An article on extremism, the extreme right and the worrisome involvement of young people in these movements in Slovakia.
– Extrémizmu podlieha čoraz viac mladých ľudí. In: Spravy Pravda. 06.12.2017. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/450271-extremizmu-podleha-coraz-viac-mladych-ludi/ [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/450271-extremizmu-podleha-coraz-viac-mladych-ludi/”]
Many more articles about Sido and the movie “A Bride Seldom Comes Alone”.
– «Ich bin auch gutmütig». In: Berner Zeitung. 05.12.2017. https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/kultur/kino/ich-bin-auch-gutmuetig/story/27097718
– Rapper und Schauspieler Sido: “Ich habe Sinti-Wurzeln”. In: Berliner Morgenpost. 06.12.2017. https://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/tv/article212757561/Rapper-und-Schauspieler-Sido-Ich-habe-Sinti-Wurzeln.html
– Rapper Sido spielt Hauptrolle in ARD-Komödie ‘Eine Braut kommt selten allein’. In: VIP. 07.12.2017. https://www.vip.de/cms/rapper-sido-spielt-hauptrolle-in-ard-komoedie-eine-braut-kommt-selten-allein-4135552.html
– Eine Braut kommt selten allein. In: Stern. 06.12.2017. https://www.stern.de/kultur/tv/tv-tipp-eine-braut-kommt-selten-allein-7778172.html
– Sido wird TV-Star: “Familie ist wichtiger als mein Job”. In: Der Kurrier. 04.12.2017. https://kurier.at/stars/rapper-sido-die-familie-ist-mir-wichtiger-als-mein-job/300.724.280 [link-preview url=”https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/kultur/kino/ich-bin-auch-gutmuetig/story/27097718 “]
Again the TV series “Shut Eyes” featuring the actress Isabella Rosselini. Well, the series perpetuates stereotypes against Roma. So please shut your eyes…
– Rossellini embraces ruthless yet loving crime boss on ‘Shut Eye’. In: New York Post. 05.12.2017. https://nypost.com/2017/12/05/rossellini-embraces-ruthless-yet-loving-crime-boss-on-shut-eye/ [link-preview url=”https://nypost.com/2017/12/05/rossellini-embraces-ruthless-yet-loving-crime-boss-on-shut-eye/”]
The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) in a report and survey stated that minorities and migrants are facing increased discrimination and racism. The agency surveyed 25’500 people belonging to minorities in their survey.
– Minorities across EU face widespread discrimination, rights body say. In: Daily Sabah. 06.11.2017. https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/12/07/minorities-across-eu-face-widespread-discrimination-rights-body-say [link-preview url=”https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/12/07/minorities-across-eu-face-widespread-discrimination-rights-body-say”]
An Israeli scholar claims that Roma are the descendants of the Israelite tribe of Simeon. Some Roma are following him.
Needless to say that there is no scientific evidence of this. Roma are from India, and came a bit later than Simeon’s times.
– Israeli Scholar: The Romani People Are Descendants of the Israelite Tribe of Simeon. In: Tablet. 06.12.2017. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/250842/israeli-scholar-the-romani-people-are-descendants-of-the-israelite-tribe-of-simeon [link-preview url=”http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/250842/israeli-scholar-the-romani-people-are-descendants-of-the-israelite-tribe-of-simeon”]
Ahmed Musa, a Roma Imam from Pazardzhik was accused of spreading radical Islam. He has been released on bail pending judgement. This is not the first time, he was convicted of the same offense a while back and sentenced to prison, a sentence that was overturned later.
On TC, when asked whether he had contacts with Islamic State he said “there hasn’t been an Islamic State for 1400 years”.
– Освободиха Ахмед Муса от ареста. In: NVO GO. 06.12.2017. https://btvnovinite.bg/article/bulgaria/osvobodiha-ahmed-musa-ot-aresta.html
– Gypsy Imam Accused of Spreading Radical Islam in Bulgaria Walks After 7500 Leva Bail. In: EUScoop. 06.12.2017. https://www.euscoop.com/en/2017/12/6/imam-free-after-bail [link-preview url=”https://btvnovinite.bg/article/bulgaria/osvobodiha-ahmed-musa-ot-aresta.html “]
A movie called “A Bride Seldom Comes Alone” where the German Sinto Rapper Sido plays one of the main characters.
The movie uses quite a few clichés – large families, migrants, etc. – and for that reason it is already the source of controversy.
– Eine Braut kommt selten allein. In: Fous. 06.12.2017. http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/leute-eine-braut-kommt-selten-allein_id_7943197.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/leute-eine-braut-kommt-selten-allein_id_7943197.html”]
Seems that the UK is not really a safe haven for refugees. The case of a Romni raped by an immigration official while she was waiting to be deported.
– Immigration centre officer ‘raped a vulnerable Roma migrant, 23, and another had an inappropriate sexual relationship with her at Yarl’s Wood as she awaited deportation’. In: Daily Mail. 05.12.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5147063/Roma-asylum-seeker-23-raped-detention-officer.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5147063/Roma-asylum-seeker-23-raped-detention-officer.html”]
A UNHCR movie on Roma who are stateless in their own country.
– https://www.facebook.com/UNHCRSkopje1/videos/1476906755720730/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/UNHCRSkopje1/videos/1476906755720730/”]
25.6% of Hungarians live in poverty. This is 2.46 Mio people. And not all Roma as there are roughly 800’000 Roma in that country and not all are poor. Roma are more likely than non-Roma to be poor.
– Quarter of population poor or at risk of social exclusion. The Budapest Business Journal. 04.12.2017. https://bbj.hu/economy/quarter-of-population-poor-or-at-risk-of-social-exclusion_142406 [link-preview url=”https://bbj.hu/economy/quarter-of-population-poor-or-at-risk-of-social-exclusion_142406″]
The Social Democrats (SPD) in the Bavarian Parliament are asking for a formal treaty between the State of Bavaria and the Sinti and Roma, as a sign of the responsibilities of the state and as a mean to fight racism and discrimination.
– SPD will Staatsvertrag mit Sinti und Roma im Frühjahr 2018. In: Die Welt. 05.12.2017. https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/regiolinegeo/bayern/article171267949/SPD-will-Staatsvertrag-mit-Sinti-und-Roma-im-Fruehjahr-2018.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/regiolinegeo/bayern/article171267949/SPD-will-Staatsvertrag-mit-Sinti-und-Roma-im-Fruehjahr-2018.html”]
The German Rapper Sido about himself and his Sinti Roots.
– Rapper Sido: „Mir ist egal, was die Leute denken“. In: Neue Presse. 04.12.2017. http://www.neuepresse.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Rapper-Sido-Mir-ist-egal-was-die-Leute-denken [link-preview url=”http://www.neuepresse.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Rapper-Sido-Mir-ist-egal-was-die-Leute-denken”]
An article on the shantytowns of Europe, from Madrid to Stockholm, by way of Paris, Berlin, Rome.
Bad. But could be easily solved If one wanted to.
– Le retour des bidonvilles en Europe. In: RFI. 29.11.2017. http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20171129-europe-bidonvilles-immigration-roms-expulsion-campements-roumains-bulgares [link-preview url=”http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20171129-europe-bidonvilles-immigration-roms-expulsion-campements-roumains-bulgares”]
An exhibition on forced sterilisations in Koblenz, Germany. The Exhibition centres on the times of the Nazis in Germany but one should not forget that this practice was still common in the Czech and Slovak republic until very recently, and that countries like Switzerland (last know case 1992) or Sweden continued the practice way after World War Two.
– Ausstellung zu Zwangssterilisationen in NS-Zeit. 04.12.2017. https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/regiolinegeo/rheinlandpfalzsaarland/article171225340/Ausstellung-zu-Zwangssterilisationen-in-NS-Zeit.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/regiolinegeo/rheinlandpfalzsaarland/article171225340/Ausstellung-zu-Zwangssterilisationen-in-NS-Zeit.html”]
An Exhibition in Berlin explores the relation of football with racism against Roma. There have been numerous examples where the term “Gypsy” or “Zigeuner” have been used as insults against other players, but there have been more serious incidents too.
– “Das ist ein Gesamtproblem des Fußballs”. In: Deutschlandfunk. 03.12.2017. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/antiziganismus-das-ist-ein-gesamtproblem-des-fussballs.1346.de.html?dram:article_id=402229 [link-preview url=”http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/antiziganismus-das-ist-ein-gesamtproblem-des-fussballs.1346.de.html?dram:article_id=402229″]
A Roma initiative in the Polish city of Prudnik: A centre for children where they can do their homework and get help, but also where they can hang out with others instead of being out in the street.
– Prudnik: Nowa świetlica dla Romów już działa. In: Radio Opole. 02.12.2017. http://radio.opole.pl/100,220781,prudnik-nowa-swietlica-dla-romow-juz-dziala&s=1&si=1&sp=1 [link-preview url=”http://radio.opole.pl/100,220781,prudnik-nowa-swietlica-dla-romow-juz-dziala&s=1&si=1&sp=1″]
A lengthy article about a Roma book club in Slovakia. They record videos on the books, giving some basic information about the author, a shortened view of the plot, and what they liked about it. Idea behind it it to motivate others to read.
– Rómky o prečítaných knihách nakrúcajú videorecenzie. In: SME. 30.11.2017. https://kultura.sme.sk/c/20707596/romky-oprecitanych-knihach-nakrucaju-videorecenzie.html [link-preview url=”https://kultura.sme.sk/c/20707596/romky-oprecitanych-knihach-nakrucaju-videorecenzie.html”]
A series of movies this week in Cologne on Roma and Sinti.
– https://www.facebook.com/events/301911143632484/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/events/301911143632484/”]
The news in France were dominated by the evacuation of the camp on the petite ceinture railway in Paris. Other news included a fire in a camp in Ivry, near Paris, resulting in the evacuation of the entire camp; in that same city, other Roma were received by the authorities, as they are requesting access to housing (as mandated by French Law); a discussion on a project from Roma in the North was very much controversial; a cold snap in Western France; and finally an altercation between Roma and Albanians in Macon.
– Paris : les Roms de la Petite ceinture ont quitté le bidonville… mais pour combien de temps ? In: Le Parisien. 28.11.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75018/paris-les-roms-de-la-petite-ceinture-ont-quitte-le-bidonville-mais-pour-combien-de-temps-28-11-2017-7421238.php
– A Paris, un campement de Roms évacué pour la 4e fois en trois ans. In: RFI. 28.11.2017. http://www.rfi.fr/france/20171128-paris-campement-rom-evacue-france-fois-3-ans-nord-communaute
– Paris: un campement de Roms démantelé. In: Actu Politique. 28.11.2017. http://www.actupolitique.info/paris-un-campement-de-roms-demantele/
– Pierrefitte-sur-Seine : un campement rom évacué à cause d’un incendie. In: Yahoo. 02.12.2017. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/pierrefitte-seine-campement-rom-évacué-à-cause-d-123015231.html
– Ivry-sur-Seine : les Roms de l’ancien camp Truillot ont rendez-vous en prefecture. In: Le Parisien. 28.11.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/ivry-sur-seine-94200/ivry-sur-seine-les-roms-de-l-ancien-camp-truillot-ont-rendez-vous-en-prefecture-28-11-2017-7420830.php
– Ivry : la préfecture reçoit les Roms. In: Le Parisien. 29.11.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/ivry-sur-seine-94200/ivry-la-prefecture-recoit-les-roms-29-11-2017-7423200.php
– La réunion publique de présentation du «sas roms» a été houleuse… In: La Voix du Nord. 29.11.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/275904/article/2017-11-29/la-reunion-publique-de-presentation-du-sas-roms-ete-houleuse
– Avis de grand froid sur le campement rue du Maine. In: Ouest France. 28.11.2017. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/avis-de-grand-froid-sur-le-campement-rue-du-maine-5413796
– Deux suspects jugés ce vendredi après l’altercation au parking Monnier. In: Le Journal. 01.12.2017. http://www.lejsl.com/edition-macon/2017/12/01/deux-suspects-juges-ce-vendredi-apres-l-altercation-au-parking-monnier [link-preview url=”https://fr.news.yahoo.com/pierrefitte-seine-campement-rom-évacué-à-cause-d-123015231.html “]
Frank Sinisi, an ex-Front National Politician was condemned in Grenoble to a two-month suspended prison sentence and to a 2’000 EUR fine for having suggested to use the Roma’s gold teeth to pay for their accommodation.
Good that he was condemned, but this is a bit light …
– Fontaine : Franck Sinisi condamné pour provocation à la haine raciale. In: Le Dauphiné. 28.11.2017. http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2017/11/28/fontaine-le-conseiller-municipal-fn-condamne-pour-provocation-a-la-haine-raciale
– Un ex-élu FN voulant «nourrir et loger» les Roms en récupérant leurs dents en or condamné. In: RT. 29.11.2017. https://francais.rt.com/france/46058-ex-elu-fn-voulant-nourrir-loger-roms-dents-or-condamne
– Il proposait de “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms : l’ex-élu FN Franck Sinisi condamné pour incitation à la haine raciale. In: LCI. 28.11.2017. https://www.lci.fr/justice/attente-confirmation-il-proposait-de-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-roms-l-ex-elu-fn-franck-sinisi-condamne-pour-incitation-a-la-haine-raciale-2071836.html
– Affaire “des dents en or des Roms”: L’ex FN Franck Sinisi condamné à 2 mois de prison avec sursis. In: FR3 France Info. 28.11.2017. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/grenoble/dents-roms-jugement-doit-etre-rendu-ce-mardi-au-palais-justice-grenoble-1374361.html
– PROPOS ANTI-ROMS À FONTAINE : L’ÉLU FRANCK SINISI CONDAMNÉ POUR INCITATION À LA HAINE RACIALE. In: Place Grenet. 28.11.2017. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/11/28/propos-anti-roms-a-fontaine-lelu-franck-sinisi-condamne-incitation-a-haine-raciale/164451
– Prison avec sursis pour un élu qui voulait “récupérer les dents en or” des Roms. In: Paris Match. 28.11.2017. http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Politique/Prison-avec-sursis-pour-un-elu-qui-voulait-recuperer-les-dents-en-or-des-Roms-1406063 [link-preview url=”https://francais.rt.com/france/46058-ex-elu-fn-voulant-nourrir-loger-roms-dents-or-condamne “]
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