BULGARIA

2003


2002

2001

THROUGH 2000


Press Release Macedonian Human Rights Activist Harassed Entering Bulgaria
Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada
30/12/2003

Press Release Legal Action on Problematic Bulgarian Police Law Provisions
ERRC
16/12/2003

Press Release Confusion over Bulgaria's Muslim leadership
RFE/RL
16/12/2003

Press Release Bulgarian Muslims elect new chief Mufti
RFE/RL
15/12/2003

Press Release Trafficking victims become more isolated and vulnerable, international report says
OSCE
14/12/2003

Press Release Discrimination Through Hooliganism Decree
ERRC
15/12/2003

Press Release EU accession countries: What about religious freedom?
FORUM 18
05/12/2003

Press Release ERRC/COHRE Housing Rights Action Before European Committee of Social Rights (on Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Turkey)
ERRC
04/12/2003

Press Release By the Help of HRP the Court Judged Big Compensation for two Roma on the Occasion of the Death of Their Daughter in the Hospital
HRP
01/12/2003

Press Release At The Recent Local Elections Roma Political Parties Won Success On The Background Of Strong Anti-Roma Propaganda
HRP
26/11/2003

Press Release Bulgarian Parliament Should Reject Restrictions on Freedom of Expression and Information
Justice Initiative
03/11/2003

Press Release Roma Rights 3/2003: Personal Documents and Fundamental Rights
ERRC
27/10/2003

Press Release ARTICLE 19 releases briefing note on proposed amendments to penal code
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
20/10/2003

Press Release The Government Worked out its Action Plan for the Roma Minority but it Rises Number of Questions
HRP
20/10/2003

Report MHRMC Report on Macedonian Minority in Bulgaria - OSCE 2003 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
MHRMC
17/10/2003

Press Release Treaty Signatures & Ratifications, 6 - 10/10/03: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro
CoE
10/10/2003

Press Release "Macedonian minority does not exist in Europe!?" - on a PACE report
MILS
10/10/2003

Press Release The Government again Turned its Back on the Desegregation of the Roma Schools
HRP
08/10/2003

Press Release IHF-ERRC Joint Intervention on Roma Rights (concerns Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia)
IHF-ERRC
08/10/2003

Press Release Bulgarian universities to train teachers for Romany Children
RFE/RL
01/10/2003

Press Release Bulgaria Made Important Step for Elimination of the Discrimination
HRP
19/09/2003

Press Release ERRC Welcomes Bulgarian Anti-Discrimination Law
ERRC
18/09/2003

Press Release Trading in misery: Trafficking in women in the Balkans
IWPR
15/09/2003

Press Release Bulgarian historian and politician Nikolay Todorov dies
RFE/RL
12/09/2003

Press Release Invitation for the Third Macedonian World Human Rights Conference
MHRMC
28/08/2003

Press Release Jehovah's witness centre to be destroyed?
FORUM 18
23/08/2003

Press Release Jehovah's witness center in Bulgaria may be demolished
UCSJ
22/08/2003

Press Release National Newspaper Explains Dissmisal of Minister by Government Inaction on Roma Issues
HRP
20/08/2003

Press Release Several Hundred Roma from Silistra Demonstrated against the Murder of a young Roma man on Sunday
HRP
07/08/2003

Press Release New on MINELRES website
MINELRES
01/08/2003

Press Release New on MINELRES website: Council of Europe page
MINELRES
01/08/2003

Press Release Helsinki Commission Chairman Recalls Romani Holocaust Tragedy
HELSINKI COMMISSION NEWS
31/07/2003

Press Release Controversial religion law survives constitutional challenge
FORUM 18
25/07/2003

Press Release SEEMO press release. Concerns Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Roma
IPI/IFEX
15/07/2003

Press Release IHF Report on Religious Freedom and Tolerance: "Non-traditional" Religions are Targets of Repression in the OSCE Region (concerns Bulgaria and Greece)
IHF
15/07/2003

Press Release Latest news from the Council of Europe Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
CoE
12/07/2003

Press Release Bulgarian prosecutor-general pledges charges for communist-era assimilation campaign
RFE/RL
07/07/2003

Press Release Declaration on defamation and freedom of expression in Southeastern Europe
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
03/07/2003

Press Release Romani Activists Statement: Open Society Institute/World Bank Conference (concerns Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro)
ERRC
02/07/2003

Press Release Alleged beating prompts Bulgarian-Macedonian diplomatic row
RFE/RL
13/06/2003

Press Release Council of Europe experts criticize Bulgarian law on religious communities
RFE/RL
12/06/2003

Press Release Greece, Bulgaria to open new border crossing (in area with minorities on both sides)
RFE/RL
09/06/2003

Press Release Bulgarian government launches program for Roma's integration while local Romany groups protest racist attacks
RFE/RL
06/06/2003

Report Annual Report of the Human Rights Project on the Situation of the Human Rights of the Roma in Bulgaria in 2002
HRP
06/06/2003

Report Amnesty International Annual Report 2003
AI
28/05/2003

Press Release Restore Anti-Discrimination law draft to protect Roma
Ustiben
28/05/2003

Press Release School Ethnic Segregation in Macedonia and Bulgaria
TOL
27/05/2003

Press Release Roma Rights 1 and 2/2003: Anti-Discrimination Law
ERRC
22/05/2003

Press Release A Member of the Parliament Publishes an Inflammatory Article Against the Roma
HRP
22/05/2003

Press Release ERRC School Desegregation Lawsuit in Bulgaria
ERRC
20/05/2003

Press Release European Roma Learn about U.S. Blacks' Struggle for Equality
Greenwood Commonwealth
18/05/2003

Press Release ECRI Meeting with Macedonian Organizations in Bulgaria
MHRMC
17/05/2003

Press Release The government should reject US impunity agreement
AI
13/05/2003

Press Release On Jane Sandanski grave in Bulgaria - Macedonians united and without police pressure
MILS
21/04/2003

Press Release "Macedonia and Bulgaria have differences for the past, but they have same views for the future"
MILS
21/04/2003

Press Release Reconciling for the Future - Newsletter IX
Reconciling for the Future
18/04/2003

Press Release There is not a progress with the ready draft Anti-discrimination Act
HRP
10/04/2003

Press Release Bulgaria's Roma mark their holiday, demand better integration
RFE/RL
09/04/2003

Press Release Recommendations of the "Reconciling for the Future" workshop (3-4 April 2003)
Reconciling for the Future
09/04/2003

Press Release Bulgarian Prime Minister Acknowledges Existence of Macedonian Minority in Bulgaria
MILS
08/04/2003

Press Release Macedonian Minority Organizations in Bulgaria unite
MILS
07/04/2003

Press Release Newsletter VI and VII
Reconciling for the Future
31/03/2003

Press Release NGOs in Bulgaria protest against war involvement
NGOs in Bulgaria
27/03/2003

Press Release NATO: Focus on Arms Trafficking
HRW
25/03/2003

Press Release Bulgaria's Roma groups against war in Iraq
SSDID/HRP
17/03/2003

Press Release Bulgarian Helsinki Committee warns of deteriorating human rights situation
RFE/RL
14/03/2003

Press Release Newsletter V
Reconciling for the Future
13/03/2003

Press Release European Human Rights Institutions on reform of the European Court of Human Rights
NHRI
13/03/2003

Press Release The Workshop (Thessaloniki, Greece, 4-6 April 2003)
Reconciling for the Future
11/03/2003

Press Release Theater for Turkish minority to be reopened in Bulgaria
RFE/RL
11/03/2003

Press Release Bulgaria marks 60th anniversary of rescue of its Jews
RFE/RL
10/03/2003

Press Release New National Roma Association
MINELRES
10/03/2003

Press Release Reconciling for the Future: Issue No. 3, Tuesday, 25 February 2003
Reconciling for the Future
07/03/2003

Press Release Macedonian Jews demand apology, compensation from Bulgaria
RFE/RL
06/03/2003

Press Release New on Media Online
Media Online
05/03/2003

Press Release Conference on Vlachs, Aromanians, and Sarakatsans (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia)
CNRS
01/03/2003

Press Release 60th anniversary of the saving of 50,000 Bulgarian Jews
MINELRES
25/02/2003

Press Release Bulgaria's ethnic Turks raise issue of forced assimilation
RFE/RL
25/02/2003

Press Release Bulgarian Roma to sue ethnic Turkish politician
RFE/RL
24/02/2003

Report Annual Report of Tolerance Foundation on the State of Religious Freedom Practice in Bulgaria in 2002
Tolerance Foundation
19/02/2003

Press Release ECRI general policy recommendation N°7: Interview with Joseph Voyame, the Swiss member of ECRI and Chair of the working group which drafted the Recommendation
ECRI
17/02/2003

Press Release ECRI general policy recommendation N°7 on national legislation to combat racism and racial discrimination (13/12/2002)
ECRI
17/02/2003

Press Release SEEMO activities in 2003 and the statistics of press freedom violations in 2002
SEEMO
31/01/2003

Press Release Retired Colonel Shoot 16 years old Roma man
HRP
28/01/2003

Press Release UN says European Roma face discrimination (including Bulgaria and Romania)
UN
23/01/2003

Press Release Bulgarian Romany leaders criticize lack of acceptance
RFE/RL
22/01/2003

Press Release Tale of Two Europes: Political Unity Advances, Religious Rifts Persist; Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy are still miles apart in Bulgaria and elsewhere (ABC News)
AP
03/01/2003

Press Release Macedonian Minority Organization in Bulgaria, OMO Ilinden PIRIN, Announces New Website
OMO Ilinden PIRIN
01/01/2003