Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini instructed regional officials to draft “reports on the presence of Roma, Sinti, and Camminanti settlements” in their respective areas within two weeks. According to a statement from the Interior Ministry “The aim is to verify the presence of illegal camps to draw up an eviction plan.” According to the Council of Europe, there are between 120,000 and... 

Siderov, who is running for President for a second consecutive time this fall, stated that the presidential building was "a bunker in which Parvanov and his staff are hiding." Volen Siderov, the flamboyant leader of Bulgaria’s far-right Ataka (Attack) party, has tried to force his way into the country’s presidential building and hand out a special declaration to President Georgi... 

French authorities have said the majority are returning on a voluntary basis But as the 124 people landed in Timisoara, in their native Romania, many said they planned to head straight back to France. “Of course I’m thinking about returning to France. Life is better than in Romania,” said 26-year-old Ionut Balasz as he arrived in Romania. Aurel Cioaba echoed his sentiment: “I... 

Traveller minorities blocked the bridge near Bordeaux in protest at plans to remove them Roma (Gypsies) have blocked a major road bridge near Bordeaux in protest after hundreds of them were evicted from an illegal campsite. Around 250 vehicles blocked the bridge for five hours on Sunday, causing tailbacks of up to five kilometres on a public holiday weekend. More than 40 illegal camps have been closed... 

France is saying that the Roma question must be dealt with within a European framework, but starting with the countries of origin France’s Europe minister, Pierre Lellouche, pressed Romania to tackle the question of “integration” of Roma communities on Monday. He softened his tone from a week before by underscoring that all European states had a responsibility in which he laid the... 

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered authorities to expel Gypsy illegal immigrants and dismantle their camps, amid accusations that his government is acting racist in its treatment of the group known as Roma. Sarkozy called a government meeting Wednesday after Gypsies clashed with police this month following the shooting death of a youth fleeing officers in the Loire Valley. Sarkozy... 

Do they have a fourth of July in Italy? That’s not a trick question. This July 4th, Italians plan to gather in Vicenza to take nonviolent action aimed at freeing Italy from U.S. occupation and opposing the proposed construction of an enormous new U.S. military base in a town already swarming with U.S. troops stationed at existing bases. For years now, a major campaign organized by local residents... 

About 300 Gypsies living in a camp in Rome attacked five Police staff, who were inspecting the area. Two Romanian Gypsies have been arrested in the events’ aftermath, according to La Republicca newspaper, quoted by Romanian news agency Mediafax. The incident took place on Sunday, on entering Porta Portese, a traveller camp in Tor Sapienza (Rome). The Gypsies gather here weekly to sell second-hand... 

The conservative/anti-immigration People of Freedom party 29 seats, while it’s coalition ally the far-right secessionist League of the North took 8. The centrist UDC took 5 seats. A group of leftists parties had joined forces to create the new Italian Democrtic Party. This party hoped to ride the wave of world-wide media vilification of the Italian People of Freedom. Despite a months long international... 

Agron Bérischa, an ethnic Roma, 33 years old, arrived in France in 2004. “I escaped Kosovo because of Anti-Roma racism, but also Mecedonia and Montenegro”. 3 out of their 9 children were born in France Particuliar distinction: Mr Agron Bérischa, an ethnic Roma, living with 2 women. “I remarried, but in the interest of my children, my first wife stayed with us, Overall, our...