Bulgaria Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/fr/category/news-eastern-europe/bulgaria/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:09:49 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Bulgaria Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/fr/category/news-eastern-europe/bulgaria/ 32 32 Bulgaria: Murder https://rroma.org/fr/bulgaria-murder-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-murder-2 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:09:49 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27460 A toddler was murdered in Kula, Bulgaria, close to the Serbian border. The suspects are two Roma who fled the […]

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]]> A toddler was murdered in Kula, Bulgaria, close to the Serbian border. The suspects are two Roma who fled the country shortly after the murder.

Reasons are not given.

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]]> Bulgaria and the Alo.bg Site https://rroma.org/fr/bulgaria-and-the-alo-bg-site/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-and-the-alo-bg-site Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:08:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27443 The Alo.bg site is showcasing classified ads. Now, more and more Romnja are advertising their services as prostitutes in the […]

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]]> The Alo.bg site is showcasing classified ads. Now, more and more Romnja are advertising their services as prostitutes in the Varna region.

This has prompted discussions: Some believe that this is a serious problem that should be investigated by the authorities, while others believe that the situation has been exaggerated. They believe that this is a form of exploitation and that such practices should be stopped and are demanding stricter control over online platforms.

Sceptics believe that this is part of a broader social problem and that the focus should not be only on the ethnicity of the women, but on the reasons that make them engage in such activity. “This is not a problem of just one community, but of the whole society. We need to work for integration and providing opportunities for everyone to prevent exploitation,” said one expert.

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]]> Bulgaria: About Mother Tongue … https://rroma.org/fr/bulgaria-about-mother-tongue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-about-mother-tongue Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:30:13 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27329 An article that totally misses the point. A project, that aims to “help” people with a different mother tongue (read […]

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]]> An article that totally misses the point. A project, that aims to “help” people with a different mother tongue (read Roma and Turks). What they miss is that Roma always grow up with several mother tongues, local and Romanes, and in the Balkan, Ottoman Turkish.

No further comments …

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]]> Bulgaria and Mahala https://rroma.org/fr/bulgaria-and-mahala/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-and-mahala Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:29:14 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27326 An unfinished apartment block, where Roma families have settled themselves and are raising their children there, continues to be a […]

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]]> An unfinished apartment block, where Roma families have settled themselves and are raising their children there, continues to be a major problem according to the people of the neighbourhood. Residents have repeatedly filed reports that public order is being violated.

Now these issues in Humni Dol were discussed at a second working meeting between representatives of the local government as well as with Roma mediators. It is doubtful they will find solutions …

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]]> Bulgaria, Bango Vasil, and Politics https://rroma.org/fr/bulgaria-bango-vasil-and-politics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-bango-vasil-and-politics Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:18:45 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26777 The leader of the MRF and the PG of “DPS – New Beginning” Delyan Peevski congratulated Roma for the Bango […]

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]]> The leader of the MRF and the PG of “DPS – New Beginning” Delyan Peevski congratulated Roma for the Bango Vasil (or Vasilica), the old New Year according to the orthodox calendar, which is celebrated by all Roma in Bulgaria. He said: “I congratulate all Roma on the biggest Roma holiday Bango Vasil or also called Vasilitsa”. And he added: “Be healthy, be worthy Bulgarian citizens and know that you are not second-class people and I will continue to fight for a decent life for all people in Bulgaria. Believe in the new beginning and be confident that the best is yet to come! Happy Bango Vasil!”

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]]> Bango Vasil in Bulgaria https://rroma.org/fr/bango-vasil-in-bulgaria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bango-vasil-in-bulgaria Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:17:42 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26771 Bulgarian Police and gendarmerie were stationed at the entrances of several settlements in the Sliven region. The Roma neighbourhood in […]

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]]> Bulgarian Police and gendarmerie were stationed at the entrances of several settlements in the Sliven region. The Roma neighbourhood in Sliven was sealed by the police and a checkpoint set up  in the Sliven “Nadezhda” neighbourhood. It was for a special operation aimed at combating drug trafficking and domestic crime. Public order was also being monitored on the eve of the Bango Vasil holiday which the article deems to be the Roma New Yea which is in fact the old new year according to the orthodox calendar.

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]]> Bulgarian Roma Songs https://rroma.org/fr/bulgarian-roma-songs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgarian-roma-songs Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:23:06 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26633 A published Bulgarian textbook contains 99 Roma songs, collected from the territory of present-day Bulgaria between 1950 and 1975. Songs […]

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]]> A published Bulgarian textbook contains 99 Roma songs, collected from the territory of present-day Bulgaria between 1950 and 1975. Songs about love, family songs, songs about heroes have been preserved. The man who preserved this for generations is Mustafa Aliyev, better known by his Bulgarian name Manush Romanov. Mustafa Aliyev dedicated his life to the development of the culture of his community. He belonged to the group of Sofia “Jerli”

He participated in the anti-fascist resistance. He was the editor-in-chief of the newspapers “Romano Esi” (Romanian) and “Nevo Drom” (New Road). He was the director of the “Roma” theatre, which was closed by the communists.

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]]> Stolipinovo https://rroma.org/fr/stolipinovo-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stolipinovo-2 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:37:45 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26563 The vlogger is the American Drew Goldberg, known by his online pseudonym Drew Binsky, with more that 5 mio followers […]

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]]> The vlogger is the American Drew Goldberg, known by his online pseudonym Drew Binsky, with more that 5 mio followers visited the Stolipinovo Mahala in Plovdiv.

It is considered the largest in Bulgaria with over 40,000 Roma residents. To date, the problems in this district are many, the main ones being the problem with garbage, crime and drugs. Some people even describe the place as a “city within a city”.

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]]> Bulgaria, Schools, and Roma https://rroma.org/fr/bulgaria-schools-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-schools-and-roma-3 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:28:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26560 Dimitrinka Georgieva, the principal of the “Lyuben Karavelov” school in the Varna Asparuhovo district in Bulgaria was awarded in the […]

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]]> Dimitrinka Georgieva, the principal of the “Lyuben Karavelov” school in the Varna Asparuhovo district in Bulgaria was awarded in the “Person of the Year” competition of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee in the Inspiration category.

There are 400 children at the “Lyuben Karavelov” school at the moment. Of these, 121 are children from Ukraine from preparatory classes to grade 11. Of the remaining less than 280 children, about 90 percent are students of Roma and Turkish origin, and the rest are Bulgarians.

Sounds like a segregated school …

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]]> Bulgaria: Weird https://rroma.org/fr/bulgaria-weird-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-weird-2 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:49:56 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26515 Really weird Bulgarian news … A prisoner behind bars in Plovdiv posts a video on TikTok declaring his love for […]

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]]> Really weird Bulgarian news … A prisoner behind bars in Plovdiv posts a video on TikTok declaring his love for his girlfriend, rapping it in Romanes. Well, mobiles phones are officially not allowed in prisons in Bulgaria … Maybe only if you don’t pay the guards …

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