News & Updates
Macedonians Win Three Councillor's Positions in Albanian Local Elections
At last Sunday's local elections in Albania, the Macedonians from Mala Prespa won three from a total of thirteen councillor's positions, while the mayor's position was "lost" by 103 votes. The Organization for the Defense of the Rights of Macedonians in Albania, "Association Prespa”, whose registration into a political party ...
OSCE 2003 - Report by the Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Greece and Father Nikodim Tsarknias
Mister Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Greece has participated in all OSCE conferences since Copenhagen in 1990 and we have expressed our repeated problems with the Greek authorities. As the Athens Olympic Games draw near, the focus will be placed on Greece and we believe ...
OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting - The Macedonian Minority in Bulgaria
Table of Contents Introduction Freedom of Expression and the Media Freedom of Association and the Right of Peaceful Assembly Conclusion Contact Information for Macedonian Activists in Bulgaria Introduction The Bulgarian government has and continues to place unlawful restrictions on a number of fundamental rights of the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria.
The Macedonians of Gora Region
Appeal by Chris Petkovski Dear Friends, The very existence of our Macedonian culture has again been threatened, this time in the Gora regions of Kosovo. As you may have heard, through the media, the British Government, via its embassy in Tirana, has committed itself to providing education (in the Albanian language only) for the less fortunate children of Kosovo.
European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages - Report on Greece, May-September 2003
European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages - Report on Greece, May-September 2003
Info Zora - The Rainbow/Vinozhito Newsletter - May/June 2003 - No.11
Info Zora - The Rainbow/Vinozhito Newsletter - May/June 2003 - No.11
Exiles Bring Greek Guilt Home
By Matthew Brunwasser www.pollitecon.com They were sent into exile and scattered to every corner of the world. For more than half a century the Macedonian Diaspora cast out of Greece during the country's bloody civil war have been barred from returning to their homeland. Now the army of ...
Greek Neo-Fascist Group Attacks 50 Year-Old
Members of Golden Dawn Assualt Fifty Year-Old But Police Refused to Arrest www.maknews.com It was necessary for the Minister of Justice, Philippos Petsalnikos, to intervene in order for the police to act and arrest two members of Golden Dawn (1) who were accused of beating a citizen. The ...
Press Release
Invitation for the Third Macedonian World Human Rights Conference
For more information please see the Conference Invitation and Registration Form In order to coordinate the activities of all Macedonian human rights organizations and activists, the Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada and the United Macedonians Organization of Canada, as defenders of the human rights of ethnic Macedonians living in ...
Message from Lerin: Repeal the 1982 Law on Political Refugees
Two days ago in Lerin, with the participation of some 600 Macedonians from the Aegean part of Macedonia (200 of whom were former child-refugees from Greece), the third gathering of the political refugees began. This was the first time the gathering was organized in Greece thanks to a new policy of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs.