Romani people

In the German city of Offenbach, a small Bulgarian community has taken root, with nearly 6,000 Bulgarian residents making up about 4% of the city's population, writes Deutsche Welle. Bulgarians are now the second-largest group of foreigners receiving social benefits there.

Responding to fresh data recording a doubling of attacks on Sinti and Roma in Germany, the Roma Foundation for Europe has called on German public institutions to combat Antiziganism (anti-Romani sentiment) by following similar measures that were used to counter anti-Jewish sentiment in the post-war period.    ...

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.

Today, on April 8th, the world observes International Romani Day, honoring the memory of the Romani victims of the Holocaust. With over 500,000 Roma perishing in concentration camps during World War II, this day holds significant historical and cultural importance.

Shots were fired outside a hospital in the city of Nafplio, Peloponnese on Monday evening.

According to information from state broadcaster ERT, the shots were fired between two men, of separate Roma ethnicity families, who were at odds with each other. 

Two people were slightly injured, while residents in the area locked themselves in their homes.

Local act Gadjo Dilo was established back in 2009 with the sole purpose of reanimating the jazz manouche (gypsy jazz) musical idiom that the Romani jazz guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt first made famous in Paris back in the 1930s.

Police launched an investigation on Saturday after a dead horse was found with visible signs of torture on a road in Halkida, in Evia, central Greece.

A commemorative ceremony for the almost 3,000 Roma who perished in the Auschwitz concentration camp on Aug. 2, 1944, during World War II has been held in the northwest province of Edirne along the banks of the Meriç River.

The program started with a minute of silence for the Roma who lost their lives by being gassed to death at the camp.

It's going to be a fun weekend at the Gazarte roof stage (gazarte.gr), with two uplifting shows by local staples on the live circuit.

In 2022, 95.3 million people in the European Union were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, i.e. they lived in households with serious financial difficulties. This is according to data from the Eurostat statistical office. They remain almost unchanged from the previous year, when 95.4 million people lived at risk of poverty.