Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have been part of the UK’s regional populations for centuries. Roma communities are documented to have migrated to the UK during the early 15th century and ...

During my annual trips to Romania, I repeatedly came across a conspicuous people with an invisible past. I knew virtually nothing about them, other than that they looked different from other Romanians ...

This is the first part of a series produced by Romano voďi magazine about the history of the circus in the Czech lands. It describes how the paths of globetrotting (světský) families and Romani ...

Legend has it that European Gypsies came from Egypt but a new genetic study has shown they came from a small population that emerged from ancestors in India around 1000 years ago. The research, by ...

In Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Romany, the words for counting from 1 to 4 are identical. Romany, an Indic language, has nothing to do with Romania, or Rome: It belongs to the Romany nation (often ...

In this article, the terms “Gypsies” and “Roma” are used interchangeably, but there are differences. “Roma,” the preferred term internationally, is not actually as inclusive, as there are some Gypsy ...