2008 NEWS ARCHIVES
Greece shocked by UN Visit, closes Macedonia Border
The Greek Government showed their displeasure at the UN announced visit to Greece by closing the Macedonian - Greek border earlier today. During the past two months, several Macedonian and Foreign Officials had sent letters to the UN as well as EU Organization regarding the plight of Macedonian and other minorities in Greece.
Parliament adopts resolution on Aegean refugees
Source: MIA The Parliament of Macedonia adopted Wednesday unanimously by acclamation a Resolution on the Refugees from Military Actions in the Republic of Greece during the Civil and Second World War. It envisages the Government to support the legal struggle of the Aegeans with regard to returning the seized ...
UMD and MHRMI applaud the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski for raising the question of the Aegan Macedonians
The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) and Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) applaud the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski, for his recent letter to the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Kostas Karamanlis. The letter officially sheds light on the plight of Aegean Macedonians; exiled from ...
Press Release
MHRMI Calls for International Monitoring of Macedonia/Greece Border After Threat of Violence by Greek Neo-Nazis
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Press Release Toronto, Canada - On Sunday, July 20, 2008, several hundred, possibly thousands, of Macedonian political refugees will attempt to enter Greece at the Medjitlia/Niki border crossing in order to attend their 4th World Reunion. Following Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's ...
Macedonian Leader Asks Greece to Recognize Macedonian Minority
Skopje (MIA) - Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski sent a letter to his Greek counterpart Kostas Karamanlis, in which he focuses on the issue involving ethnic Macedonians born in Greece regarding the return of their properties, the possibility of travelling to Greece and obtaining citizenship, as well as on the recognition of the Macedonian minority in Greece to enjoy basic rights in line with international standards.
A Decade After ECHR Judgment, Greece Continues To Refuse Registration Of The Home Of Macedonian Culture
July 10, 2008 marked the 10th anniversary of the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Sidiropoulos and Others vs. Greece (ECtHR, 57/1997/841/8107) in which the court ruled that Greece's refusal to register the Home of Macedonian Culture constituted a violation of Article 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).
The Drama of the Aegean Macedonians
An eight-day long nighttime march through ice and snow "Together with another two women and 40 children, on March 26, 1948, we abandoned the village after the attack by government troops, who kidnapped 13 children whose parents were in the DAG divisions, while we hid ourselves with the other women and children.
Егејците бараат имоти вредни 10 милијарди евра
Имоти вредни над 10 милијарди евра бараат од грчката држава околу 3.500 бегалци од Егејскиот дел на Македонија кои беа присилени да ги напуштат татковите огништа и за цело време не им беше дозволено да се вратат.
За првпат отворено егејското прашање
Преговарачот Метју Нимиц на оваа посета на регионот со идеи, кои беа разгледувани со премиерот Никола Груевски, а потоа и со претседателот Бранко Црвенковски. Ќе биде напорно лето, треба да се работи континунирано, а кога говорам за предлог, мислам на идеи, а не секогаш на формален предлог, документ, изјави ...
The Greek irredentism against Republic of Macedonia: "Macedonia is one and Greek"
Florina/Lerin, 25/06/08 - The Greek "Ethnofylaki” or "National Guard” is a military unit, officially and legally integrated into the structures of the Greek Army. It is a form of state organization, with the task to "protect the state against any form of extraordinary, internal or external, threats” A few ...