PLOVDIV, Bulgaria --Gypsies have gone on a two-day rampage after their electricity was cut off amid claims that nearly $3 million of bills remain unpaid. About 1,000 gypsies in Bulgaria's second ...

The Gypsy girl knows she has to look her best ... seek to forge mutually beneficial unions that will help them weather Bulgaria’s brutal economic downturn. Globalization adds to the economic ...

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 ...

The case has illustrated the plight of Roma gypsies in Bulgaria, the European Union's poorest member state. Many spend their lives close to destitution, illiterate and on the fringes of society.

Resentment against them is openly expressed. “Eat, drink, babies, go,” is how one Bulgarian I met described his impression of the Gypsy lifestyle. It’s true that many do move from town to ...

When the girl's original parents were finally found, they turned out to be a Roma couple in Bulgaria. (Apparently, Gypsies can produce blonde children. Someone should tell the police.) Maria's ...

The last big sweep came in 2010, when France expelled Gypsies to Romania and Bulgaria. Then the European Commission imposed sanctions and thousands of French came out to protest in sympathy for ...

One 2009 study conducted for the Fundación Secretariado Gitano looked at the housing of Gypsies in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain, and found that over ...

The Gypsy press in Bulgaria experiences harsh financial problems. According to Chaprazov, only foreigners have been willing to help while he has been scorned by Bulgarian foundations.

The case has illustrated the plight of Roma gypsies in Bulgaria, the European Union's poorest member state. Many spend their lives close to destitution, illiterate and on the fringes of society.

Resentment against them is openly expressed. "Eat, drink, babies, go," is how one Bulgarian I met described his impression of the Gypsy lifestyle. It's true that many do move from town to town ...