The Ruseva family live in a dilapidated, mud-floored house outside the remote Bulgarian village of Nikolaevo, 280 kilometres east of the capital, Sofia. The Roma quarter here houses some 2,000 people.

NIKOLAEVO, BULGARIA—The mystery is solved — but the future of the young girl known only as Maria is still uncertain. DNA tests have confirmed that a Bulgarian Roma couple living in an ...

06/19/2025 Dafin is of Roma origin. Abandoned by his parents as a baby, he grew up in a Bulgarian orphanage. Today, he's a hugely popular teacher who teaches his students to believe in themselves ...

Mother of 'Maria' found: DNA test confirms Bulgarian Roma woman gave birth to Greek mystery girl Sasha Ruseva has said she gave birth to a baby girl four years ago, and gave the child away because ...

The Roma, or Gypsy, quarter here houses some 2,000 people. Most here are jobless, living in extreme poverty, trying to stay warm in shabby houses.

SOFIA (Reuters) - A Bulgarian Roma couple are the biological parents of a 4-year-old blonde girl found in a Roma camp in Greece last week, DNA tests showed on Friday, solving a mystery that had ...

Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday they would take into care most of the brothers and sisters of Maria, the four-year-old Roma girl who captured global attention after she was discovered in ...

A Travelling History” is a fascinating look at a marginalized and misunderstood group of people who have encountered hostility for centuries.

I, as a Roma activist, would like to have more Roma migrants coming back to Bulgaria. I think that when the Roma people who managed to integrate themselves in Western society come back to Bulgaria ...

When Bulgarian doctor Irena Marinova arrived in an ambulance at the home of a pregnant Roma woman in November, she says she was beaten up by two men who accused her of being late.

Bulgaria Roma riots highlight discrimination-group By Reuters August 16, 20075:04 AM PDTUpdated August 16, 2007 ...