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The RomaThe RomaRoma are variously known as Rroma, Gypsies, Tsiganes, Tsigan, Gitanos or Gitans, as well as Sinti, Cale, and many other names. They are Europeans, having arrived... -
HistoryHistoryApart from the non-controversial fact that Roma come from India, the rest of the Roma early history is a subject of controversy. When did Roma...
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LanguageLanguageRoma have an Indian based language, a discovery of 1753. Romanes, or Romani Čhib, is the language of the Roma. This fact is little known...
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TraditionsTraditionsThe Roma culture is not a written one and has kept its unity and consistency in spite of savage assaults. Traditions were one of the...
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MusicMusicWhat is Roma music? What is Roma music? This seemingly innocuous question has fed quite an industry. From the 18th century onward, musicians, scientist have...
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ReportsReportsAll reports presented here are strictly copyrighted to the Rroma Foundation Zürich. These reports were compiled by our staff while on surveys in various countries.
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Questions & AnswersQuestions & AnswersWhen hearing about Roma, when reading about them, a wealth of clichés, generally accepted “truths” and statements are always present. This summary presents the most...
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GalleriesGalleriesThese galleries are either the work of amateurs, documenting the situation in a specific region at a specific time (for example in Bosnia in 2001,...
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Who are Roma? Where do they come from? What is the difference between Roma, Sinti, Gypsies, Cale, Tsiganes, Zigeuner, Travellers? Do they have a language? Where do they come from? How many are there in Europe? What are their traditions?
These and many more questions are treated at length in these pages on Roma, history, language, traditions, music, but also in shorter form in the questions and answers page.
The page also has resources on literature, reports and many more items.
Recent News on Roma
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February 20, 2025The first Romano orthodox priest was recently ordained in Romania. His name is Daniel Ganga. This means progress, as the...
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February 20, 2025Roma who fled from Ukraine to Germany and the European Union after the Russian attack want to network better. In...
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February 19, 2025Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti, known for his controversial statements, harshly criticized the government and the European Union on social media for...
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February 19, 2025The President of the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia, Marko Lotrič, received in Ljubljana a representative of the...
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February 19, 2025Five years ago, on February 19th 2020, a gunman with far-right views killed 9 people in Hanau, Germany. There were...
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February 18, 2025The Slovak opposition party SaS has been criticising the efficiency and use of the EU funds for Roma by Office...
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February 18, 2025Another article on the recent survey in Slovakia stating that 33% of the populatio9n holds negative views of Roma and...
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February 18, 2025A Rom activist, Marian Gunar from Slovakia comments on the recent survey where 33% of Slovaks openly express negative attitudes...
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February 17, 2025Once a month, children from a Roma centre in Črnomelj, Slovenia, visit the local library. In this case they discussed...
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February 17, 2025Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar has been slowly replacing judges nominated by the previous government against the law. Most notable...
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February 17, 2025Another meeting with poetry took place on Sunday afternoon at the Adam Mickiewicz Theatre. The main theme of the weekend...
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February 16, 2025The Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government for Roma Communities is in charge of distributing on hundreds of millions...
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February 16, 2025Very little this week in France about Roma. Between French politics and Trump, papers did not need to fill pages...
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February 16, 2025An interview of Romani Rose, chairman of the Council of German Sinti and Roma. He is worried about the AfD...
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February 15, 2025The Slovak opposition SaS criticized the government for failures in the area of marginalized Roma communities. According to the member...
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February 15, 2025On Wednesday, February 12, the Metropolitan Court in Hungary ruled on the lawsuit of Transcarpathian families, who were evicted from...
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February 15, 2025An unusual article about Roma in the Ukrainian Transcarpathian region. It states that over 10’000 Roma have left the region,...
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February 15, 2025Ukraine is pushing forward registering and issuing papers to its Roma minority. For very long, this did not happen. Now...
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