Geneva rounds up Romanian beggars, Bern hits out at racists
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Police in Geneva Thursday morning rounded up 26 Romanians who were begging in the streets, public radio RSR reports, in a sweep of the city that...
View ArticleRoms get fines back in Geneva justice coup
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s Rom population has received support from the canton’s justice system in its ongoing fight with the police over begging in the city. An...
View ArticleFrance’s crackdown on Roms (Chappatte cartoon)
GenevaLunch News ©2010 Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le...
View ArticlePolice in Vaud, Valais arrest youths for theft
GenevaLunch News LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Two groups of youths were pulled in by police, one in Vaud, the other in canton Valais, in connection with separate series of robberies and vandalism. Police...
View ArticlePolice nab 2 in Gland house break-in
GenevaLunch News GLAND, SWITZERLAND – Vaud police arrested two women, ages 21 and 36, as they were robbing a house in Gland Saturday 23 June at 19:20, following a tipoff. Both women, Roms who are known...
View ArticlePolice break up traveling people’s camp in Thonon
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – An early morning police operation Wednesday 26 September was carried out at a caravan camp set up in Thonon-les-Bains, France by traveling Roms. The raid followed...
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