BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tudor Lakatos is fighting discrimination against the Roma people, one Elvis Presley song at a time.

And yet Romani culture has given us some of the world's most recognized music and dance, and inspired art, movies, plays, and ...

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

In Romania, Tudor Lakatos blends rock 'n' roll and activism to challenge stereotypes and inspire Roma children – one ...

They call them "gypsies," "gitanes," "tziganes," "ciganes," "nomadi" -- and sometimes such nasty epithets as thieves, pickpockets, vagrants and "inadaptables" (a favourite term in the Czech Republic).

Now called Roma, these ethnic groups of people are nomadic. They’re sometimes also called Travellers. According to historians, Roma originate from India.

A Roma rights group in Hungary is demanding several airlines, including Air Transat, pay back nearly 50 passengers it says were prevented from boarding flights to Canada — either because they ...

With an estimated population of 10-12 million, Roma people are the biggest ethnic minority in Europe and rights groups say they are often the victims of prejudice and social exclusion ...

Refugees concerned with new immigration rulesA group of Roma-Hungarian refugee families descended on the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada office in Vancouver last Tuesday for a rally and ...

Marieke Walsh, an Etobicoke native and fourth-year journalism student at Carleton University, recently won one of the three 2011 EU-Canada Young Journalist Awards. Walsh was awarded for her story, ...