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Why the #VanLife trend is hurting Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities

While there are over 555,000 caravans in use in the UK, an estimated 23,000 of these belong to Travellers.

My Europe Series

Has Europe’s largest ethnic minority been forgotten over COVID jabs?

Slovakia is currently the only EU nation to recognise its Roma community as an at-risk group in its vaccination campaign despite Romani being more likely than the general population to suffer from cardiovascular diseases and other chronic diseases.

Europe News

New EU framework 'will not solve' plight of Roma people, says activist

New EU framework 'will not solve' plight of Roma people in Europe, says activist

Italy

Italy's Matteo Salvini accused of racism after 'dirty gypsy' comments

Italian social media users have said Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is "out of control" following a recent Twitter post in which he referred to a Romani woman as a "dirty gypsy".

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France

Watch: Roma circus struggles to pitch its tent amid rise of far right

During a far-right rally held in 2015 near the site, "aggressive skinheads" blocked the circus tents' doors and asked performers if they were French and Christian.

Republic of North Macedonia

This is the only district in Europe where Roma are the majority

The current Macedonian government, in power since May 2017, has committed to paying more attention to the needs of Roma — but mutual suspicion remains.

Italy

Salvini pushes for census of Roma people in Italy

The Italian Interior minister wants numbers on the ethnic group's population in the country, while the new League/Five-Star Movement coalition is calling for the closure of illegal Roma camps.

World News

Euroviews. View: Five reasons why you should care about statelessness

If we don’t work to ensure that everyone in Europe and the world has a nationality, this purely man-made problem will continue to be passed from one generation to the next, writes UNHCR's Aikaterini Kitidi

World News

Roma victims of Holocaust remembered in Bucharest

An exhibition has opened in the Romanian capital, attended by Roma survivors and local and foreign officials

My Europe Series

Who are the Roma people?

Norway

“I fight for my son”: A 360 degree portrait of a Romanian street worker

Every day at 5 am Florian-Petrus Cretu gets up to sell Folk er Folk, a street magazine, in the streets of Oslo.

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Jumping over the fire!

Thousands of people marked the Roma festival of Hidirellez in Edirne in Turkey on Friday.

Sweden

All together now: Sweden celebrates International Roma Day

For the past 15 years, the Roma Cultural Center of Malmo, Sweden has organised a celebration of International Roma Day (April 8) in Folkets Park, the ‘People’s…

World News

Russia: Gas row sparks clashes between riot police and Roma

Russian riot police clashed with residents of a Roma settlement on Thursday in a row over access to gas. The confrontation follows reports of damage

World

Education on the move: boosting learning in isolated communities

When it comes to schooling, children can fall behind if they live in isolated or nomadic communities. This edition of Learning World looks at mobile

Croatia

Croatia marks International Roma Day

Representatives of Croatia’s Roma community have marked International Roma Day by meeting with the country’s president. Time for action to fight

My Europe Series

Fellow citizens or welfare tourists: our perceptions of EU migrants

Europe News

Helping Roma families to integrate

My Europe Series

Roma education, key to integration

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Roma artists changing stereotypes