EU Accession Exposes Double Standards on Minority Rights
Minority Rights Group International www.minorityrights.org The European Union's role in promoting ratification of the Council of Europe Framework Convention on National Minorities (FCNM)1 among European Union (EU) accession States2 reveals double standards since some existing EU countries have themselves failed to ratify and implement the Convention.
Observations on the Parliamentary Question by the New Democracy M.E.P. Mr. Stavros Xarhakos to the European Commission
Dr. Georgios Nakratzas, Physician - Writer g.nakratzas@wxs.nl On 19 March 2003 the M.E.P. Mr.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Acknowledges Existence of Macedonian Minority in Bulgaria
PRIME MINISTER SAKSOBURGOTSKI - THERE ARE FEW THOUSANDS BULGARIANS WITH MACEDONIAN ORIGIN IN BULGARIA "Bulgaria acknowledges the minorities in the country. In 2001 few thousands of citizens declared as Bulgarians with Macedonian origin, and 3 thousands of citizens stated that the Macedonian language is their mother language.
Macedonian Minority Organizations in Bulgaria Unite
Organizations of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Bulgaria met in the eastern Macedonian village of Novo Selo on 5 April at the invitation of the World Macedonian Congress (SMK), the Skopje daily "Utrinski vesnik" reported. Representatives of the United Macedonian Organization Ilinden (OMO Ilinden), the United Macedonian Organization Ilinden-Party for ...
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MHRMC Criticism of US State Department Report on Greece
The Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada (MHRMC) is appalled by the US State Department's continued misrepresentation of the Macedonian minority in Greece in its "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2002: Greece”. Despite numerous appeals by the MHRMC and other international NGOs, (see the Greek Helsinki Monitor's press ...
Greek Helsinki Monitor's 2002 Activity Report
The following are excerpts from GHM's 2002 activity report. For the full text, please visit the link below: www.greekhelsinki.gr 1. Minorities A GHM report on "Minorities and the Media in Greece” was commissioned by and published in Mercator Media Forum.
CEDIME-SE Guide to the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Launch of a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the FCNM texts, all related dates, state and NGO reports, opinions, state comments on opinions, Committee of Ministers resolutions, and other related documents. The CEDIME-SE (Center of Documentation and Information on Minorities in Europe - Southeast Europe) Guide to the Council of ...
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Another Canadian-Macedonian Denied Entry into Greece
The Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada (MHRMC) has learned that Mendo Petrevski, a Canadian citizen of Macedonian descent, was denied entry into Greece on May 30, 2002. This is the third documented incident in 2002 of a Canadian citizen being refused entry into Greece simply because of their ethnic background.
Open Letter to the Greek Prime Minister on the Matter of Greece's Racial Profiling Against Macedonians
Open Letter by Dr. George Nakratzas To the Right Honourable Konstantinos Simitis Prime Minister of Greece Athens Dear Mr. Prime Minister, It was reported by the Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada that last year three Canadian nationals of Macedonian descent had been denied entry to Greece.
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Info Zora - The Rainbow/Vinozhito Newsletter - October/November 2002 - No.8
RAINBOW (VINOZHITO), European Movement Member of the European Free Alliance (EFA) STEFANOU DRAGOUMI 11, P.O. Box 51, 53100 FLORINA, LERIN GREECE TEL, FAX: +302385, 46548 URL: http://www.florina.org/ ANNOUNCEMENT Florina / Lerin 23.10.2002 During MEGA television's recent program, "The Hour of the Ballot Box” [I Ora tis Kalpes] (21.10.2002), Mr.