"Despite Slovakia's economic growth and integration into the European Union, many of the country's 500,000-strong Roma population continue to live in abject poverty. The Roma settlement in Plavecky Stvrtok, Slovakia offers another account of the troubles the ethnic group faces. Though only a few kilometres from Lozorno, the two villages are worlds apart. The settlement here consists of about 100 makeshift homes, providing shelter to more than 600 Roma." (Quoted from article)