018. https://index.hu/techtud/tortenelem/2018/08/22/emberevo_ciganyok_es_ujmagyarok/ [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/techtud/tortenelem/2018/08/22/emberevo_ciganyok_es_ujmagyarok/”]

News Eastern Europe Slovenia

Slovenia: Official TV

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A reportage from the Slovenian RTV on Roma education and inclusion.

– IZOBRAŽEVANJE ROMOV IN VKLJUČEVANJE. In: RTV4. 20.08.2018. https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/slovenska-kronika/174557591 [link-preview url=”https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/slovenska-kronika/174557591″]

Uncategorized

Neo-Fascism

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Two articles on the dangers of “neo-fascism” and populism for minorities and refugees.
Scary.

– Vom unrentablen Menschen. In: Junge Welt. 22.08.2018. https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/338373.vom-unrentablen-menschen.html
– Mojca Širok, novinarka in pisateljica. In: Mladina. 24.08.2018. https://www.mladina.si/187001/mojca-sirok-novinarka-in-pisateljica/ [link-preview url=”https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/338373.vom-unrentablen-menschen.html “]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Roma Spirit Jubilee

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Roma Spirit, now in its tenth year, is a program that aims at presenting successful examples of integration in Slovakia. The Roma Spirit 2018 award is awarded in seven categories – Personality, Culture, Town and City, Society and Employer, NGO, Media and Cinema of the Year.

– Jubilejný Roma Spirit predstaví dobré príklady integrácie Rómov. In: SME 22.08.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20898016/jubilejny-roma-spirit-ma-predstavit-dobre-priklady-integracie-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20898016/jubilejny-roma-spirit-ma-predstavit-dobre-priklady-integracie-romov.html”]

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School and Roma

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A Slovak sociologist, Jarmila Lajčáková, Center for Research on Ethnicity and Culture says that gifted young Roma often do not go to college because they lack money or self-confidence. she created a program to help Roma prepare for admission exams and then graduate from the University of Economics in Bratislava.

– Sociologička Lajčáková: Samotná snaha mladých Rómov nestačí, potrebujú pomoc. In: SME. 22.08.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20897952/sociologicka-lajcakova-snaha-romov-nestaci-treba-pomoc-rozhovor.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20897952/sociologicka-lajcakova-snaha-romov-nestaci-treba-pomoc-rozhovor.html”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Review

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A review of two recent books on Roma in the UK. One by Fabian Le Bas and one, more historical, by David Cressy.

– Gypsies by David Cressy and The Stopping Places by Damian Le Bas review – the truth about life on the road. In: The Guardian. 22.08.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/22/gypsies-david-cressy-stopping-places-damian-le-bas-review [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/22/gypsies-david-cressy-stopping-places-damian-le-bas-review”]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Hell on Earth

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No comments – and a nice acknowledgement.

– ‘Hell on Earth was a German creation,’ says Foreign Minister on visit to Auschwitz. In: The Local (DE). 20.08.2018. https://www.thelocal.de/20180820/hell-on-earth-was-a-german-creation-says-foreign-minister-on-visit-to-auschwitz [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.de/20180820/hell-on-earth-was-a-german-creation-says-foreign-minister-on-visit-to-auschwitz”]

Germany News Western Europe

Yes, They Existed

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A German priest, Arnold Fortuin, is being remembered by the Sinti community. During the Nazi times in Germany he protected many Sinti.

– Illingen erinnert sich an Arnold Fortuin. 21.08.2018. https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/neunkirchen/illingen/illingen-erinnert-sich-an-arnold-fortuin_aid-30087313 [link-preview url=”https://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/saarland/neunkirchen/illingen/illingen-erinnert-sich-an-arnold-fortuin_aid-30087313″]

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Not so Good

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A long article in the New York Times on a con-woman and a tale of deception and violence. What is bad is that the woman in question is a Kalderaškinja who seems to have bene adept at her game.
Not the best advertising …

– A New Wife, a Secret Past and a Trail of Loss and Blood. In: The New York Times. 21.08.2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/nyregion/a-new-wife-a-secret-past.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/nyregion/a-new-wife-a-secret-past.html”]

News Eastern Europe Romania

Giuvlipen

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An article about the theatre troupe “Giuvlipen” and one of their plays.

– Romania’s Roma rise up with revolutionary theatre. In: Thomson Reuters Trust. 17.08.2018. http://news.trust.org/item/20170817110826-2loti/ [link-preview url=”http://news.trust.org/item/20170817110826-2loti/”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine and Tuberculosis

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In Mukachevo, Roma are given food that is supposed to stop or prevent tuberculosis. Really??? This is nuts, especially since tuberculosis in those countries are often resitant to all antibiotics.

– На Мукачівщині ромів годують їжею, яка пригнічує туберкульозну паличку (ВІДЕО). In: ZAK Depo. 14.08.2018. https://zak.depo.ua/ukr/zak/na-mukachivschini-romiv-goduyut-yizheyu-yaka-prignichuye-tuberkuloznu-palichku-video-20180814821684 [link-preview url=”https://zak.depo.ua/ukr/zak/na-mukachivschini-romiv-goduyut-yizheyu-yaka-prignichuye-tuberkuloznu-palichku-video-20180814821684″]

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Czech Republic: Brawl

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A simple argument between children at a pool in the Czech Republic turned into a brawl between Roma and Gadže. Here’s the view from the Romni whose child was involved in the initial dispute.

– Czech media, police accuse Romani family of inciting brawl with non-Roma at children’s pool, Romea.cz first to report the Romani mother’s testimony. In: Romea. 13.08.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-media-police-accuse-romani-family-of-inciting-brawl-with-non-roma-at-children-s-pool-romea-cz-first-to-report-the [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-media-police-accuse-romani-family-of-inciting-brawl-with-non-roma-at-children-s-pool-romea-cz-first-to-report-the”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Is there an Issue?

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The city of Jelšava, in Central Slovakia has a high proportion of Roma, according to the latest census. But according to the police and residents, the city doesn’t have any real problems with Roma. This is good for a change.

– Mesto Jelšava má najvyšší podiel Rómov, výrazné problémy s nimi nie sú. In: Hlavne Spravy. 18.08.2018. https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/mesto-jelsava-ma-najvyssi-podiel-romov-vyrazne-problemy-s-nimi-nie-su/1495468# [link-preview url=”https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/mesto-jelsava-ma-najvyssi-podiel-romov-vyrazne-problemy-s-nimi-nie-su/1495468#”]

Germany News Western Europe

Exhibition

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An exhibition on the fight for civil rights of Sinti and Roma is currently open in Göttingen, Germany.

– Ausstellung zu Kampf um die Bürgerrechte von Sinti und Roma. In: Göttinger Tagblatt. 19.08.2018. http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Die-Region/Goettingen/Ausstellung-zu-Sinti-und-Roma-in-der-BBS-Goettingen [link-preview url=”http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Die-Region/Goettingen/Ausstellung-zu-Sinti-und-Roma-in-der-BBS-Goettingen”]

Germany News Switzerland News Western Europe

Switzerland: Institutional Racism

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A young researcher from Göttingen in Germany has investigated the Swiss Federal Commission against Racism and comes out with a scathing review, saying Switzerland turns a blind eye on institutional racism and that the commission is actually fuelling it.

– Ist die Schweiz blind für Behörden-Rassismus? Das behauptet zumindest diese Forscherin. In: Watson. 19.08.2018. https://www.watson.ch/!519782544 [link-preview url=”https://www.watson.ch/!519782544″]

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