IT’S a crisp spring day in the town of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, and there’s a buzz as large crowds gather at the local market.

Although the Council of Europe estimates that Roma make up more than 10 percent of Bulgaria’s population — about 750,000 people — they are so marginalized and disenfranchised that less than ...

The Bulgarian national unemployment rate is reported to be 12.5 percent. The depressed socio-economic status of Roma people coupled with inadequacies in the Bulgarian educational system were often ...