Dafin is of Roma origin. Abandoned by his parents as a baby, he grew up in a Bulgarian orphanage. Today, he is a hugely ...

The condition of the Roma minority may prove to be a snagging point for Bulgaria as it seeks to put its house in order for accession to the European Union, tentatively scheduled for 2007.

Azime Ali Topchu, 48, a Bulgarian Roma woman, stands in her back yard in a village on the outskirts of Burgas, Bulgaria, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Human rights activists and experts say local ...

Europe's Roma population is reported to be between 10 and 12 million, while in Bulgaria they number around 320,000. The most wide-spread theory is that Roma first came to Bulgaria around the 11th ...

Authorities in the Bulgarian city of Sliven have set up police checkpoints around the Roma neighborhood, as the government considers tougher measures for a community it says has flaunted rules ...

Roma people in a Bulgarian town are barred from leaving their neighborhood. Officials cite a medical risk, but residents and advocates say it’s yet another form of bigotry.

Bulgarian mother of the little Roma girl wants her daughter back Karl Penhaul, CNN 4 minute read Updated 6:29 PM EDT, Mon October 28, 2013 Link Copied! Video Ad ...

Second-year ethnomusicology student Nathan Bernacki taught Bulgarian folk dances at the International Folk Dance Club and Global Dance Club’s 19th annual fall quarter Greek/Balkan Culture Night.

Attack on a Roma boy in Bulgaria, and the Saudi dance craze sweeping the Arab world . Issued on: 13/05/2016 - 17:27.

A Kalaidzhi girl and boy dance atop a car, holding money: The community, a small portion of the estimated 700,000 Bulgarian Roma, are almost all devout Orthodox Christians who keep teen boys and ...