Roma Transitions: From Necessity to Virtue By Aleksandar Latas 31/08/2012 – The Association of Roma Students in Novi Sad was founded 12 years ago. Initially a group of several enthusiastic young Roma gathered around Radio Novi Sad, the students wanted to alleviate the hurdles to education in Serbia. They have subsequently grown into a large [...]
Glasgow: City’s funding plea to help Roma pupils
City’s funding plea to help Roma pupils By Andrew Denholm THE Scottish Government is coming under increasing pressure to provide extra funding to help schools in Glasgow cope with a sharp increase in pupils from Eastern Europe. 27/08/2012 – Glasgow City Council has written to ministers requesting financial assistance to deal with the influx of [...]
Amnesty International: A class apart – Slovakia’s segregation of Romani students
A class apart – Slovakia’s segregation of Romani students 31/08/2012 – Like any responsible parents, Marcela and Peter want to see their children succeed at school. But unlike most, they – along with several other members of their community in the eastern Slovakian city of Levoča – have faced a long struggle with their local [...]
Roma welcome ‘Karate Kid’ for reality TV show
Roma welcome ‘Karate Kid’ for reality TV show Toronto, 30/08/2012 – Roma, widely known as Gypsies, don’t usually allow outsiders into their community. But when former “Karate Kid” star Ralph Macchio asked a Roma family in New York to star in the new doc-series “American Gypsies,” they agreed, saying it may help preserve and dispel [...]
UNDP: Empowering Roma communities in Hungary
Empowering Roma communities in Hungary By Marta Marczis Budapest, 31/08/2012 – One of the biggest obstacles to the inclusion of disadvantaged Roma Communities in local development is not only that are they excluded from development processes, but also that they are difficult to access using standard development tools. Over the past two decades programmes for [...]
What France and the EU should do for Roma integration
What France and the EU should do for Roma integration 30/08/2012 – The President and the Director of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), Chibo Onyeji and Michael Privot, send an open letter to EU Commissioner Viviane Reding and French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault regarding the situation of the Roma in France. “Dear Ms. Reding, [...]
Government of the Republic of Hungary : ’The employment of Roma people in the public sector and jurisdiction’
Government of the Republic of Hungary : ’The employment of Roma people in the public sector and jurisdiction’ – State Reform OP/ÁROP 2.2.9 30/08/2012 – The ‘Employment of Roma people in the public sector and jurisdiction’ program aims to boost the integration process by enabling more Roma people to be involved in the control of [...]
Turkey: Roma Families Demand Substructure
Roma Families Demand Substructure 31/08/2012 – Roma families who come from adjacent regions to Tevfikiye Truva villlage of Çanakkale (Marmara, Turkey) face serious difficulties there on account of the fact that they have no water, electricity or toilet in the place in where they pitch their tents. Read more on http://mediaroma.blogspot.hu/2012/08/roma-families-demand-substructure.html MEDIAROMA Roma Communication Channel [...]
Anti-Roma Measures in Italy
Anti-Roma Measures in Italy by EveryOne Group Rome, August 30, 2012. Hundreds of local authorities in Italy have adopted anti-Roma measures which explicitly prohibit the parking and unloading of waste by camper vans, caravans and vehicles equipped with living quarters on municipal land. In the case of violation, the regulations foresee the forced removal of [...]
Macedonia: Officials, Not Parents, Take Lead on Placing Romani Children in Segregated Education
Macedonia: Officials, Not Parents, Take Lead on Placing Romani Children in Segregated Education Budapest, Skopje, 30/08/2012 – Romani children in Macedonia are being placed in special education without a clear and transparent process that allows parents to make a full and informed decision, according to new research by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and [...]
