MACEDONIA

2003


2002

2001

THROUGH 2000


Press Release Macedonia's Helsinki Committee chair: "Power did not show concern for interests of citizens"
MILS
23/12/2003

Press Release Macedonians muslims do not accept results of census
MILS
23/12/2003

Press Release Macedonia's Helsinki Committee on new municipal borders and on ministry of interior's propaganda
MILS
19/12/2003

Press Release Latest news from the Council of Europe Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
CoE
18/12/2003

Press Release End Cruel Limbo for Kosovo Roma Refugees
HRW
10/12/2003

Press Release Macedonia and Greece will open consulates in Thessaloniki and Bitola
MILS
10/12/2003

Report Macedonian journalism: Independent, but not neutral
RFE/RL
05/12/2003

Press Release Results of census in Macedonia and reactions
MILS
02/12/2003

Press Release Macedonian census results announced
RFE/RL
02/12/2003

Press Release Crvenkovski and Dxaferi before emigrants in USA - Macedonians and Albanians in Diaspora should cooperate
MILS
27/11/2003

Press Release ARTICLE 19 issues memorandum on draft law on Free Access to Public Information
ARTICLE 19/IFEX
18/11/2003

Press Release Macedonia's Helsinki Committee rejects critics of judges for case "Paunovski"
MILS
18/11/2003

Press Release Macedonia's journalists associations concerned because of verdicts against journalists
MILS
14/11/2003

Press Release "All macedonians by origin will get Macedonia's citizenship"
MILS
10/11/2003

Press Release Helsinki Committee - Former Macedonia's minister Paunovski is sentenced without evidence
MILS
05/11/2003

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

Press Release "War" in Roma settlement "Suto Orizari" (Skopje)
MILS
27/10/2003

Press Release CRISISWEBNEWS New ICG Briefing on Macedonia
ICG
23/10/2003

Press Release New Ombudsman Law in full text
ECMI
15/10/2003

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

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 OSCE Mission in Skopje welcomes new law on Ombudsperson
OSCE
01/10/2003

Press Release Two stories on Minority Rights Concerns in Macedonia and Albania
MILS
01/10/2003

Press Release SEEMO concerned over monopoly position of state-controlled news agency
IPI/IFEX
26/09/2003

Press Release Increased funding to state-owned news agency threatens existence of privately-owned media, says WAN
WAN/IFEX
26/09/2003

Press Release Students protest in Macedonia
RFE/RL
26/09/2003

Press Release When Greece's Largest Daily "Eleftherotypia" Discovers the Skopjan Language [in greek]
GHM
16/09/2003

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

Press Release Helsinki Committee - Parts of MOI police generate tensions in the country
MILS
15/09/2003

Press Release Roma women challenge European governments over health crisis, call for special conference on sterilization
AdvocacyNet
13/09/2003

Press Release Recently added documents on Croatia, Romania, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro
MIRIS
11/09/2003

Press Release Macedonian Helsinki Committee on government's illegal decisions
MILS
02/09/2003

Press Release "Macedonian government exaggerates with detention pressure" (Dnevnik)
MILS
02/09/2003

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

Press Release Gostivar Voice 29th issue-Summary
IPG
28/08/2003

Press Release Roma refugees from Kosovo started moving to private houses in Macedonia
MILS
27/08/2003

Press Release Macedonia's vice-Prime Minister: "Participation of ethnic communities in public administration improves"
MILS
27/08/2003

Press Release Gostivar Voice 28th issue-Summary
IPG
26/08/2003

Press Release Gostivar Voice 27th issue-Summary
IPG
22/08/2003

Press Release UNHCR FYROM Update no. 36 on Kosovo Roma Refugees in Macedonia
UNHCR
21/08/2003

Press Release ND Deputy Tables Question on "Contemptible Separatist" Macedonian Political Refugees and 200.000 indigenous Greeks in FYROM
ND Deputy
21/08/2003

Press Release Macedonian Helsinki Committee: Kosovo Roma refugees victims of racial discrimination by UNHCR
MILS
21/08/2003

Press Release The Vlah Minority in Macedonia: Language, Identity, Dialectology, and Standardization
Victor A. Friedman
19/08/2003

Report UNHCR FYROM Update no. 35 on Kosovo Roma from Greek-Macedonian Border
UNHCR
12/08/2003

Press Release UNHCR Welcomes Return of the Kosovo Roma Refugees from Medzitlija (Greek Macedonian border)
UNHCR
10/08/2003

Press Release Three new ECMI publications on Kosovo and Macedonia
ECMI
08/08/2003

Press Release Developments on Kosovo Roma at Greek-Macedonian border - MILS and UNCHR versions
MILS
07/08/2003

Press Release UNHCR Macedonia Information Update No.33 on Kosovo Roma at the Greek-Macedonian Border
UNHCR
04/08/2003

Press Release UNHCR and government without solution for kosovo roma at greek-macedonian border
MILS
04/08/2003

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

Press Release Macedonian refugees from Greece will try to enter Greece on 10 August
MILS
29/07/2003

Press Release PER: "Albanians and Their Negjbors: Is the Status Quo Acceptable?"
MINELRES
27/07/2003

Press Release New twist in Serbian, Macedonian Church dispute
RFE/RL
25/07/2003

Press Release Serbian bishop sentenced to solitary confinement
FORUM 18
25/07/2003

Press Release OSCE Skopje conference ends with agreement on return of Roma refugees stranded at Greek border
OSCE
25/07/2003

Press Release Regional OSCE conference on future of Roma refugees from Kosovo opens in Skopje today
OSCE
24/07/2003

Press Release Photos from Kosovo Roma in the Greek-Macedonian Border and Elsewhere and Kosovo Serbs
Anna Kari
19/07/2003

Press Release Macedonian refugees in august will meet in greece
MILS
18/07/2003

Press Release Macedonian Parliament - Legal Framework for legalization of "Tetovo University" adopted
MILS
18/07/2003

Press Release Kosovo Roma's attempt to enter Greece stopped with police violence
MILS
18/07/2003

Press Release Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border are waiting for ECHR decision
MILS
15/07/2003

Press Release Macedonian Albanian opposition leaders hint at separatist option
RFE/RL
14/07/2003

Press Release UNHCR Update on the Kosovo Roma in the Greek-Macedonia Border (2-7-03)
UNHCR
09/07/2003

Press Release Kosovo Roma living in fear turn to EU for help
MRGI
03/07/2003

Press Release Macedonian Prime Minister lauds 'great step forward' in name dispute as Greek government voices concern
RFE/RL
03/07/2003

Press Release Greece will open the border for Macedonian political refugees between 10/8-30/10
MILS
03/07/2003

Report Rom wins UK asylum: Macedonia criticised
Ustiben
02/07/2003

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

Press Release Macedonian government delivered decision for legalization of "Tetovo University"
MILS
30/06/2003

Press Release Greece insists in the continuation of the talks for the name of Macedonia (and admits past errors)
MPE
27/06/2003

Press Release Anti-globalists from Thessaloniki with support for Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border
MILS
23/06/2003

Press Release UNHCR Press Briefing on the Situation of Kosovo Roma at the Greek-Macedonian Border
UNHCR
20/06/2003

Press Release Positive Dialogue between Romani and European Union representatives
ERIO
16/06/2003

Press Release Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border receive negative answer from EU countries
MILS
16/06/2003

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

Press Release Gostivar Voice 25th issue-Summary
IPG
13/06/2003

Press Release Macedonian Helsinki Committee Evaluates Current Government
MILS
13/06/2003

Press Release Gostivar Voice 23d & 24th issue-Summary
IPG
12/06/2003

Press Release Human Rights Promoted among Macedonian Police
Civil Society Resource Centre
06/06/2003

Press Release Roma refugees from Kosova stage protest
RFE/RL
06/06/2003

Press Release EU called on Kosovo Roma to accept the offer of the Macedonian government
MILS
06/06/2003

Press Release Greek priests denied entry in Macedonia
MILS
06/06/2003

Press Release Mercator Newsletter 2 - May 2003
MINELRES
06/06/2003

Press Release Petition by Kosovo Roma in Macedonia (border area with Greece)
ERRC
31/05/2003

Press Release Kosovo Roma in Greek-Macedonian border signed applications for asylum in Greece
MILS
30/05/2003

Press Release Roma National Congress: Only solution for Kosovo Roma is to leave Macedonia
MILS
29/05/2003

Press Release RNC Press Conference on Kosovo Roma at the Greek-Macedonian Border
RNC
29/05/2003

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

Press Release Macedonia's citizens are more tolerant than the parties
MILS
27/05/2003

Press Release Government suggests Kosovo Roma become refugees. Helsinki Committee: Allow Roma leave the country.
MILS
27/05/2003

Press Release Medecins Du Monde-Greece assess situation of 600 Rom refugees stranded at FYROM­Greek border
MISSIONS MDM
27/05/2003

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

Press Release Crisis at the Greek-Macedonian border (with Kosovo Roma)
Gunther
25/05/2003

Press Release News Bulletin on the Macedonian-Greek Kosovo Roma Refugee Crisis
RNN Exclusive
23/05/2003

Press Release Incident on the Greek-Macedonian border cross Medzitlija - Police had to intervene against Roma from Kosovo
MILS
23/05/2003

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

Press Release Greece refused to accept Kosovo Roma refugees which wait at the Macedoian border
MILS
22/05/2003

Press Release Violence Against Kosovo Roma in Macedonia
ERRC
22/05/2003

Press Release Humanitarian disaster threatens to the Roma refugees at Greek-Macedonian border
MILS
21/05/2003

Press Release Roma refugees from Kosovo discontented by lodging in Macedonia request asylum in Greece
MILS
20/05/2003

Press Release Refugee crisis on the Macedonian/Greek boarder with 800 Roma
RNN
18/05/2003

Press Release Australian Greek Minister in Slur Probe ("Skopjans") [The Age, 14-5-2003]
The Age
18/05/2003

Press Release Albania and Macedonia should reject impunity agreements on the International Criminal Court
AI
16/05/2003

Press Release Georgievski's Idea to Divide Macedonia Rejected from Many Sides in Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo
MILS
25/04/2003

Press Release Summary of 22nd issue of "Gostivar Voice"
Inter-ethic Project Gostivar
23/04/2003

Press Release Full Text of Controversial Article by Former Macedonian PM Ljubco Georgievski
Ljubco Georgievski
21/04/2003

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 Summary of 21st issue of "Gostivar Voice"
Gostivar Voice
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 New on MINELRES minority related national legislation database
MINELRES
08/04/2003

Press Release Macedonia's Romany minority marks 'Day of the Roma'.
RFE/RL
08/04/2003

Press Release Macedonian Ombudsman's Activities in 2002
MILS
08/04/2003

Press Release "No-name country"'s vice-prime minister Sekerinska cancelled participation to so-called "Reconciliation" conference in Thessaloniki
MILS
07/04/2003

Press Release On the US State Department Report on Macedonia
MILS
03/04/2003

Press Release New on Media Online
Media Online
31/03/2003

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

Press Release Macedonia's Serbs, Roma and Vlachs demand passports on their languages
MILS
20/03/2003

Press Release IPI criticises countries included in "coalition of the willing"
IPI/IFEX
19/03/2003

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 Declaration against police brutality against Roma in Macedonia
MILS
10/03/2003

Press Release Helsinki Committee: Minimum standards for return of displaced persons in Macedonia not yet fulfilled
MILS
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 Abuse of Roma in Macedonia
ERRC
06/03/2003

Press Release Macedonian Ombudsman disgusted by conditions in investigation prison "Skopje"
MILS
06/03/2003

Press Release Macedonian Helsinki Committee requests court solution of case "Rastanski Lozja"
MILS
04/03/2003

Report Macedonia's Arben Xhaferi reappears
RFE/RL
28/02/2003

Press Release Another Canadian-Macedonian Denied Entry into Greece
MHRMC
25/02/2003

Press Release "Dnevnik": "Three American states renamed the Macedonians into Greeks"
MILS
18/02/2003

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 Macedonian Helsinki Committee Leads Anti-War Protest in Skopje on Saturday
MILS
13/02/2003

Press Release Roma people from Ramnina request the government to help them build new houses
MILS
11/02/2003

Press Release Conference Declaration: "Roma and the Stability Pact in Southeastern Europe", Bucharest, February 6-9, 2003
ERRC
10/02/2003

Press Release European Minorities Face Educational Barriers (concerns Macedonia, Romania and Roma)
MINELRES
07/02/2003

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

Press Release Helsinki Committee has remarks for some acts of police towards members of Vmro Dpmne
MILS
31/01/2003

Press Release World Report 2003 (concerns Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey, Yugoslavia)
HRW
24/01/2003

Press Release Macedonian Helsinki Committee's concerns for changes in the administration
MILS
23/01/2003

Press Release New publication: Minority Rights in Education
MINELRES
22/01/2003

Press Release Police ill-treatment and torture of detainees continues
AI
22/01/2003

Press Release Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes reports on "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
CoE
16/01/2003

Press Release Summary of 12th, 13th, and 14th issues of "Gostivar Voice"
IPG
08/01/2003

Press Release First unofficial results of Macedonia's census - Albanians will not be under 20% nor will they exceed Macedonians in the future
MILS
06/01/2003