November 2011
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New Romani Book: Trujal o jaga, by Kujtim Pacaku →
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Roma People Fighting Against Prejudices [Video,... →
Bridges have to be built, locally, with small-scale, local projects to provide people with something to do, some source of income. One such small local project is a co-op set up by a private charity in the village of Igrici. These people are living proof (8:29)
October 2011
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Czech Republic: Romani people protest against... →
Yesterday afternoon in Rotava (Sokolov district) between 250 and 300 people gathered for an anti-Roma assembly convened by promoters of the extremist Workers’ Social Justice Party (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti - DSSS). Approximately 100 neo-Nazis from Germany were there as well. The DSSS convened the demonstration for 13:00; officially, the event was described as a “civil...
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Being a roma →
Tamás Suha
The discrimination of the Roma minority, ethnic prejudices and differences between Roma and non-Roma people is one of the major problems in contemporary Hungary. It would be difficult to say what could be done in order to gradually reduce, and finally dissolve entirely these conflicts and no comprehensive solutions have been issued till now.
Most sociologists and experts in social...
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Pitt Introduces New Study Abroad Program in Romani... →
The University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Music, Center for Russian and East European Studies, and the Study Abroad Office announce a new undergraduate study abroad program in ethnomusicology — “Romani Music, Culture, and Human Rights in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia” — May 19-June 5, 2012, 3 credits, open to all qualified undergraduate students.
The study abroad...
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Romania's Roma get politically active →
In Romania, young Roma citizens created for the first time a political party, the Civic Democratic Alliance of Roma (ACDR), on October 1st. They plan to run for election in the parliamentary elections next year so that they are not just represented by a minority representative in parliament but by their own party. A noble goal, the online weekly Acum comments: “The leader of the ACDR...
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Immigration officials closely monitoring Roma... →
TORONTO - Senior immigration brass are monitoring the thousands of Hungarian Romas filing for refugee status in Canada and taking steps to shut down the flow of claimants.
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s office said a new Balanced Refugee Reform Act to take affect in June will hopefully put an end to some of the bogus
claims.
“We are taking action to stop this abuse,” Kenney aide, Candice...
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Romania's ‘I Am a Roma’ Campaign →
TOL has long covered the plight of Roma in Central and Eastern Europe. From the Visegrad countries to the Balkans to the former Soviet states, the ethnic minority faces widespread discrimination and poverty.
A new effort urges Roma to stand up and be counted. Photo by Michael J. Jordan.
A new national campaign in Romania is trying – however modestly – to chip away at anti-Roma sentiment. According...
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Anonymous asked: oh cool, im russian roma :) well half... i was just wondering cause i was trying to read your blog info and i realized the language was similar but a bit different, anyway thanks for answering.
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Anonymous asked: can i ask what roma are you? romanian? russian? ukraine? english?
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Romani Families Forced onto the Street by... →
Budapest, 27 October 2011: In a follow-up letter to authorities in Rome today, the ERRC and local partner, Popica ONLUS, condemned the frequent, ongoing evictions and ill-treatment of Romani communities in Rome in recent months.
Eighteen more evictions have been documented by the ERRC and local partners since the first letter was sent to Rome authorities on 11 August 2011. The authorities in Rome...
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Hungarian Gypsies flocking to Canada →
TORONTO, Oct. 27 (UPI) — Canadian immigration authorities say an unprecedented number of gypsies from Hungary are seeking refugee status on arrival in Toronto.
Canada Border Services Agency workers were overwhelmed one night last week when a record 110 gypsies arrived on one flight and extra staff had to be called in to process them, the Toronto Sun reported.
The agency said as many as 50...
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Roma minority attacked with Molotov cocktails →
The incident occurred at about 10 pm on Friday night, when two flaming bottles of petrol landed on property belonging to members of the Roma community.
One bottle fell onto grass and the flames quickly petered out. The second landed on the roof of a house, and the inhabitants swiftly extinguished the flames.
No one was injured in the assault.
Police believe that the crime was carried out by...
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EU provides homes for 14 Roma, Ashkali and... →
Fourteen Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian families have moved to their new homes thanks to the support from the European Commission Liaison Office, the Ministry of Community and Returns and the Mitrovicë/a Municipality. Representatives of the EC Liaison Office and the Ministry of Community and Returns have inaugurated today the accompanying infrastructure - a new asphalt road with sidewalks and street...
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A Roma Neighbourhood Will Be Built In Agva →
It’s claimed that 88 new house will be built in Yeni Mahala of Agva for Roma Gypsies by Mass Housing Administration (TOKİ). The Roma Neighbourhood Project which have been designed will be done with partnership of TOKİ and İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality. It’s said that the houses will be built in Yeni Mahala is planned to be 2-3 storey.
The present Gypsy settlement of Agva is open...
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The Holocaust of Roma in Moldova continue to... →
PRESS RELEASE
On 20-21 October 2011 in Chisinau, at the Free University (ULIM) was held a two-day conference “Unknown Holocaust of Roma” – as a challenge of nowadays situation of Roma people. The conference have been followed with an exhibition of photos with Roma survivors made by Luminita Cioaba (from Romania).
The Conference have been attend by Swedish EU Affairs Minister, Birgitta Ohlsson,...
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Here is Indian Gypsies →
India is a country in where various Gypsy peoples live. These Gypsy peoples who speak different languages and live in different regions of India subsist on traditional Gypsy occupations as peripatetic communities like their ancestors or they subsist on jobs which non-Gypsies don’t prefer to do on account of the fact that they lost their traditional occupations.
Musician langhas, animal...
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Czech town buys building in order to evict Romani... →
Conflicting reports are being heard from the Czech town of Čáslav regarding Romani residents there. While Mayor Jaromír Strnad (Czech Social Democrats - ČSSD) says half of the troubled Romani families in town have already moved away, Vít Lesák, the local consultant to the Czech Government Agency for Social Inclusion for Romani Localities in the nearby town of Kutná Hora, says Roma living in Čáslav...
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Residents of South Bohemian town reject community... →
The majority of the inhabitants of the South Bohemian town of Písek disagree with the town hall’s plans to build a Community and Social Center for use by the Romani residents of the Portyč housing estate. Town councilors will decide next month as to whether the center will be built or not, the Mediafax press agency reports.
Most of those who participated in a recent survey about the project...
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Just wished to be a policeman, the fate made him a... →
Merdjan Jakupov
Emran Elmazi, 25 years old – one of the successful Roma youngsters – today is a student of Law in Germany. Before like every child he had his own wish to be one day a policeman. Maybe now comes up the question “If he wanted to be a policeman why is he now going in the direction to become a lawyer???”
Let’s find out more about Emran and how he succeeded to get there where he is...
THE [Romas] IN HISTORY AND TODAY →
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This article is about…the Roma, Romani, and Sinti, who populate Eastern Europe. They are easily the most unique minority in Europe, and one of its oldest immigrant/ nomadic identities. Popularly reviled by most Europeans, they are perceived as a tremendous source of social plight, theft, prostitution, drug trafficking, disease and petty crime....
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THE GYPSIES IN HISTORY AND TODAY →
This article is about the Gypsies, also called the Roma, Romani, and Sinti, who populate Eastern Europe. They are easily the most unique minority in Europe, and one of its oldest immigrant/ nomadic identities. Popularly reviled by most Europeans, they are perceived as a tremendous source of social plight, theft, prostitution, drug trafficking, disease and petty crime. Growing human rights concerns...
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Windows for Romani Church Needed →
There is a great need for new windows in the Church in Radvanka. They are old, cracked, and broken. It gets very cold in this humble little Ukrainian church. We wear coats, pack the house, praise with extra passion, and rely upon the Holy Spirit to keep us warm. Week after week, more than 100 people come to enjoy the hot meal at the soup kitchen, fellowship, and worship our Lord Jesus Christ!
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