Colonia Roma

The Roma Gallery (roma-gallery.com) pays tribute to the late artist Stelios Faitakis (1976-2023) with "Tenure," featuring works by seven of Faitakis' Greek contemporaries. Explore their shared artistic roots and interpretations of Byzantine influences. Admission is free.

But the National Operational Headquarters says the areas must remain under lockdown, and testing there should increase, as six out of the 40 deaths related to the virus are connected to the neighbourhoods. The high density of population there also adds to official concerns.

Ali Daylam, a renowned name in working to better the lives of Roma people in Turkey, talked to Hürriyet Daily News before the International Roma Symposium to be held in Ankara on Oct. 22?The problems facing the Roma people in Turkey could be clustered under four headlines: Housing, employment, health and education.

The residents of a Roma neighborhood in the Bulgarian village of Garmen are taking to the streets on Friday over the municipality's plans to go on bulldozing their homes.

Local authorities consider their protest to be illegal, with mayor Mina Kapitanova banning rallies in the central area of Garmen on Friday.

Demolition of the illegal Roma buildings in the Bulgarian village of Garmen continued on Tuesday.

Four buildings were demolished on Monday, while two more were targeted for demolition on Tuesday.

Residents from the municipality of Garmen issued a new ultimatum to Bulgarian authorities on Monday.

The residents tabled a petition with 720 signatures to the Council of Ministers, giving the authorities a deadline of one week to take an action against the illegal Roma dwellings.

The demolition of the illegal residential buildings in Garmen has now been completed, as reported by Focus information agency.

A total of four buildings have been removed from the site out of all 124. They were all demolished using a bulldozer and the Roma people in the neighborhood tore down another house by themselves.

After they had been given an hour to leave their illegal residential buildings, Roma people in Garmen started demolishing their houses by themselves.

The first house was smashed at around 11:30, as reported by BGNES.

People are currently removing their possessions from some of the other buildings in the illegal Roma neighborhood.

Roma people living in the southwestern Bulgarian village of Garmen have issued a two-day ultimatum to Bulgarians, local media have reported.

Bulgarians demonstrating in Garmen will have a deadline until Monday noon to start "talks" with Roma residents to smooth out differences.

Tensions are mounting in the village of Garmen, southwestern Bulgaria, as a protest of locals against illegal Roma buildings is entering into its third hour.