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 ...

In 2022, the ECHR ordered Bulgaria to compensate 56 Roma people who were displaced in the city of Plovdiv after an altercation between local residents. A number of cases brought by Roma ...

Early Tuesday morning, Emil Branchevski, mayor of Sofia’s “Ilinden” district, oversaw the demolition of illegal housing in the “Zaharna Fabrika” neighborhood, even securing a water cannon in ...