Category Archives: Bulgaria

There were Roma protests in Sofia following the death of a Roma taxi driver after a fight. The protests ended late last night without serious damage or arrests, the Ministry of the Interior reports. It is known that after the case of the deceased taxi driver, his relatives and friends blocked the capital’s intersections.

• Няма задържани в София след снощните ромски протести. In: Plovdiv 24. 10.10.2022. https://www.plovdiv24.bg/novini/Bylgaria/Nyama-zadurzhani-v-Sofiya-sled-snoshtnite-romski-protesti-1421142

Charles, at that time Prince of Wales, visited the Roma neighbourhood of Stolipinovo in Plovdiv in 1998. He was invited there by Roma and even attended a wedding.

• The largest Gypsy ghetto in Europe is waiting for Charles again but now as a king. In: European Times. 11.09.2022. https://www.europeantimes.news/2022/09/the-largest-gypsy-ghetto-in-europe-is-waiting-for-charles-again-but-now-as-a-king/

Two Roma were murdered in Nova Zagora, Bulgaria, during a fight between two Roma groups. Three persons have now been arrested. This is bad, as it casts Roma as dangerous criminals, and this in a country where populism is on the rise.

• Три ареста за 2-ма убити при скандал между два ромски рода в Нова Загора. In: BNR. 26.08.2022. https://bnr.bg/horizont/post/101696436/tri-aresta-sled-2-ma-ubiti-pri-skandal-mejdu-dva-romski-roda-v-nova-zagora
• Има задържан за бесния екшън между ромски фамилии в Нова Загора. In: Varna 24. https://www.varna24.bg/novini/Bylgaria/Ima-zadurzhan-za-besniya-ekshun-mezhdu-romski-familii-v-Nova-Zagora-1350691

The Bulgarian press seems obsessed by Roma weddings. This time, the story of a couple who have a restaurant in Plovdiv close to a Mahala – a Roma neighbourhood – and who complain about the noise from the celebrations in the Roma Mahala. They say they call the police regularly, to no avail.

• Пиянски крясъци и бесни ромски маанета съсипват живота на семейство българи в Пловдивско. In: Blitx. 21.08.2022. https://blitz.bg/obshtestvo/piyanski-kryastsi-i-besni-romski-maaneta-ssipvat-zhivota-na-semeystvo-blgari-v-plovdivsko_news904591.html

A huge wedding gathered the eyes of passers-by on the capital’s Vitosha Boulevard this afternoon. About hundred wedding guests sang and danced to the sounds of an orchestra in the centre of Sofia. Foreign tourists were apparently amazed and took photographs of the celebration. Strolling residents of the capital spontaneously join the party, and so the guests, although uninvited, became hundreds.

Apparently dozens of calls to the police were made and the noise of the celebration echoed throughout the centre, but the police never responded or intervened.

• 100-тина ромски сватбари пяха и танцуваха в центъра на София – събраха погледите на чужденци. In: BG on Air. 12.08.2022. https://www.bgonair.bg/a/2-bulgaria/275309-100-tina-romski-svatbari-pyaha-i-tantsuvaha-v-tsentara-na-sofiya-sabraha-pogledite-na-chuzhdentsi

An article about a fight involving pitchforks and axes between Roma in the Bulgarian city of Lom. As usual, this casts a bad light on Roma, and fails to mention the issues faced by Roma in theses Mahalas.

• Ексклузивни подробности за бесния ромски екшън с вили и брадви в Лом. In: Blitz. 09.08.2022. https://blitz.bg/obshtestvo/ekskluzivni-podrobnosti-za-besniya-romski-ekshn-s-vili-i-bradvi-v-lom_news902534.html

Plovdiv (Bulgaria) Residents of neighbourhoods bordering the Stolipinovo Mahala (Roma neighbourhood) are complaining about the noise resulting from weddings in the Mahala.

• Ромски сватби изправят на нокти пловдивчани от три квартала. In: Traffic News. 15.07.2022. https://trafficnews.bg/absurdi/romski-svatbi-izpraviat-nokti-plovdivchani-tri-kvartala-250757/
• Три квартала в Пловдив пропищяха от ромски сватби ВИДЕО. In: Blitz. 15.07.2022. https://blitz.bg/obshtestvo/tri-kvartala-v-plovdiv-propishchyakha-ot-romski-svatbi-video_news897825.html