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The Price of Memory: 16 May and the Mandate We Must Carry
— 16 May 2025
16 May is not a day of remembrance. It is a constitutional threshold—a test that returns each year, not to be observed but to be met.
Read more16 May is not a day of remembrance. It is a constitutional threshold—a test that returns each year, not to be observed but to be met.
Voices
Romania Is Ours Too—And We’re Not Letting It Fall
— 14 May 2025
I was born in Ferentari, a neighbourhood in Bucharest, Romania. At the edge of the city—and at the edge of attention. For us, Europe was a clean image on the TV screen. In reality, the school walls were cracking, the apartment building had no hot water, and hope was scarce and fragile.
Read moreI was born in Ferentari, a neighbourhood in Bucharest, Romania. At the edge of the city—and at the edge of attention. For us, Europe was a clean image on the TV screen. In reality, the school walls were cracking, the apartment building had no hot water, and hope was scarce and fragile.
Voices
The Law Is Not Justice: Zaharna Fabrika, the Roma and Bulgaria’s Selective Memory
— 8 May 2025
In Sofia, the state has resumed bulldozing homes. This time, in Zaharna Fabrika—one of the capital’s oldest Roma neighbourhoods. The justification is familiar: illegal construction. So are the families affected: poor, politically excluded, stateless in practice if not on paper. And the public reaction? Silence at best. Justification at worst.
Read moreIn Sofia, the state has resumed bulldozing homes. This time, in Zaharna Fabrika—one of the capital’s oldest Roma neighbourhoods. The justification is familiar: illegal construction. So are the families affected: poor, politically excluded, stateless in practice if not on paper. And the public reaction? Silence at best. Justification at worst.
Voices
The Price of Memory: 16 May and the Mandate We Must Carry
— 16 May 2025
16 May is not a day of remembrance. It is a constitutional threshold—a test that returns each year, not to be observed but to be met.
Read more16 May is not a day of remembrance. It is a constitutional threshold—a test that returns each year, not to be observed but to be met.
Voices
Romania Is Ours Too—And We’re Not Letting It Fall
— 14 May 2025
I was born in Ferentari, a neighbourhood in Bucharest, Romania. At the edge of the city—and at the edge of attention. For us, Europe was a clean image on the TV screen. In reality, the school walls were cracking, the apartment building had no hot water, and hope was scarce and fragile.
Read moreI was born in Ferentari, a neighbourhood in Bucharest, Romania. At the edge of the city—and at the edge of attention. For us, Europe was a clean image on the TV screen. In reality, the school walls were cracking, the apartment building had no hot water, and hope was scarce and fragile.
Voices
The Law Is Not Justice: Zaharna Fabrika, the Roma and Bulgaria’s Selective Memory
— 8 May 2025
In Sofia, the state has resumed bulldozing homes. This time, in Zaharna Fabrika—one of the capital’s oldest Roma neighbourhoods. The justification is familiar: illegal construction. So are the families affected: poor, politically excluded, stateless in practice if not on paper. And the public reaction? Silence at best. Justification at worst.
Read moreIn Sofia, the state has resumed bulldozing homes. This time, in Zaharna Fabrika—one of the capital’s oldest Roma neighbourhoods. The justification is familiar: illegal construction. So are the families affected: poor, politically excluded, stateless in practice if not on paper. And the public reaction? Silence at best. Justification at worst.
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