SPECIAL ISSUES

KOSOVO: ERRC Action Concerning Roma Living on Kosovo Toxic Site, ERRC, 29/11/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 42 (125)/2004, Divers, 26/11/2004

GREECE: NGO STATEMENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE ON ROMA IN GREECE, NGOs, 24/11/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Bulletin - 38 (121)/2004, DIVERS, 01/11/2004

CROATIA: Renewed Action on Racially Segregated Schools in Croatia, ERRC, 29/10/2004

SERBIA: HLC requests police protection for witness in Roma abuse case, HLC, 29/10/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Bulletin - 37 (120)/2004, Divers, 25/10/2004

ROMANIA/BULGARIA: Pili launches new source book - "Separate and unequal; combating discrimination against Roma in education" , ERRC, 24/10/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 36 (119)/2004, DIVERS, 20/10/2004

GREECE: Greece Exposed on Segregation of Roma, ERRC/COHRE/GHM, 12/10/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 35 (118)/2004, DIVERS, 12/10/2004

BULGARIA: Roma Children are not Children of Bulgaria, Decide the Parliament, HRP, 10/10/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs 34 ( 117)/2004, Divers, 04/10/2004

BULGARIA: First Five Roma Rights Victories under New Bulgarian Equality Law, ERRC, 30/09/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs 33 ( 116)/2004, Divers, 27/09/2004

ROMANIA: Government Strategy Lags Behind While Roma Capacity is Underused, RCRC/EUMAP/RPP, 25/09/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 32(115)/2004, Divers, 20/09/2004

SERBIA: Serbian supreme court upholds ruling in racial discrimination case, HLC, 16/09/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs 31 (114 )/2004, Divers, 13/09/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs 30 ( 113)/2004, Divers, 06/09/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs 29 (112)/2004, Divers, 29/08/2004

GREECE: Does "IOC" Stand for “Intolerant Olympic Committee” Following Award to Intolerant Mikis Theodorakis and Tolerance of Roma Evictions?, GHM, 29/08/2004

GREECE: Remarkable Statement by Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis on the Plights of Greece's Roma, GHM, 28/08/2004

GREECE: NY Newsday, Agence France Presse and Voice of America Report on Roma Around Athens, GHM, 28/08/2004

BULGARIA: The Roma Organizations in Bulgaria Condemn the Racist Calls of a Trade Union Leader, HRP, 24/08/2004

GREECE: :"Athens' Gypsies say they're being hidden": Associated Press Visit to Roma Settlements in Spata and Aspropyrgos, GHM, 24/08/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs 28 (111 )/2004, Divers, 23/08/2004

SERBIA: Serbian Gypsies and Jews in Dispute Over Cemetery (N. Wood, NYTimes 22-8-04), NYTimes, 22/08/2004

GREECE: Gypsies say Olympic hosts pushing them aside - Police claim "Roma, as a group, regularly show elevated levels of illegal conduct"! [Th. Kabanis, Boston Globe, 21-8-04], Boston Globe, 21/08/2004

GREECE: Olympic dream is a nightmare for Athens' poor [M. Schofield, Knight Ridder Newspapers, 19-8-04], Knight Ridder Newspapers, 19/08/2004

GREECE: `Celebrating humanity' or worshipping mammon? [J. Vasilopoulos, Green Left Weekly, 18-8-04], Green Left Weekly, 18/08/2004

INTERNATIONAL: Roma Rights 2/2004: Ethnic Statistics (and news from Bosnia, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia), ERRC, 16/08/2004

GREECE: "Roma Communities Evicted for Olympics" (First COHRE Evictions Monitor), COHRE, 13/08/2004

GREECE: Weblog on Olympics' impact on lives of local residents by makers of "Uprooted" (on Olympic Stadium Roma), Guardian, 13/08/2004

GREECE: Olympic Town Mayor to BBC: "We should try and incorporate Roma into society, but we can't paint them white"!, BBC, 13/08/2004

TURKEY: New human rights journal available online (includes articles on Roma and Turkey), EHRR, 11/08/2004

BULGARIA: ERRC lawsuits in Bulgarian restaurant discrimination cases, ERRC, 11/08/2004

SERBIA: Criminal complaint for expulsion of Roma, CPM/ERRC/HLC, 11/08/2004

CYPRUS: "...spies, deserters and undesirable persons...", the Gypsies of Cyprus, 1322-2003, Kuri Journal, 11/08/2004

GREECE: Statements to "Avghi" by Livia Jaroka, Claude Chan, and Vasilis Paiteris Following Visits to Roma Settlements Near Athens' Olympic Stadium, [in greek], GHM, 10/08/2004

GREECE: Pioneer Hellenic Police Circular Showing Sensitivity to Roma. "Open Channel of Communication" Between Greek Ministry of Education and European Roma Rights Center., [in greek], GHM, 09/08/2004

GREECE: Olympics "clean-up" hits city's most vulnerable inhabitants - Athens Olympic Games security raises human rights concerns, AI, 07/08/2004

SERBIA: Criminal complaint against police for abusing Roma man, CPM/ERRC/HLC, 07/08/2004

EUROPE: 60 years after central Europe's Romany Holocaust, RFE/RL, 02/08/2004

GREECE: Forging an Alliance for the Effective Defense of Roma Rights in Greece, Jaroka/Paiteris/ERRC/GHM, 02/08/2004

GREECE: SBS (Australian TV) on Roma and the Olympics in Athens (June 9, 2004), SBS Dateline, 30/07/2004

BULGARIA: First court victory for Roma based on the new Bulgarian anti-discrimination act, ERRC, 26/07/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs no 27 (110), Divers, 26/07/2004

GREECE: Deputy Minister Nakos Calls for a New Beginning in Solving the Gypsies' Problems, MPA, 25/07/2004

GREECE: Preparing for the Olympic Games: Evicting the Roma, AI, 25/07/2004

BULGARIA: HRP Intervention Leads to Resumption of Investigation on Incitement of Ethnic Hatred Against Roma, HRP, 23/07/2004

SERBIA: Serbia: Discrimination against Roma woman, HLC, 20/07/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Brief - 26 (109)/2004, Divers, 20/07/2004

BULGARIA: Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria Accepted for Referral to the Grand Chamber, ECHR, 15/07/2004

GREECE: Amnesty Interntaional on Greece: Olympic Games must not lead to a trade off of security for human rights, AI, 12/07/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 25 (108)/2004, Divers, 12/07/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 24 (107)/2004, Divers, 05/07/2004

INTERNATIONAL: ERRC Collective Complaint against Italy: Systematic Violations of Right to Adequate Housing, ERRC, 21/06/2004

INTERNATIONAL: Romani Holocaust Memorial In Australia, Roma Network, 18/06/2004

GREECE: Newly Elected Romni MEP Livia Jaroka: "Gypsy shanty towns in Greece even worse than in Hungary", Reuters, 16/06/2004

MACEDONIA/KOSOVO: 500 refugees from Kosovo got asylum in Macedonia, MILS, 15/06/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 21 (104)/2004, Divers, 14/06/2004

KOSOVO: Five Years of Ethnic Cleansing of "Gypsies" from Kosovo, ERRC, 10/06/2004

GREECE: Council of Europe reports on racism in the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece and Hungary, CoE, 08/06/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 20 (103)/2004, Divers, 07/06/2004

BULGARIA: Roma Public Officials in Bulgaria Criticize the Policy of the Government in Open Letter to the Prime Minister, HRP, 04/06/2004

EUROPE: EU experts recommend directive on Roma integration, ERRC, 01/06/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 19 (102)/2004, Divers, 31/05/2004

BALKANS: Amnesty International Annual Report on Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey, AI, 28/05/2004

BALKANS: Amnesty International Annual Report on Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, AI, 28/05/2004

GREECE/ALBANIA: Olympics may spur child trafficking to Greece, Reuters, 27/05/2004

SERBIA: Ethnically motivated violence against Roma and Albanian children is mounting, HLC, 26/05/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 18 (101)/2004, Divers, 24/05/2004

GREECE: UN Critical of Greece's Roma Rights Record, ERRC, 21/05/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs- 17 (100)/2004, Divers, 17/05/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs - 16 (99)/2004, Divers, 10/05/2004

BULGARIA/ROMANIA: Segregated Schooling of Roma in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia, ERRC, 06/05/2004

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: Romany tent church demolition averted?, FORUM 18, 04/05/2004

GREECE: UN CESCR Considers Initial Report on Greece, UNHCHR, 29/04/2004

GREECE: NGOs Highlight Concerns in Lithuania, Greece, Spain, Ecuador, Kuwait, UN CESCR, 26/04/2004

GREECE: UN CESCR and UN CAT Review Greece's Record on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Fight against Torture, GHM, 24/04/2004

GREECE: US Rep. B. Cardin Responds To European Anti-Semitism (and talks about Greece and about Roma in Europe), The Baltimore Jewish Times, 23/04/2004

BULGARIA: ERRC files a police brutality case against Bulgaria with the Strasbourg human rights court, ERRC, 21/04/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No 14 (97)/2004, DIVERS, 19/04/2004

KOSOVO/MONTENEGRO: Housing for displaced Kosovo Roma in Montenegro, HLC, 15/04/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs no. 13 (96), Divers, 13/04/2004

GREECE: International Roma Day: "Uprooted" - Award Winning Documentary On Evicted Athens Olympic Stadium Roma- Now Available On Line, GHM, 08/04/2004

EUROPE: Roma Day 2004 Call for Social Inclusion of Roma in Europe, ERRC, 08/04/2004

BOSNIA: OSCE Mission produced documentary on Roma community to premiere in Sarajevo, OSCE, 08/04/2004

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: New strategy in Serbia and Montenegro aims at integrating, empowering Roma, OSCE, 07/04/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs no. 12 (95), OMCT, 05/04/2004

SERBIA: Roma racial discrimination action in Serbia, MRCERRC/HLC, 31/03/2004

KOSOVO: Ethnic Cleansing of "Gypsies" in Kosovo, ERRC, 31/03/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs no. 11 (94), Divers, 29/03/2004

KOSOVO: The Roma - Kosovo's forgotten victims, MRG, 29/03/2004

SERBIA: Denmark Expels Romani Woman to Serbia - Leads Europe in Brutal Treatment of Migrants and Refugees, ERRC, 25/03/2004

INTERNATIONAL: Call for papers on: Rights of minorities: The case of the Roma - Human rights and religion, EHRR, 24/03/2004

GREECE: Sad Thoughts on the Occasion of the International Day Against Racism in Greece, GHM, 21/03/2004

GREECE: Another Romani Shed Burned Down! The Tragedy of the Aspropyrgos Roma Representative, GHM, 23/03/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs no. 10 (93), Divers, 22/03/2004

SERBIA: ERRC/HLC/MRC Action Against Hate Speech in Serbia, ERRC, 22/03/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Brifes Nr. 9 (92), Divers, 15/03/2004

BULGARIA: European Human Rights Court: Bulgaria Degraded Romani Man on Death Row, ERRC, 12/03/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs Nr. 8 (91), Divers, 08/03/2004

INTERNATIONAL: New web site of Human Rights Project on rights of children especially from vulnerable groups, HRP, 04/03/2004

MONTENEGRO: Compensation action in favor of Roma against Montenegro, ERRC/BCMR/HLC, 03/03/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs no 7 (90), Divers, 01/03/2004

SLOVENIA: Signs of intolerance, or just legal wrangling in Slovenia?, RFE/RL, 27/02/2004

GREECE: Request to Suspend Police Director of Achaia over Racist Circular Targeting Roma (20/2/2004), GHM, 27/02/2004

BULGARIA: Strasbourg Court Condemns Discrimination Against Roma in Bulgaria, ERRC, 26/02/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs No. 6 (89), Divers, 23/02/2004

GREECE: Open Letter to Greek Prime Minister on Attack by Greek Pontics on Aspropyrgos Roma Settlement, OMCT/GHM, 19/02/2004

BULGARIA: Landmark discrimination lawsuit in Bulgaria, ERRC, 18/02/2004

GREECE: A History of Failed Promises to Roma, OMCT/GHM, 18/02/2004

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 33, Romani CRISS, 18/02/2004

GREECE: Spata Roma Still 'Under the Weather:' Fourth Day in a Row with no Water, amidst General Municipal and Ministry Indifference!, GHM, 16/02/2004

BOSNIA: ERRC Country Report: Roma Rights in Bosnia, ERRC, 16/02/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs No 5 (88), Divers, 16/02/2004

GREECE: Beaten, starved and denied wages: Greeks rescue Roma victims of Britain's latest 'slave labour' scandal, The Independent, 13/02/2004

GREECE: Greek Roma flower pickers were 'slaves' in the UK - Flower firm denies 'slave' claim, BBC, 13/02/2004

GREECE: Highly Irregular Greek Police Investigation into the Ill-Treatment of Romani Men by Police Officers, GHM, 13/02/2004

INTERNATIONAL: Alvaro Gil Robles: Enlargement will alter the human rights landscape in the EU - Reports on new member states, CoE, 12/02/2004

GREECE: Greek Roma rescued from UK "slave labour", Reuters, 12/02/2004

INTERNATIONAL: Roma Rights 4/2003: Political Rights of Roma (concerns Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey), ERRC, 12/02/2004

GREECE: Ethnic Greek "Pontics" attack Apropyrgos Roma community [Kathimerini, 4-2-04], Kathimerini, 11/02/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities News 04/2004, Divers, 09/02/2004

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: UN Condemns Germany for Forcible Expulsions of Roma to Serbia and Montenegro, ERRC, 05/02/2004

BULGARIA/ROMANIA: European Roma Information Office Newsletter 02/2004 (on Bulgaria and Romania inter alia), ERIO, 04/02/2004

GREECE: BBC World TV on Roma in Athens and Surroundings [29/1/2004], BBC, 03/02/2004

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 32, Romani CRISS, 02/02/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs no. 3 (86), Divers, 02/02/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs no 1 / 2004, Divers, 29/01/2004

INTERNATIONAL: Learning the Lessons of the Romani Holocaust (O Baro Parrajmos): The history of Settela (Anna Maria) Steinbach, Janette Grφnfors, 27/01/2004

BULGARIA: Joint Statement of four HR organizations on Police Assault on Sofia Roma Neighborhood 'Fakulteta', HRP, 26/01/2004

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minorities Briefs No2, 2004, Divers, 26/01/2004

SERBIA: Motion for enforcement of court decision in Roma-related discrimination case, HLC, 22/01/2004

SERBIA: Appeal to stop eviction of Roma family, HLC, 21/01/2004

INTERNATIONAL: German government urged to act on Sinti and Roma womens’ rights, ERRC, 21/01/2004

KOSOVO/ROMANIA/SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: Germany Under Fire at United Nations for (Kosovo, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro) Roma Expulsions, ERRC, 16/01/2004

GREECE: Athens Olympic City of Marousi Does Not Pay Compensation to Evicted Roma, Reuters, 14/01/2004

GREECE: Tales told by the 'travellers': Greek Roma folk tale collection [K. Tzilivakis, Athens News, 2-1-04], Athens News, 06/01/2004

GREECE: On Those Who Were Shot Dead by Police in Greece, Still Forgotten, Still Seeking Justice..., [in greek], GHM, 03/01/2004

GREECE: Interior Deputy Minister Nikos Bistis Intervenes on Behalf of Olympic Stadium Roma and Reaffirms Commitments on Aspropyrgos and Spata Roma, [in greek], GHM, 29/12/2003

SERBIA: Eviction of Romani mother and four children stayed, HLC, 22/12/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 31, Romani CRISS, 17/12/2003

BULGARIA: Legal Action on Problematic Bulgarian Police Law Provisions, ERRC, 16/12/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 83, DIVERS, 15/12/2003

BULGARIA: Discrimination Through Hooliganism Decree, ERRC, 15/12/2003

GREECE: Glykeia Nea Tiryntha Photos (December 2003), 15/12/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 30, Romani CRISS, 12/12/2003

MACEDONIA: End Cruel Limbo for Kosovo Roma Refugees, HRW, 10/12/2003

GREECE: Greece urged to treat Gypsies better, AP, 09/12/2003

GREECE: Deputy Minister Bistis on Spata, Marousi and Aspropyrgos Roma, GHM, 09/12/2003

SERBIA: Two Roma seek compensation for torture, HLC, 09/12/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 82, DIVERS, 08/12/2003

BULGARIA/GREECE/ROMANIA/TURKEY: ERRC/COHRE Housing Rights Action Before European Committee of Social Rights (on Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Turkey), ERRC, 04/12/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter: No 29, Romani CRISS, 03/12/2003

INTERNATIONAL: OSCE human rights chief welcomes Action Plan on Roma and Sinti, OSCE, 02/12/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 81, DIVERS, 02/12/2003

BULGARIA: By the Help of HRP the Court Judged Big Compensation for two Roma on the Occasion of the Death of Their Daughter in the Hospital, HRP, 01/12/2003

EUROPE: European Parliament gave a voice for Romani women, European Roma Information Office, 27/11/2003

KOSOVO: Legal Action Challenging Forced Expulsions to Kosovo, ERRC, 27/11/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 80, DIVERS, 26/11/2003

BULGARIA: At The Recent Local Elections Roma Political Parties Won Success On The Background Of Strong Anti-Roma Propaganda, HRP, 26/11/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 79, DIVERS, 17/11/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 78, DIVERS, 10/11/2003

GREECE: Anti-Semitism and Racism in Greece: Op-Ed in WSJ on the Occasion of Kristalnacht Commemoration, [in greek], GHM, 07/11/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 77, DIVERS, 03/11/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 29, Romani CRISS, 30/10/2003

GREECE: When Consolidated GHM "Anti-Greek" Positions on Racism in Greece Are Finally Widely Adopted..., [in greek], GHM, 28/10/2003

SERBIA: Sabac District Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling in anti-Roma Discrimination Case, HLC, 28/10/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Roma Rights 3/2003: Personal Documents and Fundamental Rights, ERRC, 27/10/2003

ROMANIA: Romania: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 76, DIVERS, 27/10/2003

MACEDONIA: "War" in Roma settlement "Suto Orizari" (Skopje), MILS, 27/10/2003

KOSOVO: Don't force Roma to return to Kosovo, says Assembly committee, CoE, 22/10/2003

KOSOVO: ERIO calls on MEPs to debate on the situation of Kosovo Roma in the Balkans and Europe, ERIO, 21/10/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 75, DIVERS, 20/10/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 27, Romani CRISS, 15/10/2003

GREECE: ERRC/GHM Legal Action in Greek Police Killing of Romani Man, ERRC/GHM, 14/10/2003

CROATIA: Croatian Deputy Ombudsman Under Pressure, ERRC, 14/10/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 74, DIVERS, 13/10/2003

SERBIA: Criminal complaint for racial discrimination against Roma, HLC, 10/10/2003

BULGARIA: The Government again Turned its Back on the Desegregation of the Roma Schools, HRP, 08/10/2003

BULGARIA/CROATIA/GREECE/MACEDONIA/ROMANIA/SERBIA/MONTENEGRO/SLOVENIA: IHF-ERRC Joint Intervention on Roma Rights (concerns Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia), IHF-ERRC, 08/10/2003

ROMANIA: ERRC Statement Concerning Recent Events Surrounding Romanian Romani Wedding, ERRC, 07/10/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 73, DIVERS, 06/10/2003

BULGARIA: Bulgarian universities to train teachers for Romany Children, RFE/RL, 01/10/2003

ROMANIA: Romanian Government Inquiry into gypsy child wedding, BBC, 01/10/2003

ROMANIA: Roma father rejects child bride criticism in Romania, BBC, 01/10/2003

ROMANIA: Action demanded by MEP over Romania's Romani child bride, BBC, 30/09/2003

ROMANIA: Romania's Gypsy king's daughter is sad child bride, BBC, 29/09/2003

GREECE: Open letter to mr. Constantine Simitis, prime minister of Greece, on Spata Roma, OMCT/GHM, 29/09/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 72, DIVERS, 29/09/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 27, Romani CRISS, 25/09/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter, Romani CRISS, 23/09/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 71, DIVERS, 22/09/2003

BULGARIA: Bulgaria Made Important Step for Elimination of the Discrimination, HRP, 19/09/2003

GREECE: Criminal Charges against 27 Roma and Destitute Living Conditions in the Roma Settlement of Glykeia, OMCT/GHM, 18/09/2003

BULGARIA: ERRC Welcomes Bulgarian Anti-Discrimination Law, ERRC, 18/09/2003

GREECE: How Greece Does (Not) Respect the Roma of Spata (and their Rights). A GHM Report to State Authorities, the Greek Ombudsman and the Council of Europe, [in greek], GHM, 16/09/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 70, DIVERS, 15/09/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Roma women challenge European governments over health crisis, call for special conference on sterilization, AdvocacyNet, 13/09/2003

GREECE: School Year Begins with a Deception of the Roma of Spata, [in greek], GHM, 11/09/2003

SERBIA: Criminal complaint for incitement to racial hate (Roma victim), HLC, 11/09/2003

SERBIA: Housing must be secured for evicted Roma family, HLC, 12/09/2003

INTERNATIONAL: "What access to healthcare for Roma women?": Conference at the Council of Europe, 11-12 September, CoE, 08/09/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 69, DIVERS, 08/09/2003

GREECE: Open Letter to Greek Minister of Justice on Judicial System's Lack of Will to Deal with Incitement to Hatred and Discrimination, IHF/GHM, 04/09/2003

MONTENEGRO: Appeal for enrollment of displaced Kosovo Roma children in Montenegro, HLC, 04/09/2003

BOSNIA: ERRC Concerns: Forced Evictions of Roma in Bosnia, ERRC, 01/09/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 68, DIVERS, 01/09/2003

SERBIA: Romani Community Threatened with Eviction by Serbian Authorities, ERRC, 28/08/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 24, Romani CRISS, 27/08/2003

MONTENEGRO: Criminal complaint for serious injury of Roma woman in traffic accident, HLC, 27/08/2003

MACEDONIA/KOSOVO/GREECE: Roma refugees from Kosovo started moving to private houses in Macedonia, MILS, 27/08/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 67, DIVERS, 25/08/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE: UNHCR FYROM Update no. 36 on Kosovo Roma Refugees in Macedonia, UNHCR, 21/08/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE: Macedonian Helsinki Committee: Kosovo Roma refugees victims of racial discrimination by UNHCR, MILS, 21/08/2003

BULGARIA: National Newspaper Explains Dissmisal of Minister by Government Inaction on Roma Issues, HRP, 20/08/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 66, DIVERS, 18/08/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 23, Romani CRISS, 14/08/2003

GREECE: Criminal Charges against 27 Roma and Destitute Living Conditions in the Roma Settlement of Glykeia (Case GRE-FE 130803), OMCT, 14/08/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA: UNHCR FYROM Update no. 35 on Kosovo Roma from Greek-Macedonian Border, UNHCR, 12/08/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA: UNHCR Welcomes Return of the Kosovo Roma Refugees from Medzitlija (Greek Macedonian border), UNHCR, 10/08/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE: Developments on Kosovo Roma at Greek-Macedonian border - MILS and UNCHR versions, MILS, 07/08/2003

BULGARIA: Several Hundred Roma from Silistra Demonstrated against the Murder of a young Roma man on Sunday, HRP, 07/08/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE: UNHCR Macedonia Information Update No.33 on Kosovo Roma at the Greek-Macedonian Border, UNHCR, 04/08/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE: UNHCR and government without solution for kosovo roma at greek-macedonian border, MILS, 04/08/2003

GREECE: Commemoration of Romani Holocaust. In Greece of Apartheid, Judicial "Pogrom" Against Roma of Nea Tiryntha for Living on Land They Were Relocated to by the Prefecture!, SOKADRE, 02/08/2003

INTERNATIONAL: New on MINELRES website, MINELRES, 01/08/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Helsinki Commission Chairman Recalls Romani Holocaust Tragedy, HELSINKI COMMISSION NEWS, 31/07/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO: OSCE Skopje conference ends with agreement on return of Roma refugees stranded at Greek border, OSCE, 25/07/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 65, DIVERS, 25/07/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA: Regional OSCE conference on future of Roma refugees from Kosovo opens in Skopje today, OSCE, 24/07/2003

GREECE: ERRC/GHM Joint Letter on Greek Hate Speech Case (concerning Roma), ERRC/GHM, 24/07/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 22, Romani CRISS, 21/07/2003

KOSOVO/MONTENEGRO: 205 displaced Egyptians from Kosovo face eviction in Montenegro, HLC, 21/07/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 64, DIVERS, 21/07/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA: Photos from Kosovo Roma in the Greek-Macedonian Border and Elsewhere and Kosovo Serbs, Anna Kari, 19/07/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA: Kosovo Roma's attempt to enter Greece stopped with police violence, MILS, 18/07/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA: Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border are waiting for ECHR decision, MILS, 15/07/2003

BULGARIA/CROATIA/KOSOVO: SEEMO press release. Concerns Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Roma, IPI/IFEX, 15/07/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No.63, DIVERS, 14/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Pariah Minorities: A Special Issue of Social Research Journal, Social Research, 11/07/2003

SLOVENIA: ECRI's Listserve: Five new reports on racism (including Slovenia), ECRI, 09/07/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA: UNHCR Update on the Kosovo Roma in the Greek-Macedonia Border (2-7-03), UNHCR, 09/07/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 21 , Romani CRISS, 07/07/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 62, DIVERS, 07/07/2003

KOSOVO: Kosovo Roma living in fear turn to EU for help, MRGI, 03/07/2003

MACEDONIA: Rom wins UK asylum: Macedonia criticised, Ustiben, 02/07/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Romani Activists Statement: Open Society Institute/World Bank Conference (concerns Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro), ERRC, 02/07/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: Sexual Abuse of Child and Impunity, OMCT, 30/06/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 61, DIVERS, 30/06/2003

GREECE: Police Officer Who Killed Rom in Zefyri Still on Duty Despite His Announced, Even Internationally, Dismissal! Had Caused Two More Serious Incidents in the Past but Remained in Service Carrying Firearms! (07/06/2003), [in greek], GHM, 27/06/2003

SERBIA: Center for Social Work in Veliko Gradiste abandoning prosecution in the case of an abused Roma child, HLC, 26/06/2003

MONTENEGRO: Montenegrin Government to Pay 985.000 Euro in Compensation to Pogrom Victims, ERRC, 25/06/2003

ROMANIA: Landmark Ruling in 1993 Romanian Mob Violence Case, ERRC, 25/06/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 20, Romani CRISS, 25/06/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO: Anti-globalists from Thessaloniki with support for Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border, MILS, 23/06/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 60, DIVERS, 23/06/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO: UNHCR Press Briefing on the Situation of Kosovo Roma at the Greek-Macedonian Border, UNHCR, 20/06/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 59, MINELRES/DIVERS, 16/06/2003

EUROPE: Positive Dialogue between Romani and European Union representatives, ERIO, 16/06/2003

KOSOVO/GREECE/MACEDONIA: Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border receive negative answer from EU countries, MILS, 16/06/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 58, MINELRES/DIVERS, 09/06/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter, Romani CRISS, 09/06/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE: Roma refugees from Kosova stage protest, RFE/RL, 06/06/2003

BULGARIA: Bulgarian government launches program for Roma's integration while local Romany groups protest racist attacks, RFE/RL, 06/06/2003

MACEDONIA/KOSOVO/GREECE: EU called on Kosovo Roma to accept the offer of the Macedonian government, MILS, 06/06/2003

BULGARIA: Annual Report of the Human Rights Project on the Situation of the Human Rights of the Roma in Bulgaria in 2002, HRP, 06/06/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE: Petition by Kosovo Roma in Macedonia (border area with Greece), ERRC, 31/05/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO: Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border signed applications for asylum in Greece, MILS, 30/05/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 56, MINELRES/DIVERS, 29/05/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE: Roma National Congress: Only solution for Kosovo Roma is to leave Macedonia, MILS, 29/05/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE: RNC Press Conference on Kosovo Roma at the Greek-Macedonian Border, RNC, 29/05/2003

BALKANS: Amnesty International Annual Report 2003, AI, 28/05/2003

BULGARIA: Restore Anti-Discrimination law draft to protect Roma, Ustiben, 28/05/2003

MACEDONIA/BULGARIA: School Ethnic Segregation in Macedonia and Bulgaria, TOL, 27/05/2003

MACEDONIA/KOSOVO: Government suggests Kosovo Roma become refugees. Helsinki Committee: Allow Roma leave the country., MILS, 27/05/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter, Romani CRISS, 27/05/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE: Medecins Du Monde-Greece assess situation of 600 Rom refugees stranded at FYROM­Greek border, MISSIONS MDM, 27/05/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO: Crisis at the Greek-Macedonian border (with Kosovo Roma), Gunther, 25/05/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO: News Bulletin on the Macedonian-Greek Kosovo Roma Refugee Crisis, RNN Exclusive, 23/05/2003

GREECE/MACEDONIA/KOSOVO: Incident on the Greek-Macedonian border cross Medzitlija - Police had to intervene against Roma from Kosovo, MILS, 23/05/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 55, MINELRES/DIVERS, 22/05/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Roma Rights 1 and 2/2003: Anti-Discrimination Law, ERRC, 22/05/2003

BULGARIA: A Member of the Parliament Publishes an Inflammatory Article Against the Roma, HRP, 22/05/2003

GREECE/KOSOVO/MACEDONIA: Greece refused to accept Kosovo Roma refugees which wait at the Macedoian border, MILS, 22/05/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA: Violence Against Kosovo Roma in Macedonia, ERRC, 22/05/2003

SERBIA: "BIBIJA" - Rroma Women`s Center from Belgrade: FCNM Alternative Report and NGO Info, BIBIJA, 21/05/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE: Humanitarian disaster threatens to the Roma refugees at Greek-Macedonian border, MILS, 21/05/2003

GREECE: The Continuing Plight of Roma in Greece, Hon. C. Smith in Congressional Record, 20/05/2003

BULGARIA: ERRC School Desegregation Lawsuit in Bulgaria, ERRC, 20/05/2003

KOSOVO/MACEDONIA/GREECE: Roma refugees from Kosovo discontented by lodging in Macedonia request asylum in Greece, MILS, 20/05/2003

GREECE: Harassment of Roma in Greece, ERRC/IHF, 19/05/2003

BULGARIA: European Roma Learn about U.S. Blacks' Struggle for Equality, Greenwood Commonwealth, 18/05/2003

MACEDONIA/GREECE: Refugee crisis on the Macedonian/Greek boarder with 800 Roma, RNN, 18/05/2003

KOSOVO: Deportees becoming major social problem (mainly Kosovo Roma), HLC, 16/05/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 54, MINELRES/DIVERS, 14/05/2003

CROATIA: ERRC Legal Action in Croatian School Segregation Case, ERRC, 13/05/2003

BOSNIA: OSCE BiH Mission welcomes measures to legalise Roma settlement in Brcko, OSCE, 12/05/2003

KOSOVO: ERRC Sues Denmark Regarding Forced Expulsions of Kosovo Roma, ERRC, 09/05/2003

MONTENEGRO: ERRC/HLC Letter to Montenegrin Prime Minister, ERRC/HLC, 08/05/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter, Romani CRISS, 08/05/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 53, MINELRES/DIVERS, 30/04/2003

GREECE: Threat of Unlawful Eviction of a Roma Community/Denied Access to Basic Services, OMCT, 29/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL: CoE Commissioner for HR Alvaro Gil-Robles outlines human rights problems in EU countries (Brussels - 24.4.03), CoE, 26/04/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 52, MINELRES/DIVERS, 25/04/2003

GREECE: Aspropyrgos Roma Were Looking Forward to Having Water and Electricity. Instead Police Attempted to Evict Them Just Before Easter!, SOKADRE, 24/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: ERRC/UN OHCHR Joint Memorandum on Roma in Serbia and Montenegro, ERRC, 24/04/2003

ROMANIA: Romani CRISS News Letter No 16, Romani CRISS, 22/04/2003

GREECE: Speech on Roma by the President of the Athens Bar Association, DIMITRIS PAXINOS, 14/04/2003

GREECE: Parliamentary Question on Aspropyrgos (Greece) Roma by Coalition MP Maria Damanaki, MARIA DAMANAKI, 14/04/2003

GREECE: Two Socialist Dutch MEPs Write to Greek Authorities on Plight of Roma Resettled by the State Far Away from Inhabited Areas, MRG-G/GHM, 14/04/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 51, MINELRES/DIVERS, 14/04/2003

GREECE: REPORT - Cleaning Operations: Excluding Roma in Greece, ERRC/GHM, 06/04/2003

MACEDONIA: Summary of 21st issue of "Gostivar Voice", Gostivar Voice, 09/04/2003

BULGARIA: Bulgaria's Roma mark their holiday, demand better integration, RFE/RL, 09/04/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Minority Briefs No. 50, MINELRES/DIVERS, 09/04/2003

GREECE: Greek MEP Anna Karamanou on International Roma Day, [in greek], Anna Karamanou, 08/04/2003

SERBIA: Housing must be secured for evicted Roma, HLC, 08/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: World Roma Day, HLC, 08/04/2003

MACEDONIA: Macedonia's Romany minority marks 'Day of the Roma'., RFE/RL, 08/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner concerned for Roma/Gypsy communities, CoE, 08/04/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Romani CRISS News Letter No 16 , Romani CRISS, 08/04/2003

GREECE: REPORT - Cleaning Operations: Excluding Roma in Greece, ERRC/GHM, 06/04/2003

GREECE: Cleaning Operations: Excluding Roma in Greece (Country Report on Roma in Greece), [in greek], ERRC/GHM, 06/04/2003

SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: Lawsuit at UN Race Discrimination Body against Serbia and Montenegro, ERRC/HLC, 01/04/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.49, MINELRES/DIVERS, 31/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Romani CRISS News Letter, Romani CRISS, 24/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Official start of the European Roma Information Office in Brussels on 18 March 2003, ERIO, 22/03/2003

SERBIA: HLC motion for additional investigation into sexual abuse of Romani boy, HLC, 21/03/2003

MACEDONIA: Macedonia's Serbs, Roma and Vlachs demand passports on their languages, MILS, 20/03/2003

BULGARIA: Bulgaria's Roma groups against war in Iraq, SSDID/HRP, 17/03/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.47, MINELRES/DIVERS, 17/03/2003

BULGARIA: Bulgarian Helsinki Committee warns of deteriorating human rights situation, RFE/RL, 14/03/2003

KOSOVO: Kosovo Roma in Denmark Threatened with Expulsion, ERRC, 13/03/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No. 46, MINELRES/DIVERS, 11/03/2003

BULGARIA: New National Roma Association, MINELRES, 10/03/2003

RUSSIA: Russia before UN Anti-Racism Committee, ERRC, 10/03/2003

MACEDONIA: Declaration against police brutality against Roma in Macedonia, MILS, 10/03/2003

SERBIA: PER Report: Roma in Multiethnic Communities in Serbia, MINELRES, 10/03/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Romani CRISS News Letter No 14, Romani CRISS, 07/03/2003

MACEDONIA: Abuse of Roma in Macedonia, ERRC, 06/03/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.45, MINELRES/DIVERS, 04/03/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.44, MINELRES/DIVERS, 26/02/2003

BULGARIA/TURKEY: Bulgarian Roma to sue ethnic Turkish politician, RFE/RL, 24/02/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.43, MINELRES/DIVERS, 21/02/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Romani CRISS News Letter No 13, Romani CRISS, 21/02/2003

SERBIA: HLC commences prosecution in case of discrimination against Rom, HLC, 19/02/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.42, MINELRES/DIVERS, 14/02/2003

BOSNIA: Roma plight ignored, IWPR, 13/02/2003

SERBIA: Complaint against two municipal officials for incitement to racial hatred against Roma (07/02/2003), HLC, 12/02/2003

MACEDONIA: Roma people from Ramnina request the government to help them build new houses, MILS, 11/02/2003

GREECE: After Stray Dogs, Isn't it About Time that the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee Dealt with Roma as Well?, [in greek , GHM, 11/02/2003

EUROPE: Conference Declaration: "Roma and the Stability Pact in Southeastern Europe", Bucharest, February 6-9, 2003, ERRC, 10/02/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Romani CRISS News Letter No 12, Romani CRISS, 10/02/2003

MACEDONIA/ROMANIA: European Minorities Face Educational Barriers (concerns Macedonia, Romania and Roma), MINELRES, 07/02/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.41, MINELRES/DIVERS, 06/02/2003

GREECE: Right to Adequate Housing of Racial Discrimination against Roma, OMCT, 05/02/2003

ALBANIA: OSCE roundtable in Albania agrees to draft national strategy for Roma, OSCE, 04/02/2003

INTERNATIONAL: ERRC Welcomes UN Children's Rights Committee Findings on the Czech Republic, ERRC, 03/02/2003

INTERNATIONAL: ERRC Welcomes UN Children's Committee Rights Findings on Italy, ERRC, 03/02/2003

BULGARIA: Retired Colonel Shoot 16 years old Roma man, HRP, 28/01/2003

INTERNATIONAL: New PER report: Roma and the Question of Self-Determination, MINELRES/PER, 24/01/2003

MONTENEGRO: Alternative housing must be found for Budva (Montenegro) Roma, HLC, 24/01/2003

BULGARIA: Bulgarian Romany leaders criticize lack of acceptance, RFE/RL, 22/01/2003

MONTENEGRO: UN Committee against Torture Finds Montenegrin Authorities in Flagrant Breach of Human Rights Standards, ERRC/HLC, 22/01/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.39, MINELRES/DIVERS, 20/01/2003

ROMANIA: Ethnic Diversity Briefs, No.38, MINELRES/DIVERS, 15/01/2003

INTERNATIONAL: Empowering Roma is aim of new UN programme, Ustiben, 15/01/2003

EUROPE: Shame of a continent: Roma persecution in Europe, The Guardian, 10/01/2003

ALBANIA: OSCE supports first Roma roundtable in Albania, OSCE, 10/01/2003

SERBIA: Unofficial Results of the Serbian census: Minorities decrease, BTA, 08/01/2003

MACEDONIA: Summary of 12th, 13th, and 14th issues of "Gostivar Voice", IPG, 08/01/2003

SERBIA: Germans deport Yugoslavia's Roma: "Fire brigade, open the door", and you're deported, Radio 021, 08/01/2003