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Slovakia: Subsidies and Roma

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A controversy is brewing in Slovakia on the allocation of subsidies for the culture of minorities. A commission was created to allocate the funds, but its members associations and families were allowed to bid for subsidies. Not good and bad publicity.

– Pred veľkou hostinou mali predjedlo: otec tvoril zákon, syn schválil dotácie. In: Aktuality. 04.05.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/586262/velka-hostina-mala-predjedlo-otec-tvoril-zakon-syn-daval-dotacie/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/586262/velka-hostina-mala-predjedlo-otec-tvoril-zakon-syn-daval-dotacie/”]

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Interview

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An interview with Sandra Selimovic on her activism, identity, and art.

– EN GUERRE CONTRE LES PRÉJUGÉS. In: 360.ch. 03.05.2018. http://360.ch/culture/43384-en-guerre-contre-les-prejuges/ [link-preview url=”http://360.ch/culture/43384-en-guerre-contre-les-prejuges/”]

Italy News Western Europe

Invasion?

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Roma and Sinti are being described as “Invaders” in Italy in the press. The news are full of the use of “Invasion”, but, according to the Association “21 July”, the Roma and Sinti in Italy number about 180,000, of which about 26 thousand live in an emergency housing. One should add that these living in the camps have actually been prevented by the Italian state from settling properly and kept in camps for many decades.

– Rom e sinti “invasori” in Italia? Quelli senza casa sono solo lo 0,04%. In: Il Dubbio. 05.05.2018. http://ildubbio.news/ildubbio/2018/05/05/rom-e-sinti-invasori-in-italia/ [link-preview url=”http://ildubbio.news/ildubbio/2018/05/05/rom-e-sinti-invasori-in-italia/”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Again!!!!

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Again an article on the pseudo-link between Jews and Roma advocated by a Israeli “scholar” Schmuel Avuka.
This begs the question of why????

– The Jewish-Romani connection: Are Gypsies descendants of tribe of Simeon? In: YNet World. 05.05.2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5248902,00.html [link-preview url=”https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5248902,00.html”]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle

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Almost no news on Roma in France this week. First, an article on an initiative aimed at closing the shantytowns and at integration, also making sure that the situation of Roma improves in their home countries. Then the more usual story of a squat near Paris, and the usual story of the illegal garbage dumps that are often (and wrongly so) associated with Roma.

– « Peu de villes s’engagent dans la résorption des bidonvilles » – Michaël Guet. In: La gazette. 04.05.2018. http://www.lagazettedescommunes.com/561671/peu-de-villes-sengagent-dans-la-resorption-des-bidonvilles-michael-guet/
– Montévrain. Les familles de Roms squattant l’école d’Alembert en sursis. In: Actu.fr. 03.05.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/montevrain_77307/montevrain-familles-roms-squattant-lecole-dalembert-sursis_16657418.html
– Montévrain : face aux squatteurs, la mairie et les riverains dans l’impasse. In: Le Parisien. 04.05.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/montevrain-face-aux-squatteurs-la-mairie-et-les-riverains-dans-l-impasse-04-05-2018-7698501.php
– En région parisienne, la maladie chronique des décharges sauvages. In: GoodPlanet. 01.05.2018. https://www.goodplanet.info/actualite/2018/05/01/en-region-parisienne-la-maladie-chronique-des-decharges-sauvages/ [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/montevrain_77307/montevrain-familles-roms-squattant-lecole-dalembert-sursis_16657418.html “]

Croatia News Eastern Europe

Roma and Croatia

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28% of the Roma in Croatia feel discriminated against… Only?
Most of the Roma in Croatia came after the War as the Ustaša killed almost all Croatian Roma during the war.

– Many Roma feel discriminated against. In: Total Croatia News. 04.05.2018. https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28003-many-roma-feel-discriminated-against [link-preview url=”https://www.total-croatia-news.com/politics/28003-many-roma-feel-discriminated-against”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

We don’t need that

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Again, in typical fashion, bad journalism based on a crime. And all stereotypes are there. We don’t need this and neither do we need these kinds of criminals.

– Roma slave gang who splashed out on champagne parties and lavish holidays with cash stuffed in suitcases after trafficking victims from Slovakia to Newcastle are jailed for a total of 40 years. In: Daily Mail. 04.05.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5692301/Roma-slave-gang-jailed-total-40-years.html
– Victims told they should be ‘eating dogs’ by Roma slave gang who trafficked them from Slovakia to Newcastle reveal years of hell as their tormentors face years in jail. In: Daily Mail. 03.05.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5687831/Victims-told-eating-dogs-Roma-slave-gang.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5692301/Roma-slave-gang-jailed-total-40-years.html “]

Germany News Western Europe

Roma und Sinti Philharmonic

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A concert of the Roma Philharmonic was a public hit. Unfortunately, a collect by the ensemble in order to be able to perform during the “Requiem for Auschwitz” in Wiesbaden is still missing 8’000 EUR.
Please look at the second article and help!

– „Roma- und Sinti-Philharmoniker“ begeistern rund 300 Zuhörer. In: GN Online. 30.04.2018. https://www.gn-online.de/nordhorn/roma-und-sinti-philharmoniker-begeistern-rund-300-zuhoerer-234373.html
– Spenden für Konzert. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 30.04.2018. http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/wiesbaden-spenden-fuer-konzert-a-1497170 [link-preview url=”https://www.gn-online.de/nordhorn/roma-und-sinti-philharmoniker-begeistern-rund-300-zuhoerer-234373.html “]

Netherlands News Western Europe

Holland and Holocaust

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The Dutch are speaking about Roma victims of the Holocaust. This time from Den Bosch, where 51 Roma were transferred in May 1944 to a camp where all but 13 died.

– Over Sinti en Roma in oorlogstijd Den Bosch is bitter weinig bekend. In: BD. 02.05.2018. https://www.bd.nl/s-hertogenbosch/over-sinti-en-roma-in-oorlogstijd-den-bosch-is-bitter-weinig-bekend~acf7143b/ [link-preview url=”https://www.bd.nl/s-hertogenbosch/over-sinti-en-roma-in-oorlogstijd-den-bosch-is-bitter-weinig-bekend~acf7143b/”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia, Police, and Roma

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In 2009, several policemen were accused of having abused Roma after their arrest in Košice. The case has been in court ever since. The appeal court effectively cleared the policemen in a controversial judgement staing that the testimonies of the victims were contradictory.
The regional court of Košice cancelled the verdict from the appeal court and referred the case back to the lower court.
Good, let’s hope this continues!

– Kauza policajnej šikany Rómov sa vracia na súd. In: Trend. 04.05.2018. https://www.etrend.sk/ekonomika/kauza-policajnej-sikany-romov-sa-vracia-na-sud.html [link-preview url=”https://www.etrend.sk/ekonomika/kauza-policajnej-sikany-romov-sa-vracia-na-sud.html”]

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UK, Roma, and Sexual Exploitation

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According to social workers, Roma children need translators to fend of the risk of sexual exploitation.
Very good, and certainly a good idea in some case. But this leaves an aftertaste: It implies Roma children are at greater risk of being sexually exploited. Is this not actually the case of any child from a poor family and with a poor knowledge of English or simply not yet well integrated? Would the same article be written about people of African origins?

– Roma children need translators to help spell out exploitation risk. In: The Times. 02.05.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roma-children-need-translators-to-help-spell-out-exploitation-risk-5hhn03rlk [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roma-children-need-translators-to-help-spell-out-exploitation-risk-5hhn03rlk”]

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Portugal: Roma and Politics

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An EU program has been helping Roma to enter politics at every level of the Portugese government.
Roma in Portugal are still very much discriminated and stereotypes against them are deeply ingrained.

– Portuguese gypsies “prepare to enter parliament”. In: The Portugal Resident. 30.04.2018. http://portugalresident.com/portuguese-gypsies-“prepare-to-enter-parliament” [link-preview url=”http://portugalresident.com/portuguese-gypsies-“prepare-to-enter-parliament””]

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungary: Racism

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Members of the Roma band “Pasrno Grast” were refused entry in a disco in Budapest on most probably on the grounds of them being Roma. This in spite of the fact that the band is well known in Hungary and its concerts are attended by many non-Roma Hungarians.
Unfortunately, not surprising in Hungary.

– Nem engedték be egy pesti diszkóba a roma Parno Graszt zenekar tagjait. In: Index Culture. 29.04.2018. https://index.hu/kultur/2018/04/29/parno_graszt_diszko_diszkriminacio/ [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/kultur/2018/04/29/parno_graszt_diszko_diszkriminacio/”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Controversy

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A controversy erupted in Slovakia about subsidies for culture. The Slovak Fund for the Promotion of the Culture of National Minorities set money aside for the Roma. It now turns out that the organisations whose members sat on the committee for the attribution of these funds received a large part of them.
Young Roma signed a petition and pointed out that several of these organisations did not have their headquarters clearly identified and did not really engage in the activities for which they received funds.

– Dostali dotácie, o ktorých mali sami rozhodovať. SNS zvoláva výbor. In: SME Domov. 30.04.2018. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20815692/romovia-parlamentny-vybor-sns-dotacie-romska-kultura-fpknm.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20815692/romovia-parlamentny-vybor-sns-dotacie-romska-kultura-fpknm.html”]

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Jacob’s Colours

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The novel about the Roma Holocaust and its victims, Jacob’s Colours, has been translated into Czech… Let’s hope it is also read.

– Novel about the Holocaust and its Romani victims, “Jacob’s Colours”, now in Czech translation. In: Romea. 30.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/novel-about-the-holocaust-and-its-romani-victims-jacob-s-colours-now-in-czech-translation [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/novel-about-the-holocaust-and-its-romani-victims-jacob-s-colours-now-in-czech-translation”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Work

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The rapid fall of unemployment in Slovakia is helping Roma: They are increasingly being hired. Currently, one estimates that there are around 100’000 unemployed Roma in the country.

– Pracovný boom nahráva aj Rómom. No k práci sa dostávajú ako poslední. In: HN Slovensko. 27.04.2018. https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1735402-pracovny-boom-nahrava-aj-romom-no-k-praci-sa-dostavaju-ako-posledni [link-preview url=”https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1735402-pracovny-boom-nahrava-aj-romom-no-k-praci-sa-dostavaju-ako-posledni”]

Greece News Western Europe

NO …

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An essay by Assistant Professor of Pedagogy – Intercultural Education at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Greece. His view is that there is no such thing as “Roma” and that Roma are a collection of distinct groups.
Well, we are leaning more towards the theories of Roma Nation that he cites as being wrong …

– How Europe Gets Roma Culture And Identity Wrong. In: Social Europe. 30.04.2018. https://www.socialeurope.eu/roma-culture-and-identity [link-preview url=”https://www.socialeurope.eu/roma-culture-and-identity”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: Segregation

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The Roma Monitoring Report, prepared for the European Commission notes several cases of blatant segregation in the Slovak school system. Children are put in special school (nothing new), and teachers of such schools were even documented offering bribes to the parents to get the children in their schools. In many cases, the children were almost automatically “diagnosed” with mental illness, boosting the revenue of the school.
Clearly, these schools do not do much in matters of education.
SHAME!

– Segregácia Rómov sa presúva zo základných škôl už aj na stredné. In: Slovensko Honline. 25.04.2018. https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1734001-segregacia-romov-sa-presuva-zo-zakladnych-skol-uz-aj-na-stredne [link-preview url=”https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1734001-segregacia-romov-sa-presuva-zo-zakladnych-skol-uz-aj-na-stredne”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine: Another one!!!

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A new video of an attack against Roma – this time arson – surfaced in Ukraine. This shortly after the Pogrom that was widely commented. Here, people are seen setting fire to a flat in a privately owned house occupied by Roma.

– https://youtu.be/rOGHYMOIYgE
Опубликовано видео, как радикалы сожгли дом ромов в Киеве. In: РИА Новости Украина. 27.04.2018. https://rian.com.ua/video/20180427/1034675249/Kiev-radikaly-sozhgli-dom-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://youtu.be/rOGHYMOIYgE “]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine – More

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C14, the group that attacked the Roma camp in Kiev last week originally posted photos on Facebook claiming that they had simply gone to the site to collect garbage. Only later did the videos of the attacks emerge, some of them posted by C14th members.

– Шабаш на Лысой горе. Как националисты после дня рождения Гитлера напали на табор ромов и к чему это привело. In: Strana. 27.04.2018. https://strana.ua/news/138410-razhrom-tabora-romov-reaktsija-vlastej-i-natsionalistov.html [link-preview url=”https://strana.ua/news/138410-razhrom-tabora-romov-reaktsija-vlastej-i-natsionalistov.html”]

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