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CHRONOLOGY OF GYPSY HISTORY • xxxv<br />

Alliance march to protest new Roma housing in Rome. Macedonia:<br />

January—Magazine Roma Times begins publication. Poland:<br />

August—Permanent Romany Holocaust exhibition opened at<br />

Auschwitz. Russia: July—Thirty skinheads attack a Gypsy camp in<br />

Volgograd, killing two adults. Serbia: July—Anti-Roma graffiti appear<br />

in Panchevo and Surdulica. South Africa: Roma attend <strong>the</strong> World Conference<br />

against Racism, held in Durban.<br />

2002 Croatia: September—One hundred Croat parents prevent<br />

Roma children from entering a newly integrated school in <strong>the</strong> village <strong>of</strong><br />

Drzimurec-Strelec. Finland: Drabibosko liin, <strong>the</strong> first ABC reader for<br />

<strong>Gypsies</strong> in Finland, published. July: International Romani Writers Association<br />

founded in Helsinki. France: October—Delegation representing<br />

a dozen Gypsy organizations meets minister <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> interior to<br />

discuss slow process <strong>of</strong> caravan site provision. Hungary: June—A<br />

Rom—Laszlo Teleki—appointed as <strong>the</strong> state secretary for Roma affairs.<br />

Ireland: March—Housing Act criminalizes trespass by caravans.<br />

July—Traveller Movement pickets <strong>the</strong> Dail (Parliament) opposing <strong>the</strong><br />

new Housing Act. Poland: May—Romany National Congress organizes<br />

an alternative International Romany Congress in Lodz. United<br />

Kingdom: November—Exhibition held <strong>of</strong> Gypsy children’s photos at<br />

<strong>the</strong> Victoria and Albert Museum, London.<br />

2003 Croatia: October—Ms. Mukic, deputy ombudsman, criticized for<br />

condemning segregation in schools. Hungary: June—World Bank sponsors<br />

international conference on Roma in eastern Europe in Budapest. Ireland:<br />

Internal Security Bill proposes fines <strong>of</strong> 3,750 euros for Travelers<br />

who trespass. Switzerland: August—British <strong>Gypsies</strong> protest against UK<br />

policy at a UN conference in Geneva. United Kingdom: Fifteen-year<br />

old Irish Traveler Johnny Delaney killed in a racist attack in Liverpool. 5<br />

November—Villagers in Sussex burn caravan and effigies <strong>of</strong> <strong>Gypsies</strong>.<br />

2004 France: 16 December—Council <strong>of</strong> Europe and <strong>the</strong> European<br />

Roma and Travellers Forum sign a partnership agreement in Strasbourg.<br />

Greece: More Gypsy settlements are cleared away near <strong>the</strong> Olympic<br />

Games venues in A<strong>the</strong>ns. Spain: November—Gypsy organizations<br />

hire Saatchi and Saatchi to mount a campaign to change public attitudes<br />

toward <strong>Gypsies</strong>. United States: 8 November—Sen. Hillary Clinton<br />

presents <strong>the</strong> keynote address at <strong>the</strong> conference Plight <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Roma, held<br />

at Columbia University.

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