Bulgaria: Minority Rights a Prerequisite to EU Membership
Source: United Macedonian Diaspora Washington, D.C. - The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) calls on the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights to ensure that human rights, and in particular, the rights of the Macedonian minority, are respected by the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria.
EU Fails National Minorities in Bulgaria and Greece
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International - Press Release "Macedonians should be shot dead when walking the streets". Apparently the EU finds statements like this acceptable when they come from politicians from EU, or soon-to-be EU, countries. Bulgarian municipal councillor, Veselin Danov, recently made this statement when referring to Macedonian minority party OMO Ilinden PIRIN.
EFA Letter Regarding Breaches of Human Rights in Bulgaria
Dear President of the European Commission, Mr. Barroso, Dear Commissioner on Elargement, Mr. Rehn, To the Finnish presidency of the Council of Ministers, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the EP, To Mr Brok, To the Bulgarian President and Prime Minister, To Georgi Parvanov and Sergei Stanishev, To The ...
EBLUL's Response to Greek Media's Distortion of State Department Position on Macedonian Language and Ethnicity
Greek Member State Committee of EBLUL - Press Release The Greek Member State Committee of the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL) witnessed for yet another time the gloomy picture of Greek "journalists” performing an unprecedented falsification of reality only to serve the country's "national interests”.
Greek State News Agency and Media Distort State Department Position on Macedonian Language and Ethnicity
Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) - Press Release Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) denounces a new example of directed journalism in the service of "national interests” by the Greek state Athens News Agency (ANA) that was willingly disseminated by several Greek media without checking the story despite its obviously irrational content.
MHRMI Appeals to International Community to Intervene on Behalf of Oppressed Macedonian Minority in Bulgaria
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International - Press Release Bulgaria has stepped up its campaign of blatant racism and intimidation against its large Macedonian minority only months before its acceptance into the European Union. Following a defamation campaign against Macedonian political party OMO Ilinden PIRIN by Bulgarian media, Bulgarian politicians have ...
EFA Letter to EU Commissioner on Enlargement Regarding Human Rights Abuses Against Macedonians in Bulgaria
To the Commissioner on Enlargement Mr. Olli Rehn Rue de la Loi 200 1040 Brussels Mr. Commissioner, As President of the European Free Alliance (EFA), I firmly want to protest against the very repressive climate in the Pirin area in Bulgaria.
OSCE 2006 - Human Dimension Implementation Meeting - Compilation of Written Recommendations
OSCE 2006 - Human Dimension Implementation Meeting - Compilation of Written Recommendations
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OSCE Implementation Meeting - Promotion of the Macedonian Language Primer - Press release
The Greek ambassador to the OSCE, Mr Haralambos G. Manesis became the first representative of the Greek state to officially receive yesterday a copy of the Macedonian Primer "Abecedar”, during the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. This initiative of EFA- Rainbow comes as an answer to the ...
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OSCE Implementation Meeting - Freedom of Movement - Statement of Rainbow
Thank you Mr Moderator This morning I would like to talk about Greece's denial of the right to freedom of movement to individuals born within its borders. Although Article 9.5 of the Copenhagen document states that States will respect the right of everyone to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country, Greece has and continues to ignore this OSCE commitment.