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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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May 13, 2026Sinti and Roma experience brutal discrimination on the housing market, says Thomas Erbel from the Amaro Drom association. Even from...
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May 13, 2026The European Court of Human Rights sided with Roma activists and journalists who argued national courts treated racist political rhetoric...
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May 13, 2026Less than a month before the beginning of the largest horse fair in the UK in Appleby on June 4th,...
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May 12, 2026An interesting article stating that the younger generation in Bosnia and Hercegovina is asking for a change in the country,...
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May 12, 2026This year, the Andragogic Center of Slovenia awarded the Roma Academic Club an award for exceptional achievements in the field...
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May 12, 2026Scholarships for Roma students and a policy against hate speech will be part of the proposals of the Fifteenth World...
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May 11, 2026Slovenia is estimating that there are 7,620 Roma residents in 25 municipalities with 80 Roma settlements. Among the municipalities in...
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May 11, 2026The Czech Constitution rejects calling any group of people "parasites" or considering somebody "inferior", Senate President Miloš Vystrčil (Civic Democratic...
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May 11, 2026In his speech to the commemorative ceremony in Lety u Písku, Czech Republic, Romani scholar Michal Mižigár pointed out that...
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May 10, 2026The Austrian Equal Treatment Commission has intervened following a letter from employees of the Neusiedl am See district police command...
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May 10, 2026Many articles this week about a very young mayor (23 years old) in Western France who is trying to get...
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May 9, 2026Representatives of the Roma community have sharply criticized a letter from the Neusiedl am See district police command. The letter...
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May 9, 2026Since the beginning of Alexander Daško's tenure as the Slovak government's plenipotentiary for Roma communities, we would like to point...
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May 8, 2026On Sunday, 10 May 2026 at 12:00 CET the commemorative ceremony honoring the memory of the victims of the WWII-era...
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May 8, 2026The Chairman of the German Central Council of Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, pointed out that the National Socialists called...
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May 8, 2026The Austrian Equal Treatment Commission criticized a letter issued by the Burgenland police authority in Neusiedl on Friday, in which...
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May 7, 2026After the 2023 elections, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) appointed loyal party member Alexander Daško as the plenipotentiary for Roma...
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