BUCHAREST, Romania -- Since the European Union lifted visa requirements for Romanians in January, with a view to Romania's eventually joining the EU, thousands of Gypsies have flooded European cities, ...

PARIS — France expelled nearly 100 Gypsies to their native Romania on Thursday as part of a public effort by President Nicolas Sarkozy to dismantle Gypsy camps and sweep them out of the country, the ...

BARBULESTI, Romania (AP) — This predominantly Gypsy town an hour's drive from Romania's bustling capital seems stuck in another century. Horse-drawn carriages churn muddy roads into near impassability ...

At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies — and the cheers gave way to jeers.

Fewer and fewer nomadic gypsies still wander the roads of Romania as people have stopped buying their traditional hand-made pans and buckets. Most Romas abandoned the gypsy way of life and left to ...