Actually, while browsing the RomaTV website, I stumbled upon something funny:
The program is being distributed in Nov Put, the biggest Roma neighborhood in Vidin, with a population of about 17,000 people, as well is in towns around Vidin, such as Dunavtzi... Roma TV started in 1998 with a total of 150 subscribers, In 2000 we had 250 subscribers. Currently there are 100 regular subscribers paying their fees, due to the fact that the entire region is suffering a serious depression with high unemployment. The economic situation of the Roma people in Vidin has deteriorated in the last couple of years. Actually the program of TV Roma is watched from the whole neighborhood. 30% of the audience are the families and the relatives of the regular subscribers and there are 70 % of people who have connected illegally to the station.
A good example of Roma giving bad image to other Roma.
But I am actually impressed by the initiative. Be careful! Is it classified?
I agree TVRoma seems like an important initiative worth supporting. I'd like to know more about it.
I just wish you had done some of this research yourself earlier it's not that hard to find with a few key stokes and google.
About the research - I knew there were Roma organizations, so surely they provide some public service; this however doesn't reflect the argument of this diary (the cultural difference and attitude towards gypsies), but the solution of the problem (which is no way less important). Be careful! Is it classified?
