Alienated Roma Youth Are Ready To Explode

Rudko Kawczynski: A growing militancy among jobless Roma youth from impoverished 'townships' could explode into violence, Rudko Kawczynski, President of the European Roma and Travellers Forum has warned.

Season's Greetings!

Dear Colleagues, Collaborator and Friends

Our offices will be closed from Friday 23 December 2011 until· Monday 2 January 2012 in observance of Christmas and New Year holidays.

Why Martin Luther King Matters To Europe's Roma

There can be few more inspiring litmus tests of social justice than the one laid out for America in Martin Luther King's 'I have A Dream' speech.

The black civil rights leader's passionate appeal at the March on Washington on 28 August 1963, was an exhortation to recast the country's racial model. 

ERTF Reaction for Suto Orizari's clashes

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

I am writing to you as President of the European Roma and Travellers Forum (ERTF) to express my deepest concern at the conduct of the special police force during the clashes that arose from the inspection of the market in Shto Orizari by the State Inspectorate of the Commerce on 15th April 2010.

Lisbon 8 April 2010

President of the ERTF celebrates International Roma Day in Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon 8 April 2010: Rudko Kawczynski, the President of the European Roma and Travellers Forum had an official visit to Portugal on the occasion of the International Roma day. Mr. Kawczynski had several meetings with the Romani organizations of Portugal.