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Roma and Slovenes

January 3, 2025 Published by: Roma Foundation

Relations between the Ribnica Roma, the municipal administration and the majority population have long been at a standstill, the state must put an end to this. On March 2, 2014, 16 Roma men and women from two Slovenian Roma settlements filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights for violation of the right to water. These are the settlements of Dobruška vas in Škocjan and Gori. They lost their case in 2022. But the situation has not improved at all…

Blatne vasi. In: Mladina. 03.01.2025. https://www.mladina.si/237633/blatne-vasi/

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A Fire in Zvolen

December 9, 2024 Published by: Roma Foundation

Five families in Zvolen, Slovakia, saw their homes burn down in mid-November, and it caused almost no commotion. They were Roma from the area below Pustý hrad. The families refused to go to a community centre temporarily; they were afraid they would lose their children. They moved in with their relatives and acquaintances and don’t know how they will survive the winter.

Piatim rodinám vo Zvolene v polovici novembra zhoreli príbytky a nespôsobilo to takmer žiaden rozruch. In: Dennik N. 09.12.2024. https://dennikn.sk/minuta/4350223/

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Slovenia and Access to Water

November 26, 2024 Published by: Roma Foundation

Representatives of Amnesty International Slovenia, Roma organizations and Roma people warned at a press conference in Ribnica that a fifth of Roma settlements in Slovenia still do not have drinking water, even though the right to water is guaranteed as a human right under the constitution. They therefore called on the government with a special petition to provide water where it is not yet available.

Amnesty International vlado pozval k zagotovitvi vode v vseh romskih naseljih. In: 24 UR. 19.11.2024. https://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/amnesty-international-vlado-pozval-k-zagotovitvi-vode-v-vseh-romskih-naseljih.html
Amnesty in Romi vlado pozvali, naj v vseh romskih naseljih zagotovi vodo. In: N1 Info. 19.11.2024. https://n1info.si/novice/slovenija/amnesty-in-romi-vlado-pozvali-naj-v-vseh-romskih-naseljih-zagotovi-vodo/

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French Chronicle …

November 3, 2024 Published by: Roma Foundation

Quite a number of articles this past week in France about Roma. A conference on the “Gypsy practises” mentioning nomads; another one on the persecution of Roma, Sinti, and Yénisches, which perpetuates some of the stereotypes; and an action to help Roma from a slum.

After that, a small commune in Western France which doesn’t want to expel Roma without a more permanent housing solution; and finally, a plethora of articles of a false rumour that a small village next to Nantes would see 500 caravans and Roma resettled there.

Au festival « Un mois pour les Roms », on explique l‘histoire et les pratiques tsiganes. In: Le Progrès. 01.11.2024. https://www.leprogres.fr/culture-loisirs/2024/11/01/au-festival-un-mois-pour-les-roms-on-explique-l-histoire-et-les-pratiques-tsiganes
Dans le cadre de « Un mois pour les Roms », conférence de Théophile Leroy : TRAJECTOIRES DE PERSÉ-CUTION DES SINTI, ROMS ET YÉNICHES D’EUROPE OCCIDENTALE EN CONTEXTE GÉNOCIDAIRE. In: L’éveil. 02.10.2024. https://www.leveil.fr/loisirs/agenda-sorties/evenement/307960
Dans le cadre de « Un mois pour les Roms », L’ACTION BIDONVILLES DE LA CIMADE. In: Le Pays. 03.11.2024. https://www.le-pays.fr/loisirs/agenda-sorties/evenement/307961
Dans cette commune de Loire-Atlantique, “pas d’expulsion sans relogement” pour ces familles de Roms. In: Actu.fr. 01.11.2024. https://actu.fr/pays-de-la-loire/la-montagne_44101/dans-cette-commune-de-loire-atlantique-pas-dexpulsion-sans-relogement-pour-ces-familles-de-roms_61811957.html
Cette petite commune va-t-elle réellement accueillir 500 caravanes suite au démantèlement d’un camp de Roms à Nantes ? In: France Info. 29.10.2024. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/loire-atlantique/nantes/cette-petite-commune-va-t-elle-reellement-accueillir-500-caravanes-suite-au-demantelement-d-un-camp-de-roms-a-nantes-3052765.html
Rumeur autour de la venue de 500 caravanes de Roms : « Nous sommes Français, comme vous ». In: Ouest France 30.10.2024. https://nantes.maville.com/actu/actudet_-rumeur-autour-de-la-venue-de-500-caravanes-de-roms-nous-sommes-francais-comme-vous-_-6530953_actu.Htm#google_vignette
Des caravanes roms à Machecoul ? Le maire face aux habitants éteint la rumeur. In: Ouues France 29.10.2024. https://nantes.maville.com/actu/actudet_-des-caravanes-roms-a-machecoul-le-maire-face-aux-habitants-eteint-la-rumeur-_dep-6529858_actu.Htm#google_vignette
Des familles Roms de Nantes transférées à Machecoul ? La rumeur démentie par le maire Laurent Robin. In: Ouest France. 29.10.2024. https://nantes.maville.com/actu/actudet_-des-familles-roms-de-nantes-transferees-a-machecoul-la-rumeur-dementie-par-le-maire-laurent-robin-_-6528998_actu.Htm
Accueil de Roms à Machecoul : la folle rumeur. In: Ouest France. 28.10.2024. https://nantes.maville.com/actu/actudet_-accueil-de-roms-a-machecoul-la-folle-rumeur-_-6527803_actu.Htm
“Accueil de 500 caravanes de Roms” à Machecoul Saint-Même : le maire dément de fausses informations. In: Actu.fr. 30.10.2024. https://actu.fr/pays-de-la-loire/machecoul-saint-meme_44087/accueil-de-500-caravanes-de-roms-a-machecoul-saint-meme-le-maire-dement-de-fausses-informations_61807298.html

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Roma Community in Slovenia

October 28, 2024 Published by: Roma Foundation

An article about the Roma community in South Eastern Slovenia. Here, the article focuses on a program for teenagers and young mothers at the Brezje – Žabjak. The young mothers agree that their children should go to kindergarten, but not to a Roma kindergarten, but to a normal kindergarten, where they get to know other children and learn the language at the same time.

DL: Romi v jugovzhodni Sloveniji – ”Ko sem videla, kako živijo, sem ves dan jokala”. In: Lokalno. 27.10.2024. http://lokalno.svet24.si/2024/10/27/295070/aktualno/dl_romi_v_jugovzhodni_sloveniji_____ko_sem_videla__kako_zivijo__sem_ves_dan_jokala/

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Roma of Slovakia and the Roma Problem

September 14, 2024 Published by: Roma Foundation

An article that says the mantra of the government that if Roma have decent living conditions, they would integrate more is totally wrong, and that there are Roma who are not willing to integrate at all. They cite all ills: violence, threats, burglaries, thefts, attacks on police officers, unemployment, only a handful of children who finish primary school, illegal constructions, non-payment of utility bills, numerous traffic violations, shootings from settlements, drug dealing, living on social assistance, burning toxic substances, vandalism…

Romska družina Strojan – spodletel družbeni eksperiment. In: Domovina. 13.09.2024. https://www.domovina.je/romska-druzina-strojan-spodletel-druzbeni-eksperiment