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Research and Markets: Romania Energy Report - a November 2011 Update [Dec 22, 2011] DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e5f8c7/intellinews_roma) has announced the addition of the "Intellinews - Romania Energy Report" report to their offering. The IntelliNews Romania Energy Sector Report offers an extensive summary of the Romanian energy sector, segmented into electricity, thermal, water, gas, oil and renewable energy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

US, rights groups slam Romanian plan to evict Roma [Aug 31, 2011] The US ambassador in Bucharest and rights groups including Amnesty International on Wednesday slammed plans by a Romanian mayor to evict hundreds of Roma and pull down their improvised homes. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Gypsies seek dictionary definition change [Jul 20, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania What's in a name? An insult, according to Romania's Gypsies who are pushing for the nation's leading dictionary to add "pejorative" to its definition of the word "Gypsy" as "people with bad habits." Roma, or Gypsy, rights groups have pressured the editors of the DEX dictionary to change that particular definition. Romanians use "Gypsy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Gypsies seek dictionary definition change [Jul 20, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania What's in a name? An insult, according to Romania's Gypsies who are pushing for the nation's leading dictionary to add "pejorative" to its definition of the word "Gypsy" as "people with bad habits." Roma, or Gypsy, rights groups have pressured the editors of the DEX dictionary to change that particular definition. Romanians use "Gypsy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania sets holiday to mark end of Gypsy slavery [Mar 12, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania Romania's president has signed a law making Feb. 20 an official holiday to mark when the slavery of Gypsies, or Roma, was abolished. There are believed to be 1.5 million Roma in Romania, although the last census only recorded 500,000. Roma slavery was abolished Feb. 20, 1856, but discrimination persists against the group. Many Roma ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania enacts official holiday to mark abolishment of Gypsy slavery [Mar 12, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's president has signed a law making Feb. 20 an official holiday to mark when the slavery of Gypsies, or Roma, was abolished. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania sets holiday to mark end of Gypsy slavery [Mar 11, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania Romania's president has signed a law making Feb. 20 an official holiday to mark when the slavery of Gypsies, or Roma, was abolished. There are believed to be 1.5 million Roma in Romania, although the last census only recorded 500,000. Roma slavery was abolished Feb. 20, 1856, but discrimination persists against the group. Many Roma ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania enacts official holiday to mark abolishment of Gypsy slavery [Mar 11, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's president has signed a law making Feb. 20 an official holiday to mark when the slavery of Gypsies, or Roma, was abolished. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania could change the official name of its minority from Roma to Gypsy [Feb 04, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - Two Parliament committees in Romania have voted to change the official name of a minority ethnic group from Roma to Gypsy. The reason the legislators gave for Wednesday's vote is that Gypsy is a more widely used name for the group and that Roma is too close to the name Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania could change the official name of its minority from Roma to Gypsy [Feb 02, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania - Two Parliament committees in Romania have voted to change the official name of a minority ethnic group from Roma to Gypsy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania opposes autonomy on ethnic criteria, Basescu tells PACE [Jan 28, 2011] The head of state underlined Europe has the obligation not to discriminate against Roma. Bucharest will soon issue a new strategy for this community?s integration. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's Government Moves to Rename the Roma [Dec 09, 2010] In a move that has outraged Romania's gypsy community, the government has accepted a proposal to change the name of the Roma to the pejorative Tigan [via YahooNews] More >>

Roma Name Change: Romanian Government Aim Outrages Gypsies [Dec 09, 2010] In a move that has outraged Romania's Gypsy community, the government has accepted a proposal to change the name of the Roma to the pejorative Tigan [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's Government Moves to Rename the Roma [Dec 09, 2010] In a move that has outraged Romania's gypsy community, the government has accepted a proposal to change the name of the Roma to the pejorative Tigan [via YahooNews] More >>

Roma protest in Romania over 'Gypsy' name [Nov 30, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - About 100 Roma have protested a proposal to use the term "Gypsy" in official documents in Romania when referring to their ethnic group. [via YahooNews] More >>

Merkel: Gypsy issue to play no role in Romania's effort to join Europe's visa-free zone [Oct 13, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the expulsion of hundreds of Romanian Roma from France will not influence the decision about whether Romania can join Europe's visa-free travel zone. [via YahooNews] More >>

EU searches for answers in Roma integration debate [Oct 12, 2010] Integrating Roma in European countries has proven to be difficult, but experts at an EU conference are trying to find solutions. The two-day conference is being held in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. [via YahooNews] More >>

Merkel sides with Romania on Gypsy issue [Oct 12, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the expulsion of hundreds of Romanian Roma from France will not influence the decision about whether Romania can join Europe's visa-free travel zone. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian president asked France to stop Roma expulsions [Sep 22, 2010] (BUCHAREST ) - Romania's President Traian Basescu said Wednesday he had asked his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy last week to "try to stop" the expulsions of Roma from France. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Parliament Condemns France's Roma Expulsion as Rights Violation [Sep 22, 2010] Romania?s parliament condemned the expulsion of Roma from France and other European states, describing it as a ?serious violation? of European Union directives and human rights. [via YahooNews] More >>