Announcements

CONFERENCE “ROMANI BUDJI” in VIENNA, AUSTRIA

08 Feb

Dear Shavale, thai Sheja,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Iam glad to announce the conference:
“ROMANI BUDJI”
Roma & Sinti and the European Labour Market – Success Stories and Perspectives
On the 28th & 29th of June 2010 in Vienna, AUSTRIA
The full programme with all speakers will be announced around mid-April. Registration is already possible.
There […]

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Conference: Call for nominations: Europe All Inclusive? Minorities on the Edge o

08 Feb

Conference: Call for nominations:
Europe All Inclusive? Minorities on the Edge of Society
Budapest (H), 11-16 May 2010
Deadline for nominations 19 March 2010
Description and aims: Central and Eastern Europe face constant transformation after the collapse of the ‘Iron Curtain’ in 1989/90.
The steady shift of economy, society, policy, and social cohesion in the context of globalisation and […]

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Minority Politics within the Europe of Regions, Cluj, Romania - 17-20 June 2010

07 Feb

Call for Papers
Conference on Minority Politics within the Europe of Regions in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvar, Klausenburg), Romania.
The ECPR Standing Group on Federalism and Regionalism, together with the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania and the Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities (ISPMN), will organize an international conference entitled “Minority Politics within the Europe of Regions” on […]

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The Education Ministry and the Minister Mr István Hiller brought to a trial

06 Feb

The Education Ministry and the Minister Mr István Hiller brought to a trial
Who is amenable to low for the school segregation of Roma children?
The Chance for Children Foundation (www.cfcf.hu) maintain a legal action against the Education Ministry.
The trial brought against the Minister Mr. István Hiller and the ministry, the foundation representatives’ views the Ministry do […]

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Anti-trafficking Bulgaria Roma in the News

British delegation arrives in Bulgaria

09 Feb

British delegation arrives in Bulgaria
by Nick Iliev
08/02/2010 - A British parliamentary delegation led by Anthony Steen is due to arrive in Bulgaria on an official visit from February 8-9, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) reported. The group will discuss human trafficking and ways to curb it.
Steen has been Conservative MP for Totnes in Devon since […]

London: Revealing glimpse of Roma life

09 Feb

Revealing glimpse of Roma life
By Shalina Hussain
08/02/2010 - A new exhibition documenting the lives of young Roma women in east.
London opens at the Art Pavilion in Mile End Park this week. The exhibition is a photographic collaboration between ten teenage Roma girls aged 13 to 19, photographer Manuela Zanotti and Jacob Garber of The Children’s […]

MfD: Court activism cannot change Czech Roma problems

08 Feb

MfD: Court activism cannot change Czech Roma problems
Prague, Feb 6 (CTK) - Changes forced by courts will not help solve problems of people living on the edge of Czech society, whether they are Roma or anybody else, Roman Kristof writes in Mlada fronta Dnes Saturday.
“We are living at a time of court activism where politics […]

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Choli is world famous Gypsy writer, poet and translator of literature. We have never known what Gypsy family he comes from and also we have never heard him speak Romani fluently only read his books. This short video is taking us behind the scene.

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Fabulous dance moves. Watch out!

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Gabor Gypsies are the most traditional Gypsy communities today. We visit them in Timisoara to reveal their culture.

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Learn 3 steps and have the best Gypsy parties with us - keras voja - kaskosan.com

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Grofo teaches us some of the key words to know when visiting a Gypsy home.

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Roma Books

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Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey by Isabel Fonseca The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Gypsies by Jan Yoors The Gypsy Chronicles by Alison Mackie Gypsy Feast: Recipes and Culinary Traditions of the Romany People (Hippocrene Cookbook Library) by Carol Wilson Gypsies: Wanderers of the World (National Geographic Special Publications) by Bart McDowell Gypsies: The Hidden Americans by Anne Sutherland The Year the Gypsies Came by Linzi Glass

Movies about Roma

A hand-picked collection of Roma-related movies with links to IMDb

When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy CaravanTime of the GypsiesWake up the Gypsy in MeThe Gypsies of Svinia