Romani people

A court in Larissa, central Greece, ordered on Saturday that the children’s charity Smile of the Child should have custody of Maria, a five-year-old girl found at a Roma camp in nearby Farsala last October.

A group of Roma organizations on Wednesday presented Albania's parliament with a proposed amendment to the law on the legalization and urbanization of illegal construction, which would protect Roma camps from forced evictions.

Some 3000 fewer workers from Bulgaria and Romania are presently in the United Kingdom than in end-2013, the country's Office of National Statistics has revealed.

These numbers suggest a decrease compared to the period before lifting restrictions at the end of last year, when a seven-year EU transitional period for the two countries expired.

Bulgaria's Ministerial Council is planning to employ young Roma citizens to work as consultants for the National Roma Integration Strategy.

The National Roma Integration Strategy was ratified by the previous Bulgarian government, and falls within the auspices of the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration Issues.

BELGRADE - The EU is keeping track of Serbia's progress in improving the position of the Roma community, especially after the start of the accession talks, according to what was said at the conference entitled Position of the Roma in the Decade of Roma Inclusion (2005-2015) on Tuesday.

Serbia marked International Roma Day on April 8 with debates about the poor social and economic position of the Roma community and exhibitions about their culture.

Nikolić in favor of strengthening position of Roma

BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolić spoke to representatives of the Roma ethnic community in Serbia on Tuesday on occasion of April 8, International Roma Day.

He stressed that the position of Serbia's Roma "must be strengthened."

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic spoke to representatives of the Roma ethnic community in Serbia on Tuesday on occasion of April 8, the International Roma Day, and stressed that the position of Serbia's Roma must be strengthened.

The state must make it possible for the Roma to exercise their rights and preserve their own identity, Nikolic said.

Bulgarian Roma across the country celebrate April 8, the International Roma Day.

The International Day of the Roma is a day of celebration of Roma culture, history and traditions. The Day also draws attention to discrimination directed to their communities globally and calls for all human rights to be respected and observed.

BELGRADE - Much has been done over the past years to improve the position of the Roma, who, however, continue to face prominent discrimination in employment, education, health care and housing, Commissioner for Protection of Equality Nevena Petrusic said on Monday.