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"We recognize that the Roma problems are also European problems and the European Union can not leave Romania and Bulgaria to deal alone with this. What we can do, is to attract public attention to Roma issues”. This was part of Germinal Peiro’s speech in Veliko Tarnovo. Mr. Peiro is a President of the Group for Friendship between Bulgaria and France. Parliamentary delegation from the National Assembly of the French Republic, accompanied by French Ambassador to Bulgaria H.E. Etienne de Poncins, accepted the invitation of Center Amalipe and visited the office...

The beginning of the New school year is the biggest holiday for thousand of children, parents and teachers, which with impatience and expectation are coming in the classrooms of the School universe. Starting of New school year is also occasion for all who consider education as their cause and wish “Good luck”. The beginning of the New school year 2010/2011 for Center “Amalipe” and 34 schools means something more:  Start of schools activities under the project “Reduction of Roma children drop out of school”. Because of that, Amalipe...

Do you believe in fairy tales? This is not such a strange question. Nowadays we dream very little and we mostly realize plans. But what the plans have to do with our dreams? We will tell you, dear reader! So many human lives, desires and hidden impulses were born and grown before our eyes. One year has past since Center Amalipe started the difficult mission to help students involved in the Scholarship Program for Roma medical students to find themselves. We knew it was going to be difficult, but there is no way else. We realized that here in Bulgaria is easier to hide what...

  During the past weeks certain developments in France, Slovakia and some other European countries brought serious concerns regarding the situation of Roma and the advance of Roma inclusion process. The European society reacted negatively to the attempts of the French authorities to expulse thousands of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma. In its Statement Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission, expressed the readiness of the Commission “to have a very open, frank and honest dialogue with all Member States on how best to take on...

The implementation of the local campaigns directed to preventing forced/early marriages organized by young Roma activists in ten localities in different parts of Bulgaria has concluded in August. The campaigns were part of the project "Prevention of early / forced marriages", implemented by Center Amalipe and supported by the Daphne III Programme of the European Commission. A workshop gathered the young people who had been trying to find ways to overcome this problem. It took place between 29 and 31 August near Veliko Tarnovo. The young activists from the towns of...