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Macedonians in Greece

MHRMC/Vinozhito Report on Macedonian Minority in Greece - OSCE 2004 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
MHRMC/Vinozhito
21/10/2004

Macedonian minority criticise Greece at OSCE conference
EUROLANG
12/10/2004

"Rainbow" does not seek framework agreement for Macedonians in Greece
RSF/MILS
26/08/2004

"My First Visit To My Birthplace, The Village Neret Near Lerin In Aegean Macedonia"
Pollitecon Publications
12/07/2004

ECHR considers admissible the appeal of Macedonian party against Greece (in French)
ECHR
04/07/2004

Police enter premises of private radio station, seize equipment, arrest and charge owner
IPI/IFEX
11/06/2004

Far-right group tries to bust up Greece's Macedonian minority party meeting
AP
30/05/2004

Greek Minister of Interior Urged to Have Disciplinary Sanctions Imposed on Thessaloniki Prefect for Intolerant Statement on Minority Party "Rainbow" [in greek]
GHM
28/05/2004

New books on Macedonians and web site for Pollitecon Publications
Victor Bivell
25/05/2004

Greece Sentences Macedonian Priest to Three Month Prison Term
MHRMC
25/05/2004

ECRI reported to ask Greece for "Acknowledgement of Macedonian minority in Greece"
MILS
18/05/2004

MHRMC Condemns US State Department's Continued Misrepresentation of the Macedonian Minority in Greece
MHRMC
11/05/2004

Radio France Internationale Presented Two Reports About the Macedonians in Bulgaria
MHRMC
08/05/2004

Walter Shwimer apologized for controversial Council of Europe document on Macedonia's name
MILS
03/05/2004

UN CESCR and UN CAT Review Greece's Record on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Fight against Torture
GHM
24/04/2004

Macedonians protest Council of Europe decision on their country's name
RFE/RL
08/04/2004

MHRMC 2004 Annual Report - The Macedonian Minority in Greece
MHRMC
27/03/2004

Open Letter to COE Secretary General, Walter Schwimmer, on COE Use of the Name of Macedonia
IHF/HCHRRM/GHM
25/03/2004

Reactions to the Controversial Council of Europe Document on Macedonia's Name
MILS
22/03/2004

Contested document of Council of Europe on Macedonia's name is withdrawn
MILS
20/03/2004

Council of Europe Internal Instructions on the Use of the "M" word (Macedonia)
MILS
16/03/2004

IPI 2003 World Press Freedom Review: Greece
SEEMO
11/03/2004

Macedonia's Albanian leader Arben Dxaferi denies existence of Macedonians in Albania
MILS
20/02/2004

Humanitarian disaster of Macedonian refugees from Mala Prespa, Albania - local population does not allow building of shelter for refugees in Dracevo
MILS
16/02/2004

New ECRI report criticizes Bulgaria over Macedonian minority - reactions
RFE/RL
06/02/2004

Council of Europe's ECRI recommends that Bulgaria acknowledges the existence of Macedonians and Pomaks
CoE
27/01/2004

New Inadmissible Rejection of Macedonian Association's Registration Despite Previous Condemnation of Greece by the European Court of Human Rights [in greek]
GHM
21/01/2004

Sceptical Macedonians welcome lifting of ban as Greece raises restrictions on them
The Age & ABC (Australia)
06/01/2004

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

Neofascist reaction force Edessa authorities cancel "Rainbow" Macedonian minority party congress in Greece
RAINBOW European Movement
08/12/2003

Statement after Greece's neo-fascists force cancellation of Macedonian minority party congress
EFA
08/12/2003

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

Language use and language attitudes of a phantom minority: The Slavic-Speakers in Greek Macedonia
Hidden Minorities of South-Eastern Europe
07/11/2003

Bittersweet return for Greek civil war's lost victims
The Guardian
17/10/2003

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

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

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

Newsletter no 11
RAINBOW
26/09/2003

Macedonians in Albania announce new website
Association of Macedonians in Albania
16/09/2003

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

Macedonian Exiles Bring Greek Guilt Home
The Scotsman
07/09/2003

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

Athens content by the gathering in Florina (Lerin)
MILS
28/08/2003

Third world meeting of former children-refugees carried out successfully in Greece
MILS
27/08/2003

Greece's Macedonians call for the repealing of the 1982 law
MILS
22/08/2003

After 55 years Macedonian children refugees again in Greece
MILS
21/08/2003

Greek Foreign Ministry's Nervous Reaction of Macedonian Refugees' Meeting in Florina
Kathimerini
20/08/2003

On Macedonian refugees visit to Greece
Kathimerini/MPA
19/08/2003

Australian Macedonians allowed to return to Greece (some)
Refugees Daily
14/08/2003

Official Greek Version on Aegean Macedonians Being Refused Entry or Allowed in Greece on 10 August
Kathimerini
12/08/2003

Around 100 Aegean Macedonians Refused Entry into Greece on 10 August
MILS
11/08/2003

Macedonian Political Refugees Once Again Denied Democratic Rights by Greek Authorities
GHM/MRG-G
10/08/2003

MHRMC Condemns Greece's Blacklisting of Ethnic Macedonians as Yet Another Canadian-Macedonian is Denied Entry into Greece
MHRMC
08/08/2003

On the Possibility of Macedonian Political Refugees to Visit or Settle Back in Greece
RAINBOW
05/08/2003

Third meeting of former children-refugees from Greece will take place in Florina/Lerin on 20-24 August
MILS
05/08/2003

Procedure for entrance of children refugees in Greece eased up (partially)
MILS
04/08/2003

New on MINELRES website
MINELRES
01/08/2003

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

MHRMC Condemns Greece's Continued Blacklisting of Ethnic Macedonians
MHRMC
26/07/2003

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

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

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

Macedonian refugees allowed to enter Greece - Greece opens Bitola consulate
MILS
26/06/2003

Greece set to open borders for ethnic Macedonian civil-war refugees
RFE/RL
20/06/2003

The Rainbow newsletter: February - March 2003
RAINBOW
12/06/2003

On the possible ability of Aegean Macedonians to return to Greece
MILS
12/06/2003

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Announces Free Return of Macedonian Political Refugees
MHRMC
09/06/2003

Rebirth of dialects mirrors new regionalism in Europe
The Globe and Mail
21/05/2003

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

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

CoE Commissioner for HR Alvaro Gil-Robles outlines human rights problems in EU countries (Brussels - 24.4.03)
CoE
26/04/2003

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

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

MHRMC Criticism of US State Department Report on Greece
MHRMC
07/04/2003

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

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

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

Info no 8 (english edition) of Greece's Macedonian minority party
RAINBOW
15/01/2003

Minutes of the EBLUL conference on linguistic diversity in Greece (Salonica, 15-11- 2002)
EBLUL
05/12/2002

President of the Greek EBLUL Address to EBLUL conference on linguistic diversity in Greece (Salonica, 15-11- 2002)
EBLUL
05/12/2002

Report on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Greece Presented at the UN today [in greek]
GHM/MRG-G
02/12/2002

Presentation of the Parallel Report on Greece and its Addendum to the UN Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights
GHM/MRG-G
02/12/2002

Minority Languages, Plea For More Recognition
RFE/RL
01/12/2002

Information Bulletin - October 2002 - Number 1
Greek EBLUL
11/11/2002

"Rainbow" will open the issue about discrimination of Macedonians in Greece
MILS
21/10/2002

Canadian Human Rights Activist Rejected at Greek Border
MHRMoC
31/07/2002

Helsinki Commission Hearing Transcript: Human Rights in Greece: A Snapshot of the Cradle of Democracy
CSCE
21/06/2002

Helsinki Commission News: (Updated) Human Rights in Greece Subject of Commission Hearing
CSCE
19/06/2002

Special interview with Pat Cox - qualified support for European languages
Eurolang
31/05/2002

Greece's identity crisis (M. Kaminski, April 11, 2002)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
30/05/2002

Serious Allegations about Burning of Books at the Book Exhibition of Thessaloniki by Extreme Rights-Wingers Following Incitation by a Television Program [in greek]
GHM
30/05/2002

Contribution to the Council of Europe's Meeting of Government Offices for National Minorities
MRG-G/GHM
28/04/2002

"Sounds of Silence": The Macedonian Minority in Greece in 2001 and Early 2002
MRG-G/GHM
30/03/2002

Proceedings of Roundtable Discussion: "International Context: Standards and Processes for Minority Rights" (Athens, Greece, 30-31 March 2001) [in greek]
MRG-G
30/03/2002

Comments on US Department of State Report on Greece
MRG-G/GHM
18/03/2002

EBLUL presents 'Package for Linguistic Diversity' as contribution to the Convention On the Future of the European Union
MINELRES
15/03/2002

EBLUL and Eurolang Drop References to "Slavo-Macedonian Language" in Favor of "Macedonian Language" Following Criticism by Macedonian Diaspora and Minority Rights NGOs
MRG-G/GHM
13/03/2002

EBLUL to draft article on linguistic diversity for IGC 2004
MINELRES
01/03/2002

Important Decision on Language Rights and Non-Discrimination
MINELRES
22/02/2002

Eurolang's response and GHM's rejoinder on EBLUL Greece
Eurolang/GHM
13/02/2002

Greek Member State Committee of EBLUL: 'Greece is a democratic country - except in the issue of linguistic diversity and minorities' (article by Eurolang with comments by GHM)
Eurolang
13/02/2002

UN CRC's Review of Greece: State and NGO Reports, CRC Questions and Sessions
The BALKAN Human Rights Web Pages
01/02/2002

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child: Greece
UN CRC
01/02/2002

New EBLUL Member State Committee established in Greece
EBLUL
28/01/2002

"Sounds of Silence": The Macedonian Minority in Greece in 2001
GHM & MRG-G
30/12/2001

Greece Against its Macedonian Minority: The "Rainbow" Trial GHM & MRG-G ETEPE, ATHENS, 1998

Common Statement of 11 NGOs on the Macedonian Refugees and the Macedonian Minority
GHM & MRG-G
09/02/1997

Macedonians
GHM & MRG-G
December 1995

Related Material:

Minorities in Greece
Reports and other material since 1995

GHM & MRG-G Report to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
August 2001

IHF/GHM/HMC/MRG-G/Rainbow Report to CERD
IHF/GHM/HMC/MRG-G/Rainbow
March 2001

Report to OSCE Implementation Meeting on Human Dimension Issues: Greece
[in greek]
GHM/MRG-G/IHF
16/10/2000

Discussion on the Existence and Recognition of National Minorities in Greece
Since 1999

Greece: Report about Compliance with the Principles of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
September 1999

Kathimerini editorial on minorities (highlighting related fears in Greece) Kathimerini
08/08/2001

Greece's Anti-Minority Attitude
AIM
03/06/2001

Minorities and the Media in Greece (May 2000)
MRG-G
03/08/2001

Free Speech on Trial (July 1993 - now available in electronic form)
HRW
03/08/2001

"Hate Speech" in the Balkans Mariana Lenkova (editor), IHFHR ETEPE, ATHENS, 1998