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Slovakia and the US

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According to the US Government, following an assessment of the US Department of State in their annual report on Human Rights, the main problems of Slovakia are corruption and discrimination against Roma. The report was published last Friday.

– USA kritizujú Slovensko za korupciu a diskrimináciu Rómov. In: Aktualny. 21.04.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/583139/usa-kritizuju-slovensko-za-korupciu-a-diskriminaciu-romov/
– USA kritizujú Slovensko za korupciu, diskrimináciu Rómov a špeciálneho prokurátora Kováčika. In: TV Noviny. 21.04.2018. http://www.tvnoviny.sk/zahranicne/1916181_usa-kritizuju-slovensko-za-korupciu-diskriminaciu-romov-a-specialneho-prokuratora-kovacika
– Korupcia či diskriminácia Rómov. USA v správe o ľudských právach kritizujú Slovensko. In: Aktualne Centrum. 21.04.2018. https://aktualne.centrum.sk/slovensko/spolocnost/korupcia-ci-diskriminacia-romov-usa-sprave-ludskych-pravach-kritizuju-slovensko.html
– USA nás kritizujú za korupciu a diskrimináciu Rómov. In: Trend. 21.04.2018. https://www.etrend.sk/ekonomika/usa-nas-kritizuju-za-korupciu-a-diskriminaciu-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/583139/usa-kritizuju-slovensko-za-korupciu-a-diskriminaciu-romov/ “]

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We do not say it …

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An interview with Rinaldo Strauss, a Sinti representative in Hesse on the occasion of a cultural evening aimed at fighting against stereotypes. He clearly says that many Sinti and Roma simply do not say they are.

– Viele Sinti und Roma verleugnen ihre Abstammung: Von Zigeunerbildern und Vorurteilen. In: HNA. 20.04.2018. https://www.hna.de/kassel/mitte-kassel-ort248256/interview-mit-rinaldo-strauss-sinti-und-roma-kaempfen-gegen-vorurteile-9796285.html [link-preview url=”https://www.hna.de/kassel/mitte-kassel-ort248256/interview-mit-rinaldo-strauss-sinti-und-roma-kaempfen-gegen-vorurteile-9796285.html”]

Germany News Western Europe

Bad …

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A bad article: A German whose house in Mallorca was occupied by Roma, who transformed it into a thieves’ nest. He finally managed to remove them from his property after several months.
Why is it bad: Well, it certainly feeds the stereotypes.

– Hamburger erobert seine Villa von Hausbesetzern zurück. In: Die Welt. 19.04.2018. https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article175582114/Roma-Clans-auf-Mallorca-Hamburger-erobert-seine-Villa-von-Hausbesetzern-zurueck.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article175582114/Roma-Clans-auf-Mallorca-Hamburger-erobert-seine-Villa-von-Hausbesetzern-zurueck.html”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia: An Interview

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An interview of the Slovak journalist Stanislava Harkotova on Roma, stereotypes, and how they are presented in the press in that country. Her comments are not devoid of some stereotypes, but she did make the step and went to see for herself.

– Myslela som si, že Rómov sa treba báť. Až kým sa o mňa nestarali rómski učňovkári. In: HN Slovensko. 13.04.2018. https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1727343-myslela-som-si-ze-romov-sa-treba-bat-az-kym-sa-o-mna-nestarali-romski-ucnovkari [link-preview url=”https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1727343-myslela-som-si-ze-romov-sa-treba-bat-az-kym-sa-o-mna-nestarali-romski-ucnovkari”]

Finland News Western Europe

Finland and Roma

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In spite of the small number of Roma in Finland, prejudice and stereotypes are prevalent. Roma are fighting against it.

– Roma minority asks Finns to look beyond the stereotypes. In: YLE. 08.04.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/roma_minority_asks_finns_to_look_beyond_the_stereotypes/10150192 [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/roma_minority_asks_finns_to_look_beyond_the_stereotypes/10150192″]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Poland and Roma

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Even thought there are very few Roma living in Poland, they are still facing discrimination and prejudice. A very good report on their situation.

– Poland’s Roma community battles discrimination. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.04.2018. http://www.dw.com/en/polands-roma-community-battles-discrimination/a-43273328 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/polands-roma-community-battles-discrimination/a-43273328″]

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We don’t need this either …

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Another piece of trash journalism – this time from the Daily Mail. A former reality star turned petty criminal. The number of stereotypes is just mind boggling.

– Gypsy Sisters star Mellie Stanley is charged over using bogus coupons scam to obtain thousands of dollars’ worth of goods from Toys R Us. In: The Daily Mail. 06.05.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5585195/Mellie-Jeanette-Lee-star-reality-Gypsy-Sisters-charged-Toys-R-coupons-scam.html#ixzz5Bxs6EQ5q [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5585195/Mellie-Jeanette-Lee-star-reality-Gypsy-Sisters-charged-Toys-R-coupons-scam.html#ixzz5Bxs6EQ5q”]

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Roma in Serbia

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An article from Pakistan – yes – on Roma in Serbia and the discriminations they face in daily life.

– For Serbia’s Roma, just getting a roof over their heads is a start. In: GEO TV. 06.04.2018. https://www.geo.tv/latest/189773-for-serbias-roma-just-getting-a-roof-over-their-heads-is-a-start [link-preview url=”https://www.geo.tv/latest/189773-for-serbias-roma-just-getting-a-roof-over-their-heads-is-a-start”]

Germany News Western Europe

New Portal on Sinti and Roma

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The Documentation Centre of the Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg just opened a new web portal on the history of the minority, with a focus on Holocaust and on the continuing discrimination in post-war Germany.

– Webportal dokumentiert Geschichte der Sinti und Roma. In: DlF24. 03.04.2018. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfolgung-von-minderheiten-webportal-dokumentiert.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=868126 [link-preview url=”http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfolgung-von-minderheiten-webportal-dokumentiert.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=868126″]

News Eastern Europe Romania

Giuvlipen

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A long article on the theatre play “Giuvlipen” and on its actors in Romania. The journalists give a portrait of the actors and their engagement both for feminism and against racism.

– THÉÂTRE EN ROUMANIE : GIUVLIPEN, LA TROUPE QUI MET EN SCÈNE LE FÉMINISME ET L’ACTIVISME ROM. In: Le Corrier des Balkans. 28.03.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Theatre-en-Roumanie-Giuvlipen-la-troupe-qui-met-en-scene-le-feminisme-et-l [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Theatre-en-Roumanie-Giuvlipen-la-troupe-qui-met-en-scene-le-feminisme-et-l”]

Finland News Western Europe

Finland: Discrimination

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An editorial in a Finnish paper highlights the inherent discrimination encountered by Roma. According to the paper one Romni sent 400 application letters, and received only 4 negative answers. Another cannot graduate as he cannto find a job placement required for his diploma.
Bad…

– Thursday’s papers: Million-euro pay packets, Metro staff disquiet and Roma discrimination. In: Yle Utiset. 29.03.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_million-euro_pay_packets_metro_staff_disquiet_and_roma_discrimination/10138505
– Kun sukunimi on väärä – miltä tuntuisi, jos lapsesi ei olisi tervetullut mihinkään? In: Helsingin Sanomat. 29.03.2018. https://www.hs.fi/mielipide/art-2000005621588.html [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_million-euro_pay_packets_metro_staff_disquiet_and_roma_discrimination/10138505 “]

France News Western Europe

Paris: Exhibition

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Another article on the photography exhibition in Paris called “Mondes Tsiganes – La Fabrique des Images” in the museum for migration.The exhibition aims at showing how stereotypes were created via photography.
BUT: The name “Tsigane” as well as the place “Immigration” museum are not the right ones. And the Press now speaks of “Travellers”…

– Les gens du voyage sous l’œil des photographes. In: RFI. 28.03.2018. http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes [link-preview url=”http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes”]

News Eastern Europe Poland

Poland and Racism …

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Numbers speak by themselves; A survey in Poland done between 2015 and 2016 and recently published shows that in Poland, 30% of Poles do not want Roma to be citizen, 38% do not want them as neighbours, and 49% do not want them as family members …
No comments.

– Most Poles accept Jews as fellow citizens and neighbors, but a minority do not. In: Pew Research Centre. 28.03.2018. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/28/most-poles-accept-jews-as-fellow-citizens-and-neighbors-but-a-minority-do-not/ [link-preview url=”http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/28/most-poles-accept-jews-as-fellow-citizens-and-neighbors-but-a-minority-do-not/”]

Germany News Western Europe

Germany and Racism

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Antiziganism is still unknown to many people in Germany, in contrast to anti-Semitism. Ruhan Karakul, the counsellor of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg, wants to counteract this. The lawyer of Turkish roots was a guest at the “Haus der Begegnung” on Friday afternoon, where she was welcomed as speaker by Ahment Sezer during the International Week Against Racism.

– Rassismus ist allgegenwärtig. In: Westphalische Nachrichten. 26.03.2018. http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Borken/Gronau/3232749-Justiziarin-des-Zentralrats-der-Sinti-und-Roma-zu-Gast-in-Gronau-Rassismus-ist-allgegenwaertig [link-preview url=”http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Borken/Gronau/3232749-Justiziarin-des-Zentralrats-der-Sinti-und-Roma-zu-Gast-in-Gronau-Rassismus-ist-allgegenwaertig”]

Austria News Western Europe

Austria and Prejudice

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An Essay on the rampant racism against Roma which still exists in Austria nowadays. This article dismantles several of them, such as the one of the begging mafia.
A must read.

– Roma werden in Österreich immer noch diskriminiert – und es ist jedem scheißegal. In: Vice. 21.03.2018. https://www.vice.com/de_at/article/j5byxg/roma-werden-in-osterreich-immer-noch-diskriminiert-und-es-ist-jedem-scheissegal [link-preview url=”https://www.vice.com/de_at/article/j5byxg/roma-werden-in-osterreich-immer-noch-diskriminiert-und-es-ist-jedem-scheissegal”]

News Eastern Europe Ukraine

Ukraine – Stereotypes and Reality

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An essay on negative stereotypes against Roma in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. Unfortunately, these stereotypes have been recently reinforced by the presence of a group of criminal Roma in the centre of the city and the inability of the police to deal with the issue.
As a result, all Roma are considered in a negative light, regardless of what they do.
This is bad, but alas, not new.

– ЯК МОЖНА ПОДОЛАТИ СТЕРЕОТИПИ ПРО РОМІВ У ЛЬВОВІ. In: TVOE MISTO. 19.03.2018. http://tvoemisto.tv/blogs/yak_mozhna_podolaty_stereotypy_pro_romiv_u_lvovi_92132.html [link-preview url=”http://tvoemisto.tv/blogs/yak_mozhna_podolaty_stereotypy_pro_romiv_u_lvovi_92132.html”]

Czech Republic News Eastern Europe

Demonstration in Prague

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The video of the Roma manifestation against racism and against Okamura, the MP and president of the rightist party who effectively denies the Roma Holocaust.

– https://www.facebook.com/DVTV.cz/videos/1994264534155876/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/DVTV.cz/videos/1994264534155876/”]

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia and Racism

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The Slovak town of Bardejov elected a new judge. The new judge was a municipal councillor who likened Roma to rats …
And the town doesn’t want to reconsider this nomination.
No further comments.

– Smeráčka prirovnala Rómov k potkanom. Bude sudcom z ľudu. In: Aktuality. 16.03.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/573059/smeracka-prirovnala-romov-k-potkanom-bude-sudcom-z-ludu/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/573059/smeracka-prirovnala-romov-k-potkanom-bude-sudcom-z-ludu/”]

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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Some positive news, some that are not fully related to Roma, and then the usual stereotypes – this is what one could say of this week’s French Press on Roma.

On the positive side, an informal survey in Montpellier in the South of France shows that “only” 10% of the residents think that Roma cannot integrate. 53% are for the assimilation – which is not a solution. In Western France, near Nantes, an organisation is calling for a dialogue with Roma. In the North, a bus has been converted into a medical office, and is free of charges.

On the not fully related to Roma, the story of a huge illicit garbage dump 30 km from Paris. It is claimed it was started by Roma a while back, but has definitively been abused by Gadže.

On the negative side, the usual criminal stories. In Aix en Provence, 3 Roma pimps have been arrested; in the South, a traffic of children -really??? – sold into slavery to steal sounds improbable; and finally, a Romni pickpocket in the Nice airport.

– Enquête : comment les habitants des bidonvilles sont perçus à Montpellier. In: Gazette Live. 14.03.2018. http://www.lagazettedemontpellier.fr/24593/enquete-comment-les-habitants-des-bidonvilles-sont-percus-a-montpellier.html
– Yves Madeline invite à converser avec les Roms. In: Ouest France. 17.03.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/reze-44400/yves-madeline-invite-converser-avec-les-roms-5627678
– Lille. Roms : un cabinet médical dans un bus. In: Lille Actu. 11.03.2018. https://actu.fr/hauts-de-france/lille_59350/lille-roms-cabinet-medical-dans-bus_15809711.html
– Yvelines. Une décharge à ciel ouvert s’étend depuis dix ans, les riverains exceeds. In: Ouest France. 12.03.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/ile-de-france/yvelines/yvelines-une-decharge-ciel-ouvert-s-etend-depuis-dix-ans-les-riverains-excedes-5617281
– Déchets : le scandale des décharges sauvages. In: France Info. 12.03.2018. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/dechets-le-scandale-des-decharges-sauvages_2653688.html
– Une mer de déchets à 30 kilomètres de Paris. In: BFM TV> 12.03.2018. http://www.bfmtv.com/planete/une-mer-de-dechets-a-30-kilometres-de-paris-1393813.html
– Aix-en-Provence : trois proxénètes roms “serrés” par la PJ. In: Corse Info. 16.03.2018. https://www.corsematin.com/article/article/aix-en-provence-trois-proxenetes-roms-serres-par-la-pj
– Des fillettes achetées entre 40 000 et 80 000 euros pour commettre des cambriolages. In: Detective. 12.03.2018. https://www.lenouveaudetective.com/mafia-serbe-demantelee-en-france-ils-achetaient-des-fillettes-pour-commettre-des-cambriolages/
– Elle sévissait en bande à l’aéroport: une pickpocket en prison après avoir été débusquée par sa victim. In: Nice Matin. 13.03.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/faits-divers/elle-sevissait-en-bande-a-laeroport-une-pickpocket-en-prison-apres-avoir-ete-debusquee-par-sa-victime-214860 [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/reze-44400/yves-madeline-invite-converser-avec-les-roms-5627678 “]

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Europe, Roma, and Discrimination

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There will be a “Roma Week” in April in the European Parliament. The European Public Health Alliance exposes here their concerns and views that they will present during this session of the parliament.

– Will the Rhetoric become Reality for Roma in 2018? In: EPHA. 14.03.2018. https://epha.org/will-the-rhetoric-become-reality-for-roma-in-2018/ [link-preview url=”https://epha.org/will-the-rhetoric-become-reality-for-roma-in-2018/”]

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