Roms: la Commission des droits de l’homme dénonce les discriminations 28/03/2012 La Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme (CNCDH), dont est membre le Secours Catholique, exhorte le gouvernement, dans un long avis motivé, à renoncer aux mesures jugées discriminatoires contre les Roms et les gens du voyage. La CNCDH réagit aux rapports faits par [...]
European Affairs Minister disapproves of remarks about Roma beggars in Parliament of Finland
European Affairs Minister disapproves of remarks about Roma beggars in Parliament ”This forum must not be used for this type of discussion” A heated debate on the influx of itinerant Roma beggars from Romania upset European Affairs Minister Alexander Stubb (National Coalition Party) in Parliament on Thursday. ”This is an attempt to label an entire [...]
Big Fat Gypsy Confusion
Big Fat Gypsy Confusion Published: 9 March 2012 Region: UK By Patrick White The new series of the hit UK television show Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is well under way on Channel 4 with the producers still adamant that the programme is doing its bit to challenge bias against the gypsy community. It is certainly [...]
Roma group Grubb to perform in Montreal
Roma group Grubb to perform in Montreal Belgrade, 27/03/2012 – The Roma hip-hop collective Grubb (Gipsy Roma Urban Balkan Beats) from Belgrade will appear at the Montreal International Jaž Festival in July and at the Lincoln Center in New York. Grubb already performed before the Montreal audience last year, when they also had a show [...]
High school for Roma sparks confusion in Romania
High school for Roma sparks confusion in Romania 30/03/2012 An initiative to establish a high school for Roma youth generates controversy within the community. By Paul Ciocoiu for Southeast European Times in Bucharest Roma NGOs in Romania are vehemently criticising a proposal to create a high school for community youth in Bucharest after the project [...]
Bulgaria Arrests Three for Human Trafficking
Bulgaria Arrests Three for Human Trafficking Three people were arrested in Bulgaria for allegedly trafficking pregnant women into Greece. Sofia, 29/03/2012 – Police officers from the organised crime unit arrested a group of people during a raid on several houses in the city of Bourgas. The group is accused of trafficking pregnant women with the [...]
Romedia Foundation Fulm ‘Faces of Change’ Live Stream on OKTO Tv – Saturday 31st March
LIVE STREAM TOMORROW!!! At 2113 (CET) on Saturday 31st March on the Vienna-based Community Channel Okto TV will be broadcasting “Faces of Change” a film by the Romedia Foundation. You can watch this wonderful film FREE at http://www.okto.tv/schauen/livestream Taken from our film “Faces of Change”. When someone says ‘Roma woman’ or ‘gypsy woman’ what picture [...]
Getting to the Root of Roma Discrimination in Europe | Open Society Foundations Blog
Getting to the Root of Roma Discrimination in Europe http://blog.soros.org/2012/03/getting-to-the-root-of-roma-discrimination-in-europe/ Unless the deep-seated issue of anti-Gypsyism in Europe is addressed, writes Martin Demirovski of the Open Society Foundations, focusing on service provision in health or education for Roma will only bring superficial change.
Call for Nominations for 2012 Dr. ErhardBusek – SEEMO Award for Better Understanding in South, Eastern and Central Europe
Call for Nominations for 2012 Dr. Erhard Busek – SEEMO Award for Better Understanding in South, Eastern and Central Europe Vienna, 30 March 2012-The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), calls for nominations for the 2012 Dr. Erhard Busek – SEEMO Award for Better Understanding in South, [...]
Opinion on the Roma Integration in Lithuania
The Time Has Come for Roma Integration in Lithuania On the 21st March the world celebrated the International Day of Elimination of Ethnic and Racial Discrimination and the European‐wide Action Week against Racism lasted from 17 to 25 of March. The motto of this year is „Racism must neither be tolerated nor ignored – Let’s [...]
