Daily Archives: April 29, 2024

Roma Settlement

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The story of a Roma settlement in Slovakia where people used to live in wooden huts with earthen floors. Now, ten years later,  they live in brick houses, and are beter off, but still no one there has completed high school.

Slovakia: 55 Years

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They supported employment, folklore and football. 55 years ago, the first Roma “non-governmental organization” was established

The Union of Gypsies and Roma started the emancipation activities of the unrecognized national minority, writes ethnographer René Lužica.

French Chronicle …

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Unfortunately, the usual news in France about Roma this week. A so-called Transition village near Montpellier in the South of France closed after two years. The fate of the 165 Roma who still were there is uncertain. Other news: Near Nantes, a landowner is trying to get rid of a Roma camp on his lands by himself; another camp near Paris is increasing in size; and near Marseille, a fire in a camp.

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