2005 NEWS ARCHIVES
Macedonian Minority Party to go to Court Over Greek Allegations
Florina - Lerin, by Georgios N. Papadakis EFA-Rainbow, the Macedonian minority party in Greece is planning to register a complaint in the Greek courts against a Greek diplomat and his superiors (Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs) for libel. In a press release issued yesterday, the party states that it can ...
Greek Diplomats and Members of the Greek Parliament Lie to the Council of Europe
Rainbow/Vinozhito - Press Release Florina / Lerin - Surprised and bitterly disappointed, the European Free Alliance-Rainbow recently witnessed -- through the reports of the Greek Helsinki Monitor -- and for yet another time, Greek diplomats and members of the Greek Parliament shamelessly lying in front of an international organization.
EFA-Rainbow Delegation Visits Brussels
Rainbow/Vinozhito - Press Release Florina / Lerin - Surprised and bitterly disappointed, the European Free Alliance-Rainbow recently witnessed -- through the reports of the Greek Helsinki Monitor -- and for yet another time, Greek diplomats and members of the Greek Parliament shamelessly lying in front of an international organization.
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, ...