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PLOVDIV, Bulgaria — A small boy shimmies up a utility pole, gingerly grabs an insulated cable pulsing with high voltage and connects it to his home: a cube of corrugated iron sheets in Bulgaria’s ...
The charge that a relative of a Roma clan leader killed a Bulgarian teenager sparked anti-Gypsy demonstrations across the country last weekend. Thousands of protesters took to the streets in at least ...
SOFIA, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Recent riots in the capital by Bulgaria's Roma gypsies were the result of discrimination, a human rights group said on Thursday, but it played down the prospect of localised ...
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C (LGMD2C) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the γ-sarcoglycan gene. A ‘private’ Gypsy C283Y mutation was detected in this gene. Recently, ...
Belatedly, a link to the post on “adoption of abandoned Bulgarian Gypsy children by non-Gypsy Bulgarians and foreigners” – at Maya's Corner. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and ...
Fed up with the anti-Roma material posted on the website of a Bulgarian far-right party's website, Liliana Kovacheva, a Roma activist, sought justice and eventually got it. Sort of. The far-right ...
PARIS — France was getting ready Wednesday to start the expulsion of Gypsy migrants despite hefty criticism at home and abroad of the action. Media reports said the first group of 79 was to be flown ...
Objectives and Goal: This research studied predictors of high-risk sexual practices and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence among Roma (Gypsy) men's social networks in Sofia, Bulgaria. Study ...
SOFIA, Bulgaria — A Gypsy woman in a central Bulgarian town has undergone DNA testing to determine if she's the mother of a suspected abduction victim in neighboring Greece known as Maria, whose case ...
The New York Gypsy Festival will return to its East Village roots to celebrate its 20th Anniversary at Drom this November. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!