Roma activists market the commemoration of the Holocaust yesterday in Pristina.
– Kosovar Roma Mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In: Radio Free Europe. 27.01.2019. https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovar-roma-mark-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/29734258.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovar-roma-mark-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/29734258.html”]
The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma sharply criticised the AfD party for its views on History and society following their walkout during a Holocaust commemoration.
– Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma kritisiert AfD. In: Deutschland Funk. 26.01.2019. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ausgrenzung-zentralrat-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-kritisiert.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=970585 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ausgrenzung-zentralrat-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-kritisiert.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=970585″]
Another article on RomArchive.
– Reichtum der Kultur sichtbar machen. In: TAZ. 27.01.2019. http://www.taz.de/Digitales-Archiv-zu-Sinti-und-Roma/!5565127/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/Digitales-Archiv-zu-Sinti-und-Roma/!5565127/”]
An interesting article in the Roma context – namely that the Nazis actually wiped out the Roma middle class during the Holocaust. This is new.
– HOW THE NAZIS WIPED OUT THE ROMANI MIDDLE CLASS. In: The Norwich Radical. 25.01.2019. https://thenorwichradical.com/2019/01/25/how-the-nazis-wiped-out-the-romani-middle-class/ [link-preview url=”https://thenorwichradical.com/2019/01/25/how-the-nazis-wiped-out-the-romani-middle-class/”]
Not many news in France on Roma this week. An article in Libération is somewhat disturbing. While it is called “No one has Roma friends, I asked myself why”, it nevertheless perpetuates clichés which is what the French press is doing all the time. Other than that, the usual news. In Western France, Roma children need to go to school; the site of a former camp was cleaned up in Nantes; near Paris, a squat was damaged by fire; and in the North, several housing projects, also targeted at Roma will be funded.
– «Personne n’a d’amis roms, je me suis demandé pourquoi». In: Libération. 23.01.2019. https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/01/23/personne-n-a-d-amis-roms-je-me-suis-demande-pourquoi_1704951
– Vertou. Une trentaine d’enfants Roms à scolariser. In: Ouest France. 24.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/vertou-44120/vertou-une-trentaine-d-enfants-roms-scolariser-6193822
– Coups de tractopelle pour une première opération de nettoyage à l’Est de Nantes. In: Ouest France. 24.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/coups-de-tractopelle-l-est-de-nantes-6193778
– Dammarie-les-Lys : un squat endommagé par un incendie. In: Le Parisien. 22.01.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/dammarie-les-lys-un-squat-endommage-par-un-incendie-22-01-2019-7993941.php
– Lille : Un jury citoyen a voté, 18 projets d’habitants seront financés en 2019. In: La Voix du Nord. 25.01.2019. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/527202/article/2019-01-25/un-jury-citoyen-vote-18-projets-d-habitants-seront-finances-en-2019 [link-preview url=”https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/01/23/personne-n-a-d-amis-roms-je-me-suis-demande-pourquoi_1704951 “]
Guess what, several members of a regional German parliament in Augsburg walked out (YES) during a Holocaust Remembrance commemoration in the Landtag. A Sintica is aghast.
– Augsburger Sinti-Sprecherin entsetzt über AfD-Eklat im Landtag. In: BR24. 25.01.2019. https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/augsburger-sinti-sprecherin-entsetzt-ueber-afd-eklat-im-landtag,RG65HiI [link-preview url=”https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/augsburger-sinti-sprecherin-entsetzt-ueber-afd-eklat-im-landtag,RG65HiI”]
The Italian president Matarella warns against hate and racism ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day.
– Holocaust Remembrance Day a call to vigilance against hatred, Italy’s president warns. In: Xinhua. 25.01.2019. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/25/c_137772029.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/25/c_137772029.htm”]
The 27th of January is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
– International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Places of memory and mourning. In: Deutsche Welle. 25.01.2019. https://www.dw.com/en/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-places-of-memory-and-mourning/a-47237904 [link-preview url=”https://www.dw.com/en/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-places-of-memory-and-mourning/a-47237904″]
A few more articles on the opening of RomArchive …
– RomArchive – Digital Archive of the Roma. In: E-Flux. 26.01.2019. https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/245368/romarchive-digital-archive-of-the-roma/
– Romani arts and culture make online debut in new digital archive. In: The Art Newspaper. 25.01.2019. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/romani-arts-and-culture-make-online-debut-in-new-digital-archive [link-preview url=”https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/245368/romarchive-digital-archive-of-the-roma/”]
A Roma choir visited Belfast this week and took parts in workshops with schoolchildren in the city.
– Roma choir sings for Belfast schools to ‘bridge the divide’. In: BBC News. 25.01.2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46995146 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-46995146″]
More press coverage on the inauguration of RomArchive.
– Kulturarchiv der Sinti und Roma Wer die Geschichte erzählt, bestimmt die Botschaft. In: Berliner Zeitung. 24.01.2019. https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/kulturarchiv-der-sinti-und-roma-wer-die-geschichte-erzaehlt–bestimmt-die-botschaft-31931024
– “Sie sind eigentlich die wahren Europäer”. In: RBB 24. 24.01.2019. https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2019/01/romarchive-sinti-roma-digitales-archiv-erinnerungskultur.html
– Sinti und Roma erzählen jetzt ihre eigene Geschichte. Tagesspiegel. 24.01.2019. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/digitale-datenbank-romarchive-sinti-und-roma-erzaehlen-jetzt-ihre-eigene-geschichte/23901054.html [link-preview url=”https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/kulturarchiv-der-sinti-und-roma-wer-die-geschichte-erzaehlt–bestimmt-die-botschaft-31931024 “]
Yesterday saw the inauguration of RomArchive!
– A new digital archive of the Roma reflects diverse cultures. In: Deutsche Welle. 24.01.2019. https://www.dw.com/en/a-new-digital-archive-of-the-roma-reflects-diverse-cultures/a-47208910 [link-preview url=”https://www.dw.com/en/a-new-digital-archive-of-the-roma-reflects-diverse-cultures/a-47208910″]
Charities are concerned that thousands of Roma could be deported after Brexit from the UK due to lack of proper documents.
– Brexit could bring ‘a new Windrush’ for Roma. In: The Bristol Cable. 22.01.2019. https://thebristolcable.org/2019/01/brexit-could-bring-a-new-windrush-for-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://thebristolcable.org/2019/01/brexit-could-bring-a-new-windrush-for-roma/”]
Germany’s Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier recalled the crimes committed by the National Socialists against Sinti and Roma. It is good that the rightly so-called “forgotten holocaust” is getting more and more into the country.
– Erinnerung an “vergessenen Holocaust”. In: Dom Radio. 23.01.2019. https://www.domradio.de/themen/soziales/2019-01-23/erinnerung-vergessenen-holocaust-steinmeier-kultur-der-sinti-und-roma-oft-verdraengt-und [link-preview url=”https://www.domradio.de/themen/soziales/2019-01-23/erinnerung-vergessenen-holocaust-steinmeier-kultur-der-sinti-und-roma-oft-verdraengt-und”]
A Roma community centre will be built in Liptovska Teplicka in central Slovakia. It is meant to help schooling Roma in manual and computer work and is funded by the EU.
Question is as usual, is this the right solution?
– V Liptovskej Tepličke plánujú postaviť komunitné centrum pre rómov. In: Spiš Korzar. 22.01.2019. https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/22035103/v-liptovskej-teplicke-planuju-postavit-komunitne-centrum-pre-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/22035103/v-liptovskej-teplicke-planuju-postavit-komunitne-centrum-pre-romov.html”]
In the course of half a year, almost 11,000 members of the Roma community in the Republic of Moldova took part in an information campaign on holding fair elections, during which they learned about the rights of those who vote and who wants to run for office. The information campaign was conducted by a number of non-governmental organizations through the UNDP project “Strengthening Democracy in Moldova through Inclusive and Transparent Elections”, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the British Embassy in Chisinau through the Good Governance Foundation and the Netherlands Embassy under the Matra program.
– Сообщество ромов узнало больше об избирательных правах. In: NOI. 21.01.2019. https://noi.md/ru/obshhestvo/soobshhestvo-romov-uznalo-bolishe-ob-izbiratelinyh-pravah [link-preview url=”https://noi.md/ru/obshhestvo/soobshhestvo-romov-uznalo-bolishe-ob-izbiratelinyh-pravah”]
The co-head of the young SVP – the rightist populist party in Switzerland – who was condemned for racism is a policeman. He was transferred to an internal department. Actually, he should be dismissed immediately as soon as the sentence is definitive.
– Spahr wegen «Zigeuner»-Plakat versetzt. In: 20 Minutes. 21.01.2019. https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Basler-Polizist-wegen-Zigeuner-Plakat-verurteilt-31053323?fbclid=IwAR1VhliD-xmMr5oA9aWhjixom2aqx3TreiquNodIBn1gIVdVbumWZCn3yl8
– Basler Polizei versetzt Jung-SVPler Adrian Spahr. In: Blick. 21.01.2019. https://www.blick.ch/news/politik/kein-ausgang-mehr-nach-zigeuner-plakat-basler-polizei-versetzt-jung-svpler-adrian-spahr-id15129197.html
– Nach Zigeuner-Hetze: Basler Polizist wurde von der Front abgezogen. In: Argauer Zeitung. 21.01.2019. https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/basel/basel-stadt/nach-zigeuner-hetze-basler-polizist-wurde-von-der-front-abgezogen-133988832
– Nach Zigeuner-Hetze: Basler Polizist wurde von der Front abgezogen. In: Basler Zeitung. 21.01.2019. https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/nach-zigeuner-hetze-basler-polizist-wurde-von-der-front-abgezogen-133988832 [link-preview url=”https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Basler-Polizist-wegen-Zigeuner-Plakat-verurteilt-31053323?fbclid=IwAR1VhliD-xmMr5oA9aWhjixom2aqx3TreiquNodIBn1gIVdVbumWZCn3yl8 “]
An enquiry of the war crimes committed by the Kosovars during the war against Serbs, Roma, Turks, and other minorities has been launched, and two of the commanders of the Kosovo forces are in the Hague for trial. Let’s see…
– Enquête sur la guérilla au Kosovo: soulagement prudent des victims. In: RTL. 14.01.2019. https://www.rtl.be/info/monde/europe/enquete-sur-la-guerilla-au-kosovo-soulagement-prudent-des-victimes-1091653.aspx
– Crimes de guerre au Kosovo: 2 chefs rebelles en route pour La Haye. In: Le Devoir. 14.01.2019. https://www.ledevoir.com/monde/545457/crimes-de-guerre-au-kosovo-2-chefs-rebelles-en-route-pour-la-haye
– Enquête sur la guérilla au Kosovo: soulagement prudent des victims. In: Le Point. 14.01.2019. https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/enquete-sur-la-guerilla-au-kosovo-soulagement-prudent-des-victimes-14-01-2019-2285567_24.php [link-preview url=”https://www.rtl.be/info/monde/europe/enquete-sur-la-guerilla-au-kosovo-soulagement-prudent-des-victimes-1091653.aspx “]
The new law allowing for more overtime and its deferred payment (up to three years alter) has led to multiple protests. Here, Roma activists from the Khetane Dance Group and from Dikh TV have protested against the law, saying that Roma have had to deal with overtime since a long time in the building industry where many of them work illegally.
– A cigányok harminc éve elszenvedői a túlóratörvénynek. In: 444.hu. 19.01.2019. https://444.hu/2019/01/19/a-ciganyok-harminc-eve-elszenvedoi-a-tuloratorvenynek [link-preview url=”https://444.hu/2019/01/19/a-ciganyok-harminc-eve-elszenvedoi-a-tuloratorvenynek”]
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