In this article, the terms “Gypsies” and “Roma” are used interchangeably, but there are differences. “Roma,” the preferred term internationally, is not actually as inclusive, as there ...

The nomadic Romani communities that came to Europe centuries ago have been subject to persecution in many of the countries they have settled in.

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) -- Gypsies from across Europe gathered at Auschwitz Monday to remember hundreds of thousands of their murdered ancestors and to call for wider recognition of their suffering ...

Poverty pathologised Across Europe, many Roma families have little or no access to social support. Preventative measures are scarce or non-existent. According to a 2011 report by the European Roma ...

Gypsy violinists accompanied the offertory of the Mass, and a prayer was read in Romany, one of the languages spoken by European Gypsies, delivered by a woman with flamboyant gold earrings and a ...

We had to heat with a wood stove. We had to eat dry food and sausages because we couldn't cook," said Atanas Angelov, a 73-year-old Gypsy barely making ends meet in Bulgaria's second-largest city.