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Roma radio presenter Szandi Minzari and co-host Melanie Nagy are both divorced, single mothers who speak about taboo issues in Hungary's Roma community.

A new Roma radio station gets people talking about taboo issues in Hungary

Arts, Culture & Media

The Roma are Hungary’s largest ethnic minority, making up close to 10% of the population. Radio Dikh, a new radio station, aims to change perceptions of the Roma community in Hungary, where they have faced decades of stigma and discrimination.

Woman in a white blouse working at a desk on her laptop

Roma people are fleeing Romania for US-Mexico border to escape persecution

Migration
Yalitza Aparicio poses for a portrait

Yalitza Aparicio: ‘I grew up always proud of who I am’

What does it mean to be American Romani or Gypsy?

Lifestyle & Belief
Young Roma girls hanging out in the Ostrovany settlement, outside of Šarišské Michaľany. It's home to 1,500 mostly-poor Roma.

You might think Europe’s Roma are a unified group, but you’d be wrong

Development & Education
A group of young Roma students goof off in the hallway of Šarišské Michaľany elementary school.

Roma kids are no longer separate and unequal, but integration doesn’t exactly make them feel welcomed

Development & Education

The Roma minority face marginalization and exclusion across Europe, but activists say the situation for Slovakian Roma is among the worst. One school is taking on the task of integrating some of the once-segregated Roma children into classes.

Merkel upset at NSA snooping

Now who’s throwing a fit about NSA eavesdropping? Add Germany to the list

Global Scan

Suspicions abound in this edition of the daily Global Scan. Newly-leaked documents show the NSA has spied on leaders and citizens of America’s friends and foes alike. The Roma fall under suspicion of child trafficking, while they fear losing their legitimate children. And an Australian leader is suspicious over claims that fires raging in his country are an early sign of climate change. Those are some of the stories we’re tracking in today’s Global Scan.

Forty-year-old Roma woman by the name Selini Sali or Eleftheria Dimolpoulou, 39-year-old Roma man by the name Christos Salis (R) and a girl found living with them in central Greece, are seen in a handout photo distributed by the Greek police.

An old tale of snatching children is haunting the Roma people in Europe

Conflict & Justice

In Ireland and Greece, authorities have taken blonde-haired children from darker-looking Roma families, with the suspicion that the children were trafficked. Now, many Roma people are scared they will lose their kids.

Remembering Florin Cioaba: ‘King of the Roma’

Conflict & Justice

Romania’s Roma people figure in our Geo Quiz.

In Romania, linguistic respect for people once derided as Gypsies

Global Politics

The Roma in Romania have long been called Tigan or Gypsy. Now, the country has made Roma the official term and hopes to reduce stereotypes and discrimination.