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A participant dances with a Romani flag at a pro-Romani demonstration in front of the Brandenburg Gate on International Romani Day on April 8, 2015 in Berlin, Germany
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Roma in Europe

With an estimated population of 10 million, the Roma are Europe's largest minority group. They are also among the poorest in most European countries and are often discriminated against.

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Serbia: Azis at a concert in Belgrade, September 2024

'They forgave me for being gay and Roma due to my voice'

'They forgave me for being gay and Roma due to my voice'

Despite being openly gay and of Roma origin, singer Azis became a superstar in his native country Bulgaria and abroad.
SocietyOctober 17, 202403:35 min
Young women, one of whom is holding a baby, on the roadside among bags and suitcases. A suitcase is used as a makeshift table for food and drink in disposable containers, Kocs, Hungary, August 21, 2024

Hungary's government makes Ukrainian refugees homeless

Hungary's government makes Ukrainian refugees homeless

A decree signed by Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has halted state support for the shelters used by many Ukrainian refugees.
PoliticsAugust 23, 2024
Christian Pfeil

European Holocaust Remembrance Day for Sinti and Roma

European Holocaust Remembrance Day for Sinti and Roma

Christian Pfeil survived the Nazi genocide, and later experienced racist attacks. He has a warning for society.
HistoryAugust 1, 2024
Ethel Brooks stands in front of an old black-and-red metal gate at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

Overcoming racism: The US's first Romani woman professor

Overcoming racism: The US's first Romani woman professor

Ethel Brooks made it in her chosen profession despite the racism against Roma she experienced as a child.
SocietyJuly 8, 2024
Ethel Brooks

Ethel Brooks is the USA's first Romani woman professor

Ethel Brooks is the USA's first Romani woman professor

Despite experiencing anti-Roma racism as a child, Ethel Brooks has made it all the way to the top of her profession.
SocietyJuly 8, 202405:11 min
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Using art to counteract clichés about Roma and Sinti

Using art to counteract clichés about Roma and Sinti

With her textile collages, Malgorzata Mirga-Tas celebrates the identities of the ethnic minority.
LifestyleMay 28, 202405:49 min
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A child refugee from Ukraine holds a Ukrainian flag as she walks through a temporary welcome center tent outside the main train station in Berlin

Ukraine's Romani people face discrimination in Germany

Fleeing from Ukraine's war, Romani people in Germany often encounter racism instead of help.
Human RightsApril 17, 2024
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Budapest Jewish community collects for Hungary's rural poor

Budapest-based charity Donation Taxi collects donations for Hungary's rural poor, building bridges between communities.
SocietyApril 8, 202404:33 min
Woman with Sinti und Roma flag demonstrating by the Brandenburg Gate in April 2015

Racism in Germany: Sinti and Roma are at risk

Germany has found rampant antiziganism, including within state institutions. Yet there are some bright spots.
SocietySeptember 18, 2023
A hand holds up a cardboard sign that says "equality for all!"

Roma, Sinti report exposes discrimination, political inertia

Roma in Europe have a lower life expectancy and a higher child mortality rate than non-Roma people, says a new report.
PoliticsNovember 27, 2022
Black-and-white photo of a laughing Frieda Daniels in front of the family caravan

Sinti survivor of the Nazis fights for compensation

Frieda Daniels is 89 years old, a high-wire acrobat — and Sinti. She and her family were persecuted under the Nazis.
HistoryApril 8, 2022
A collage photo of a woman in a white T-shirt wearing sunglasses on her head and a house with trash on the ground in front of it

Roma fight environmental racism

Roma communities driven from Romania's booming city of Cluj-Napoca say the authorities treat them like human garbage.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 5, 2021
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