Each summer the English upland town of Appleby-in-Westmorland hosts a spontaneous week-long ‘happening’. It’s the event of the year for a culture with an unsettled past—and an uncertain future. A man ...

Gypsies from across Europe gathered Monday at Auschwitz to remember hundreds of thousands of their murdered ancestors and to call for wider recognition of their suffering in the Nazi Holocaust. The ...

11:44, Thu, Jun 26, 2025 Updated: 12:00, Thu, Jun 26, 2025 A family of Romani Gypsies has spoken out about their lives and "proud" traditions, claiming that myths created on TV shows are "nonsense." ...

Jimmy Carr is facing mounting pressure to apologise for joking that the murders of thousands of Gypsies by the Nazis was a “positive” of the Holocaust. The defiant comedian has vowed to “go down ...

The health of Gypsies and Travellers is significantly worse than that of other vulnerable groups, reveals research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. It is not known how many Gypsies ...

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – England’s national Catholic chaplain for gypsies, Roma and Travellers says a new television documentary will only “reinforce … prejudice” against the communities. The ...

THERE are at least one dozen gypsy kings in the city. All are elderly, quarrelsome, and self-appointed. One of them, Johnny Nikanov, a Russian, sometimes called King Cockeye Johnny by the detectives ...

My classmates at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, where I am a Fulbright fellow, are talking more about Gypsy/Roma issues than last year. I wish I could claim credit for this, but it resulted from ...

FOR more than four hundred years the Gypsies have been one of the riddles of European history. Much deep study and learned research have found plentiful employment in the endeavor to point out the ...

Jo Richardson is currently undertaking a piece of research on negotiated stopping with London Gypsy Travellers, funded by the Greater London Authority. It’s election time again. That means hustings, ...

Antonio Moreno lives on what is reputedly Madrid’s most dangerous street, where dealers openly offer any type of drug around the clock. He owns a four-bedroom house with a pool; he works out of his ...