An overview of the difficulties in gathering data about the Roma people and the Gipsy community.

Which, in Bulgaria, may soon become the major ethnic group of the country - with though implications.

Last year a big deal of Europe’s attention was attracted by the expulsion of Roma people from France, which arose many public condemns.

The gypsy community in Bulgaria is growing steadily and constantly, subverting the ethnical structure of the country.

in 2050 Romas and Bulgarians will equalize in number: is this a prophecy or an insightful analysis of the forthcoming geopolitical situation?

he Bulgarian National Statistics Institute Bulgaria has 7.563.710 million inhabitants, of which the age group 0-14 amounts to 1.026.200,

Bulgarians, 9.4 % as Turks, 4.7 % (or 370.908 individuals) as Gypsies , 0.2 % as Russians, 0.1 % as Armenians.

In 1934 the gypsy minority was composed of 150.000 members and until 1956 they amounted approximately to 2.5% of the total population.

the Bulgarian communist party focused on the assimilation and depersonalization of the ethnic group, including also their obligatory settlement.