Life Inside the Romanian Gypsy Ghetto That is So Grim the Town Mayor Sealed it off Behind a Wall
-Building a wall around a Roma neighborhood last June earned the local government accusations of racism
-Government insist move was 'a step forward towards their civilisation and emancipation'
-An estimated 10-12 million Roma live throughout Europe, making them one of the EU's biggest ethnic minorities
-A European Commission study showed one in four EU citizens would be uncomfortable with a Roma neighbor
-Discontent among Roma community - many of them have now set their sights on the UK next January
-Hundreds of thousands are expected to arrive under the European Union’s 'freedom of movement' rules
By Keith Gladdis
The grim dwellings are mere shacks – damp and freezing cold in the bitter Romanian winter. Close up, there is shocking evidence of raw sewage in the slum where 500 families live.Around the site is a 6ft wall built by the local mayor which has effectively made the slum into a ghetto. When this is your home, it is little wonder you may want to escape to a new life in a foreign country.
If that is the dream for these impoverished gypsy families – relocated to dilapidated buildings near an abandoned copper factory in northern Romania – it is surely one shared by thousands of Romanians who say they would like to move to Britain in January when they gain full rights to live, work and claim benefits under EU ‘freedom of movement’ rules.
Makeshift home: A woman stands in front of her hut in a shantytown inhabited by Roma or Gypsy people in the Craica neighborhood of Baia Mare, northwestern Romania
Population: An estimated 10-12 million Roma live throughout Europe, making them one of the EU's biggest ethnic minorities
The think-tank MigrationWatch has estimated that 50,000 Romanians and Bulgarians will come to Britain every year for five years from 2014.
UK ministers won’t make predictions, but these photographs of conditions in the mining town of Baia Mare, where temperatures plummet to -26C in winter, suggest that estimate is correct.
Alp Mehmet, vice chairman of Migrationwatch, spent three years in Romania working as a diplomat. He said: ‘There are those who seem to doubt that there will be people from Romania and Bulgaria who will be looking for a better life.
‘Here is real evidence of the absolutely dire conditions many are living in at the moment. Is it any wonder they want to come to Britain?’
Average salaries in Romania are less than £400 a month, whereas in the UK the figure is...
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-Government insist move was 'a step forward towards their civilisation and emancipation'
-An estimated 10-12 million Roma live throughout Europe, making them one of the EU's biggest ethnic minorities
-A European Commission study showed one in four EU citizens would be uncomfortable with a Roma neighbor
-Discontent among Roma community - many of them have now set their sights on the UK next January
-Hundreds of thousands are expected to arrive under the European Union’s 'freedom of movement' rules
By Keith Gladdis
The grim dwellings are mere shacks – damp and freezing cold in the bitter Romanian winter. Close up, there is shocking evidence of raw sewage in the slum where 500 families live.Around the site is a 6ft wall built by the local mayor which has effectively made the slum into a ghetto. When this is your home, it is little wonder you may want to escape to a new life in a foreign country.
If that is the dream for these impoverished gypsy families – relocated to dilapidated buildings near an abandoned copper factory in northern Romania – it is surely one shared by thousands of Romanians who say they would like to move to Britain in January when they gain full rights to live, work and claim benefits under EU ‘freedom of movement’ rules.
Makeshift home: A woman stands in front of her hut in a shantytown inhabited by Roma or Gypsy people in the Craica neighborhood of Baia Mare, northwestern Romania
Population: An estimated 10-12 million Roma live throughout Europe, making them one of the EU's biggest ethnic minorities
The think-tank MigrationWatch has estimated that 50,000 Romanians and Bulgarians will come to Britain every year for five years from 2014.
UK ministers won’t make predictions, but these photographs of conditions in the mining town of Baia Mare, where temperatures plummet to -26C in winter, suggest that estimate is correct.
Alp Mehmet, vice chairman of Migrationwatch, spent three years in Romania working as a diplomat. He said: ‘There are those who seem to doubt that there will be people from Romania and Bulgaria who will be looking for a better life.
‘Here is real evidence of the absolutely dire conditions many are living in at the moment. Is it any wonder they want to come to Britain?’
Average salaries in Romania are less than £400 a month, whereas in the UK the figure is...
Read more: Dailymail
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Twenty-One Of History’s Most Corrupt Politicians
When it comes to politics, everyone has an opinion, even if that opinion is: they don’t like politics. A wise “unknown author” once said, “Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason”. The following list will cover some of history’s most corrupt leaders and politicians. The World Bank defines corruption ” as the abuse of public power for private benefit”. However, for the purpose of this list, the term political corruption will go further, to pertain to any form of abuse of power or deviation from a sound government system.
N.B. This list could easily have surpassed twenty-one.
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (a.k.a Caligula)
Years in Power: 37 CE – 41 CE
Roman Empire
Emperor Caligula began his political career as an admired leader, but took a turn for the worse after falling very ill in the first two years of his rule. Though he recovered, he became cruel and insane. Caligula had his wife banished and his father-in-law, Marcus Silanus and his cousin, Tiberius Gemellus commit suicide. He tried to make his horse, Incitatus, a consul and a priest. He introduced heavy taxation to pay for his personal expenditures, created a tax on prostitutes and opened a brothel in a wing of the imperial palace. “Comments that he could easily order the death of magistrates, or slit the throats of lovers were common.”
N.B. This list could easily have surpassed twenty-one.
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (a.k.a Caligula)
Years in Power: 37 CE – 41 CE
Roman Empire
Emperor Caligula began his political career as an admired leader, but took a turn for the worse after falling very ill in the first two years of his rule. Though he recovered, he became cruel and insane. Caligula had his wife banished and his father-in-law, Marcus Silanus and his cousin, Tiberius Gemellus commit suicide. He tried to make his horse, Incitatus, a consul and a priest. He introduced heavy taxation to pay for his personal expenditures, created a tax on prostitutes and opened a brothel in a wing of the imperial palace. “Comments that he could easily order the death of magistrates, or slit the throats of lovers were common.”
William Marcy Tweed (Boss Tweed)
Years in Power: 1853-1855
Country: United States
Tweed was the third-largest landowner in New York City. He built his power in Tammany Hall through the appointment and election of his friends- known as the “Tweed Ring”. Tweed was convicted for stealing between $40 million and $200 million from New York City taxpayers through political corruption (based on the inflation rate of the dollar since 1870 of 2.7%, approximately 1.5 and 8 billion 2009 dollars). The “Tweed Ring” managed to steal the money by...
Years in Power: 1853-1855
Country: United States
Tweed was the third-largest landowner in New York City. He built his power in Tammany Hall through the appointment and election of his friends- known as the “Tweed Ring”. Tweed was convicted for stealing between $40 million and $200 million from New York City taxpayers through political corruption (based on the inflation rate of the dollar since 1870 of 2.7%, approximately 1.5 and 8 billion 2009 dollars). The “Tweed Ring” managed to steal the money by...
Mzee Makamba Anena: Mungu Ataiadhibu CCM
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| Katibu Mkuu mstaafu wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Yusuph Makamba, |
Katibu Mkuu mstaafu wa Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), Yusuph Makamba, amejitokeza na kubaini athari za kukithiri kwa ufisadi na rushwa ndani ya chama hicho.
Makamba alishika wadhifa huo katika kipindi cha kuanzia Juni 2006 hadi Aprili 10, 2011, ambapo yeye na waliokuwa wajumbe wa Kamati Kuu (CCM) walijiuzulu.
Mbali na Makamba, wajumbe wengine walikuwa manaibu makatibu wakuu, George Mkuchika (Bara) na Saleh Ramadhan Feruzi (Zanzibar), Katibu wa Itikadi na Uenezi, John Chiligati.
Wengine ni Katibu wa Uchumi na Fedha, Amos Makala, Katibu wa Mipango, Kidawa Saleh na Mkuu wa Kitengo cha Uhusiano na Mambo ya Nje, Bernard Membe.
Hata hivyo, Makamba alikuwa miongoni mwa viongozi waliotajwa kukisababishia chama hicho...
Makamba alishika wadhifa huo katika kipindi cha kuanzia Juni 2006 hadi Aprili 10, 2011, ambapo yeye na waliokuwa wajumbe wa Kamati Kuu (CCM) walijiuzulu.
Mbali na Makamba, wajumbe wengine walikuwa manaibu makatibu wakuu, George Mkuchika (Bara) na Saleh Ramadhan Feruzi (Zanzibar), Katibu wa Itikadi na Uenezi, John Chiligati.
Wengine ni Katibu wa Uchumi na Fedha, Amos Makala, Katibu wa Mipango, Kidawa Saleh na Mkuu wa Kitengo cha Uhusiano na Mambo ya Nje, Bernard Membe.
Hata hivyo, Makamba alikuwa miongoni mwa viongozi waliotajwa kukisababishia chama hicho...
FBI Waanza Kunasa Watuhumiwa
UJIO wa Askari wa Shirika la Upelelezi la Marekani (FBI) nchini na kuanza kufanya kazi, umewezesha kuanza kunaswa kwa baadhi ya watu, wanaodaiwa kuhusika na mauaji ya Padre Evarist Mushi (55) wa Kanisa Katoliki Unguja, visiwani Zanzibar.
Akizungumza katika mahojiano maalumu na Mwananchi Jumamosi Dar es Salaam jana, Kamishna wa Polisi Zanzibar, Musa Ali Musa alithibitisha kwamba jeshi lake limekuwa likishirikiana na FBI katika upelelezi huo na kwamba idadi ya waliokamatwa imeongezeka.
“Ni kweli tumekuwa tukishirikiana na FBI katika upelelezi ili kuhakikisha kuwa, wahusika wa tukio la kuuawa kwa Padri Mushi wanakamatwa. Hii itasaidia kupunguza vitendo vinavyohusishwa na matukio ya kigaidi yakiwamo mauaji,”alisema Kamishna Musa.Alisema kuwa hilo linafanyika ili kuhakikisha kuwa, zoezi la kuwakamata wahusika wa uhalifu huo linafanikiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa, jambo alilosema linaweza kupunguza matukio ya mauaji.
Alibainisha kwamba hadi sasa kuna ongezeko la idadi ya watu waliokamatwa na kwamba watu hao wanaendelea kuhojiwa,
huku wengine wakishikiliwa kwa sababu maalumu.Kamishna Musa alifafanua kuwa kutokana...
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