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As Germany hosts the Balkan leaders at the 10th Berlin Process meeting aimed to bring six Western Balkan states closer to the European Union, one of the critical issues discussed will be improving the situation of the Roma - the largest ethnic minority in Europe and Western Balkans - and how to achieve it. 

Participants at the Ministerial Meeting on Roma Integration ahead of the tenth anniversary of the Berlin Process call for concrete steps to improve the situation of Roma in the Western Balkans and tap into their economic potential.

The Commission issued today a statement in memory of the 80th anniversary of the tragic events that unfolded at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on 2 August 1944.

Friday, 2 August marks 80 years since the tragic night in 1944 when the Nazis liquidated the so-called "Gypsy Family Camp" in the Auschwitz II-Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp. In the gas chambers of that concentration camp, despite their active resistance, 4,300 Romani people from 14 countries were murdered.

The Roma Foundation for Europe calls for investment in the training of young Roma to help solve the region’s workforce problems and lift the Roma from dehumanising poverty levels.

The Roma Foundation for Europe calls for systemic change as reported attacks on Sinti and Roma double in 2023.

As European citizens go to polls this week, the Roma Foundation for Europe, the leading organisation advocating for the 12 million Roma in Europe, has called on mainstream parties not to ignore them.

The Declaration of Robert Schuman on May 9, 1950, which became the foundation of today's European Union, is based on the idea that Europe as a political project will be a guarantee of peace and prosperity. The declaration states that Europe will not be built all at once, nor according to one plan, but through concrete achievements that build solidarity.

Ukraine and its allies should ensure that the valuable contributions of Roma communities are recognised and acknowledged in post-war Ukraine by being treated better than in pre-war Ukraine, Zeljko Jovanovic writes.

Open Society's commitment will be to the new Roma Foundation for Europe, the first institution of its scale and scope led by Roma.

Open Society will increase its commitment to Roma-led advocacy and change by creating a new, independent Roma-led foundation with a broad network of Roma-led entities.

The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, today launched a €2 million development fund in partnership with the Roma Entrepreneurship Development Initiative.

To convince Roma in Europe to take up the vaccine, governments need to take steps to build trust.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić today inaugurated the first branch of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture and the new headquarters of the Roma Education Fund.