Only two out of 22 Roma political parties remain after pre-registration;
ROI comes to an end 7. 10. 2005
Ko?ice 7 October (RPA) – Only two out of 22 Roma political parties
fulfilled the law obliging preregistration of political parties. This
information was given to the Roma Press Agency (RPA) by an advisor to
the Ministry of the Interior and the chairman of the Party of the Roma
Coalition Party (SRK), Ladislav Fizik.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8840
The Not-So-New Romany Orchestra Phenomenon 7. 10. 2005
The Dzeno Association is pleased to announce that the 100-Member Gypsy
Orchestra will perfom at Cassosport Hall in Kosice, Slovakia on the 29th
of October at 19.00hrs. The orchestra was founded in 1985 shortly after
the Hungarian-Romany musician Sandor Jarova died. The group of musicians
that played at his funeral later founded the 100-member Gyspy Orchestra.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8839
Job Offer: Senior Office at Open Society Justice Initiative 6. 10.
2005
The Open Society Justice Initiative is an operational, non-grant making
program of the Open Society Institute (OSI), the foundation started by
George Soros in 1993. You can apply there for job of Senior Office
before October 19,2005.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8831
Riffs 7. 10. 2005
The Rough Guide To The Music of Balkan Gypsies offers another approach,
one that provides a link between the bright, spiraling sound of New
Orleans and the frenetic brass band works of Eastern Europe.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8837
Roma advocate mourned 7. 10. 2005
Members of the Czech Republic’s Roma, or Gypsy, community are mourning
the death of one of the world’s foremost experts in their language and
culture.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8836
Drugs among Roma are on increase in the Czech Republic 12. 10. 2005
An estimated 250.000 Roma live in the Czech Republic. After the fall of
the commmunist regime, the problems of the Roma population were
exacerbated greatly. Problems appeared in the mid 1990s, such as
increased levels of racism, housing problems, and an inability to
succeed in a free labor market. Since this time, the Roma community has
developed further problems, notably an increased addiction to narcotics.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8859
Alternative to Barbed Wire Found for Eperjes Roma Ghetto? 12. 10.
2005
Presov, Slovakia — Presov city council’s latest plan is to place
surveillance cameras around the Roma neighborhood in the town and
provide more policemen to patrol the Stará Tehelna Roma ghetto says
Presov Deputy Mayor, Stanislav Goban.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8857
Gypsies in fight for their ‘human rights’ 10. 10. 2005
GYPSIES from all over England met in Fenstanton to form an organisation
to fight for their “basic human rights” – a place to live and education
for their children. Chairman of the as yet unnamed umbrella organisation
is Cliff Codona, founder of the National Travellers Action Group.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8854
Roma Man Beaten by Youths Gets Compensation for Delayed Legal Action 14.
10. 2005
Slovak prosecuting authorities have been directed to pay 100.000 SK
(about 3.100 USD) to 55 year-old Romany citizen Herman Olah as
compensation for delaying prosecution. Olah was attacked three years ago
in July 2002 while he was outside with his granddaughter. Two young
neighborhood boys arbitrarily and violently kicked him while shouting
such things as, “You dirty black Gipsy! You’re going to die!” Eight
weeks later, Olah identified his assailants during his recovery.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8878
Concert to Honor Outstanding Women of Roma Studies 14. 10. 2005
As an expression of honor for the lifelong work of Milena Hubschmannova,
who tragically died recently, students of Romany Studies have organized
two Romany concerts at the Roxy Club in Prague. The events are scheduled
to take place on the 25th and 26th of November. The events, organized
under the auspices of Vaclav Havel, are also dedicated to two other
prominent Romany Studies personalities, Hana Sebkova and Edita Zlnayova.
The Dzeno Association received this announcement from Tomas Habart, a
current student of Romany Studies at Charles University.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8877
Personal health records for Gypsies-Travellers 14. 10. 2005
(Scottish Executive News)- A hand-held patient record for
Gypsies/Travellers which aims to improve the continuity of care of
travelling communities was launched today. The Patient Record of
Personal Health will allow Gypsies/Travellers to have complete and
detailed medical information with them at all times.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8874
Conference for the Implementation of Action Plan for Roma and Sinti
People 14. 10. 2005
The OSCE will be holding a joint international conference on the
implementation of policies and action plans for Roma, Sinti and
Travellers, and measures against the anti-Gypsyism phenomenon in Europe.
This conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland on the 20th and 21st
of October, 2005. The conference will focus on the implementation of the
Action Plan for Improvement of the Situation of the Roma and Sinti
within the OSCE Area; the Council of Europe’s relevant recommendations
on Roma and Travellers; and European Union standards.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8880
Anniversary: A Roma Historian Bartolomej Daniel Was Born 81 Years Ago Romany historian Bartolomej Daniel was born 81 ago on the 17th of October 1924 in the western Slovak village of Sastin. We remember him as the author of Dejiny Romu (The History of Roma, published 1994), which is most likely the first piece of work documenting the history of Roma society in the Czech Republic written by a Roma author. He passed away October 10th 2001. We have high regard for Mr Daniel for his efforts in Roma history.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8893
Gypsies leave council with £90,000 utilities bill 16. 10. 2005
Gypsies have left a council with a £50,000 electricity bill because meter readers were too scared to visit a notorious camp to take readings. Somerset county council claims that Southern Electric staff were too frightened to set foot on the site so issued the council with bills based on estimated figures.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8892
Racist Trolley Driver Penalized 18. 10. 2005
Presov, Slovakia (RSK) – A trolley driver faces a possible prison
sentence for verbally accosting two Roma youngsters if he does not pay
the fine handed to him by the Presov country court (Eastern Slovakia).
The sentence was appealed but the court has rejected the appeal making
the court decision now legally binding.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8912
Roma being deported to Hungary 18. 10. 2005
When the Roma return to Hungary, they are subject to worse treatment
than before they escaped because they are considered traitors and are
often turned down for social assistance.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8911
Affirmative action is banned in Slovak legal system 19. 10. 2005
The Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic has decided that
anti-discrimination legislation is unconstitutional due to its efforts
to allow affirmative action in Slovakia. The Constitutional Court ruled
against the legislation as a result of the parliament’s addition of
Article 5 of the European Commission, which legalizes affirmative action
as a tool to combat social inequalities.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8931
Amnesty International: Prevent Roma from Racism! 19. 10. 2005
(Brussels, 19 October 2005) With the European Commission due to release
its annual monitoring reports on Bulgaria and Romania on 25 October,
Amnesty International calls on the European Union to keep up pressure on
the two accession countries on some crucial outstanding human rights
concerns.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8923
Triny releases new CD 20. 10. 2005
The Romany-Czech trio Triny will release their second CD called Aven.
The trio was founded in 1999 by Romany newscaster of Czech TV Iveta
Kovacova, Jana Tyserova and Dagmar Podkonicka. Similiarily to their
debut album Gypsy streams this CD presents Romany folk songs adjusted to
trio-voice set in the imaginative background music.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8936
Conference for the Implementation of Action Plan for Roma and Sinti
People 14. 10. 2005
The OSCE will be holding a joint international conference on the
implementation of policies and action plans for Roma, Sinti and
Travellers, and measures against the anti-Gypsyism phenomenon in Europe.
This conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland on the 20th and 21st
of October, 2005. The conference will focus on the implementation of the
Action Plan for Improvement of the Situation of the Roma and Sinti
within the OSCE Area; the Council of Europe’s relevant recommendations
on Roma and Travellers; and European Union standards.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8880
French cops bust baby-smuggling ring 19. 10. 2005
PARIS, Oct. 19 (UPI) — French authorities cracked a baby-smuggling ring
run by Bulgarian gypsies, France’s Liberation newspaper reported
Wednesday. Police retrieved seven healthy babies in the Paris area
Tuesday, and arrested seven couples who had “adopted” them. The gypsies
were selling baby girls for ,000 apiece and boys for ,200, Liberation
reported.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8935
Romany Film Festival to be held in Macedonia on November 4 – 6
Director of Golden Wheel Festival (Somnakajeskiri Rota Festival) Zoran
Dimov has informed our office that the third edition of the Roma
Festival of TV and radio programs ‘Golden Wheel’ will take place between
November 4 – 6, 2005 in Hotel Continental in Skopje, the capital of
Macedonia.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8943
Tearoom bouncers tackle fair fear 20. 10. 2005
A Cotswold tearoom has employed bouncers to head off trouble during this
week’s Gypsy horse fair at Stow. Locals claim trouble at the
twice-yearly event is getting out of hand with many traders shutting up
shop to avoid problems.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8942
Romany singer Vera Bila playing with new band 24. 10. 2005
Vera Bila is one of the most famous Roma singers of the Czech Republic
and is often compared to Ella Fitzgerald. In the beginning of September
2005, Vera Bila split up with her band Kale and manager and producer
Jiri Smetana. Kale has intended to play without its most charismatic
performer whom they have replaced by Dezider Lucka, a member of Kale.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8956
International Romani Union (IRU) boycotted OSCE’s conference 24. 10.
2005
On October 20th-21st, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human
Rights (OSCE) held a joint international conference on the
implementation of policies and Action Plans for Roma, Sinti and
Travellers, and measures against the anti-Gypsyism phenomenon in Europe.
Instead of focusing on the policies and of the Action Plan, the IRU
focused on their non-pariticpation because of an invitation that was
sent at the last minute. The IRU boycotted the meeting declaring the
lack of respect for the IRU by the OSCE.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8955
Roma 24. 10. 2005
Minority rights groups urged Romanian President Traian Basescu yesterday
not to sign an anti-racism bill into law until it mentions that Gypsies,
or Roma, were among the victims of the Holocaust. About 30 Romanian and
foreign Gypsy advocates, including rights activists and European
lawmakers, signed an open letter objecting to wording of the
legislation, which aims to make racial discrimination illegal. They
complained that it failed to mention that the Nazi Holocaust targeted
Gypsies as well as Jews.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8960
Bride runs away and groom gets a refund 24. 10. 2005
Sofia, Bulgaria – A traditional Roma court ordered a runaway bride’s
family to return the 40 000 leva ( 500) that the abandoned groom has
paid for her, local newspapers reported on Monday. In a customary
arrangement, the man had bought the 22-year-old bride for that sum from
her parents. She, however, appeared less of a traditionalist and ran
away before the wedding.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8982
Roma politics in Central Europe 24. 10. 2005
Estimates of the size of the Roma population in Europe range from seven
to nine million, almost the total population of many smaller European
states. Approximately 70% of the Romas in Europe live in the new (and
the potential) EU member countries. The author, Pál Tamás, analyses the
situation of the Roma in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. His
question is: could the EU influence effectively the Roma policy of the
member states, especially the new ones? The article was published in The
Analyst, a new quarterly focussed on the key political, economic and
social developments in Central Eastern Europe.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8981
Romanian President: Roma must be considered as Holocaust victims 26. 10.
2005
Romanian President Traian Basescu has sent a bill back to parliment
requesting that the definition of the Holocaust include Roma. The
request follows an open letter Mr Basescu received from rights activists
and European lawmakers, which asked him change the wording of the
Holocaust in the bill. The bill will ban Holocaust denial and aims to
make racism illegal.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8992
ERRC lodges complaint to EU about Slovak Prime Minister 26. 10. 2005
Further to a request by the Budapest based European Roma Rights Center
(ERRC) for a correction, the Slovak Prime Minister Mikulás Dzurinda
refuses to publicize a correction about the recently emerged scandal
concerning coercive sterilization cases. Two weeks ago, Slovak chief
prosecutor Jozef Contos said that they have closed their investigations
into the case and the UN also ceased their investigation, further
stating the operations without the women’s consent had never happened.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8990
Human Rights Defender Illegally Detained 26. 10. 2005
The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) yesterday
sent a letter to the Greek ministers of education and public order and
the prosecutor of the Supreme Court to draw their attention to the
illegal detention of Theo Alexandridis, legal adviser of Greek Helsinki
Monitor (GHM), following his participation in the defense of Roma
rights.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8994
Romanian Gypsies, Branded “Thieves,” Get EU Aid in Legal Battle 27. 10.
2005
Eleonora Rostas said she hid among corn stalks in the Transylvanian
countryside of Romania in 1993 as an anti-gypsy mob beat two of her
neighbors to death, burned another alive and torched her neighborhood.
Twelve years later, European Union warnings about Romania’s treatment of
its 2.5 million gypsies, or Roma, are helping Rostas fight for
compensation from the perpetrators. Romania, which seeks to join the EU,
must improve conditions for its poorest ethnic minority, the 25-nation
group said Oct. 25.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8997
Kosovo Roma want to take part in the negotiations on Kosovo’s future 27.
10. 2005
Pristina, 25 October 2005: One day after the announcement by UN Security
Council of the opening of the negotiations on Kosovo’s political status
Kosovo Roma have requested to be admitted to these talks. In a letter
addressed to high representatives of the international community and the
EU representatives of the Kosovo Roma, Ashkalija and Egyptian
communities have asked for an urgent solution to the problems of the
Roma of the former Yugoslavia who have become victims of wars and racist
violence, many of whom continue to live in limbo.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?r_id=28
Human Rights Defender Illegally Detained 26. 10. 2005
The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) yesterday
sent a letter to the Greek ministers of education and public order and
the prosecutor of the Supreme Court to draw their attention to the
illegal detention of Theo Alexandridis, legal adviser of Greek Helsinki
Monitor (GHM), following his participation in the defense of Roma
rights.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8994
Romanian President: Roma must be considered as Holocaust victims 26. 10.
2005
Romanian President Traian Basescu has sent a bill back to parliment
requesting that the definition of the Holocaust include Roma. The
request follows an open letter Mr Basescu received from rights activists
and European lawmakers, which asked him change the wording of the
Holocaust in the bill. The bill will ban Holocaust denial and aims to
make racism illegal.
–> whole article http://www.dzeno.cz/?c_id=8992
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