| Czech deputy prime minister wants Romany activist to apologise |
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ROMEA |
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| "Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Local Development Minister Jiri Cunek (the Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL) today asked Romany activist Ivan Vesely to apologise to him for having compared his plan to resolve the situation of Romanies in the Czech Republic to fascist policies." |
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| Czech Romanies satisified in Canada |
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ROMEA |
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| | "Czech Romanies who recently emigrated to Canada do not want to be photographed and refuse to disclose their names, but they say they are generally satisfied there, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today." |
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| Traian Basescu criticizes the inefficient Roma organizations |
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DIVERS |
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| "In a TVR show on Tuesday evening, president Traian Basescu criticized harshly the Roma organizations that are not getting involved in the life of this community. On the other hand, the head of state reiterated the idea that the Romanian state failed in integrating the Roma community in the... |
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| ERIO is looking for interns. |
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ERIO |
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| | If you want to use your skills and competences to help ERIO [European Roma Integration Office] in its Roma advocacy activity, this is your occasion: ERIO is looking for interns. If you are interested in working with us, please send in your application. You can find more details on... |
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| EU Threatens Italy with Legal Action Over Immigration Package |
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Deutsche Welle |
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| "Italy drew the ire of the European Commission over its decree which would allow the automatic expulsion of other European Union citizens condemned to more than two years of jail there." |
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| The Roma, among the most discriminated |
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DIVERS |
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| | "Roma, homosexuals and people with AIDS are the most discriminated groups from Romania, according to a survey conducted by the Gallup Institute and ordered by the National Council for Combating Discrimination (CNCD). Also, the number of petitions related to discrimination cases doubled last year,... |
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| Čunek wants Roma to be divided into three groups |
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ČTK (Czech News Agency) |
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| "Prague, Sept 14 (CTK) - The Czech Local Development Ministry of Jiri Cunek has worked out a plan that reckons with Romany families in the country being divided into three groups according to their social level, each approached in a different way, writes the latest issue of the weekly Tyden to be... |
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| Traian Basescu: "a definite No to collective rights for minorities" |
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DIVERS |
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| | "On the 11th of August, in Sulina, president Traian Basescu stated that Romania does not accept the theory that tries to influence the integrity of a state’s territory under the mask of defending the ethnic minority rights, mentioning that Romania would say a definite NO to collective rights... |
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| Nations must take a harder line in combating crimes against ethnic and sexual minorities. |
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ROMEA | Thomas Hammarberg |
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| "Hate crimes are a daily reality all over the European continent. Credible recent reports show that people suffer violence because they are black, Jewish, Roma, or Muslim, or because of their sexual orientation or gender identity." |
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| Young High-school Graduates, More Tolerant Towards the Roma |
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ROMEA |
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| | "A study conducted by the National Union of the Students, in collaboration with the Center for Roma Studies of the Bucharest University, reaches an apparently paradoxical conclusion. Thus, high-school graduates are more tolerant towards the ethnic Roma than higher education graduates, as the former... |
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