Friday, June 29, 2012 For victims of human trafficking, a ‘Life of Freedom’ The Life of Freedom center gives survivors of sex exploitation and human trafficking an opportunity to learn leadership, job skills and financial independence. A woman walks past a mural by artist Monique Lassooij at the opening ceremony for the Life of Freedom [...]
Roma integration and special schools in Slovakia
Roma integration and special schools in Slovakia Daniel Škobla and Christian Brüggemann* BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – 29 June, 2012 – Since the late 1970s, the European Parliament and the Council of Europe have stressed the potential of education to improve the living conditions of Roma and other groups such as migrants and travellers. In 2012, education [...]
Rehousing Romania’s Roma signals swing to extremes
Rehousing Romania’s Roma signals swing to extremes 29 June 2012 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 [...]
French NGO asks for lifting labour restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians
French NGO asks for lifting labour restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians Paris, 29/06/2012 – In a letter sent to French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault the Romeurope National Rights Collective asks for a moratorium on the extradition of Roma people from France, AFP reported. The organisation asks the French government to stop sending off the Roma [...]
One Injured in Blast at Roma Party Office in Bulgaria
One Injured in Blast at Roma Party Office in Bulgaria 29/06/2012 – A man was injured when a package exploded on Friday outside the offices of the Roma party Evroroma in the central Bulgarian town of Sandanski, police said. The 59-year-old Roma man had picked up a parcel outside the building, in a usually busy [...]
Racial Profiling on Macedonia’s Borders?
Racial Profiling on Macedonia’s Borders? Roma claim a crackdown on the flow of asylum seekers into the EU has effectively barred them from leaving Macedonia. By Ljubica Grozdanovska Dimishkovska SKOPJE, 27/06/2012 – Djengis seems an unlikely candidate to seek asylum abroad. The 30-year-old Rom from Kumanovo in northern Macedonia is a working man, with a [...]
Zinaida Zlatanova: The EC recommendations must be viewed as one whole
Zinaida Zlatanova: The EC recommendations must be viewed as one whole 28/06/2012 – Zinaida Zlatanova, Head of the EC Representation in Bulgaria, in an interview for Radio Focus’ broadcast Good Morning, Bulgaria. Host: Ms Zlatanova, what is the idea of today’s European Semester 2012: EC’s Recommendations to Bulgaria forum, and what is the aim of [...]
Italy: Halt closure of authorized Roma camp
Italy: Halt closure of authorized Roma camp Living conditions inside Rome’s Tor de Cenci camp have deteriorated in recent years. 28/06/2012 – The Italian authorities must immediately stop plans to evict Roma families from a camp on the outskirts of Rome, and should instead improve housing conditions there, Amnesty International said today. The Municipality of [...]
UK360 – Gypsy Roma Traveller special 25/06/12
UK360 – Gypsy Roma Traveller special 25/06/12 Posted by CommunityChannelTV 26 June 2012 London 360 05/12/11 Damian Le Bas, editor of Travellers Times, hosts this special programme dedicated to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. In this week’s show we meet a top gypsy flamenco dancer now living in the UK. Tracy Finney, an English Romany [...]
Slovakia and Ukraine Must Investigate Attacks against Roma
Slovakia and Ukraine Must Investigate Attacks against Roma Budapest, Bratislava, Kiev, 25/06/2012 – Romani individuals have been attacked, killed and threatened in two separate incidents in Slovakia and Ukraine in the last month. The European Roma Rights Centre has sent letters to the authorities calling for a full and transparent investigation into the events. In [...]
