The grim dwellings are mere shacks – damp and freezing cold in the bitter Romanian winter ... If that is the dream for these impoverished gypsy families – relocated to dilapidated buildings ...

According to Romanian mythology ... The parade pays tribute to the decades gypsy custom where travellers would bring their bears who lived in the forests into towns, where they played music ...

COSTESTI, Romania — A Romanian Gypsy leader today compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France.

COSTESTI, Romania-- A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France.

Many people (whether through tensions between Romanian and Hungarians ... fought for a revision of the definitions of the terms “gypsy” (țigan) and “Roma” in the dictionary.