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A group of Slovak MEPs criticised Slovakia's ethnic-Hungarian SMK party during a debate in the European Parliament.

Rebecca Covaciu, like most little girls, likes to draw pictures of the things she knows best: Her brother playing the accordion for spare change, a self-portrait as she begs for money to buy food, a shack under ...

Basescu was referring to a census of ethnic Roma - known colloquially as gypsies - ordered by the Italian government which also involves fingerprinting, including children.

In an interview published in 1994, a professor from the University of Bremen, Germany, told me: "If you had an economy of the same value as higher education, EU would run for integration with Romania." That was ...

Italy's policy towards immigrants -- notably ethnic Romanians, many of them Roma -- has come under intense scrutiny since Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said last month that security forces would fingerprint ...

Heavy flooding hit north and west Romania this week, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate dozens of flooded rural towns, officials said yesterday.

Italy's policy towards immigrants -- notably ethnic Romanians, many of them Roma -- has come under intense scrutiny since Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said last month that security forces would fingerprint ...

A decision by Italian authorities to fingerprint nomads -- mostly Roma -- is supported by many Romanians, in spite of statements from Romanian officials condemning the measure as discriminatory.

Italy may demand all its citizens be fingerprinted, a move aimed at defusing widespread criticism of government plans to force Roma people and their children to provide fingerprints as a way of tackling ...

Over a hundred volunteers stand in the shape of the international AIDS symbol as they mark international AIDS day in Bucharest.

From : Vladimir Socor Date : Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:53:02 -0700 July 9, 2008 -- Volume 5, Issue 130 GUAM'S BATUMI SUMMIT BUILDS PARTNERSHIPS AMID CHALLENGES by Vladimir Socor GUAM consultations with the Partner ...

Noua Dreapta being a fascist party from Romania. According to Wikipedia Noua Dreapta "Noua Dreapta's web site indicates opposition to sexual minorities, Roma, abortion, communism, globalization, the European ...

Hungarians may mourn the loss of empire. But some politicians act like it still exists.

The protest in Bucharest is taking place simultaneously with a protest of Romani organizations from Spain in front of the Italian Embassy to Madrid.

'Romania is an example to all' In a world where ethnic and religious conflicts are on the rise, a country like Romania where people of different ethnicities live together should set an example for everyone, ...

PM: Italian anti-illegal immigrant measures, aimed at non-EU states Bucharest Cabinet will issue an official point of view after a careful analysis of the laws by experts from several ministries.

“The issue does not apply to the Romanian community in Italy, who is rather well inserted. Unfortunately, some isolated incidents have caused a commotion, denting its image, yet relations between Italy and Romania are very good”

Joint Romanian - Italian commission on illegal immigration, crimes Representatives from both countries agreed to increase the number of Romanian Police officers in the Peninsula as well, as a way to solve the ... via Nine O'Clock

“We never thought we'd see such images in Italy”

Firefighters inspect the remains of a Gypsy camp set alight in Naples after a resident was accused of trying to abduct a baby. via Guardian Unlimited

“People do what the political class can't manage.”

By Stephen Brown

ROME (Reuters) - Italian police announced on Thursday the arrest of hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in a sign of the new right-wing government's determination to clamp down.

Police arrested 383 people including 268 foreigners, with 53 immediately taken to the border for expulsion, in a week-long operation stretching from northern Italy to the Naples area.

Silvio Berlusconi swept back to power for a third term as prime minister last week promising to get tough on illegal immigrants, blamed by many for crime. He is readying new laws to screen immigrants and jail or expel those breaking the law. Read more

Ever heard of Transnistria? Neither had I, until I read McMafia, Misha Glenny's eye-opening account of our criminal planet. via Guardian Unlimited