Greek Ministry Refuses to Meet Macedonian Minority at Linguistic Diversity Meeting
Florina - Lerin, by Georgios N. Papadakis The Macedonian minority organization Vinozhito/Rainbow and its representatives have been officially excluded by the Greek Ministry of Education from a meeting on linguistic diversity issues in Greece. Special Secretary on Intercultural Education at the Ministry, Mrs Ismini Kriari-Catranis, was supposed to meet tomorrow morning with Mr.
GHM/MRG-G Press Release on Landmark ECHR Judgments on Freedom of Association and Assembly of Macedonians in Bulgaria and Greece
GHM/MRG-G Press Release on Landmark ECHR Judgments on Freedom of Association and Assembly of Macedonians in Bulgaria and Greece
Rainbow/Vinozhito Press Release on Historic ECHR Ruling Against Greece
Rainbow/Vinozhito - Press Release Florina / Lerin - In a historic ruling on an appeal lodged by the members of the Political Secretariat for the European Free Alliance - Rainbow, Pavlos Voskopoulos and Petros Vasileiadis, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg yesterday handed down a unanimous condemnation of ...
Macedonian Minority Party, Rainbow/Vinozhito, Wins Landmark European Court of Human Rights Case Against Greece
Press release issued by the Registrar CHAMBER JUDGMENT OURANIO TOXO AND OTHERS v. GREECE The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing a judgment[1] in the case of Ouranio Toxo and Others v. Greece (application no.
Macedonian Minority Organizations, OMO Ilinden and OMO Ilinden PIRIN, Win Landmark European Court of Human Rights Cases Against Bulgaria
Press release issued by the Registrar Two Chamber judgments concerning Bulgaria The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing the following two Chamber judgments, neither of which is final[1]: United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden and Ivanov v. Bulgaria (application no 44079/98) United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden - PIRIN and Others v.
Article: Forgotten Discrimination in the European Union
By Mary Meeker & Steve Gligorov, Esq. As the European Union struggles to bring multicultural prosperity to the Balkan region of Europe, "the task is proving more elusive than ever," says American legal rights lawyer, Michael Rollins. One reason for the difficulty, says Rollins, is the E.U.
Amnesty International Report on Greece: Out of the Spotlight - The Rights of Foreigners and Minorities are Still a Grey Area
The following are excerpts. For the full text please visit: http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engeur250162005 Introduction "Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, ...
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OSCE Implementation Meeting - Brief Dialog Between the Representative of Rainbow and the Greek Ambassador at the OSCE during the HDIM in Warsaw
Source: Greek Helsinki Monitor www.greekhelsinki.gr At the recent HDIM (Human Dimension Implementation meeting) of the OSCE in Warsaw (25-30 September, 2005) dedicated mainly to human rights and minority issues, Rainbow has been participating as an organization of the Macedonian minority in Greece.
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Eurolang Press Release - Greece and Bulgaria Strongly Criticized on Minority Issues
by Georgios N. Papadakis Representatives from Macedonian and Turkish minority organizations at the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) of the OSCE in Warsaw, ending last Friday (30.9.2005), told the meeting that Greece continues to refuse to recognize any ethnic or linguistic minorities, other than the so-called "Muslim” minority in the west Thrace region.
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OSCE Implementation Meeting - Anti-Semitism, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Presentation by Rainbow/Vinozhito
Mr. Moderator, May I first ask if you can see and hear me? Thank you because according to an earlier speaker I am someone who does not exist.* * The Greek ambassador in his reply to yesterday's and this morning's sessions once again refused to acknowledge the existence of the Macedonian minority in Greece.