Special Issues

On the Crisis in Macedonia
(March 2001)










On the Crisis in Macedonia

Press Release "Small" Ones Claim Their Due
AIM
12/04/2002

Press Release On Macedonia's Ombudsman
MILS
09/04/2002

Press Release Macedonian media's distortion of GHM comments on State Department on Greece
MILS
21/03/2002

Press Release Summary of the fifth issue of Gostivar Voice
IPG
20/03/2002

Press Release "Influence of the European Convention for Human Rights on the National Laws and Practices", including Cases before the ECHR against Macedonia 1998-2001: Presentation, Foreword and Summary
CSRC
19/03/2002

Press Release Bulgarian minority organization registered in Macedonia
RFE/RL
15/03/2002

Report Macedonian reactions to the U.S. State Department's Human Rights Report
RFE/RL
15/03/2002

Press Release Opening of ECMI NGO Resource Centres in Tetovo and Bitola, Macedonia
ECMI
13/03/2002

Press Release Call for more aid for former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
PACE
12/03/2002

Press Release A Network of Minoprity Rights Organisations established in Macedonia
ADI
11/03/2002

Report Media monitoring report 1
EIM
11/03/2002

Press Release Parliament passes amnesty law
MILS
08/03/2002

Press Release Skopje law courageous step towards normality says Secretary General
CoE
08/03/2002

Press Release Are Bulgarian-Macedonian relations improving?
RFE/RL
06/03/2002

Press Release Representation of the "other": the ethnic Albanian NLA in Macedonia
Media Online
02/03/2002

Press Release European center on minority issues opened in Kumanovo
MILS
28/02/2002

Press Release Gostivar Voice/Glas/Zeri/Sesi/Avazi; fourth issue
IPG
28/02/2002

Press Release OSCE/ODIHR to send expanded observation mission to monitor Macedonian elections
OSCE
28/02/2002

Press Release When Journalists and Policemen are Doing Each Other's Job
AIM
28/02/2002

Press Release No Amnesty for Violations of Laws of War
HRW
27/02/2002

Press Release Death penalty ban in all circumstances: Protocol added to the European Convention on Human Rights
CoE
21/02/2002

Press Release Macedonia's other conflict
ESI
20/02/2002

Press Release Written question on human rights in Macedonia
PACE
18/02/2002

Press Release Trajkovski and Casule - Different approaches concerning name dispute with Greece
MILS
15/02/2002

Press Release Helsinki Committee Criticizes Minister of Education
HCHR-RM/MILS
14/02/2002

Press Release Helsinki Committee: Negotino students - Victims of political games
MILS
06/02/2002

Press Release Macedonian president seeks U.S. lobby
BETA
06/02/2002

Press Release On local administration law and Albanian parties cooperation council
RFE/RL
01/02/2002

Press Release New on Media Online
Media Online
01/02/2002

Press Release EU believes minister Boskovski hinders peace processes in Macedonia (with attacks against Helsinki Committee)
MILS
31/01/2002

Press Release Press Release About the Campaign Against The Committee
MHC
30/01/2002

Press Release Serbian minority: Ethnic communities should be guaranteed one MP seat
MILS
29/01/2002

Press Release Rights Group: Balkans Using Threats
Washington Post
28/01/2002

Press Release IRU Parliament's Resolutions, January 2002
MINELRES
28/01/2002

Press Release New on Media Online
Media Online
27/01/2002

Press Release Macedonian nationalists force walkout by key government moderate (and attack Helsinki Committee)
IWPR
25/01/2002

Press Release Intimidation and smear campaign against President of Helsinki Committee
OMCT/FIDH
24/01/2002

Press Release December issue of Gostivar Voice/Glas/Zeri/Sesi/Avazi
IPG
24/01/2002

Press Release Sixty journalists killed in 2001, says WAN
WAN/IFEX
23/01/2002

Press Release The Macedonian Human Rights Calvary (of the Helsinki Committee)
Suad Missini
22/01/2002

Press Release Official launch of the "ECMI NGO Network for the Improvement of Interethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia"
ECMI
22/01/2002

Press Release International Roma Union responds to Amdi Bajram's accusations
MILS
22/01/2002

Press Release EBLUL sets promotion of linguistic diversity at the IGC 2004 as a main priority
EBLUL
22/01/2002

Press Release The Third session of the IRU Parliament ended
RIA
21/01/2002

Press Release RNC letter of concern about the public offendce against Rudko Kawcinzky done by Macedonia's MP Amdi Bajram
RNC
21/01/2002

Press Release The Political Realignment of Macedonia's Albanians
AIM
20/01/2002

Press Release Rights Defenders Under Attack
HRW
19/01/2002

Press Release Leader of Roma alliance Amdi Bajram accuses International Roma Union
MILS
18/01/2002

Press Release Helsinki Committee in Macedonia Under Pressure from Interior Ministry, Media, Church
IHF
16/01/2002

Press Release Helsinki Committee condemns giving religious pendants to special police units
MILS
11/01/2002

Press Release Macedonian media become instruments of propaganda (Helsinki Committee report)
MILS
11/01/2002

Report Macedonian Bishops attack president Trajkovski
RFE/RL
11/01/2002

Press Release Bishop Petar accuses president Trajkovski and Christian Sects
MILS
08/01/2002

Press Release 2001 Review of the Year: Step back from the abyss
BBC
29/12/2001

Press Release Was Church Fire Arson?
KESTON INSTITUTE
11/12/2001

Report Macedonia's Name: Why the Dispute Matters and How to Resolve It
ICG
10/12/2001

Press Release Macedonia's Name: A Step to Peace
ICG
10/12/2001

Press Release NEW on Media Online
Media Online
10/12/2001

Press Release Macedonian police violate the rights of albanian citizens
AHRG
05/12/2001

Press Release Another act of violence from the part of the Macedonian police
AHC
05/12/2001

Press Release The special police force ‘Lions’ places the peace process in Macedonia at risk
IHF
05/12/2001

Press Release Media and Nationalism: The Macedonian Question (Summer 1999, Demertzis et al)
HIJPP
23/11/2001

Press Release South East European University opens in Tetovo, Macedonia
OSCE
20/11/2001

Press Release Slavic Review (1994): The British Foreign Office and Macedonian National Identity 1918-1941
Andrew Rossos
19/11/2001

Press Release Macedonia adopts new constitution
BBC
16/11/2001

Press Release Is There a Good Terrorist? (Timothy Gordon Ash)
The New York Review of Books
15/11/2001

Press Release C R I S I S W E B N E W S: New ICG report - Bin Laden and the Balkans
ICG
09/11/2001

Report Bin Laden and the Balkans: the Politics of Anti-Terrorism
ICG
09/11/2001

Press Release Statement on Macedonia by MEP Bart Staes (European Free Alliance) in the European Parliament
EFA
06/11/2001

Report Legal arm of uck gains support
RFE/RL
02/11/2001

Press Release Information chief slams Macedonian-language media
RFE/RL
29/10/2001

Press Release New newpaper in 4 languages in Gostivar, Macedonia
IPG
22/10/2001

Press Release No Immunity for Gross Violations in Macedonia
HRW
03/10/2001

Press Release Disinformation in the Balkans (1)
RFE/RL/GHM
28/09/2001

Press Release Disinformation in the Balkans (2)
IWPR
28/09/2001

Press Release A 'Macedoine' of Minority Problems (Statement to the OSCE)
GHM/MRG-G
21/09/2001

Press Release New on Media Online
Media Online
19/09/2001

Press Release Macedonian Groups Disclaim Reported Platform of Macedonian Minorities and Diaspora
MHRMC/Rainbow
12/09/2001

Press Release Ohrid Agreement - a starting point for the protection of human rights
AI
10/09/2001

Press Release Adoption of agreement - a step forward for human rights
AI
10/09/2001

Press Release Over 50% of Macedonians disapprove of the framework document
MILS
07/09/2001

Press Release Macedonian Troops Commit Grave Abuses. Role of Interior Minister in Ljuboten Abuses Must be Investigated
HRW
05/09/2001

Press Release Roma protest against racism
05/09/2001

Press Release Macedonians hunt for identity in the midst of crisis
AP
02/09/2001

Press Release Letter to the Editor of 'The Economist' on "Slav Macedonians" Not Published
GHM
31/08/2001

Press Release Macedonian Helsinki Committee and Human Rights Watch Allege Macedonian War Crimes Against Albanians in Ljuboten
IWPR
31/08/2001

Report Macedonian Helsinki Committee Chair M. Najcevska Defines the Ideal Civic State
RFE/RL
31/08/2001

Press Release Reported platform of Macedonian minorities and diaspora
MILS
29/08/2001

Press Release "Human Rights Watch" accuses Macedonian minister Ljube Boskovski
MILS
29/08/2001

Press Release New on Media Online
Media Online
28/08/2001

Report The mood in Macedonia
RFE/RL
24/08/2001

Press Release Police Abuse Against Albanians Continues in Macedonia
HRW
22/08/2001

Report Surroi's letter to the Macedonians
RFE/RL
21/08/2001

Press Release Macedonian authorities responsible for UCK's propaganda windfall?
RFE/RL
21/08/2001

Press Release Macedonia these days
Institute of Sociology
19/08/2001

Report On Macedonia peace deal
RFE/RL
17/08/2001

Report War on Hold
ICG
15/08/2001

Press Release C R I S I S W E B N E W S: New ICG report on Macedonia
ICG
15/08/2001

Press Release A durable peace depends on respect for human rights
AI
15/08/2001

Press Release The Framework Agreement Signed in Macedonia on 13 August 2001
PRESIDENTIAL CABINET
13/08/2001

Press Release Let us stop the war in Macedonia! An appeal by Women In Black, Belgrade
War Resisters' International
13/08/2001

Press Release Key events in Macedonia's standoff between rebels, government forces AP
13/08/2001

Press Release Religious communities in Macedonia express concern over situation
RFE/RL
13/08/2001

Press Release Roma appeal for peace in Macedonia
Roma Center for Public Policies
12/08/2001

Press Release Torture, Kidnappings by Albanians in Macedonia
HRW
11/08/2001

Press Release Amnesty International appeals to all parties to protect civilian populations
AI
10/08/2001

Press Release OSCE Skopje Mission concerned about misuse of religious and cultural sites
OSCE
07/08/2001

Report Religion and the Macedonian conflict
RFE/RL
03/08/2001

Press Release Profile of Macedonia's NLA Leader Ali Ahmeti
BETA
02/08/2001

Press Release Rebel Criticism Clouds Macedonian Talks
Reuters
31/07/2001

Press Release OSCE charges ethnic Albanian rebels with 'ethnic cleansing'
RFE/RL
27/07/2001

Press Release Macedonia criticizes Albania over minority broadcasts
RFE/RL
27/07/2001

Report Macedonia: Still Sliding
ICG
27/07/2001

Press Release New ICG Briefing on Macedonia
ICG
27/07/2001

Report Helsinki Committee´s May 2001 Report
HC
25/07/2001

Press Release Roma MP aligned with Macedonians for unitary character of state
MILS
24/07/2001

Report Speaking a different language
RFE/RL
24/07/2001

Report Macedonians react to Albanian proposals
RFE/RL
17/07/2001

Press Release Helsinki Committee: Extremely negative human rights situation in Macedonia
MILS
14/07/2001

Press Release Roma in the Macedonian Conflict
ERRC
13/07/2001

Press Release Parliamentary question of MEP Bart STAES (European Free Alliance) to the European Council on the 11th of July 2001
MEP Bart STAES
13/07/2001

Press Release Interview on Macedonian crisis with Frederick Abrahams Human Rights Researcher
Washington Post
08/07/2001

Press Release Conflict in Macedonia
HRW
07/07/2001

Press Release More Albanians in state administration, less of other nationalities
MILS
05/07/2001

Press Release Ethnicity Distorts Truth in Macedonia: Hardened Positions Seen in Reporting
Washington Post
03/07/2001

Press Release Why Macedonia Matters
Washington Post
29/06/2001

Press Release Van der Stoel appointed Personal Envoy of Chairman-in-Office
OSCE
29/06/2001

Press Release Pamphlet Raises Ethnic Tensions
HRW
25/06/2001

Press Release Roma politicians in Macedonia
MINELRES
23/06/2001

Press Release Disputable preamble and constitutional articles
MILS
19/06/2001

Press Release Journalist briefly detained, threatened
IPI/IFEX
15/06/2001

Press Release Human rights crisis - Action needed now to protect freedom of movement
AI
15/06/2001

Report State policies toward the Roma in Macedonia
PER
14/06/2001

Press Release Memories of a peace
CSRC
13/06/2001

Press Release Police assault two Agence France-Presse contributors
RSF/IFEX
13/06/2001

Press Release NATO: Unfinished Business in the Balkans
HRW
13/06/2001

Report Analysis of Macedonian Crisis
RFE/RL
13/06/2001

Press Release IWPR editor detained in Macedonia
IWPR
09/06/2001

Report Violence returns to Bitola
RFE/RL
08/06/2001

Report Report on IHF Missions to Macedonia
IHF
08/06/2001

Press Release Rioters Burn Albanian Homes in Bitola
HRW
08/06/2001

Press Release Albanian Rebel Abuses of Serb Civilians
HRW
07/06/2001

Press Release Following murder of Macedonian soldiers - Shops and houses of ethnic Albanians in Bitola blazing
MILS
07/06/2001

Press Release Macedonians against , Albanians for changes of constitution
MILS
06/06/2001

Press Release Secretariat for multiethnic coexistence created in Macedonia
MILS
06/06/2001

Report On skepticism in Macedonia and Bitola anti-Albanian riots
RFE/RL
05/06/2001

Press Release Workshops on the Law on Access to Information
EIM
04/06/2001

Press Release On Albanians' "High Demography" in Macedonia
03/06/2001

Press Release Conference "Macedonia - Macedonias: Changing Context in the Changing Balkans"
SSEES
01/06/2001

Press Release Macedonian Police Abuses Documented
HRW
31/05/2001

Press Release Nova Makedonija on Minorities in Macedonia
MILS
31/05/2001

Press Release Macedonian Government Abuses in Runica Village
HRW
29/05/2001

Press Release Skopje Mission speaks out against "patently false and potentially dangerous" media reporting
OSCE
25/05/2001

Press Release Chairman-in-Office condemns extremist violence in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
OSCE
25/05/2001

Press Release GHM/MRG-G Statement to UN WGM: Unrecognized National Minorities in Albania, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Macedonia, Slovenia and Turkey
GHM/MRG-G
14/05/2001

Press Release New Coalition Government for Projected Failure (S. Missini)
CSRC
13/05/2001

Press Release Letter of concern on ethnic collision in Macedonia at the expense of Roma
HRP
11/05/2001

Press Release Chaos and War, or a Protectorate?
AIM
10/05/2001

Press Release We are all Defeated!
AIM
10/05/2001

Press Release Kosova Helsinki Committee: Prevent Escalation in Macedonia
IHF
08/05/2001

Press Release Roma Rights 1/2001: Access to Justice
ERRC
08/05/2001

Press Release Helsinki Committee of Macedonia Condemns Use of Force
HCM
08/05/2001

Press Release Macedonia Conflict Endangers Civilians
HRW
07/05/2001

Press Release Appeal to Macedonian media to refrain from "Hate Speech"
OSCE
07/05/2001

Press Release Will the Republic of Macedonia Declare War against Its Own Citizens?
IHF
06/05/2001

Press Release The Holiday of Violence in Macedonia
AIM
06/05/2001

Press Release Inter-ethnic Violence Escalates in Macedonia (Also Affecting Media)
MILS
04/05/2001

Press Release NAAC Disappointed After Meeting with Trajkovski
NAAC
04/05/2001

Press Release Macedonian Corruption Stories
AIM
04/05/2001

Press Release SEEMO concerned about position of journalists and media in South East Europe
IPI/IFEX
03/05/2001

Press Release Anti-Albanian riots in Macedonia like Kristallnacht: Albanian leader
AMCC
02/05/2001

Press Release Macedonian rioters target Albanian shops in post-funeral melee
AP
01/05/2001

Press Release Dualism and Nervousness in Relations Between Tirana and Skoplje
AIM
29/04/2001

Press Release A Lesson in Political Mathematics (Macedonian Census)
AIM
28/04/2001

Press Release External Pressure, Internal Inefficiency in Macedonia
AIM
25/04/2001

Press Release Census postponed; Minority rights debated
MILS
24/04/2001

Press Release Clarifying ERRC positions in Macedonia
ERRC
24/04/2001

Press Release ERRC press conference in Macedonia
ERRC
24/04/2001

Press Release Roma and Public Services in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania (and the Czech Republic)
Open Society Institute
21/04/2001

Report The Future of Macedonia: A Balkan Survivor Now Needs Reform (Full Report)
USIP
21/04/2001

Press Release The Future of Macedonia: A Balkan Survivor Now Needs Reform
USIP
21/04/2001

Press Release Census and minorities in Macedonia (as well as Albania and Bulgaria)
RFE/RL
20/04/2001

Press Release Internethnic Relations in Macedonia: Joint Statement by IHF and Helsinki Committee of Macedonia
IHF
18/04/2001

Report Changes for Macedonia's constitution?
RFE/RL
17/04/2001

Report Not Out of the Woods Yet
TOL
17/04/2001

Press Release Comparing Aromanian, Bosniak, Macedonian and Roma -Late or Failed-Nation-Building in the Balkans
AIM
14/04/2001

Press Release Greece's Major, yet Incomplete, Change in its Policy towards Macedonia
AIM
14/04/2001

Report The Balkan route in illegal migration
RFE/RL
13/04/2001

Press Release Official start of construction of university of Southeastern Europe
MILS
12/04/2001

Press Release Macedonian army brutality condemned
Guardian
11/04/2001

Press Release What Is to Be Done?
AIM
11/04/2001

Press Release Newspaper article about Roma in Macedonia
Martin Demirovski
09/04/2001

Press Release Dead Bodies from the Newspapers
AIM
08/04/2001

Press Release An optimist in panic: An interview with Arben Xhaferi
IWPR
07/04/2001

Press Release Coalition games in Skopje
RFE/RL
06/04/2001

Report The Macedonian Question: Reform or Rebellion
ICG
06/04/2001

Press Release New ICG report on Macedonia
ICG
06/04/2001

Press Release Macedonia's Albanian leader slams government talks
Reuters
05/04/2001

Press Release Euro-Balkan Institute Briefings (Subscription possibility)
Euro-Balkan
05/04/2001

Press Release OSCE supports inter-ethnic dialogue in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
OSCE
05/04/2001

Press Release Rainbow's Positions on the Crisis in Macedonia
Rainbow
04/04/2001

Report Shadow Report on the implementation of the FCNM in Macedonia prepared by the ADI
FCNM
03/04/2001

Press Release FCNM NGO Shadow Report on Macedonia
FCNM
03/04/2001

Report Full text of the report on access to public services
ERRC
03/04/2001

Press Release ERRC welcomes report on access to public services
ERRC
03/04/2001

Report SECOND REPORT ON MACEDONIA
adopted on 16 June 2000 and made public on 3 April 2001

ECRI
03/04/2001

Press Release Beauty of Dialogue
AIM
02/04/2001

Press Release Condemnation and Support
AIM
01/04/2001

Press Release CPJ calls for investigation into murder of journalist
CPJ/IFEX
30/03/2001

Press Release British cameraman killed by mortar fire; Agence France-Presse car targeted
RSF/IFEX
29/03/2001

Report RFE/RL Balkan report on Macedonia
RFE/RL
28/03/2001

Press Release A Little Something from the Albanian Pandora's Box
AIM
27/03/2001

Press Release Veton Surroi on the Crisis in Macedonia
IHT
27/03/2001

Press Release Greek Opposition Leader on the Crisis in Macedonia (not FYROM! not Skopje!)
IHT
27/03/2001

Press Release Press statement of Bart Staes, Member of the European Parliament
Greens/EFA
27/03/2001

Press Release Raection to van der Stoel Statement on Tetova University
ADI
27/03/2001

Press Release Skopje media commended for restraint
OSCE
27/03/2001

Press Release Martti Ahtisaari: sympathy for Albanians eroding fast
Helsingin Sanomat
26/03/2001

Press Release Max Van Der Stoel : Fadil Sulejmani and Radicals from 'Tetovo University' support the Extremists
MILS
26/03/2001

Press Release Macedonian security stops the distribution of FAKTI international edition
GHM
25/03/2001

Press Release Security council resolution number 1345
Petra Kovacs
25/03/2001

Press Release Another Political Party of the Albanians in Macedonia
AIM
25/03/2001

Press Release Meeting of Governmental Officials responsible for policies toward Roma, Budapest, 23-24 March
MINELRES
24/03/2001

Press Release Constitutional Court Dissolves Bulgarians' Association "Radko"
MILS
23/03/2001

Report RFE/RL Balkan Report Vol. 5, No. 21, 20 March 2001
RFE/RL
22/03/2001

Press Release New Regional Crisis Hot-Spot in the Balkan?
AIM
22/03/2001

Press Release The Conflict in Macedonia from Kosovo’s Perspective
AIM
22/03/2001

Press Release A Nightmare War Weekend
AIM
22/03/2001

Press Release Macedonia on Fire?
AIM
22/03/2001

Press Release IFJ calls for safety guarantees for journalists
IFJ/IFEX
21/03/2001

Press Release Amnesty International urges respect for human rights of all communities
AI
20/03/2001

Press Release RSF concerned by attacks on journalists and television relay stations in the Tetovo region
RSF/IFEX
20/03/2001

Press Release Relationship between the Security and Human Rights Situations
Helsinki Committee of Macedonia
20/03/2001

Report CPJ releases its annual report: Attacks on the Press in 2000
CPJ/IFEX
18/03/2001

Press Release Hostages of Violence
AIM
18/03/2001

Press Release Beware the threat of Albanian nationalism
Stathis N. Kalyvas
18/03/2001

Press Release A mutual declaration on a peaceful conflict resolution
Kim Mehmeti
18/03/2001

Press Release Tanusevci as a Crossroads in the Albanian Politics
AIM
18/03/2001

Press Release War Whirlwind in the Peace Oasis?
AIM
18/03/2001

Press Release Macedonia, Not Kosovo, is the Source
AIM
18/03/2001

Press Release Roma Threatened in Macedonia
MINELRES
17/03/2001

Press Release Appeal for Peace
NGOs
17/03/2001

Report Questions from Tetovo, the legacy of violence in Kosova
RFE/RL
17/03/2001

Press Release Media situation in Macedonia
MIM
17/03/2001

Press Release Macedonian Helsinki Committee condemns terrorist activities
Helsinki Committee of Macedonia
17/03/2001

Press Release Macedonian Media Alert
17/03/2001

Report The Tanusevci (Macedonia) Story
RFE/RL
17/03/2001

Press Release Vers une nouvelle guerre balkanique? (in French)
Glas Javnosti
16/03/2001

Press Release Appeal from Sarajevo to Macedonia (on developments in Macedonia)
CNA
16/03/2001

Press Release An appeal for responsible reporting (on developments in Macedonia)
Eran Fraenkel
16/03/2001



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