Anti-Roma rallies that hit Bulgarian cities are fading away but the conflict has not yet been settled. The Roma are afraid to leave their ghettos. The Bulgarians accuse them of parasitism and the politicians – of playing the ethnic card in order to get additional votes at the upcoming elections on October 23. A correspondent of RIA Novosti has visited the Roma and the Bulgarian quarters of Sofia to discover the reason for the conflict.
Sofia: inside the ghettos of the Roma quarter
07:47 GMT 07.10.2011 (Updated: 19:54 GMT 19.10.2022)
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Anti-Roma rallies that hit Bulgarian cities are fading away but the conflict has not yet been settled. The Roma are afraid to leave their ghettos. The Bulgarians accuse them of parasitism and the politicians – of playing the ethnic card in order to get additional votes at the upcoming elections on October 23. A correspondent of RIA Novosti has visited the Roma and the Bulgarian quarters of Sofia to discover the reason for the conflict.