Historical Dictionary of the Gypsies (Romanies) - Scarecrow Press
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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.