Roma

A man who has spent years deceiving elderly Greeks – among them the mother of Health Minister Makis Voridis – has just been arrested in the Menidi of Attica following a chase with police officers. The minister of health's mother...

Roma have officially completed the acquisition of Olympiacos left back Jose Holebas, the club have announced. The 30 year old Greek international player moves to the Giallorossi for a fee that could rise to €1.5 million and will provide competition...

Amnesty International published a report on April 8 with the title “Europe: “We ask for justice”: Europe’s failure to protect Roma from racist violence.” The report pinpoints the violent racist attacks against Roma all over Europe and particularly in...

Until a few years ago Roma children in Dendropotamos of Thessaloniki, Greece did not go to school. They were condemned to live in poverty inside the confines of a ghetto, where they often resorted to illegal acts. Today, however,...

The custody trial of "Little Maria," as she became known, started yesterday in a court in the central city of Larissa. The fair-haired child was placed into foster care six months ago after she was spotted during a raid on...

A 59-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman have been temporarily imprisoned after entering their plea to the magistrate of Katerini, Greece. The Roma couple was accused and arrested for falsely presenting an infant as their own. After a DNA...

Human Rights Watch used harsh language towards Greece and the EU in its annual report that was published on Tuesday January 21, 2014. “European Union (EU) leaders in 2013 acknowledged problems of rising intolerance and persistent human rights violations...

Maria is a young girl between the age of 5 and 6 that was found living with a Roma family in Farsala, Central Greece, in October 2013. She was found by a prosecutor who was investigating another police related...

The police authorities in Thessaloniki are faced with a case similar to that of the little blond girl Maria, who was found in a Roma camp in Farsala; the girl's biological parents were proven to be Bulgarian. After an investigation...

The story of the little blond girl, Maria  found in a Roma camp in Farsala, monopolized the Greek and international media for several weeks and revealed a tough reality. Racial discrimination towards Roma, or Gypsies as they are often...