Roma Education to Get Crucial Boost in Funding
Press Release
November 12, 2009
At an international conference hosted by the Open Society Institute, the World Bank, and the European Economic and Social Committee, donors committed €25.5 million toward education for the Roma, Europe's largest minority.

Call for Applications: European Commission Internships for Young Roma Graduates
November 4, 2009
The Open Society Institute offers five-month European Commission internships for young Roma university graduates from all new EU member states (excluding Cyprus and Malta), Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"Cinema Against Racism" Award for Young Roma Filmmaker
July 12, 2009
Roma filmmaker Laura Halilovic was honored for her feature-length documentary film Me, My Gypsy Family & Woody Allen, which was produced with support from the Open Society Institute.

Hope for the Roma
George Soros & James Wolfensohn
November 2, 2009
Hated, alienated, and shunned as thieves and worse, the Roma have for too long been easy and defenseless targets for disgruntled racists in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and other European countries.

One Year On, What Has Changed?
Valeriu Nicolae & Bernard Rorke
October 7, 2009
In September 2008, the EU devoted a summit to Roma issues, part of a broader European effort to make 2005-15 a "decade of Roma inclusion." Valeriu Nicolae and Bernard Rorke, from the Open Society Institute's Roma Initiatives, review progress over the year.

Hard Times, Hardening Attitudes
Bernard Rorke and Valeriu Nicolae
March 18, 2009
The last few months have been tough for European Roma; Europe's leaders need to voice their support for the continent's largest minority more forcefully, write OSI's Bernard Rorke and Valeriu Nicolae.