Dafin is of Roma origin. Abandoned by his parents as a baby, he grew up in a Bulgarian orphanage. Today, he is a hugely ...

The Roma community has long been a punching bag in Bulgaria. The violence — and the hateful rhetoric — has intensified ahead of EU elections.

This is Nikolaevo, a tumbledown Roma village in the heart of Bulgaria. If fate had dealt a girl known as “Maria” a different hand, she would have grown up here, surrounded by decay and poverty.

Roma people in a Bulgarian town are barred from leaving their neighborhood. Officials cite a medical risk, but residents and advocates say it’s yet another form of bigotry.

The Roma quarter in the small town in central Bulgaria where the Rusevas live houses some 2,000 people, nearly one-third of the whole population. The Gypsies, most of them jobless, live in extreme ...

Around 5,000 Roma people, particularly from the Kalayji tribe, gather in Stara Zagora city in Bulgaria and continue to draw controversy and attention with its annual bride market.

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 ...

Roma in Bulgaria, who often face widespread racism and discrimination, now say they are being turned away from public pools as they try to beat the scorching summer heat.

On a hot June day, a group of Roma teenagers huddled over chemistry equations prepping for jobs the Bulgarian healthcare system is struggling to fill: doctors, nurses, dentists and pharmacists. The ...

The Roma community has long been a punching bag in Bulgaria. The violence — and the hateful rhetoric — has intensified ahead of EU elections.