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Street scene in Bucharest neighbourhood with high percentage of Roma inhabitants (Photo: Martina Herzog)

Roma missing out on vital European funds in Romania

When EU social affairs commissioner Laszlo Andor went to Bucharest last week, he was in the mood for spending money. The Hungarian's job means that he can offer funds to benefit the poor and the unemployed, the excluded and uneducated.

The Roma are unfortunate enough to be well represented in each of these categories but the Romanian government has hardly tapped into the available money. For this reason, Mr Andor boarded a plane to Bucharest to discover why the funding source was not b...

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Street scene in Bucharest neighbourhood with high percentage of Roma inhabitants (Photo: Martina Herzog)

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