BUCHAREST, Romania -- Since the European Union lifted visa requirements for Romanians in January, with a view to Romania's eventually joining the EU, thousands of Gypsies have flooded European cities, ...
CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania — In the Somesheni neighborhood in the Transylvanian capital city of Cluj-Napoca, nine Catholic Gypsy families live inside un-insulated metal boxes that act like iceboxes in the ...
BARBULESTI, Romania (AP) — This predominantly Gypsy town an hour's drive from Romania's bustling capital seems stuck in another century. Horse-drawn carriages churn muddy roads into near impassability ...
PARIS – France expelled nearly 100 Gypsies, or Roma, to their native Romania on Thursday as part of a very public effort by conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to dismantle Roma camps and sweep t ...
At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies — and the cheers gave way to jeers.
PARIS — France expelled nearly 100 Gypsies to their native Romania on Thursday as part of a public effort by President Nicolas Sarkozy to dismantle Gypsy camps and sweep them out of the country, the ...