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.
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.
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 ...
Press Release
MHRMI Demands End to Greece's Discrimination of Macedonian Political Refugees
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) - Press Release Toronto, Canada, June 21, 2008 - MHRMI calls on the international community to demand that Greece finally end its discrimination of its large Macedonian minority, and specifically, Macedonian political refugees and allow their 4th World Reunion on July 20, 2008 to proceed unimpeded.
Ethnic Macedonian party accuses Greek authorities of wiretapping
Either the Americans provide information to the Greek Foreign and Interior Ministries or - which is more likely - the Greek Secret Service (EIP) is wiretapping the telephones of the Macedonian representatives in Greece. How else can a strictly confidential document issued by the Greek media include even the tiniest ...
Greece slammed in European Parliament
The Slovenian representative in the European Parliament, Jelko Kacin, slammed Greece's attitude toward Macedonia and called for adequate response from the European institutions. Kacin urged EU institutions to protect the basic principles of the inter-state relations and to take measures against Greek "planned policy of escalation and deliberate provocations", ...
EFA Condemns attacks against the Macedonian language in EU institutions
EFA sends letters of protest to the European Commission, European Parliament and an open-letter to all MEPs from Greece The European Free Alliance - European Political Party (EFA) is deeply concerned by the latest campaign of Greek MEPs within EU institutions to replace and in some instances eradicate the ...
Discounts on Democracy in Europe: Who Should Determine How One Self-Determines?
With its expansion ever since the end of the cold war, the European Union has been increasingly projecting itself as a moral force in global affairs. It has called itself a community of values and has been tirelessly repeating to would-be members that full embrace of democracy and human and minority rights is the only way into the club.
A Name To Reckon With
Source: Washington Times The recent Greek veto of the Republic of Macedonia's NATO membership during the NATO Bucharest Summit earlier this month was unfounded and contrary to the principles of NATO and its member states. Macedonia fulfilled all of the membership criteria set forth by NATO and all other NATO members supported its admission into the alliance.
Greek Authorities Continue To Abuse Ethnic Macedonians
Source: http://www.macedoniaonline.eu/ Anti Macedonian campaign within Greek territory continues in full swing, against anyone or anything that calls himself Macedonian. A week ago, Tsarknias and his family were attacked at his home, twice. The latest gaffe came from the Greek authorities by forcibly putting a Greek flag on the Macedonian church where father Tsarknias held his services.