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@thor @kallisti
Yeah... the Roma are a bit of an issue, because they tend to not integrate well into overall society by choice. Not sure how things are now, but Roma parents not sending their children to school was a serious issue. And you can imagine how much that impacts their communities in the long term.

As for controversies... we haven't had many arguments with the EU folks... but there is a big snafu now, because we and Bulgaria were supposed to get voted into the Schengen zone this month, but got a big veto from Austria. And there are some diplomatic repercussion right now...

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@alyx @thor i met a roma violinist once. very talented. set me on an obsession with roma music - theyre very good!

@kallisti @thor
I'm not personally a fan of Roma music (manele), but yeah, they have a pretty long history of artistry when it comes to music.

@alyx @thor theyre a lot more than just manele! i learned recently that they were involved in manouche jazz, /and/ flamenco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9hWiOhVyWo

@kallisti
I can't say I know that much, but I did notice that they have a habit of discovering foreign music genres and incorporating it into what they do. I distinctly remember a period when I noticed a Greek influence in the manele songs that they were releasing. So what you and @thor are saying, doesn't really surprise me.

@alyx @thor oh, thats super interesting - i've not listened to much greek music. i should! i love greek cuisine
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