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4. European Parliament resolution of 28 April 2005 on the situation of the Roma in the
EU, Brussels. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference
=P6-TA-2005-0151&language=EN. Accessed: 13-11-2011.
5. Ibidem. For more information visit the site of European Union Agency for
Fundamental Rights (FRA). http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/roma/roma_en.htm.
Accessed: 13-11-2011.
6. Data in Focus Report 1: The Roma. European Union Minorities and Discrimination
Survey. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. Budapest, 2009. –
http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2010/eu-midis-data-focus-report-1-roma.
Accessed: 13-11-2011.
7. Data from the news on the EU policy on Roma in the period August–October 2010
published on Europe Gateway. Accessed: 13-11-2011.
8. Bulgarian Helsinki Committee. Report Submitted Pursuant to Article 25, Paragraph 1
of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Bulgaria.
September 1999, p. 6. – http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/pdf/fcnm-reports-bulgariango.PDF.
9. Advancing Education of Roma in Bulgaria. Country Assessment and the Roma
Education Fund’s Strategic Directions. Roma Education Fund, 2007, p. 20.
10. Ромите в България: Информационен справочник. (Roma in Bulgaria). София:
Институт „Отворено общество”, 2008.
11. NSI, Ibidem.
12. The Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria prohibits any form of discrimination and
guarantees the equality of citizens (Art.6). The Law on Protection against
Discrimination transposes the European Directives on equality – 43/2000/ЕС,
78/2000/ЕС, 75/117/EEC, 97/80/EC, 76/207/EEC and regulates the protection
against any form of discrimination. Such protection is also regulated in the Labour
Code (LC); Civil Procedure Code (CPC); Penal Code (PC); Penal Procedure Code
(PPC); Social Security Code (SSC); Law on Employment Promotion; Law on Civil
Servants; Law on National Education; Law on Higher Education; Law on Health and
Safety at Work; Law on Child Protection etc. Special protection is ensured through
Law on Protection against Discrimination, Law on Countering Trafficking in Human
Beings, Law on Protection against Domestic Violence, Law on the Ombudsman.
13. National Demographic Strategy of the Republic of Bulgaria (2006–2020; National
Action Plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion (2005–2015); Employment Strategy
(2004–2010); National Strategy for the Child (2004–2006); Joint Memorandum on
Social Inclusion; National Poverty Reduction and Social Exclusion Strategy etc.
14. A Short-term strategy for the implementation of the state policy for equal integration
of Roma community in the Bulgarian national culture (2000-2001); Framework
Programme for Equal Integration of Roma in Bulgarian Society, Council of
Ministers’ Protocol 18/22.04.1999; Action Plan for the implementation of the
Framework Programme for Equal Integration of Roma in the Bulgarian Society
2003/4, Resolution 693/6.10.2003; National Action Plan for the Decade of Roma
Inclusion (2005–2015), Council of Ministers’ Protocol 15/14.04.2005; Strategy for
educational integration of children and students from the ethnic minorities, approved
on 11.06.2004 by the Minister of Education and Science, and Action Plan by 2009.