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Roma on Education and ‘Missing England’

Roma on Education and ‘Missing England’

Less than 3,000 Roma live in Lithuania. Representing 0.1% of the population, there are still enough Baltic ‘gypsies’ to serve as a scapegoat in a country feeling squeezed by the crisis. However, in one Lithuanian village, Romualda, Svetlana, Konstantin and Konsuela are helping the community to lift its head. ‘If you meet a Roma, there […]

Lithuanians Try Luck Elsewhere

Lithuanians Try Luck Elsewhere

Whilst Vilnius welcomes visitors from around the world because of its status as the European capital of culture 2009, countless are leaving the country in an attempt to escape widespread unemployment and salaries which are under the European average for the most part. Following its adhesion to the EU in 2004, and the freedom of […]