Question Posed in the European Parliament Concerning the Home of Macedonian Culture
In the Sidiropoulos and others v. Greece judgement of 10 July 1998, the European Court of Human Rights found that the refusal to register the association "Home of Macedonian Culture" in Florina constituted an interference with the freedom of association as guaranteed by Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
European Union Threatens to Sue Greece Over Minority Issues
In the middle of its campaign to halt the recognition of Macedonia's constitutional name, Greece was severely reprimanded by the European Union, which in the last couple of days threatened Athens with a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice if it continues to ignore appeals to right its discrimination against minorities.
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Eurolang Press Release - Macedonian Minority Criticizes Greece at OSCE Conference
Eurolang Press Release Rainbow, the organization of the Macedonian Minority in Greece, have criticised Greece at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) conference taking place in Warsaw. Rainbow representatives presented reports about the situation of the Macedonian minorities in Greece, Bulgaria and in Albania.
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OSCE Implementation Meeting - The Macedonian Minority in Greece, Report by MHRMC
Table of Contents - Introduction - Greek Neo-Nazis Threaten Macedonian Minority Party (Rainbow/Vinozhito) - Greek Neo-Fascists Attack 50 Year Old Man - Greek Government Harassment of Rainbow/Vinozhito - Macedonian Language and the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL) - Macedonian Political Refugees Denied Entry into Greece - Macedonian Theatre ...
Press Release Regarding Rainbow/Vinozhito's First Congress
30 May 2004 marked the successful conclusion of the 1st Congress of the Rainbow Party, which as of 26 March 2004 is a founding member of the European Free Alliance (EFA). Henceforth, it will participate in the Greek political arena with the name European Free Alliance-Rainbow (Evropaiki Eleftheri Symmahia-Ouranio Toxo / Evropska Slobodna Alijanca-Vinozhito).
Greek Neo-Nazis Try to Bust Up Macedonian Minority Party Congress
Greek police clashed Sunday with a group of 150 far-right militants who tried to force their way into a political meeting of a party representing the country's ethnic Macedonian minority. The rightwingers, shouting nationalist slogans, were pushed back by officers who used tear gas to disperse the crowd in Salonika, said the northern city's police chief Costas Tzekis.
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.
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.
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UN 60th Session of the Commission on Human Rights - The Macedonian Minority in Greece, MHRMC Report
Table of Contents Introduction Greek Neo-Nazis Threaten Macedonian Minority Party (Rainbow/Vinozhito) Greek Neo-Fascists Attack 50 Year Old Man Greek Government Harassment of Rainbow/Vinozhito Macedonian Language and the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL) Macedonian Political Refugees Denied Entry into Greece Macedonian Theatre Group Denied Entry into Greece Greece Refuses ...
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Radio France Internationale Presented Two Reports About the Macedonians in Bulgaria
Radio France International, on the French language programming. Other Europe presented two revealing radio programs about the Macedonians in Bulgaria. The reports presented the current situation of the Macedonians living in Bulgaria through interviews with human rights activists such as Ivan Kalchev, Georgi Radulov, Ivan Dragash, Kostadin Georgiev and Stefan Vlahov.