Resolution of the First Congress of the European Free Alliance - Rainbow Party
Today marks the conclusion of the 1st Congress of the European Free Alliance (EFA)-Rainbow Party (Evropska Slobodna Alijanca-Vinozhito), which was held in Thessaloniki / Solun. Rainbow-Vinozhito is an EFA member party in Greece. This congress marks Rainbow's evolvement from a minority party of ethnic Macedonians in Greece to a political agency with a European orientation and an expanded character.
Issue - Macedonian Minority Party, Rainbow-Vinozhito, Re-Schedules Congress After Greek Neo-Nazis Force its Cancellation
Rainbow/Vinozhito, the political party of the Macedonian minority in Greece, had to cancel its congress twice because of threats received from Greek Neo-Nazi organizations. Greece is notorious for being openly racist against its ethnic minorities. Greek citizens, media and politicians alike constantly attack minority rights advocates and support its government's ...
GHM Urges Sanctions Against Thessaloniki (Solun) Prefect for Intolerant Statement Against Macedonian Minority Party Rainbow
Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) sent a letter today to the Minister of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, requesting that he sees to it that a prompt disciplinary investigation into the Prefect of Thessaloniki, Panayote Psomiadis, is carried out and a sanction corresponding to the gravity of his intolerant action be imposed.
Greece Sentences Macedonian Priest to Three Month Prison Term
On 11-5-2004, Archimandrite Nikodimos Tsarknias was tried before the Aridea Criminal Court sitting at first instance and composed of a single judge (Monomelis Plimmelodikeio) on charges of establishing and operating a temple without the authorization of the competent authority, which pursuant to the provisions of Law no.
FUEN Asks the Greek Prime Minister to Ensure the Safety of Macedonian Minority Congress
To the Prime Minister of Greece Mr. Konstandinos Karamanlis Megaro Maximou ATHENS Dear Mr. Karamanlis, The Federal Union of European Nationalities is an independent union of the organisations of national minorities in Europe, which was established in 1949 - at the time when the Council of Europe was set up in Versailles, France.
MILS News: ECRI Report Asks Greece to Recognize Macedonian Minority
The Macedonian Government will have to change its restrained behavior, and Greek authorities will have to accept the report of the European Commission for Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of Council of Europe in which the existence of a Macedonian minority in Greece is acknowledged, say representatives of the Union of Association of Macedonians from the Aegean part of Macedonia.
President of EFA Asks the Greek Prime Minister to Ensure the Safety of Macedonian Minority Congress
To the Prime Minister of Greece Mr. Konstandinos Karamanlis Megaro Maximou ATHENS Dear Mr. Karamanlis, In the name of the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament we would like to voice our concerns regarding the security measures to be taken in the context of the first Congress of the Rainbow-Vinozhito party to be held in Thessaloniki (Solun) on May 30.
Rainbow/Vinozhito Congress - Solun, May 30, 2004
Rainbow-Vinozhito, as a part of the European Free Alliance (EFA), will host its Congress in Thessaloniki (Solun) on the 30th of May, 2004. The Central Council of Rainbow-Vinozhito decided this after the meeting in Barcelona where a new political party was established. The Congress, which was initially scheduled for last ...
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MHRMC Condemns US State Department's Continued Misrepresentation of the Macedonian Minority in Greece
The Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada (MHRMC) condemns the US State Department's systematic policy of questioning the legitimacy of the Macedonian minority in Greece. Every year, the US State Dept. issues its "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices”, which perpetuates stereotypes against Macedonians rather than focusing on actual human rights abuses committed by Greece against Macedonians.
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Macedonian Delegation at the 60th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, 15 March - 23 April 2004
The Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada organized a delegation of Macedonian human rights activists who participated at the 60th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, held 15 March - 23 April 2004 in Geneva, and who represented the plight of Macedonians in Albania, Bulgaria and Greece.