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| David Mark, ERPC, 21.05.2008 |
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| Please join the ERPC statement calling for EU governments action to take action against the anti-Roma discourse in Italy!
Join on-line on http://www.romapolicy.eu
David Mark
ERPC Coordinator,
E-mail: david.mark@osi-eu.org
Tell: 0032-(0)2-502 46 46
Gsm: 0032-473 -186 061... [ more ] |
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| Daniela Stolfi , 07.05.2008 |
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| Several people have been discussing the revival of an organization to monitor anti-Romism in the United States and Canada. Some years ago, the Romani Media Watch was established in Michigan but disappeared when its creator (William Lockwood) retired. Now we want to revive it. The increased racial ... [ more ] |
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| Roma Virtual Network, 01.05.2008 |
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| The Council of Europe`s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has released five new reports examining racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and intolerance in Liechtenstein, Malta, Moldova, San Marino and Serbia. These are the last reports of ECRI`s third round of country monitoring ... [ more ] |
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| Congressman Alcee L. Hastings, Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 30.04.2008 |
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| From the Congressional Record, Page: E751
TEACH ABOUT THE GENOCIDE OF ROMA
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SPEECH OF
HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS
OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Madam Speaker, as Chairman of the Commission on Security and Coope... [ more ] |
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| Nick Pisa, The Scotsman, 30.04.2008 |
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| http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Mussolini-echoes-as-Rome-picks.4028993.jp
ROME last night elected its first right-wing mayor since the rule of Benito Mussolini, in a poll that mirrored prime minister Silvio Berlusconi`s national victory earlier this month.
Giovanni Alemanno, 50, a former m... [ more ] |
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| Ustiben report, 30.04.2008 |
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| THE VILLAGE THAT REFUSES TO DIE: DALE FARM BUILDS ITSELF A CENTRE
They are demolishing Sulukule, Turkey`s oldest Romani quarter, and deporting the so-called "army of evil" from Italy. But amid all the anti-Gypsy drives in
Europe, the flag is still flying over Dale Farm, the UK Travellers` ... [ more ] |
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| For Diversity - Against Discrimination, 29.04.2008 |
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| “The Hague Programme adopted by the European Council in November 2004, followed by the Groningen Ministerial Conference on Integration, called for the development of a Web Site on Integration (EWSI) by the European Commission (Directorate General for Freedom, Security and Justice). It will be laun... [ more ] |
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| Today`s Zaman, 29.04.2008 |
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| http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=140293
The Prime Ministry`s Human Rights Commission has called for an inquiry into any possible human rights abuses in connection with the planned demolition of İstanbul`s Sulukule district and the relocation of its inhabitants.
Th... [ more ] |
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| Reuters, 29.04.2008 |
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| Italy`s next government should create a minimum income requirement for immigrants, including those from other European Union countries, the man expected to be Italy`s new foreign minister said.
Franco Frattini, who holds the EU`s top justice and security post and is a longtime ally of prime ministe... [ more ] |
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| TOL, 29.04.2008 |
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| TOL is searching for participants for an online course on covering education issues, developed in cooperation with the Guardian Foundation and BBC World Trust. The course is open to journalists from Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Applicants should be covering education o... [ more ] |
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| Colin Perkel, Canadian Press, 28.04.2008 |
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| TORONTO — A Roma refugee terrified of being sent back to Hungary remained in hiding Wednesday while his distraught wife and teenaged son appealed to the federal justice minister to reconsider his extradition.
Ottawa has ordered Adolf Horvath, 51, deported to stand trial on what his family claim... [ more ] |
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| Rahis Bharti, Roma Virtual Network, 28.04.2008 |
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| DHOAD will perform from April to December 2008 WORLD WIDE.
Dhoad has played 500 concerts,in 35 Countries, Five Continents in Last Seven Years around the World, from Asia, Europe to USA and Canada.
Dates of Summer 2008
2 May : Spain
16 May : La Chapelle St luc France
19 May : Fest... [ more ] |
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| Jon Austin, ECHO, 28.04.2008 |
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| FURIOUS council bosses could be left thousands of pounds out of pocket after being told to compensate Travellers for publishing their personal details online.
Watchdog, the Local Government Ombudsman, says Basildon Council should pay at least 300 BP to each person who made an official complaint.... [ more ] |
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| newkosovareport.com, 27.04.2008 |
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| German Embassy in Prishtina has announced it will assist in two education projects for Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities in Kosovo.
These projects will educate women and bring awareness about human trafficking and sexual abuse in these communities, which are particularly vulnerable to ... [ more ] |
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| Dale Farm, 27.04.2008 |
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| Richard Sheridan, chair of the Dale Farm Housing Association, was elected president of the Gypsy Council at its 42nd AGM held at Greenwich University, London, on Saturday, 26 April.
Mr Sheridan said he would endeavour to uphold the longheld reputation of the Gypsy Council as a frontrunner in the... [ more ] |
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| Netzwerk Migration in Europa e.V., 27.04.2008 |
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| Call for application
European Forum
Training Seminar on (forced) migration, minorities and human rights in European multicultural societies
10-15 June 2007, Berlin
Please note: We could accept only applications from Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, ... [ more ] |
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| Elisabetta Povoledo, International Herald Tribune, 26.04.2008 |
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| http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/25/europe/immig.php
ROME: A crackdown on crime and tighter immigration controls have emerged as key issues in runoff elections this weekend after two women were recently raped in Milan and Rome, with immigrants accused of the crimes.
Candidates are squaring ... [ more ] |
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| bosnianews.blogspot.com, 26.04.2008 |
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| SARAJEVO, Bosnia (April 25,2008) – The Bosnian Council of National Minorities has been constituted in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo; Roma people`s representative Nedzad Jusic is President of the Council. His deputies are Slovenian Marija Grbic and Macedonian Vasilija Ibrahimagic are his deputies.
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| Greek Helsinki Monitor, 26.04.2008 |
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| Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) was astonished to read in the “Minister of Interior Professor Prokopis Pavlopoulos Message on World Roma Nation Day,” dated 8 April 2008, that Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (CHR) Thomas Hammarberg had confirmed alleged progress on Roma rights in the... [ more ] |
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| ENAR , 25.04.2008 |
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| The Spanish Federation of SOS Racism Associations has published the thirteenth edition of its Annual Report on Racism in Spain, noting once again that racism not only continues to exist in our society, but is expressed in a more direct and aggressive manner, under a cloak of permissiveness and the c... [ more ] |
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| ROMAin Project, 25.04.2008 |
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| The ROMAin project is one of 24 projects approved by the European Commission in the “Second Transnational Exchange Programme” in the Community Action Programme. The project consists of two central objectives; the first is to promote the social inclusion of Roma in Europe based on successful expe... [ more ] |
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| Sinziana Demian, TOL, 25.04.2008 |
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| A Romanian initiative to bring high-school dropouts back to class gains pace despite social stigma.
CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania - It is 11:10 on a Thursday morning when a slightly unusual science class, the last of the day, begins at Nicolae Iorga School in the Iris industrial area of the city. Five st... [ more ] |
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| Dev Bhardwaj, India Inter-Continental Cultural Association , 24.04.2008 |
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| Roma Day Celebrations in Chandigarh (India)
8 April, 2008
India Inter-Continental Cultural Association (Regd.), Chandigarh (India) in collaboration with Writers Club, Chandigarh, and Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 47-D, Chandigarh organized Roma Day Festival in Chandigarh o... [ more ] |
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| Michail Georgiev, Romani Baht, 24.04.2008 |
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| ‘Romani Baht’ Foundation, in this press release, will cover as usual its project implementation activities and also will put some current questions and problems to the participants in the network.
DESEGREGATION PROJECT – meetings with Sofia Municipality were organized and carried out. The... [ more ] |
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| Radio Prague, 24.04.2008 |
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| Senator accused of defamation retains political immunity
The Czech Senate’s immunity committee decided on Tuesday not to hand independent Senator Liana Janáčková over for prosecution. Mrs Janáčková stands accused of defamation, after saying that the country’s Roma population should, amo... [ more ] |
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| Grattan Puxon, Ustiben report, 24.04.2008 |
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| A law reform group, with links to 40 MPs in the British Parliament, has endorsed the complaint against Gypsy eviction specialists Constant & Co bailiffs, submitted this week to Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw.
The Traveller Law Reform Project is urging the Ministry of Justice ... [ more ] |
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| Grattan Puxon, Ustiben report, 24.04.2008 |
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| Military-style, the bailiffs arrive at dawn in hard hats with heavy machinery. Women and children are soon marshalled outside, shivering in the glow of their burning homes. Armed riot police standy by to arrest any Traveller who resists the eviction. Another trailer park is being torched in Britain`... [ more ] |
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| European Roma Rights Center, 23.04.2008 |
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| Child protection is a rapidly developing field in human rights; in the last decades, both the practices and the international legal frameworks have substantially changed and an increasing number of civic initiatives concentrated on this topic became active. With the hope of stimulating an internatio... [ more ] |
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| Roma Virtual Network, 23.04.2008 |
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| Program Name: Making the Most of EU Funds for Roma
Countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia
Application deadline: 12 PM Thursday, May 22, 2008 (Budapest local time, GMT+1, Daylight Saving Time in effect).
Introduction
Structural Funds and other EU financial resourc... [ more ] |
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| European Agency for Fundamental Rights , 23.04.2008 |
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| Open Call forTender: Study regarding discrimination on grounds of race and ethnicity in the area of employment (FRA2-2008-3200-T02)
The tender dossier and all supporting documents can be downloaded below.
http://www.fra.europa.eu/fra/index.php?fuseaction=content.dsp_cat_content&catid=3e4a7c4a7... [ more ] |
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| OSCE, 23.04.2008 |
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| AVAILABLE VACANCIES
VACANCY NOTICE: VNODIP00144
Officer on Roma and Sinti Issues
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Warsaw, PL
Closing Date of application: 20-05-2008
BACKGROUND
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (O... [ more ] |
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| Isabela Mihalache, OSI, 23.04.2008 |
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| New Report on the Romani Women`s Rights Conference held in Sweden in December 2007
Our Voices Heard - Amare Glasura Ashunde - a Romani Women`s Rights Conference held in Sweden on 3/4 December 2007 provided a forum for discussion about Romani Women`s Rights, Combatting trafficking, Respecting Re... [ more ] |
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| CTK, 23.04.2008 |
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| Czechs have the worst attitude to Romanies out of all ethnic groups living in the Czech Republic, according to a poll conducted by the polling institute CVVM in March and passed to CTK today.
On the other hand, Czechs have the best approach to themselves, followed by Slovaks. They also like Pol... [ more ] |
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| Yvonne Slee, 23.04.2008 |
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| An update on Romani websites in Australia to help Roma culture.
Yvonne Slee
Romani Life Society of Australia
yvonne_slee@hotmail.com
http://rromaniconnect.org/
http://www.geocities.com/romani_life_society/
http://www.geocities.com/daveauss
http://www.geocities.com/romanivonnie... [ more ] |
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| Peter Marčan, Gabriel Beer, TREND, 23.04.2008 |
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| Roma in Trebisov and Roznava district had a great opportunity to improve their CVs recently
http://english.etrend.sk/132661/news-summaries/the-money-is-available-but-the-data-are-missing
Roma in Trebisov and Roznava district had a great opportunity to improve their CVs recently. Although i... [ more ] |
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| Roma Virtual Network, 22.04.2008 |
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| UN-HABITAT SIRP programme, which has among other things helped in developing social housing in Serbia by securing 670 housing solutions in 7 municipalities, is nearing its end. In the framework of the housing component of SIRP, the municipalities of Kraljevo, Valjevo and Cacak had proposed and are r... [ more ] |
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| Bajram HALITI, 22.04.2008 |
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| Candidate for deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Serbia, Jovan Damjanovic, visited today local communities Sajkas, Vilovo and Titel municipality.
Citizens of Romany qualification in named localities told Damjanovic that they are without jobs, without medicaments, without hospital, witho... [ more ] |
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| AFP, 22.04.2008 |
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| http://www.howrah.org/World/9828.html
Rome, April 21: Immigration was in the spotlight in Italy on Monday as Prime Minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi was putting together his Cabinet, with his next interior minister suggesting a beefed-up police force to "cleanse" illegals.
"We need more cleansin... [ more ] |
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| 24 chasa daily, 22.04.2008 |
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| http://international.ibox.bg/pressreview/id_1183115983
The 24 chasa daily:
"Let`s teach the young Roma, instead of importing foreign workers"- the new vice -chairman of the Ethnic matter council Deyan Kolev announced. The business is ready to import work hand from Turkey, Pakistan or Vietnam a... [ more ] |
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| Valeriu Nicolae, 21.04.2008 |
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| Press Release ( for pictures and videos please see http://www.ergonetwork.org/run2008.htm)
On April 20, 2008, around 900 people participated in a run against xenophobia, racism and discrimination on the streets of Bucharest. The event, organized by the European Roma Grassroots Organisation, the ... [ more ] |
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| World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe office (MEERO), 21.04.2008 |
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| http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/wvmeero/fb053ceaa959db7e8771eb07845ca319.htm
As part of International Roma Day observances on 8 April, a special exhibition opened in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The photo exhibit, entitled Saudariphe, focuses on the suffering... [ more ] |
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| DIVERS – www.divers.ro , 21.04.2008 |
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| The General Secretar-iat of the Government and the National Agency for the Roma launched on Thurs-day, the 10th of April, the Research Report called “Social Inclusion and Exclusion of the Roma in the Romanian Society Today”.
The document studies the mechanism of social inclusion for the Roma... [ more ] |
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| DIVERS - www.divers.ro, 21.04.2008 |
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| The Roma Education Fund (REF) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) announced the launch of a new scholarship program for Roma students, in the field of Medical and Pharmaceutical Studies, in Romania.
According to a press release, the funds for the Roma Health Scholarship Program (RHSP), called ... [ more ] |
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| DIVERS – www.divers.ro, 21.04.2008 |
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| According to a press release, the Minister of Education, Research and Youth has earmarked, through a ministerial order (no. 3325/2008) a number of 493 separate seats in the 49 public higher education institutions for the admission to graduate studies of ethnic Roma candidates in the university year ... [ more ] |
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| Scott Richard Andersen, NDI Romania, 21.04.2008 |
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| IMMEDIATE NOTICE – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – DEADLINE MAY 2
Dear Roma Colleagues:
The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs is pleased to announce a call for applications for our Advanced Regional Roma Academy Training Series. The series is designed to provid... [ more ] |
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| Prague Daily Monitor , 20.04.2008 |
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| The Czech Republic was criticised for allegedly using cage beds, discriminating against Romanies and not ensuring an equal position for women, at a discussion of the U.N. Human Rights Council Wednesday. The assessment of human rights observance in the Czech Republic is to be released in June, accord... [ more ] |
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| Yvonne Slee, 20.04.2008 |
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| GLAJAR, Valentina et Domnica RADULESCU (dir.), « Gypsies » in European Literature and Culture, New York, Palgrave Macmillan (Studies in European Culture and History), 2008, 272 p.
ISBN 0-230-60324-6
Description
This book traces representations of « Gypsies » that have become prevalent i... [ more ] |
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| Grattan Puxon, 19.04.2008 |
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| Ustiben Report
TOWN COUNCIL DROPS
RACE EQUALITY GROUP
FOR AIDING DALE FARM
MP calls for funds to be withdrawn
In what can only be seen as an escalation in hostility towards his own Gypsy constituents, Tory MP John Baron has called for the withdrawal of funding for Essex Racial Equality C... [ more ] |
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| John McCann, eveningtimes.co.uk, 19.04.2008 |
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| http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2206837.0.call_to_repossess_homes_neglected_by_landlords.php
ROGUE landlords should have slum homes taken from them and given to housing associations for repair, according to a Glasgow lawyer.
Mike Dailly, of the Govan Law Centre, said vulnerable ... [ more ] |
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| AKI, 19.04.2008 |
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| Italy is home to more than 3.5 million immigrants who come from North
Africa, Asia, Latin America and other parts of Europe. Radio has given them
a voice in their new country.
Rome, 18 April (AKI) - Ethnic radio stations provide an important cultural
outlet that empowers migrants in Italy, ... [ more ] |
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| Michael GUET, Council of Europe, 19.04.2008 |
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| The Council of Europe Roma and Travellers Division is looking for a consultant based in the Republic of Moldova, who will provide administrative and logistical support for the running of the fourth Joint Council of Europe/European Commission project: "Empowering the Roma community and fighting preju... [ more ] |
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| EP Press Service (Brussels), 18.04.2008 |
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| The first European Parliament Prize for Journalism will be awarded in 2008. It will be given to journalists who have dealt with major issues at a European level or have promoted a better understanding of the EU institutions and/or EU policies.
There will be four different categories for the ... [ more ] |
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| Fondation de France , 18.04.2008 |
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| Call for application
Application deadline: May 16 or September 26, 2008
The European Union, with the ten countries which became members in 2004 and the two which joined in 2007, is now made up of twenty-seven countries. But
is an institutionally enlarged Europe experienced as such by the citi... [ more ] |
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| European Commission , 18.04.2008 |
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| Application deadline: May 15, 2008
Erasmus Mundus is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of higher education. It promotes the European Union as a centre of excellence in learning around the world. The programme supports European top quality Masters Courses and enhances the visibili... [ more ] |
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| Roberto Marinov, SALTO Cultural Diversity Resource Centre , 18.04.2008 |
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| Roma youth round table was held on the 7th and 8th April in Budapest
On the 7th and 8th of April, 2008 S.A.L.T.O. organized a Roma youth round table regarding Roma youth participation within the Youth in action programme. The meeting was attended more than 20 Roma youth organizations from twelve... [ more ] |
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| UNV Team Albania , 18.04.2008 |
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| UNV/UNDP Albania is happy to announce three vacancies for National UN Volunteer positions.
Please find attached the Terms of Reference including instructions on how to apply.
Vacancy No: UNDP/2008/26
Position: Local Comm... [ more ] |
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| jpost.com, 18.04.2008 |
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| http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1208356967235&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Melbourne`s Katarina Zrinski restaurant held a celebration this past weekend to honor World War II Croatian leader Ante Pavelic, whose genocidal policies led to the deaths of 400 000 Serbs, Jews and Gyp... [ more ] |
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| Robert Hodgson, Budapest Times, 17.04.2008 |
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| http://www.budapesttimes.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6951&Itemid=205
The right fight
International Roma Day last Tuesday saw celebrations of Roma culture around the world. At the same time, many NGOs, politicians and representatives of Roma communities across Europe discusse... [ more ] |
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| Vaiju Naravane, The Hindu, 17.04.2008 |
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| http://www.thehindu.com/2008/04/17/stories/2008041756161400.htm
Terms illegal immigrants “army of evil”
Economic differences between north and south a major problem
Mafia networks another headache
Rome: Italy’s Prime Minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi was runni... [ more ] |
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| FRA, 17.04.2008 |
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| Dear correspondent,
The European Commission DG Justice, Freedom and Security (DG JLS) has requested an evaluation of the working of the EUMC (European Union Monitoring and Information Centre) for the period 2002-2007. Since 2007 this centre has become the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). T... [ more ] |
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| YLE, 17.04.2008 |
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| http://www.yle.fi/news/left/id88169.html
The Ministry of Education has awarded 400 000 euros in state grants to support multiculturalism and fight racism in Finland.
A total of 78 grants, ranging from 1 000 to 45 000 euros, were announced on Wednesday.
The largest single grant went t... [ more ] |
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| Prague Daily Monitor , 17.04.2008 |
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| Czech minister for human rights and minorities Dzamila Stehlikova (junior ruling Greens) Tuesday apologised for her controversial statements on Romanies in a local paper. Stehlikova told Saturday`s issue of the regional north Moravian paper that "parents are to blame for Romany children`s failure at... [ more ] |
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| Suresh Pillai, IGNCA, 17.04.2008 |
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| Dear Friend,
Kindly visit my blog on Roma in Kosovo
PURANO MANUSH
http://puranomanush.blogspot.com
Would appreciate your suggestions and advices
Thanks!
Regards,
Suresh Pillai
trikkan@gmail.com
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS
C.V.MESS, JANPATH
NEW DELHI -1100... [ more ] |
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| Jennifer Williams, Stockport Express, 17.04.2008 |
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| www.stockportexpress.co.uk/news/s/1045439_councils_ready_to_slap_asbos_on_gypsies
Council`s ready to slap ASBOs on gypsies
GYPSIES will be slapped with ASBOs under the Council`s new campaign to
stop the huge influx of travellers.
Illegal camps are costing council taxpayers nearly 100 000 B... [ more ] |
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| US State department , 17.04.2008 |
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| US State department Belarus report on 2007:
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100549.htm
National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities in Belarus
There was governmental and societal discrimination against the ethnic Polish population and Roma. There were also expressions of societal hostility... [ more ] |
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| Amnesty International, 17.04.2008 |
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| Campaigners - Balkans Team
Salary 26 810 BP (pro rata for part time staff)
Amnesty International is looking for two campaigners to work at the International Secretariat to lead its campaigning work on the Western Balkans. Amnesty International is recruiting one full time position (1 year fixe... [ more ] |
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| Vivienne Nicoll, Evening Times, 15.04.2008 |
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| We have to tackle slum landlords before it is too late
THE WAR against slum landlords in Glasgow who let vulnerable families live in squalor is to be stepped up.
The pledge by city council bosses comes after the Evening Times revealed yesterday how a cockroach-infested flat in Govanhill - whe... [ more ] |
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| Henriett Griecs, Central European University, 15.04.2008 |
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| We are contacting you on behalf of the Department of Public Policy at Central European University (CEU), Budapest. Please be informed that we are offering a scholarship for a Roma student in the 2008-2009 academic year, and have extended the deadline of applications.
The Department of Public Pol... [ more ] |
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| ENAR, 15.04.2008 |
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| ANTI-RACISM & DIVERSITY INTERGROUP MEETING
http://www.enar-eu.org/Page.asp?docid=17245&langue=EN
The Anti Racism & Diversity Intergroup coordinated by ENAR is organising a meeting which will reflect on the concept of positive action and on the possibility of rendering it compulsory. Omar Khan,... [ more ] |
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| CTK, 15.04.2008 |
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| The assembly of the Banska Bystrica self-governing region, central Slovakia, today approved the closing down of the high school for low-income students, seated in Lucenec, which is actually the country`s only high school for Romanies, also including dormitories for students coming from other regions... [ more ] |
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| Pandit Veerendra Rishi, 15.04.2008 |
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| Gypsy Council Annual Dinner, sponsored by Kingfisher Lager
26th APRIL 08 From 5.30 pm
The Mogul Indian Restaurant, 10 Greenwich Church Street London SE10 9BJ
This is the best Indian Restaurant in KENT. For just £20 per head Gypsy Council members and frie... [ more ] |
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| Romano Them, 14.04.2008 |
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| The Kosovo constitution, which was adopted by the Kosovo Parliament last week, does not take into account the concerns which were put forward by a coalition of Roma NGOs, Romano Them claims. According to the independent internet platform, this concerns in particular the issue of political representa... [ more ] |
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| DIVERS – www.divers.ro, 14.04.2008 |
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| The book “The Third Reich and the Holocaust from 1940-1944. Documents from the German Archives”, edited by Ottmar Trasca and Dennis Deletant and published at the Publishing House “Eli Wiesel” of the National Institute for Holocaust Studies from Romania, was launched Wednesday, the 9th of Apr... [ more ] |
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| DIVERS – www.divers.ro, 14.04.2008 |
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| The Habitat Foundation and the Town Hall of Oradea are involved in a project volunteering to build several homes for the Roma community in town. Laszlo Borbely, the Minister of Development, Public Works and Housing joined the mayor and the deputy mayor of the town when the foundation of the houses w... [ more ] |
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| DIVERS – www.divers.ro, 14.04.2008 |
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| The International Roma Day, designated in our country as the “Celebration of Roma People from Romania”, was marked by simultaneous events organized throughout the country: parades, music and dancing, as well as commemorative walks for the memory of the Roma who died during the Holocaust.
The ... [ more ] |
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| European Roma Rights Center, 14.04.2008 |
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| Strasbourg Court Finds Violation of Article 3 in the Second Macedonian Roma Torture Case
Budapest, Strasbourg, Skopje, 14 April 2008: In a judgment announced on 10th April, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Macedonia violated Article 3 of the European Convention for the Protection of... [ more ] |
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| Romano Them, 14.04.2008 |
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| Kosovaki konstitucija koja isine adoptirimi kotar e Kosovako Parlamenti ano kurko kay nakla, na lela ando peste o gendipa kova isine dendo kotar e koaliciya e Romane Birayikane Organizaciyengo, Romano Them phenela. Palo gendipa akale indipendentno interneteski paltforma, Romano Them, akava na shukar... [ more ] |
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| Rromani Baxt Albania, 13.04.2008 |
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| The celebration of International Day of Rroma People was realized as never before. On this occasion, the organizations Rromani Baxt Albania and Amaro Drom, in close collaboration with other Rroma organizations in Albania like Disutni Albania, Rroma for Integration etc have realized different activit... [ more ] |
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| Bajram Haliti, Roma Virtual Network, 13.04.2008 |
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| REPORT
FROM THE CENTRAL CELEBRATION OF 8th APRIL – WORLD DAY OF ROMS
Belgrade, 8th April 2008. In the central room of Slavija Hotel in Belgrade, Jovan Damjanovic, vice-president of the World Roma Parliament, after performance of official hymn of the Republic of Serbia “Boze pravde” and R... [ more ] |
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| Isabella Clough Marinaro, Guardian, 12.04.2008 |
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| As the elections approach, Italian politicians are fuelling a humanitarian crisis as they vie with each other to exploit resentment against immigrants - especially Roma. Police have been forcibly evicting thousands from camps around major cities in raids which are often illegal and have noticeably i... [ more ] |
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| U.S. State Department , 12.04.2008 |
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| On the occasion of International Roma Day, the United States calls attention to the pressing need to improve respect for the human rights of Roma.
Violence and other manifestations of racism and discrimination against Roma are a problem in many states, particularly throughout Central, Eastern a... [ more ] |
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| Aisha Gawad, praguewanderer.com, 12.04.2008 |
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| Country`s small extremist population seeks exposure
A Roma reporter for Czech Television interviews two neo-Nazis at a rally last November.
The movement is more emboldened now in terms of coming out in public for demonstrations and arguing for freedom of speech. -- Gwendolyn Albert
Black com... [ more ] |
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| UCSJ, 12.04.2008 |
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| Europe`s Largest Minority Faces Discrimination Established in 1971, International Roma Day, April 8, celebrates a community present throughout Europe facing overwhelming economic, social, and political challenges. It is a day intended to highlight the cultural diversity that Roma communities bring t... [ more ] |
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| Ivan Ivanov, ERIO, 11.04.2008 |
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| Dear Mr Thompson,
We are writing to express support for BBC Three Counties Radio’s show Rokker Radio.
The European Roma Information Office (ERIO) is an international information and advocacy organisation based in Brussels. We aim to combat racist discrimination against ... [ more ] |
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| BBC, 11.04.2008 |
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| A COUNCIL has applied for an injunction to remove a Gypsy development.
Stratford-on-Avon District Council wants the 16 families who moved on
to land they own at Darlingscott in Warwickshire on 21 March to leave.
The families, who live in caravans and have electricity facilities,
said they have n... [ more ] |
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| sofiaecho.com, 11.04.2008 |
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| US ambassador John Beyrle, in a statement to mark the International Day of the Roma on April 8, said that there were many advocates for progress against the problems faced by Roma in Bulgaria, but "much work remains to be done".
The International Day of the Roma was declared in 1990 at the World ... [ more ] |
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| TASR-SLOVAKIA, 11.04.2008 |
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| Dealing with the problems of the Roma community is included among the political priorities of the Slovak Government, Slovakia`s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday to mark International Roma Day.
According to the ministry, this day provides a good opportunity to realise that t... [ more ] |
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| YLE, 11.04.2008 |
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| Finland`s Roma minority has been closely watching the influx of Romanian beggars into Finland`s cities. They hope that the EU will help improve the welfare of Roma beggars in their home country.
The chairman of the Roma Forum, Tino Varjola, says giving beggars money on the streets is not the ans... [ more ] |
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| BalkanInsight.com, 11.04.2008 |
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| Almost half of all Roma in Serbia live in abject poverty, while 60% have no access to education, a Roma Rights group says.
A lack of state policy and discrimination are cited as the biggest problems facing Serbia’s Roma according to Belgrade-based Roma Information Centre.
In Serbia, 60 per... [ more ] |
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| Radio Prague, 11.04.2008 |
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| One community that`s borne the brunt of skinhead attacks are the country’s Romanies, 250,000 of whom live in a state of uneasy cohabitation with their white neighbours. Romanies make up half of the three dozen people killed in racially-motivated attacks since the fall of communism. April 8th is In... [ more ] |
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| DIVERS – www.divers.ro , 11.04.2008 |
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| "Chatting with the Roma", the second event in the series of happenings dedicated to the ethnic communities from Romania, included in the Puzzle project, will take place on Monday, 7th of April at the Romanian Peasant`s Museum (MTR), according to a press release.
The event, organized by MTR, The A... [ more ] |
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| ALDE, 11.04.2008 |
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| ALDE public hearing "Republic of Moldova and its European future"
This event is organised by ALDE MEPs: Cristian Busoi, Magor Imre Csibi, Jelko Kacin and Istvan Szent-Iványi
06/05/2008, 15:30 - 18:30, ASP 5G1, European Parliament, Brussels
To register please contact willem.vandenbroucke@eu... [ more ] |
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| turkishdailynews.com.tr, 11.04.2008 |
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| http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=101037
The U.S. Congress has sent a message to Turkey to protect Sulukule, an old settlement area of Istanbul that has historically been home to the Roma community, daily Milliyet reported yesterday.
Turkish authorities had decided... [ more ] |
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| Roma Housing News 29, 10.04.2008 |
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| On March 25 the constitutive session of Serbian Government’s Council for Improving the Status of Roma was held. Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic has been appointed president of the council, while Rasim Ljajic and Petar Ladjevic have been chosen as vice presidents. The council has 22 members in... [ more ] |
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| Roma Housing News 29, 10.04.2008 |
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| Throughout the previous years many international organizations, funds and projects had supported the improvement of Roma settlements in Serbia. National Investment Plan of Serbia is a brand new and also domestic opportunity for municipalities willing to improve local Roma settlements, to improve the... [ more ] |
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| European Roma Information Office (ERIO) , 10.04.2008 |
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| Yesterday, April 8th, about hundred participants representing EU institutions and European civil society attended a conference in the European Parliament dedicated to the International Roma Day. The event was organized by the European Roma Information Office (ERIO) with the support of Ms. Katalin Le... [ more ] |
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| Asmet Elezovski, Roma National Congress (RNC), 10.04.2008 |
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| The Roma National Congress
Federation of the Romani Civil and Human Rights Movement
Press release, 8 April 2008 - On the occasion of 8th of April, Roma National Congress would like to join to all Roma worldwide in celebrating the International Roma Day, and to encourage the Romani communities t... [ more ] |
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| U.S. Helsinki Commission , 10.04.2008 |
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| April 4, 2008
Contact: Lale Mamaux
Phone: (202) 225-1901
Cell: (202) 279-0442
U.S. Helsinki Commission Troubled by
Treatment of Sulukule Roma in Istanbul
Send Letter to Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan Expressing Concern over Demolition of one of the Oldest Romani ... [ more ] |
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| Council of Europe , 10.04.2008 |
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| Strasbourg 27.03.2008 - National Minorities in Sweden
The Opinion of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for
the Protection of National Minorities on Sweden has been made public at
the government`s request.
The Advisory Committee - an expert body set up under the Council`s
Fr... [ more ] |
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| Lale M. Mamaux, U.S. Helsinki Commission, 10.04.2008 |
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| U.S. Helsinki Commission Urges Respect for Human Rights of Roma
Commemorates 18th Annual International Roma Day
(Washington, DC) Ahead of tomorrow’s International Roma Day, Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki... [ more ] |
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| OSCE, 10.04.2008 |
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| OSCE Mission in Kosovo marks International Roma Day, urges full integration of minorities
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 7 April 2008
The OSCE Mission called today for full integration of the Kosovo Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians into the Kosovo society...
Full text: http://www.osce.org/item/30558.html... [ more ] |
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| AKI, 10.04.2008 |
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| Italy`s controversial relationship with the Roma community has been further exacerbated after one of their camps was dismantled in the northern city of Milan.
The Via Bovisasca camp is thought to be the biggest in northern Italy. Hundreds of migrants were removed from the camp and it was destroye... [ more ] |
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| ROMEA, 10.04.2008 |
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| http://www.romea.cz/english/index.php?id=detail&detail=2007_830
Activists from the Czech Romany association Dzeno today called in an open letter on President Vaclav Klaus to push for an improvement in the situation of Romanies, on the occasion of International Roma Day observed on April 8.
Th... [ more ] |
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| Deyan Kolev, 10.04.2008 |
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| The first session for 2008 of the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Demographic Issues (NCCEDI) took place on April 4. The new Council membership participated in the session: besides 16 deputy ministers and 7 directors of state agencies 47 representatives of non-governmental organizatio... [ more ] |
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| OSCE, 10.04.2008 |
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| WARSAW, 7 April 2008 - On the occasion of International Roma Day on 8 April, the Director of the OSCE`s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) called on governments and local authorities to step up efforts to eradicate discrimination of Roma and ensure their full participation i... [ more ] |
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| The Herald, 10.04.2008 |
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| Thousands of migrant Slovakians living in the space of just a few streets on the south side of Glasgow face exploitation and dangerous overcrowding, according to a leading lawyer. Mike Dailly, who is principal solicitor for the Govan Law Centre, says plans are well advanced to set up a
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| Sabina Zaccaro, IPS, 10.04.2008 |
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| Nothing seems to divide the two leading prime ministerial candidates in the election due this week more than the immigration issue.
Walter Veltroni, former mayor of Rome and leader of the centre-left Democratic Party, and his main opponent Silvio Berlusconi representing the conservative centre-ri... [ more ] |
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| Tiraspol Times, 10.04.2008 |
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| The Roma minority in Moldova protested against the country`s racial discrimination in downtown Chisinau. The majority of the Roma (Gypsy) people do not disclose their true ethnicity due to persecution and discrimination. The country`s Roma were deported to concentration camps in Romanian-occupied Tr... [ more ] |
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| AFP, 10.04.2008 |
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| Online: http://www.thelocal.de/11227/
Germany`s Central Council of Sinti and Roma on Thursday demanded internet auction site eBay ban the sale of football paraphernalia printed with "Nazi propaganda" insulting the minority.
German neo-Nazis to rally around Stolberg stabbing (10 Apr 08)
Neo... [ more ] |
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| Turkish Daily News, 10.04.2008 |
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| The whole Sulukule Roma neighborhood looked like a battlefield with all the wrecks, people trying to find shelter by building tents amid the cries of children, whereas they were supposed to celebrate the international Roma day. People were devastated both physically and spiritually.
In place of f... [ more ] |
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| Carol Bloom, Sani Rifati - The Voice of Roma, 10.04.2008 |
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| Editorial Contact:
Carol Bloom/Sani Rifati
(707) 823-7941
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Voice of Roma
12th Annual California Herdeljezi Festival
HERDELJEZI is a traditional Romani (Gypsy) neighborhood celebration announcing the end of the cold indoor season and the beginning of the war... [ more ] |
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| Mr. Nicolae Radita, Roma National Center, 09.04.2008 |
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| Chisinau, 8th of April 2008
PRESS RELEASE
ROMA PROTEST - ON INTERNATIONAL ROMA’S DAY!
Over a 100 of Roma people gathered on the 8th of April in Chisinau, capital of Moldova to take part in the march protest organized by Roma National Center in order to raise awareness of the majority of p... [ more ] |
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| Amalipe, 09.04.2008 |
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| Deyan Kolev was elected a Deputy-Chair of the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Demographic Issues from the quota of the non-governmental organizations. This happened at the regular meeting of the Council which took place on April 4th and was preceded by a meeting of the Roma Integratio... [ more ] |
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| Zola Kondur, 31.12.1969 |
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| The Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) carried out its second visit to Ukraine (6-11 April 2008) to monitor the FCNM implementation and the measures taken following the recommendations of the ACFC by the Ukrainian authorities.
Read more... [ more ] |
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| Marine Solomonishvili, 08.04.2008 |
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| Dear Friends,
I am sharing the solidarity with you on occasion of International Roma Day.
We and my colleagues in Tbilisi have organized a round table dedicated to Roma Day.
Best Regards,
Marine Solomonishvili,
President of International Foundation Lea & Georgian Jewish Informatio... [ more ] |
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| ERTF, 08.04.2008 |
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| European Roma and Travellers Forum
Press Release
INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY - 8 APRIL
Strasbourg, 8 April 2008: Today, on International Roma Day, the European Roma and Travellers Forum declares its strong solidarity with the many Roma and Travellers across Europe who still experience extrem... [ more ] |
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| EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), 08.04.2008 |
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| Vienna, 7 April 2008
European Union needs common action to make equality a reality for the Roma
Statement by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
on the occasion of International Roma Day
"We have put in place strong legislation to root out discrimination in the EU,... [ more ] |
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| OSCE, 31.12.1969 |
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| WARSAW, 7 April 2008 - On the occasion of International Roma Day on 8 April, the Director of the OSCE`s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) called on governments and local authorities to step up efforts to eradicate discrimination of Roma and ensure their full participation i... [ more ] |
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| European Roma Information Office (ERIO), 07.04.2008 |
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| European Roma Information Office
8th April - International Roma Day: Still fighting for our Rights
Press Release
07/04/2008
The European Roma Information Office (ERIO) would like to join Roma communities throughout Europe in celebrating the 8th April, International Roma Day. On this da... [ more ] |
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| Jake Bowers, 04.04.2008 |
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| BBC backs down over plans to end Gypsy and Traveller broadcasting
The British Broadcasting Corporation has backed down over it`s plans to end the only programme it has ever provided for Britain`s Gypsies and Travellers. BBC Rokker Radio began on BBC Three Counties Radio on Romany Nation ... [ more ] |
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| ERIO, 04.04.2008 |
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| The European Roma Information Office (ERIO) is organising an event on 8 April 2008 on the occasion of the International Roma Day in the European Parliament in Brussels, together with Katalin Levai MEP. The event will take the form of a panel discussion with representatives of the European institutio... [ more ] |
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| ENAR/Roma Virtual Network, 04.04.2008 |
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| Studio D, a research centre for progressive leadership and participatory governance in Tirana, Albania, is currently finalising a publication/ handbook which will focus on promoting anti-racist behaviour in the workplace and community and the use of legal instruments to protect individual and collec... [ more ] |
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| MARLISE SIMONS and GRAHAM BOWLEY, New York Times, 03.04.2008 |
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| http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/world/europe/04kosovo.html
PARIS - The United Nations tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Thursday
acquitted Ramush Haradinaj, the former prime minister of Kosovo, of all
charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, in a surprise decision
that could... [ more ] |
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| Roma Virtual Network, 03.04.2008 |
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| Beginning of 1970`s brought Roma`s emancipatory aspirations from national association level into international one.
Just on the April 8, 1971, there had been the first international Roma meeting near to London.
Initiators of this holding have in particular been Grattan Puxon and Donald Kenri... [ more ] |
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| Tous Européens , 03.04.2008 |
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| Cheveux foncés, peau cuivrée et taille élancée, Kremena est une vraie Tsigane. Elle est aveugle et habite dans un quartier périphérique de Sofia avec son mari et leur petit garçon de 6 ans. Journaliste au grand coeur et très connue en Bulgarie, elle présente depuis dix ans la seule émissio... [ more ] |
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| Open Society Institute- Budapest, 03.04.2008 |
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| Roma Health Project-OSI
European Youth and AIDS Seminar
Conference and Scholarships Announcement
The Open Society Institute’s Roma Health Project (RHP) is encouraging young Roma activists and civil society members to attend the European Youth and AIDS seminar organized by ARAS – Roma... [ more ] |
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| Jan Richter, Radio Prague, 03.04.2008 |
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| Christian Democrat leader Jiří Čunek is back in the Czech Government after he was re-appointed deputy prime minister and regional development minister by President Václav Klaus on Thursday. More than a year after he was accused of corruption, Mr Čunek has withstood resistance to his comeback an... [ more ] |
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| Romy Danflous, European Dialogue, 02.04.2008 |
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| Please find below a short article reporting on the Policy Seminar held between the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform,
co-organised by European Dialogue, at the Houses of Parliament on
Tuesday 18th March 2008.
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| Jake Bowers , 02.04.2008 |
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| BBC to cut broadcasting to the Gypsy and Traveller community
Rokker Radio, the two-hour radio programme established two years ago by BBC for the Gypsy and Traveller community is to be axed at the end of April. As the show prepares to celebrate two years of broadcasting across local BBC radio i... [ more ] |
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| Teresa Kuchler, EUobserver.com , 01.04.2008 |
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| European anti-racism NGOs have criticised the European Commission for giving money to activities during the European year of intercultural dialogue to EU governments, rather than to those who work directly to help minority communities.
"If the European Commission wanted multiculturalism and inter... [ more ] |
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| Valeriu Nicolae, Executive Director, European Roma Grassroots Organization, 01.04.2008 |
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| Roads of Europe
Travelling spirit – wandering music
Thursday / Jeudi 03.04.2008 from/du 6pm
ROMA integration in EUROPE
[Expo / Debate / Concert]
PROGRAM:
Exhibition opening / vernissage 6pm: Chachipe - Roma photo contest
Debate / Conference 6.30pm: Roma integration in Europe
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| STEPHEN NAYSMITH, Society Editor, 01.04.2008 |
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| Lucas Dudi has no complaints about life in Glasgow. "My accommodation is good. Everything is good. There is no work in Slovakia. There is work in Glasgow, and so I came here."
Like many migrant workers from Slovakia, Dudi is employed in low-status food-handling, paid at rates that do not appeal t... [ more ] |
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| Thomas Hammarberg, CoE, 01.04.2008 |
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| In many European countries the Roma population are still denied basic human rights. They remain far behind the majority populations in education, employment, housing and health standards and have virtually no political representation. Many Roma live in abject poverty and have little prospect of impr... [ more ] |
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| DIVERS – www.divers.ro , 01.04.2008 |
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| The Agency for Community Development “Impreuna” (“Together”) carries out, between January and December 2008, the project called “Professional Inclusion for Roma” – funded by a PHARE program.
Implemented in Bucharest – Sector 2, in partnership with the National Employment Agency an... [ more ] |
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| DIVERS – www.divers.ro , 01.04.2008 |
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| March 21st, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, set by the General Council of UN as the day for the elimination of racial discrimination, was celebrated by signing a resolution whereby several public institutions undertake to provide specific services to Roma communit... [ more ] |
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| DIVERS – www.divers.ro , 31.03.2008 |
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| Director Tudor Giurgiu and representatives of S.P.E.R. launched on the 25th of March, at the Romanian Peasant’s Museum, the documentary "Me sem baxtalo... - I am lucky...", presenting an overview of the Roma communities from Romania, seen through the eyes of two young men – a Romanian and a Roma... [ more ] |
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| Dzemail Ramadanovic, 31.03.2008 |
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| Bahtalo 8 to April !
But baht, sastipe, lachipe thaj suzo dzivdipe sa e Romenge ko Sumdal. 2008 bers te ovel o bers kana o Roma ka vazden po krlo basi cacutni intergracija. Te oven respektirime odolese so von si, na so trubul te oven!
Happy 8th of April !
I wish luck, health, godness an... [ more ] |
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| Caroline Davies, The Observer , 31.03.2008 |
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| In a careful strategy, land is often acquired and a village created in a matter of days
For Malcolm Buckley it was a moment of poetic justice. As caravans, cars and mechanical diggers sprang up overnight near the 1m BP country home of Tessa Jowell`s estranged husband, David Mills, Buckley watched... [ more ] |
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| Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 31.03.2008 |
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| According to an article published in the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, a sick Romani woman from Kosovo who has been living in Germany for ten years will be deported to Serbia tomorrow.
According to the Refugee Forum of Regensburg the woman is suffering from depressions and traumas as a result of mistre... [ more ] |
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| Roma Virtual Network, 30.03.2008 |
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| Klejda Mulaj, Politics of Ethnic Cleansing: Nation-State Building and Provision of In/Security in Twentieth-Century Balkans, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books / Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.
Order Book from Amazon via: http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=balkanacademi-21&l=as2&o=2&a=0739117823
This b... [ more ] |
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| Union of Greek Roma, 29.03.2008 |
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| The first Roma Festival of Greece
"Rom Festival 2008"
Athens, Greece
6, 7, 8 April 2008
Park Tritsi
The first Roma Festival of Greece "Rom festival 08" will take place from 6th till 8th of April 2007 in Athens, the capitol of Greece. During the three days dedicated to this event the... [ more ] |
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| Center Amalipe, 29.03.2008 |
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| Only 3 NGOs (one of them – Roma) will take part in the election of observer from the civil society for the Monitoring Committee of the National Strategic Reference Framework on behalf of the so-called "social organizations" (a category that included "organizations working for minorities`s and migr... [ more ] |
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| Human Rights Tools, 29.03.2008 |
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| We are launching our new consulting service, called Human Rights Consulting.
We invite you to have a look at the profiles of our consultants. Collectively, they offer a wide range
of confirmed expertise in many areas of human rights, and can work in a range of languages, including
English, Fre... [ more ] |
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| Chris Selley, macleans.ca, 28.03.2008 |
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| On March 3, a Roma leader in the southern Hungarian city of Mohacs told a local paper that he intended to dispatch a scouting mission to Canada, to assess the prospects for his people as refugee claimants. It had been roughly 48 hours since Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley announced... [ more ] |
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| CTK, 28.03.2008 |
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| Most Czechs believe that Romanies living in ghettoes will not be integrated into Czech majority society soon, according to a GAC agency`s survey conducted for the Open Society and released Wednesday.
One of five Czechs said they believe the integration may last up to 25 years. One-fourth believe... [ more ] |
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| Roma Virtual Network, 28.03.2008 |
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| The Roma Education Fund has announced that its seven desegregation projects in Bulgaria are now being funded by the EU Structural Funds, under the Operational Programme Human Resources Development (OP HRD). This is a crucial development which marks the transition of the school desegregation projects... [ more ] |
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| Jasmine Dellal, , 28.03.2008 |
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| Sorry for such late notice...
My film "Gypsy Caravan" aka "When the Road Bends" is playing tomorrow in Serbia at the 55th Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival
Saturday, March 29th | 11pm | Belgrade Cultural Centre
http://kratkimetar.fest.org.yu/2008/e/
I`ll be at the screening ... [ more ] |
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| Romani Mundi, 28.03.2008 |
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| Mundi Romani – the World through Romani Eyes
Romania
We hear a lot about the Roma of Romania in the European media but how much do we really know about them?
This episode of Mundi Romani takes you beyond the stereotypes, beyond the simplistic image of Romania`s Roma as masses of wanderin... [ more ] |
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| Page Back - Issue 45 - March 2008, 28.03.2008 |
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| Alija Krasnici, E Erdzanosko Suno (The Dream of Erdzan),
published in Romani by Rromane pustika (Subotica, 2007), supported by the Grants program of the VORBA project
Alija Krasnici is an author that does not need to be presented to those interested in Romani literature and culture. Born and ... [ more ] |
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| European Commission , 27.03.2008 |
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| Danuta Hubner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, will today meet Hungarian Prime Minister Mr Ferenc Gyurcsany to discuss Cohesion Policy for 2007-2013. During her two-day visit, she will travel to Northern Hungary and the North Great Plain regions, where she will meet representatives of the... [ more ] |
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| Agnieszka Rakoczy, The Financial Times, 27.03.2008 |
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| It is raining and Tirana’s main rubbish dump in the Sharra valley, about five kilometres outside the capital, is covered in sticky mud. However, for Ardian Alu it is business as usual.
Together with his two young sons, Mr Alu, a member of Albania’s Roma community, sifts through piles of waste... [ more ] |
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| Media-Newswire.com, 27.03.2008 |
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| While noting positive steps taken by the Government of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to improve human rights protections, including refining the roles of the Ombudsman and relevant ministries, and tightening penalties in domestic violence and trafficking cases, experts in the Human Right... [ more ] |
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| Aryeh Neier, OSI, 27.03.2008 |
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| Dear all,
I am pleased to announce the launch of the Open Society Fellowship. The Fellowship will enable outstanding individuals from around the world — journalists, activists, academics, practitioners — to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape policy, and inform the t... [ more ] |
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| Dea Davidson, BP, 27.03.2008 |
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| When King Solomon began building the temple in Jerusalem in the 10th century B.C., it took 80 000 stonecutters to lay the foundation.
Betty Easter identifies with that effort as an International Mission Board strategy coordinator among Roma Gypsies in southern Europe. Her team strives to lay a gr... [ more ] |
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| Stefano Giantin, 27.03.2008 |
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| Dear Madame/Sir,
It is my pleasure to invite you to the screening of my documentary film "A Minority Report - Kosovo Minorities Eight Years After" (52, Italy, 2007) at the 55th Festival of Documentary and Short Film in Belgrade (http://kratkimetar.fest.org.yu/2008/e/).
The screening will take ... [ more ] |
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| Roma Virtual Network, 27.03.2008 |
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| From 26th to 30th October 2005, the European Youth Centres in Budapest and Strasbourg organised a symposium in Strasbourg under the headline "all different - all equal". The symposium celebrated the 10th anniversary of the European Youth Campaign against racism, antisemitism, xenophobia and intolera... [ more ] |
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| Roma Virtual Network, 27.03.2008 |
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| Author(s): VERSTICHEL, A. (ed.), ALEN, A. (ed.), DE WITTE, B. (ed.), LEMMENS, P. (ed.)
3/2008 | ISBN 90-5095-643-2
This book offers a critical evaluation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and gives to-the-point answers on current questions. Can the Framework... [ more ] |
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| Dea Davidson, BP, 26.03.2008 |
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| When Jerry Goss attended a revival service "to please my wife" in 1992, the only Bible passage he knew was the Ten Commandments from the 1956 Charlton Heston movie.
"But I said, Don`t ask me to go to church again," Goss admits. "Then I went to the revival and it all made sense. I knew at that mom... [ more ] |
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| Dea Davidson, BP, 26.03.2008 |
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| Forfeiting a starting position on a professional soccer team didn`t make sense to the parents of Mihail Stoica, a talented young Roma Gypsy believer from the mountains near Buzau, Romania.
For the Roma - an ostracized, poverty-stricken people group dispersed throughout the world - Stoica`s chance... [ more ] |
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| Dea Davidson, BP, 26.03.2008 |
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| "Why did you wait so long to come?" Saidi asked through tears. A Gypsy in one of the countries of Northern Africa and the Middle East, Saidi said, "My father is already dead and in hell because no one came to tell us about Christ. Even today, there are going to be people [who] die and go to hell."
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| TASR-SLOVAKIA, 26.03.2008 |
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| The funds coming from the EU for the support of Roma projects aimed at improving their education, housing and employment will flow directly to regional and local municipalities, Deputy Prime Minister Dusan Caplovic said following the Government session on Wednesday.
Caplovic, whose bailiwick incl... [ more ] |
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| Roma Virtual Network, 25.03.2008 |
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| Dear friends!
Here is some information about the congress "European Roms", which will be held in Besancon (France) on May 26 and 27, 2008, as well about the European Pestalozzi workshop which will follow on May 28-30, 2008:
The registration details were given and the date line for registratio... [ more ] |
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| Roma Virtual Network, 25.03.2008 |
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| This is a passionate love story, layered with history, which shows that the effect of Hitler`s intense maniacal obsession, still exists. It also shows that Hitler`s only logic was hatred.
Reviewed by Carole McDonnell
Gypsy Tears: Loving a Holocaust Survivor
By Cora Schwartz
Hobblebush Book... [ more ] |
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| Tanjug, 25.03.2008 |
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| A move to establish the Council for Promoting the Position of the Roma in Serbia has caused mixed reactions.
While some representatives of the Roma ethnic community described Tuesday`s constitutive session of the council as a "historic event", Roma Party leader Srdan Sajn, a lawmaker in the parli... [ more ] |
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| newindpress.com, 25.03.2008 |
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| Human rights issues are acquiring multiple dimensions, with the multinational companies emerging rights violators and the repressive ideologies which were once dustbinned being redeployed under the guise of fighting terror, Dr Jan Jarab, human rights activist and former Human Rights Commission chair... [ more ] |
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| Barbara Kejzar, Institute of Ethnic Studies, 24.03.2008 |
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| TITLE: Transnational ethnic communities: the cases of Croatia, Israel, the Netherlands and Slovenia
DATE: 21 – 22 June 2008
SITE: Ljubljana, Slovenia
ORGANIZER: Institute of Ethnic Studies, Ljubljana
TOPICS: In this conference, of special interest to us is the way contemporary nation-... [ more ] |
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| Aleksandra Vujic, Voivodina Center for Human Rights, 24.03.2008 |
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| On http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roma_ex_Yugoslavia/files/ you can find an analysis "Political Reforms in Serbia on the Road to the European Union - with Special Reference to Decentralisation and Minority Rights in the Light of Resolving the Status of Kosovo", based on the Alternative Reports on Imp... [ more ] |
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| turkishdailynews.com.tr , 23.03.2008 |
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