On 1 July the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a recommendation that for the first time ever advises all of its 47 member states to include the history of Roma and/or Travellers in school curricula and teaching materials.

In BESTROM, we are committed to researching and raising public awareness of Romani history. Our work is framed by the knowledge that Romani groups and individuals have often been excluded from public spaces, or that their presence there has been forgotten. A very special public space is now under threat.

Once again, BESTROM has good news to share. María Sierra's article "Creating Romanestan: A Place to be a Gypsy in Post-Nazi Europe" has been awarded by the editors of European History Quarterly as the best contribution of the year, to be available from now on in Open Access. The editors of EHQ, an academic history journal dedicated to the study of Europe from the later Middle Ages to post-1945, highlighted not only the fine work, but also the important topic María Sierra's article tackles.