Many Sinti and Roma in Germany do not want their language – Romani – to be taught at school or studied by academics. There are tendencies towards more openness, however – especially in an attempt to ...

In the Netherlands language is not a bone of contention as in many other countries. But what languages are spoken are worth protecting. The Volkskrant interviewed former VVD politician Marieke Sanders ...

At a small dead-end street in a suburb of Cologne-Roggendorf, well kept houses line the streets. Popularly known as a "Gypsy settlement," the area is home to 18 Sinti families. Children play in small ...