Gypsies face grim future after decades of oppression
A Hungarian Gypsy settlement near Budapest shows lingering poverty and distrust as Eastern Europe shifts to democracy. Activists fear assimilation, crime rises, and generations lack schooling, housing, and medical care while new freedoms expose long‑standing prejudice and economic squeeze.
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Kerepestarcsa
Hungary
Budapest
Europe
Kerepestarosa
Bela Osztoikan
Phialipe
Brotherhood
Manush Romanov
Bulgaria
Democratic Union of Roma
Roma
Sinti
Tors
Psy
Jozsef Choli Daroczi
OAC
Oelda Ciganyt
Mosely
Czechoslovakia
Jozef Prokop
Government Commission For
Prokop
Romania
East Europe
Security Council condemns Iraq raids on Kuwaiti embassies
The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemns Iraq for storming diplomatic compounds in Kuwait and detaining diplomats. It warns of possible new sanctions including an air embargo and envisages a vote by week’s end to curb Iraq’s air routes.
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United Nations
Security Council
Iraq
Kuwait
Baghdad
U.S
Thomas R. Pickering
U.N
Saddam Hussein
United States
Britain
France
China
Soviet Union
Pickering
Yuriy Vorontsov
Foreign Ministry
Nicosia
State Department
Persian Gulf
Council