Roma
Kirtimai: Lithuania's Roma on education and 'missing England'
Less than 3, 000 Roma live in Lithuania. Representing 0.1% of the population, there are still enough Baltic 'gypsies' to serve as a scapegoat in a country feeling squeezed by the crisis. However, in one Lithuanian village, Romualda, Svetlana, Konstantin and Konsela are helping the community to lift its head
roma, integration, discrimination, school, poverty, vilnius, multiculturalism
My beautiful camp: Italy's Roma success stories
Between a Roma camp claiming to be an example of social integration and a laundrette which is a supposed symbol of multiculturalism, profound problems linger at the heart of Rome’s gypsy communities
roma, association, discrimination, mostar, human rights, rome, multikulti on the ground
'Our School' documentary: segregated Roma schools despite EU funds
When directors and producers Mona Nicoară and Miruna Coca-Cozma followed three Roma children in a small Romanian village for four years, their film initially about a success story of integration became one about the realities of ethnic segregation. Interview
roma, integration, gypsy, emir kusturica, education system, discrimination, hungary
Double discrimination: roma women in central and eastern Europe
Romania has recently announced plans to evict roma from the northern town of Baia Mare, in a move which could leave hundreds homeless. The move emphasises the continued urgency of the theme ‘roma women in central and eastern Europe’, discussed during the European women's lobby’s conference in Budapest on 7 April this year. The lobby aims to bring the double discrimination that roma women endure to the attention of European decision-makers. Interview with Brigitte Triems, the lobby's president
roma, discrimination, hungary, roma minorities, budapest, violence, women's rights
Small money, big things: four film and art initiatives in Kosovo
The economic climate ensures the making of only one film financed by centre for cinematography per year, whilst exhibition opportunities are spare. Young Kosovars are working where they believe they can help – in society, with ordinary people
roma, balkans, pristina, orient express, art market, the streets of europe, kosovo
Podgorica: Balkan youth, beyond corruption
An application for membership to the European Union, a resignation of a prime minister after nineteen years, a gust of accusations of corruption and mafiose activities of the latter, Milo Djukanovic. The first snow in many years, and against it Kosovar refugees building their homes in their promised land. A Roma minority working for other refugees, politicians who beat journalists, younger journalists wondering why they do this job in a country ranking 104th for the freedom of the press. It's all there in text and images in the second stop of cafebabel.com's Orient Express Reporter project. After Bosnia, welcome to four days in Montenegro
From Hogwarts, Narnia and Mordor to the European Union
The myth and fantasy of fairytale has long had a role to play in the European Union. From the darkness of continent crushing reality, to the warmth and safety of imaginary bonds and friendships, the EU’s fairytale in 2010 is set on a mystical continent. First in a series of fairytale short stories this christmas - we're looking for your contributions to do better!
Roma in France: tempers rise in EU parliament
If the hardening of the policy by the French government since last summer of dismantling camps and driving the Roma population to the borders caused controversy in France, the reactions on a European level were initially rather more discreet
roma, european institutions, discrimination, parlement européen, ethnic minorities, politics
US style fails in EU: Barroso meek 'state of union' speech
The EU commission president made his 'comeback' speech to the EU parliament on 7 September - but the German, Czech and Slovenian press have much to lament. Press review
roma, european institutions, josé manuel barroso, european commission, strasbourg, euweek, politics
Esma Redzepova: 'Roma are cosmopolitan'
A mother of 47, a career spanning 20 albums and 40 years and songs in Serbian, Macedonian and Romany. At the Sin Fronteras festival in France, the Macedonian 'gypsy music queen' brings a bit of Roma culture to a country which is planning to export large numbers of its gypsy population 'back' to Romania and Bulgaria by the end of the month
roma, paris, greece, candidate countries, roma, multiculturalism, family
France's 'war on criminality' aside, focus on Parisian Roma in 'social insertion villages'
Four years after their creation in Europe, 'social integration villages' are being presented as a 'Roma paradise'. European associations for minority protection expose some of the difficulties facing the most discriminated community in the EU. Meanwhile, the French government has since planned to dissolve 300 Roma settlements, whilst the UK is seeing its biggest Romany gypsy site, Dale Farm in Essex, bulldozed
roma, integration, paris, association, discrimination, human rights, roma
Greek, Romanian, Albanian: why are these racist terms in Europe?
It's a fine line between risky jokes and racist innuendo. Those who manage to be funny while staying on the right side of that line are pretty smart. Nevertheless, at a time when calls to reject that protean scapegoat, the Other, are growing throughout the four corners of the continent, a little self-examination in Europe might not be a bad thing
roma, european identity, tower of babel, greece, languages, albania, european media
Looking for Hungarian activism in election Budapest
On 11 and 25 April Hungarian voters are poised to elect the right or even the far-right. Only a handful of people in the country are swimming against the increasingly strong right-wing tide – and even these few are drifting off course, or have thrown their faith in politics completely overboard
roma, fidesz, jews, hungary, budapest, extremism, neo-fascism
Understanding nationalist ideology in Hungary: 'enormous potential for violence'
Victory in April’s elections is assured for the populist opposition party (Fidesz) and right-wing extremists (Jobbik). Magdalena Marsovszky, a Germano-Hungarian cultural scientist researching anti-semitism and right-wing extremism in Hungary, explains
roma, fidesz, jews, discrimination, hungary, treaty of trianon, budapest
Europe’s law against racism
On 28 November Jacques Barrot, the European commissioner for justice and security, announced the approval of the framework decision on racism. However, it will take two years to be integrated into national legislation. Plus videos
roma, racism, casilino 900, italy, europe, discrimination, health
EU working hard to improve the plight of gypsies
Pressed by a coalition of associations, on September 16 the European commission organised the first summit dedicated entirely to the Roma people. Where can we start to implement a global policy to improve the situation of these people, the largest ethnic minority in Europe?
roma, analysis, summit, european elections 2009, eudebate2009, immigration, society
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