July 2012
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Romani or Roma? Which word is correct? (Lisa... →
Lisa Ashley-Antolčič
Yesterday, I read a very interesting post on how we should inform English speaking non-Romani to refer to us. I never think twice when I tell English speaking individuals to kindly refer to us as Romani instead of “gypsy”. It is natural for me to interchange Romani, Roma & Rom appropriately while speaking English because I also speak Romanes, the language of the Romani...
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June 2012
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“They can call themselves whatever they want: but... →
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Children bitten by rats in an Uzhhorod Roma... →
28 June, rats bit two children at night in a Roma settlement on the street of Hranitniy in Uzhhorod (micro-region of Radvanka). Amongst the victims of the rodent bites was an infant, whose face, arms and legs were bitten.
Serena Horvat, a young mother of three, had the electricity to her home cut off a day before these events due to debt. According to the Roma, this was what lead to this horrible...
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Rehousing Romania's Roma signals swing to extremes
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BAIA MARE, Romania (Reuters) - Building a wall that closes in a Roma neighborhood and rehousing families in a dilapidated communist-era office block have earned Catalin Chereches accusations of racism. But the actions have also helped the mayor of the northern Romanian town of Baia Mare to become the country’s most popular local politician and shown how central Europe’s lackluster...
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Forced Nomads: The Roma Peas Workers (MEDIAROMA) →
The Roma peas workers, who go to Karacabey district of Bursa (Marmara Region-Turkey) to gather peas, work under extremely hard conditions. Almost 1000 Roma live in tents when they are in Karacabey as if they are forced nomads.
Roma families, who come from Keşan district of Edirne, Malkara district of Tekirdağ and settlements around Balıkesir to Karacabey district of Bursa each year, subsist on...
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The Governor Visited Roma (MEDIAROMA) →
The governor of İstanbul Hüseyin Avni Mutlu who visited the public foundations which are still being built in Kağıthane district also made a conversation with Roma living in Yahya Kemal neighbourhood of Kağıthane. The governor, who were welcomed by the community leader of Yahya Kemal Roma Cemil Akmaca and the other residents, listened the problems of local Roma community.
The governor Hüseyin...
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Kawczynski warns of new wave of ‘Roma-phobia’... →
Financial instability, political uncertainty and the need for scapegoats are fuelling a new wave of ‘Roma-phobia,’ Rudko Kawczynski will tell the Parliamentary Assembly later this week.
The President of the European Roma and Travellers Forum is scheduled to address parliamentarians on Thursday 28 June, when the assembly receives Annette Groth’s report ‘Roma migrants in Europe.’
Kawczynski is...
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Tory tough-on-refugee stance hitting nerve with... →
OTTAWA — It appears the Conservative government’s tough-on-refugee stance is hitting a nerve with Canada’s Jewish community.
In the latest salvo, the Toronto Board of Rabbis sent a letter to Stephen Harper raising concerns about his government’s decision to designate some countries as safe, democratic, non traditional producers of refugees under Bill C-31 which becomes law this week.
They...
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‘Gypsy,’ by Martin Sulik, Fictional Portrait of... →
“Gypsy,” a fictional portrait of an impoverished Roma settlement in eastern Slovakia, offers a mostly depressing picture of a marginalized Middle European culture living in squalor. The villagers dwell in filthy huts planted on a muddy hillside; their roofs are assemblages of junk, and there is no electricity, heat or running water.
The movie, directed by Martin Sulikfrom a screenplay by...
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U.S. Government became observer to the Roma Decade... →
Good afternoon. Earlier this year, in announcing the United States’ intention to participate in the “Decade” as an observer, Secretary of State Clinton said in Sofia: “For too long, Roma citizens have been marginalized and isolated, prevented from contributing their talents and participating in their societies. This is a critical matter of human rights, and it affects millions of men, women,...
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DOCUMENTARIES (World Rroma) →
Romale thaj amalale, dikhen kado blogo. Šaj te arakhen kothe but romane filmura thaj dokumentariji pa le roma ande bari luma.
Roma and friends, check out this blog. You can find there many Romani films and documentaries of Roma around the world.
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Rromane Sikljarimata and'o Teksasosko Universiteto... →
Dino sako bersh vajka primovare vajka tamne si ekh kurso angla e graduacija p’e rromane sikljarimata (and’o katalogo buchol “Gypsy Language and Culture”), thaj seminari partikolar si vunivar dine e maj vuche rrundoste pala e graduacija.
And’o universiteto si panch-shov membrura e fakultetoske intereznime thaj kaste si materiali pa’l Rrom ande penge klasura, thaj i sas membrura ande’l komitetura...
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Interview with Ondrej Liska, Czech Politician, on... →
Ondrej Liska is a politician in the Czech Republic, former Minister of Education and Chairman of the Green Party. In this interview, Bernard Rorke discusses the impact of European Union (EU) funding, EU integration strategies and European litigation on the plight of Roma in the Czech Republic.
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Čeněk Růžička: Solving the death of Romani... →
On Saturday, 23 June, I attended and supported a gathering n the town square in Sokolov calling for the solving of the death of Ludovít Kašpar. Ludovít passed away at the start of May of this year under suspicious circumstances and may have been beaten to death by police officers. The gathering was convened by the family of the deceased and the Hate is No Solution Initiative (Iniciativa Nenávist...
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2nd edition of the Open-Air plenary Romani Art -... →
Harangos Roma Educational Association invites you to the 2nd edition of the Open-Air plenary Romani Art - International Dialogue “Jaw Dikh” project in Czarna Góra village in South of Poland.
This project aims at establishing a dialogue between the Roma artists from Europe. The first edition took place in August 2011 and it’s success convinced us about the need of continuity of...
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Gypsy culture: Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire stage... →
Ifan Jones Evans and Shan Cothi will go on tour in a Gypsy caravan for an S4C TV series
The Gypsy traditions of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire are being celebrated in a week of community events.
Music, dance and food take centre stage at the events taking place to mark Gypsy Roma and Traveller History Month.
Celebrations start on Monday in Cardigan and continue in Newcastle Emlyn, Crymych,...
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Hamlet in Slovakia (Cinespect) →
“Gypsy” opens on Wednesday, June 27 at Film Forum.
Running time: 100 minutes; in Romany and Slovak w/English subtitles.
The depiction of a foreign culture is inevitably complicated by an audience’s outside perspective. In most cases, it’s not quite enough for a filmmaker to present foreignness with objective accuracy, because the audience already has preexisting stereotypes and expectations of...
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Learning about rights helps Roma women in... →
Jovana Mrkaic, Fana Delija and Fatima Naza from the Center for Roma Initiatives during the award ceremony for the Anna Lindh Prize in Stockholm, Sweden. Foto: The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation/Karin Råghall.
Women are discriminated against in most societies. But Roma women are often even worse off, since they are faced both with the strong patriarchal culture within the Roma community and the...
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Vigil after Roma killings by policeman in... →
About 20 people gathered at the Slovak Embassy on District XIV’s Stefánia út on Sunday to commemorate the death of three members of a Roma family. The candlelight vigil was held the day after an off-duty police officer shot dead the three in Hurbanovo, a town in the south of Slovakia near the Hungarian border.
The 51-year-old policeman drove up to the family home and started shooting before...
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NO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NO!
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National Geographic’s new series “American Gypsies” features a family struggling with internal dynamics, cultural differences, and the effects of the outside world.
“Beyond the superficial portrayal of the Gypsy people is a rich cultural heritage that has survived because of the generational secrecy and transience of Gypsies. This series takes viewers inside sacred traditions...
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džulory ladžala: What is it with using... →
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Berlin Wall
The “Gypsy Ghetto Wall” in Barbulesti, Romania
Rev. Worley’s “Gay and Lesbian Electric Fence”
The wall in Romania is celebrated and is, apparently, the thing that won the most recently election.
Yes, because we’re scary…
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Czech region studying how Britons include Romani... →
Examples of good practice on including Romani, disabled and otherwise disadvantaged children into mainstream schools and supporting the inter-communal education of all children will be studied by 10 bureaucrats and representatives of nongovernmental organizations from the Karlovy Vary Region in the British town of Leicester. The five-day visit, from 26 June - 1 July 2012, will be attended by...
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Media image of Romani people in the Czech Republic...
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From ROMEA
“In the beginning was the word” (John 1).
“And God said: ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light” (Genesis 1:3).
These two well-known Biblical citations indicate the power people have always attributed to the spoken word. Awareness of this great power has been preserved by some cultures to this day. In her book “Fires in the Dark”, Louise Doughty recalls a Romani...
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European Court of Human Rights Rules Against... →
Budapest, Strasbourg, 26 June 2012: The European Court of Human Rights (Court) has ruled that Hungary violated the European Convention of Human Rights (Convention) in a case of excessive police violence against a Romani woman. In the case of Borbála Kiss v. Hungary, the Court found that Hungary violated Article 3 of the Convention, in a case brought by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and...
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Czech Republic: Children's groups give their final... →
The closing performance of the Roma Mentor project. Photo: Lukáš Houdek
On Thursday, 14 June, children’s groups involved during the course of the school year in the ROMEA civic association’s Roma Mentor Project gave their final performances. Under the direction of Romani artists and teachers, the groups dedicated themselves to various forms of artistic activity during the school year....
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Slovakia: Off-duty cop says he murdered to... →
News server SME.sk reports that the recent murder rampage in Hurbanovo might have been caused when off-duty police officer Milan Juhász snapped as a result of professional frustration. Police are working with that version of events as one of several under investigation.
Police are working under the assumption that Juhász’s motivation for murder was that he was unable to cope with...
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End to hypocritical Roma policy (Europost) →
Bulgaria now has a National Roma Integration Strategy. For the first time the effort is agreed with 9 ministries and district governors, who have to partner locally with relevant NGOs, are put in charge of its implementation.
Speaking of Roma integration, however, we need to adhere to a reasonable balance between high concepts, strategic policies and these...
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Message: Roma football team from Hungary in the... →
In yesterday’s semifinal game in Ralbitz the selection of the Roma in Hungary prevailed against the Carinthian Slovenes. They decided the game in a penalty shootout 6-5. In the other semifinal match in Crostwitz the team of the German-speaking ethnic group from South Tyrol played against the team of the Croatian minority in Serbia (SRB) and won 4-0. So the playoffs for position 1 and 3 are...
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Young Roma form crisis team, want different... →
Prague, June 21 (CTK) - A group of Czech Romany students and intellectuals has established an “emergency staff” to seek a better view of and a better approach to Romanies by the majority population, the team says in a press statement its member David Tiser gave to CTK Thursday.
The team will offer cooperation to state institutions and town halls. For the moment, it comprises 160...
džulory ladžala: Eva hopes book will keep Romany... →
When Eva Petulengro’s first book, The Girl in the Painted Caravan, became a bestseller, a light was shined on a forgotten way of life.
Revealing her childhood as a Romany – much of it spent in Lincolnshire – readers can now pick up Eva’s story in her new release, Caravans and Wedding Bands.
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džulory ladžala: Racist assailants of Romani... →
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On 21 June, the District Court in Klatovy handed down its verdicts against two men charged with racially motivated violent assault on the members of a Romani family in Nýrsko (Klatovy district). Václav Boublík (age 20) and Jiří Miškovič (age 23) were sentenced to 18 months on parole, suspended for…
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Central Europe Roma potential workforce, says... →
The European Union will eventually consider the Roma minority in Central Europe as a potential labour force, Hungarian Human Resources Minister Zoltan Balog said on Thursday.
Talking to MTI after a meeting of his European counterparts in Luxembourg, Balog said that Roma job seekers could fill positions in areas where the EU now uses workers “imported” from third countries.
Balog quoted Ursula...
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The Gypsy in Me (NYTimes) →
The author in first grade.
By CRISTIANA GRIGORE
I am Roma, but for many years I denied my origins for fear of being called a Gypsy. I grew up in Romania, where one meaning of tigan — tzigane, Zigeuner, cigány, cigan, “Gypsy” in other European languages — is “a person who engages in harmful or illegal activities.” The name comes from a medieval Greek word that means “untouchable,” and...
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For the first time in Uzhhorod, a Roma woman was... →
As “The Transcarpathia Hour” has already reported that, yesterday, 20 June, a solemn ceremony was held in a small hall of Uzhhorod City Council, honouring women of the Transcarpathian region whom were given the honorary title of “Mother - Heroine” by the president of Ukraine. Ten women received the award from all over the country: from Tyachiv, Mizhhir, and Mukachevo districts.
In the city of...
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Legendary Roma Gypsy poet set for silver screen →
Filming is under way on a biopic of Papusza, the legendary post-war Gypsy poet who was rejected by the Roma community after being lauded by Poland’s literary elite.
Papusza
Veteran film-maker Krzysztof Krauze, who describes the project as “an epic story,” has cast amateur Roma actors for the film.
“They are fantastic actors,” he told Polish Radio.
“They are very friendly, full of life...
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tw: Police Brutality
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Slovakia: Off-duty cop shoots dead three Romani people and injures two others
A 51-year-old municipal police officer in the Slovak town of Hurbanovo has shot dead three Romani people and wounded another two. The officer shot dead Gabriel L. († 45), his son Mário L. († 19) and a person named Július whose age has not yet been determined. He also...
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Slovak schools refute EU claims →
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Slovakia ranked the worst among 11 EU countries in educating Roma youth, which experts say leads to a vicious circle of poverty.
By Michaela Terenzani
From The Slovak Spectator
A special class for children coming from a Roma community or even a separate school building that only has classrooms for Roma students: These are two very specific examples of what international human...
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Czech Constitutional Court rejects higher... →
The Czech Constitutional Court (Ústavní soud - ÚS) has rejected a complaint filed by a woman from the Ústí Region who was awarded an apology and CZK 200 000 in compensation after she was sterilized without her consent during a Cesarian delivery. The woman complained that the amount of compensation was inadequate. She originally sought compensation of CZK 1 million (EUR 40 000). However,...
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Slovakia: Off-duty cop charged with three counts... →
The Slovak daily Pravda reports that police charged a 51-year-old municipal police officer, Milan Juhász, with three counts of premeditated murder, attempted murder, and illegal weapons possession today. Juhász was not on duty when he arrived on Saturday at the home in Hurbanovo (Komárno district) where he proceeded to shoot dead three people and wound two more.
The charges were expected. On...
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Roma face dire choice between slum and chemical... →
BAIA MARE, Romania — Defiant Aurica Ciucur speaks for many in her Roma camp incensed by a local authority’s plans to relocate them to a former chemical factory forced to close over pollution concerns.
“They want to tear down my house and make me go away? Over my dead body!” said Ciucur, 54.
Dozens of people living at Craica, a shantytown on the outskirts of the northeastern...
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Balıkesir Roma Festival →
Balıkesir Roma Festival, which is organized with contribution of Balıkesir (Turkey) governorship and the parlamentarian Edip Uğur, is celebrated enthusiastically. Hundreds of Roma participated to the festival besides the governor Yılmaz Arslan, the city security director Ömer Aydın, represantatives of various political parties, represantetives of Roma associations from Balıkesir, Adana, Kocaeli,...
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Hungary says ready to take back Roma from Canada →
BUDAPEST — The Hungarian government said Wednesday it was making preparations for the return of up to around 5,200 Roma whose applications for asylum in Canada look set to be rejected under new rules.
“The emigrants won’t come back tomorrow,” said Zoltan Balog, minister for human resources and social affairs. “We will have time to prepare and solve the problem.”
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Roma relocations draw international ire →
The Roma community in the northwest mining area of Baia Mare is again subjected to controversial treatment. [Reuters]
The European Commission is the latest to criticise a decision by the mayor’s office in Baia Mare to move a small community of Roma onto the premises of a former copper mining company that was not entirely decontaminated. European Commissioner for the Human Rights,...
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Prague Pride to focus on LGBT members of Romani... →
The “Rainbow Parade” or “Pride Parade” which will take place on 18 August at the end of this year’s Prague Pride festival will start on Wenceslas Square and end on Shooter’s Island (Střelecký ostrov). Organizers decided to change the route after last year’s success. It is expected that more people will join the parade this year than last, when 8 000...
