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OPINION roma : Expresso: do we say gypsies, Roma or Rroma?

Expresso: do we say gypsies, Roma or Rroma?

Saimir Mile, president of the 'La Voix des Rroms' (The Voice of the Roms) association in France, says that the European media should spell Roma like the people themselves do. First in our 'expresso' series launching common linguistic bones of contentions

by saimir mile @ // 17/09/08

roma, spelling, borrowed words, political correctness, politicially correct, minority, opinion

FOCUS roma : Italy: operation ‘soldiers in the city’

Italy: operation ‘soldiers in the city’

Can the army control the streets alongside the police? The situation is being debated in today’s insecure Italy

by claudio tocchi @ // 25/07/08

roma, silvio berlusconi, esercito, italy, politics, napoli

INTERVIEW roma : International Roma Day: Aladár Horváth on reality TV in Hungary

International Roma Day: Aladár Horváth on reality TV in Hungary

A leading activist denounces ghettos and the media-created ‘exotic trash’ images of Europe's biggest minority of eight million people, who celebrate their day on 8 April

by danielle tyree // 07/04/08

roma, activism, discrimination, aladár horváth, family, hungary, budapest

FEATURE roma : The other Sziget

The other Sziget

Pink, Faithless, The Chemical Brothers, Nine Inch Nails; alongside more than 1, 000 musical events, young people show their commitment to the festival's 'Civil Village'. But for how much longer?

by Katharina Kloss @ // 27/08/07

roma, music, festivals, culture, hungary, budapest, europe

FEATURE roma : Living behind the cirque du soleil

Living behind the cirque du soleil

Some 4,000 people live in poor conditions in shanty towns on the outskirts of Paris. But an integration programme plans to lift 30 Roma families out of misery

by Mariona Vivar Mompel @ // 26/06/07

roma, paris, integration, france, romania, aubervilliers, europe

ANALYSIS roma : Holocaust memorials: building on the past

Holocaust memorials: building on the past

How do you go about remembering a crime as unspeakable as that of the Nazi Holocaust? 60 years later, Germany is still wrestling with the question

by christopher reynolds // 09/11/06

roma, germany

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A la recherche du Roma perdu

By Christophe Cung. Translated by Leo Wasley As the Roma community becomes the pariah of Europe, will the European Council take time to finally address this issue?

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