Worth mentioning is the sub-series The plight of Muslim communities on the Balkans , which until now consists of three tomes. Culture and the Media Projects for the support of minority cultures as well as minority newspapers and other media form a traditional part of the Centre s activities. The basic idea is to guarantee minorities a unrestricted access to information in their mother tongue. We believe that even the smallest in numbers minority has the right to be supported in their attempt to develop their traditional culture and to edit their own papers, journals, and books. Each year, the Journalists Expert Council at the IMIR distributes money for papers of Turks, Armenians, Roma, Bulgarian Catholics, Vlachs, descendants of counterrevolutionary Russian emigrants, etc.
Special support is given to publish Roma poetry and Roma folk-legends.
At the moment, a collection of authentic Roma folklore, which was compiled by a Roma intellectual during the last decades, is being prepared. The cultural heritage of and for Turks and Bulgarian Muslims in Bulgaria is studied, too. Moreover, IMIR supports also research on Jewish, Armenian, Vlach, and Sarakatsan cultures in Bulgaria. The Centre supports the very existence of theatre groups, small orchestras, and folk groups, who perform the traditional music of their minority. Minority rights IMIR has a specific approach to minority rights.