The death rate of inhabitants of marginalised Roma communities was double that of the majority population during the second pandemic wave, according to analysts from the Value for Money unit. Taking ...

VIENNA – A report issued by a European Union agency says that about 80 percent of almost 34,000 Roma, or Gypsies, surveyed in nine EU nations live below the poverty level. The report also says that ...

Azime Ali Topchu, 48, a Bulgarian Roma woman, stands in her back yard in a village on the outskirts of Burgas, Bulgaria, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Human rights activists and experts say local officials ...

A NEW survey puts the Roma population in Slovakia at 320,000 - far more than census numbers but less than recent estimates. The new survey, carried out by a group of sociologists hired by the office ...

From economic challenges to lack of access to services and discrimination, a new report highlights the problems faced by the Roma community in Turkey in the wake of the pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic ...

A high rate of primary congenital glaucoma, more aggressive and refractory to treatment than average, affects the Roma population of the Slovak Republic, according to a study. “The mean incidence is ...

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has doubled down on his proposal that the country carries out a census of its Roma population, rejecting critics who accused him of racism. The hard-line, anti ...

VIENNA — Millions of citizens in the European Union battle discrimination and poverty simply from birth because they are Roma, according to a report released Tuesday from an EU rights agency. The EU’s ...