Roma Day Event Shows Positive Role of Community Work - Pavee Point

Rumina Bagdonaviciute works in Vilnius Municipality as an intermediary between the Roma community and the authorities - she helps with documents and interprets at meetings with administration employees. This profession will remain in demand for many years to come: many members of the Roma community do not speak Lithuanian and cannot write. At the same time, Rumina is an example of how long and difficult integration into society is paying off.

The herons have returned to the Besòs River and the gypsy community has also done so on 8 April to celebrate their traditional offering of rose petals on the International Day of the Gypsy People. On this day, in 1971, the First Roma World Congress was held in London, which brought together representatives of the gypsy communities in which Roma were established as the official language of the gypsy people, their flag and the Gelem Gelem anthem. …

On the occasion of International Roma Day, representatives of the minority were received by King Felipe VI on Tuesday, 8 April. A small step towards inclusion for this still discriminated community.

For the first time the Constitutional Chamber of the Congress of Deputies was brimming with gypsies, on the occasion of the International Day of the Gypsy People, which today commemorates the 600...

Roma Day Event Shows Positive Role of Community Work - Pavee Point

‘Romani Zor’ brought together organisations working responsively to improve outcomes for Roma communities Today, Thursday, 10th April, 2025, Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre (‘Pavee Point’), held a national event to celebrate community work with Roma in Ireland, including the organisation’s work with Ukrainian Roma refugees. The event, which took place the week of International Roma Day (8th April), was opened by Minister for Children, Equa…

Meanwhile, the mother is proud of her origin and does not fail to emphasize this. On April 8, International Roma Day, Gáspá was shown...