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Roman Herzog Dies

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Roman Herzog, the former president of Germany died on January 10th, 2017. He will be remembered for many things, but for Rroma, he is the first German president who, in 1997 made and official statement recognising the murder of Rroma and Sinti under the Nazi regime.
May he rest in peace.

– Former president Roman Herzog dies aged 82. In: The Local. 10.01.2017. https://www.thelocal.de/20170110/former-president-roman-herzog-dead-at-82
– Death of a Former President. In: Handelsblatt Global. 10.01.2017. https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/death-of-a-former-president-675110 [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.de/20170110/former-president-roman-herzog-dead-at-82 “]

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Jenische of Singen

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An article about the Jenische in Singen, Germany.

– Vergessene Minderheit? In Singen leben viele Jenische. In: Reutlinger Nachrichten. 09.01.2017. http://www.swp.de/reutlingen/nachrichten/suedwestumschau/vergessene-minderheit_in-singen-leben-viele-jenische-14278137.html [link-preview url=”http://www.swp.de/reutlingen/nachrichten/suedwestumschau/vergessene-minderheit_in-singen-leben-viele-jenische-14278137.html”]

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Latvia: Hunger Death

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A report on the death by hunger of several members of a Rroma family in Dobel. Really bad, and yes, some of the small Rroma community there are really poor and left out.

– Трагедия в Добеле: вновь встал вопрос интеграции ромов (29) In: Delphi. 07.01.2017. http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/latvia/tragediya-v-dobele-vnov-vstal-vopros-integracii-romov.d?id=48384925 [link-preview url=”http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/latvia/tragediya-v-dobele-vnov-vstal-vopros-integracii-romov.d?id=48384925″]

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A Documentary on Prostitutes

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An article about a documentary on young male Rroma prostitutes in Vienna. This is a rather recent phenomena, and is also seen in Switzwerland. There, the Rroma come from Romania and Slovakia .
Good that one speaks about it, bad that this happens.

– Avec les tapins roms de Vienne dans « Brothers of the night » In: Hétéroclite. 08.01.2017. http://www.heteroclite.org/2017/01/brothers-of-the-night-patric-chiha-38485 [link-preview url=”http://www.heteroclite.org/2017/01/brothers-of-the-night-patric-chiha-38485″]

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Slovakia: Patrols yes or No?

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The patrols of vigilantes of the extreme right party of Kotleba still patrol the trains in Slovakia in spite of the formal interdiction in parliament. The logic is simple: They buy tickets for the train, and are thus “simple” passengers …
No comments

– Törvény van, de Kotleba tovább járőrözik. In: Ujszo.com. 05.01.2017. http://ujszo.com/online/kozelet/2017/01/05/torveny-van-de-kotleba-tovabb-jarorozik [link-preview url=”http://ujszo.com/online/kozelet/2017/01/05/torveny-van-de-kotleba-tovabb-jarorozik”]

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Western France: The True Numbers

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An interesting statistic about Rroma and travellers in Western France in the Nantes region. 1’460 people … Not an awful lot. The site is a bad one, i.e. a rightist one, but the info is actually quite interesting, The twist of the page, clearly not.

– Roms et gens du voyage en Loire-Atlantique : les chiffres en 2015. In: Breizh Info. 04.01.2017. http://www.breizh-info.com/2017/01/04/57278/roms-gens-voyage-loire-atlantique-chiffres-2015 [link-preview url=”http://www.breizh-info.com/2017/01/04/57278/roms-gens-voyage-loire-atlantique-chiffres-2015″]

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Ramush Harradinaj …

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The former prime minister of Kosovo and ex Leader of the UCK, Ramush Harradinaj has been arrested in France on a Serbian warrant. Harradinaj is being sought for crimes against Serbs, Rroma, and other minorities in Kosovo during the Kosovo war. This resulted in an outrage in Kosovo, but fact is, Kosovo was ethnically cleansed under his rule, and very thoroughly so, with only 10% of the Rroma remaining.
Nothing could ever be proven against him, but many witnesses were pressured and intimidated if not simply vanished (we know such cases).

– Haradinaj to be kept in custody until extradition request. In: B92. 05.01.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2017&mm=01&dd=05&nav_id=100158
– Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France on Serbian warrant. In: Swissinfo. 04.01.2017. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/kosovo-ex-pm-arrested-in-france-on-serbian-warrant/42811398
– Ramush Haradinaj arrêté en France. In: La Libre. 08.01.2017. http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/ramush-haradinaj-arrete-en-france-586ff6b0cd708a17d55b3b5f
– Réclamé par Belgrade, un ex-Premier ministre kosovar arrêté en France. In: Romandie. 04.01.2017. http://www.romandie.com/news/Reclame-par-Belgrade-un-exPremier-ministre-kosovar-arrete-en_RP/766355.rom
– Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France – police sources. In: The Star. 05.01.2017. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2017/01/05/kosovo-expm-arrested-in-france–police-sources/
– Kosovo calls on France to release its ex-premier Haradinaj. In: Yahoo News. 06.01.2017. https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-calls-france-release-ex-premier-102345806.html
– “Unacceptable and unjustifiable” – outrage at the arrest of Ramush Harradinaj. In: Euronews. 05.01.2017. http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/05/unacceptable-and-unjustifiable-outrage-at-the-arrest-of-ramush-haradinaj [link-preview url=”https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-calls-france-release-ex-premier-102345806.html “]

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Not much in the French news this week… The Rroma camp on the disused rail tracks of the “petite ceinture” is recreated in Paris, more than a year after its closure; a camp is cloed in Bonneuil, near Paris; an article about the 84% increase of so-called SDFs – Sans Domicile Fixe, i.e. without a fixed home in Paris; 4 young Rroma kids arrested near Paris for stealing 2 cars; Christmas with Rroma in Montreuil; in Lille in the North about security near a Rroma camp, where the street lights no longer work; and finally, in Toulouse a new squat with close to 400 people.

– Paris : un camp de Roms grossit à nouveau sur les rails de la “petite ceinture” In: Europe 1. 07.01.2017. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/paris-un-camp-de-roms-grossit-a-nouveau-sur-les-rails-de-la-petite-ceinture-2944268
– Paris: un nouveau camp de Roms sur la “Petite ceinture” In: FR3. 07.01.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/paris/paris-nouveau-camp-roms-petite-ceinture-1169533.html
– Paris : un nouveau camp rom s’est reconstituée sur les rails de la partie nord de la «petite ceinture» In: Libération. 06.01.2017. http://www.liberation.fr/direct/element/paris-un-nouveau-camp-rom-sest-reconstituee-sur-les-rails-de-la-partie-nord-de-la-petite-ceinture_55319/
– Bonneuil : grâce à la Métropole du Grand Paris, le Bec de canard va être rendu aux promeneurs. In: Le Parisien. 03.01.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/bonneuil-sur-marne-94380/bonneuil-grace-a-la-metropole-du-grand-paris-le-bec-de-canard-va-etre-rendu-aux-promeneurs-03-01-2017-6520989.php
– A Paris, le nombre de sans domicile fixe a augmenté de 84 % en douze ans – Regardez. In: M. 06.01.2017. http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-363274-a-paris-le-nombre-de-sans-domicile-fixe-a-augmente-de-84-en-douze-ans-regardez.html
– Arrêtés après avoir tenté de s’emparer de deux véhicules. In: Le Parisien. 06.01.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/arretes-apres-avoir-tente-de-s-emparer-de-deux-vehicules-06-01-2017-6531447.php
– Avec Agnès Cluzel, un Noël 2016 chez les roms du terrain Voltaire à Saint Denis (93). In: Mediapart. 03.01.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/392809/blog/030117/avec-agnes-cluzel-un-noel-2016-chez-les-roms-du-terrain-voltaire-saint-denis-93
– La sécurité en question sur le boulevard Schuman plongé dans le noir. In: La Voix du Nord. 04.01.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/98378/article/2017-01-04/la-securite-en-question-sur-le-boulevard-schuman-plonge-dans-le-noir
– Toulouse: A trois kilomètres du Capitole, un squat insalubre accueille 400 personnes. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 06.01.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/toulouse/1990575-20170106-toulouse-trois-kilometres-capitole-squat-insalubre-accueille-400-personnes [link-preview url=”https://blogs.mediapart.fr/392809/blog/030117/avec-agnes-cluzel-un-noel-2016-chez-les-roms-du-terrain-voltaire-saint-denis-93 “]

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Slovakia and Racism

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Milan Mazurek, an extreme rightist is being investigated for racist comments he made in the Zilina radio Frontinus. He came to the radio in October 2016 instead of Kotleba, the head of the extreme rightist party in Slovakia. The radio itself is also under investigation for breaching broadcasting standards and violating impartiality and objectivity standards in the news.
Let’s see what happens next …

– Mazurek za svoje vyjadrenia o Rómoch zrejme ponesie následky. In: TA3. http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1097425/mazurek-za-svoje-vyjadrenia-o-romoch-zrejme-ponesie-nasledky.html
– Vystúpenie poslanca Mazureka v žilinskom rádiu už začala preverovať Rada pre vysielanie. In: Žilinak. 05.01.2017. https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5518/vystupenie-poslanca-mazureka-v-zilinskom-radiu-uz-zacala-preverovat-rada-pre-vysielanie [link-preview url=”https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5518/vystupenie-poslanca-mazureka-v-zilinskom-radiu-uz-zacala-preverovat-rada-pre-vysielanie”]

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Bosnian Rrom Actor

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The Bosnian Rroma actor Nazif Mujic who won a Silver Bear award for Best Actor for his performance in the film ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’ at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013 is selling his trophy because he needs money.
A shame for Bosnia and for us all.

– Roma actor sells Silver Bear award to feed kids. In: ENCA. 07.01.2017. http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids [link-preview url=”http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids”]

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Germany AfD and their Program

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Scary, the AfD is continuing its campaigns against migrants and immigration. All Rroma are clearly beggars in their minds. And oh God, what if they realise there are also Moslem Rroma …
Sick minds.

– Wir bleiben mal ganz sachlich. In: Taz. 05.01.2017. https://www.taz.de/AfD-in-Berlin/!5368561/ [link-preview url=”https://www.taz.de/AfD-in-Berlin/!5368561/”]

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Czech Memorial on Holocaust

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A memorial on the Hodonin camp commemorating the Rroma victims of the Holocaust will be erected in the summer. Nice… But wil they say that most Rroma were arrested and deported by the Czech themselves?

– Hodonín Memorial on wartime camp for Roma to open in summer. In: Prague Monitor. 05.01.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/01/05/hodon%C3%ADn-memorial-wartime-camp-roma-open-summer [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/01/05/hodon%C3%ADn-memorial-wartime-camp-roma-open-summer”]

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Lunik IX

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Two large apartment blocks in Lunik IX, a settlement in Kosice in Eastern Slovakia are scheduled to be destroyed due to the dire conditions in which the building have fallen. Question remains – where will the mostly Rroma inhabitants go ?

– Hrozba pre obyvateľov Luníka IX: Chystá sa veľké búranie! In: Topky. 07.01.2017. http://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1599873/Hrozba-pre-obyvatelov-Lunika-IX–Chysta-sa-velke-buranie- [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1599873/Hrozba-pre-obyvatelov-Lunika-IX–Chysta-sa-velke-buranie-“]

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Rome and Rroma

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As part of its activities, the Association of the Roma Nation (ANR), has convened a public meeting on Rome and Rroma and on the respect of the agreements with the EU following the December 16th resolution no. 117 of the Capitoline council establishing a Roma and Sinti Consultative body (RSC). The NRA invite the mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi as well as several other councillors.
On December 30, 2016, Marcello Zuinisi, the legal representative of the ANR, has filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor at the Ordinary Court of Rome, directly into the hands of the Chief Prosecutor, Dr. Giuseppe Pignatone regarding the gestion and need for closure of the Rroma camps.

– Roma: l’Associazione Rom (ANR), ha convocato un incontro pubblico. In: Messina Magazine. 07.01.2017. http://www.messinamagazine.it/2017/01/05/roma-lassociazione-rom-anr-ha-convocato-un-incontro-pubblico/
– Incontro “Rom, Sinti, Caminanti e Tavolo di Inclusione a Roma Capitale” In: Radio radicale. 04.01.2017. https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/496622/incontro-rom-sinti-caminanti-e-tavolo-di-inclusione-a-roma-capitale [link-preview url=”https://www.radioradicale.it/scheda/496622/incontro-rom-sinti-caminanti-e-tavolo-di-inclusione-a-roma-capitale”]

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Bulgaria: Teenage Pregnancy

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The case of a 13 years old Rroma girl who gave birth raised the Rroma issue again in Bulgaria. As usual, on the wrong reasons … Teenage pregnancies are highly correlated to poverty and lack of education, not to cultural traits.

– Zlatka’s story of early teen motherhood again raises issues of Roma in Bulgaria. In: Sofia Globe. 05.01.2017. http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/01/05/zlatkas-story-of-early-teen-motherhood-again-raises-issues-of-roma-in-bulgaria/ [link-preview url=”http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/01/05/zlatkas-story-of-early-teen-motherhood-again-raises-issues-of-roma-in-bulgaria/”]

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Anti-Rroma Posters in Odessa

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The city of Odessa has been flooded with anti-Rroma posters. Bad, especially when one remembers there has been a pogrom nearby recently.

– Ukraine: Odessa is flooded with anti-Romani posters. In: Romea.cz. 02.01.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/ukraine-odessa-is-flooded-with-anti-romani-posters#.WGwTw9upFoA.facebook [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/ukraine-odessa-is-flooded-with-anti-romani-posters#.WGwTw9upFoA.facebook”]

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A Movie on Django Reinhardt

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A movie on Django Reinhardt opened the Berlin Festival. Will be worth seeing and judging, but it is certainly a difficult subject.

– Film über Django Reinhardt eröffnet Festival. In: Spiegel Online. 04.01.2017. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-eroeffnungsfilm-ueber-django-reinhardt-a-1128520.html
– “Django” wird die Berliner Filmfestspiele eröffnen. Der Tagesspiegel. 04.01.2017. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/berlinale-2017-django-wird-die-berliner-filmfestspiele-eroeffnen/19208970.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-eroeffnungsfilm-ueber-django-reinhardt-a-1128520.html “]

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Germany: A New Book

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A new book, called “Our Father” tells the story of a German Sinti family. It is written by a Sintica Anita Awosusi. She will present it at the Jewish Museum in Berlin on February 9th.

– Vater unser Eine Sintifamilie erzählt. In: Jüdisches Museum Berlin. https://www.jmberlin.de/vater-unser-eine-sintifamilie-erzaehlt [link-preview url=”https://www.jmberlin.de/vater-unser-eine-sintifamilie-erzaehlt”]

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Hungary Gypsy Policy

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A first in the French Press on how the Hungarian policies towards Rroma are going back to the past where it was legal to kill Rroma … Quite amazing from a mainstream French radio.

– La politique anti-tziganes en Hongrie. In: France Inter. 29.12.2016. https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/la-face-b-de-l-actualite-internationale/la-face-b-de-l-actualite-internationale-29-decembre-2016 [link-preview url=”https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/la-face-b-de-l-actualite-internationale/la-face-b-de-l-actualite-internationale-29-decembre-2016″]

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