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Another one of those …

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The body of a newborn was found in a landfill in Sliven, Bulgaria. Unfortunately, the landfill is in a Roma neighbourhood.

The police confirmed that they are working on the case. The District Prosecutor’s Office in Sliven reported to bTV that a pre-trial investigation for intentional murder has been initiated and an investigation is underway. At the moment, the state prosecution cannot say whether there are traces of violence on the child’s body. However, according to witnesses, he had visible injuries. They say that they saw the body of the newborn being thrown out of a car.

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Fight

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Fight

Two Roma families Baltovi and Chorovi, around 40 people, attacked 10 people from the Machevi family in Rozino. The aggressors threw stones and trees, as well as other objects, at the Machevi homes, and beat up some of the Machevis. No one knows why they are fighting, but the scandals have been going on for years. According to our information, there are arrests and injuries. The police in Plovdiv told Novinar that there were no serious injuries and one person was provided with medical assistance.

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Bulgaria: Brawl

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Bulgaria: Brawl

Another of those stories of a fight between Roma families in Bulgaria. This time in Karnobat.

Six seriously injured young men were brought to the emergency department of the Burgas University Hospital after a mass fight between two Roma families in Karnobat. The six have serious injuries from blows with hard objects, some have superficial lacerations, probably from knives. Two of the injured are in critical condition.

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Bulgaria, Education, and Roma

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Bulgaria, Education, and Roma

An article on “educational” cases against minors filed with the prosecutor in Slivengrad, Bulgaria in 2025. 29 children, all boys were invoilved in the cases. What is positive is that the number of cases involving Roma has significantly decreased from 2024.

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First Diploma, then Love

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First Diploma, then Love

The Bulgarian association “Amalipe” launched a campaing as part of St. Valentimn’s day called “First Diploma in Hand, Then Love”.

The organisers say: “On this day, young people feel excitement and trepidation. Love is beautiful, but for many girls in Bulgaria it comes too early and often limits their freedom. Instead of having time to dream, study and build their future, they find themselves under the pressure of premature expectations – to be wives and mothers before they are ready.”

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Artist Workshop in Bulgaria

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Artist Workshop in Bulgaria

The Bulgarian artist Rada Tsankova, who has lived and worked in Paris for 30 years, arrives in Bulgaria to open two retrospective exhibitions – today, February 17 in Sofia at the new space “Monument” and on February 23 at the “Papillon” gallery in Varna.

As part of her tour of her natve country, she will hold several workshops. One of them with Roma on February 20th. The artist will hold a creative workshop with the Music Instead of the Street Association, which helps children of Roma origin or in difficult financial situations to have access to classical music. The association was founded by the world-famous Sliven violinist of Roma origin Georgi Kalaidzhiev. The focus of Tsankova and the children’s joint work is “How to Present Music Through Visual Art”.

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Bulgaria: Brawl

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Bulgaria: Brawl

An incident between groups of Roma in the Pleven village of Bykovlak occurred on Friday evening. The situation was captured on video.A police team was sent to the scene, but at the moment no one has been detained in connection with the beating, which took place in front of other residents of the village. Some of the witnesses filmed the incident with their phones.

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Mediators

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Mediators

Seven young Roma from Kotel and the villages in the municipality have been selected to train as mediators between the community and institutions. Four girls and three boys aged 16 to 24 will explain to people their rights will direct them to whom to turn in a specific case, explained Maria Hristova, chairwoman of the Association “Local Active Group – Kotel” under whose project the young Roma have been selected and will be trained.

“We have also planned mobile days, which we call “compass days” and will be field work, so young people will be able to meet people, work on real cases and guide, help and cooperate. They will act as mediators between the institutions and the community. If a person from a given settlement in the Kotel municipality does not know where to go to submit documents for social assistance, for example, or wants to learn more about a certain type of service, these young people will assist. They will also accompany elderly people to the institutions,” said Maria Hristova.

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Bulgaria: Riot

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Bulgaria: Riot

Tensions between two groups of Roma in the Pleven village of Bukovlak seem to be boiling over, requiring police action. Witnesses claim that groups of Roma gathered in different places in the village, some of them holding sticks, stakes, shovels, axes and other hard objects.

Bad.

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Romania, Music, and AI

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Romania, Music, and AI

A singer with artificial intelligence was created in Romania. She is called Lolita and already has thousands of fans and millions of views on social networks, local media reported in their reports on the subject.

The creator of Lolita is a young man from Bacău, who calls himself Tom. He is a visual designer by profession with over ten years of experience in editing photos and videos.

“Lolita sings in Romanian. She is a project that connects the old with the new. A specific violin sound, traditional music performed by Roma orchestras, is mixed with modern instrumental accents. Several styles are intertwined,” explains Tom, who writes the lyrics of the songs.

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Bulgaria: The Pope

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Bulgaria: The Pope

Following a police action (and literally dozens of articles), the “Roma Baron” Hristo Varbanov, known for his nickname Itso the Pope, was detained. He was detained in Kostinbrod during an operation by the “Cobra” unit of the Sofia Directorate of Internal Affairs for property fraud, and for an old affaire of kidnapping.

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Bulgaria: Police Action

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Bulgaria: Police Action

A whole series of articles (we only list two here) about the siege of a property by a special squad of the Bulgarian police. The home of alleged Roma baron Hristo Varbanov, known by his nickname Itso the Pope, in Kostinbrod is under police siege.

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Bulgaria: Brawl

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Bulgaria: Brawl

Always bad when the Bulgarian press reports a brawl among Roma. This time in the Sdofia Roma neighbourhood of Fakulteta were a melee between several Roma occurred in front of a local store. According to eyewitnesses, the cause of the conflict was a runaway bride, which led to tension and physical altercations between the groups.

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Bango Vasil

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Bango Vasil

Roma in the Balkan celebrate their New Year as the Bango Vasil or Vasilitsa, effectively the old orthodox New Year, regardles of their religion.

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Euros in Bulgaria

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Euros in Bulgaria

With the introduction of the Euro in Bulgaria on January 1st, some people are trying to benefit. Here, two young Roma tried to pay with a printed banknote …

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Sad

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Sad

A sad story from Bulgaria. A 15-year-old girl was admitted to the emergency room with severe pain and suspected acute kidney crisis. After the examinations, however, the doctors established the surprising cause of her condition – the teenager was nine months pregnant and already had a dilation.

The medical team immediately took action and the birth began almost immediately. Not long after, little Emilia cried in the maternity ward. Both the mother and the newborn are in good general condition and under medical supervision.

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Electricity

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Electricity

An article about a reported theft of electricity to the tune of 100’000 leva (which is somehow ironical as since January 1st, they converted to Euros. Apparently, this theft occurred in apartment blocks mostly inhabited by Roma in a district of Sofia.

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Stoliwood

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Stoliwood

In the Plovdiv Roma neighbourhood of “Stolipinovo”, a group of young Roma gather every week not by obligation, but by choice – to make theater. The “Stoliwood” troupe unites participants from different nationalities and cultures, who rehearse together, argue, look for ideas and create their own performances.

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