Roma or Romani is ethnic identifier held by a variety of peoples including: Roma, Gypsies, Travellers, Manouches, Ashkali, Sinti and Boyash.

The results revealed the modern Romani's ancestors migrated out of northwest India all at one time 1,500 years ago, Comas and his colleagues report today (Dec. 6) in the journal Current Biology.

In early June, every year, for many generations, Gypsies and Travellers have travelled to the Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria in their thousands, crossing the moors and fells on their journey in old ...

The Roma people make up the biggest ethnic minority in the European Union, most of them from countries like Romania, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic. There are an estimated 10 million across ...

But it is in Hungary where anti-gypsy sentiment has gained the most traction. The gypsies make up to 10% of the population, and the far-right party Jobbik has exploited anti-Roma feeling to win votes.

In the 2010 elections, the far-right nationalist movement Jobbik won 17 percent of the popular vote by stirring up anger and distrust of Roma, repeating the mantra of "Gypsy crime" to the point ...

Comments Racism and the Romani Gypsies suffer from discrimination in Europe and America By Charles A. Lacalle November 10, 2009 ...