Slovakia: Gypsies await the Euro - 2008 (11 images)

Slovakia ia a modern country. On January 1st, 2009, it introduces the Euro currency. But a significant part of the population is placed outside the economy: The Gypsies. No work, no education, no money. People actively ghettoed away by the authorities into cut-off settlements. See one of them, close to Spisska Nova Ves, some weeks before the introduction of the Euro.

See also Macedonia:
http://estost.photoshelter.com/gallery/Macedonia-Roma-poverty-2008/G0000weazri7XKvg