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October 23, 2006
GHM : Greek state news agency and media distort State Department position on Macedonian language and ethnicty
Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) denounces a new example of directed journalism in the service of "national interests" by the Greek state
Athens News Agency (ANA) that was willingly disseminated by several Greek media without checking the story despite its obviously
irrational content. A State Department spokesperson answer to a Greek journalist, on 19 October, stating that the USA recognize states
(including Macedonia with its constitutional name)
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October 22, 2006
MHRMI Appeals to International Community to Intervene on Behalf of Oppressed Macedonian Minority in Buglaria
Bulgaria has stepped up its campaign of blatant racism and intimidation against its large Macedonian minority only months before its
acceptance into the European Union. Following a defamation campaign against Macedonian political party OMO Ilinden PIRIN by Bulgarian
media, (see MHRMI press releases dated Sept. 14, 2006 and Sept.19, 2006 - www.mhrmi.org/press), Bulgarian politicians have threatened
legal action against the Macedonian party and have called on all Macedonians to be "expelled" from Bulgaria or "shot dead when walking the streets".
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October 13, 2006
Promotion of the Macedonian Language Primer at the Annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
The Greek ambassador to the OSCE, Mr Haralambos G. Manesis became the first representative of the Greek state to officially receive
yesterday a copy of the Macedonian Primer "Abecedar", during the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. This
initiative of EFA- Rainbow comes as an answer to the recent allegations of Greek officials that no Macedonian Primer has yet circulated
and was received warmly by the other delegations.
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October 10, 2006
EFA-Rainbow responds to Greek Foreign Affairs' statements about the Macedonian language primer Abecedar
EFA-Rainbow responds to Greek Foreign Affairs' statements about the Macedonian language primer Abecedar
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October 4, 2006
Ethnic Macedonian Political Party in Bulgaria Set to Register and is Positive on EU Accession
The ethnic Macedonian political party in Bulgaria, OMO Ilinden Pirin, has made a decisive step towards its legitimization and official
registration with the Bulgarian courts after collecting 5,000 signatures. This is the amount required by Bulgaria as a precondition for
any political party that wants to be legal and active in national elections.
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October 3, 2006
Macedonian Abecedar re-published in Greece after 81 years
The Macedonian-language primer entitled Abecedar, which was published in Athens in 1925 as a result of recognition of Macedonian ethnic
minority after the World War I, was re-published in Greece.
Makfax news story (in English)
EFA-Rainbow Press Release (in Macedonian)
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September 20, 2006
Greece and Bulgaria fail to comply on national minority rights says Catalan MEP
Greece and Bulgaria are continuously failing to comply with international accords concerning human rights and protection of ethnic and
linguistic minorities, while historic-based propaganda is used to justify the hostile attitude of both states towards their Macedonian
minorities.
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September 19, 2006
Bulgarian Media Sets New Low for Publicly Sanctioned Racism Against Macedonians
The Bulgarian media, namely, the Focus News Agency, has set a new low in the country's publicly sanctioned racism, xenophobia and
intolerance toward its Macedonian minority.
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September 14, 2006
European Parliament Members Report on Macedonian Minority in Greece and Bulgaria
Catalan MEP Bernat Joan of the European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament and party co-director G?nther Dauwen have
highlighted the heavy burden of history on the peaceful co-existence of Greek and Macedonian speakers during a visit to the region.
They met with national, regional and local representatives of the Greek state and with representatives of the Rainbow party, who
represent the Macedonian minority in Greece.
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September 14, 2006
MHRMI Condemns Defamation of Ethnic Macedonians by Bulgarian Media
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) condemns the Focus News Agency's constant defamation of Macedonian minority
political party OMO Ilinden PIRIN. Focus is notorious for its anti-Macedonian rhetoric and frequently incites Bulgarians to condemn
any expression of Macedonian identity. Macedonians are consistently arrested, detained, threatened, and even beaten.
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August 23, 2006
EFA-Rainbow Press Release - The Elections for the Local Authorities
The role and the competences of the local authorities (administration) in Greece unfortunately continue to be in a direct political
and economic relation with the central political authorities (central power).
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July 21, 2006
MHRMI Calls on Bulgarian Authorities to Respect Freedom of Assembly for Upcoming Macedonian Commemoration
On July 30, 2006 in Mosomishkite Banji, Bulgaria, (near the city of Gotse Delchev) Macedonian organizations and their supporters will
gather to commemorate Ilinden, the Macedonian uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1903.
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July 7, 2006
MHRMI Response to Times Article Referring to Macedonians as "Slavs"
In the July 6, 2006 article "Former boxer becomes Macedonian Prime Minister", Anthony Browne describes Macedonian PM Nikola Gruevski
as "A Slav nationalist former boxer and amateur actor", describes the conflict between the "Slav majority and Albania minority", and
states "Peace between Slavs and Albanians in Macedonia..."
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June 19, 2006
Rainbow campaigning for recognition of Macedonians in Greece
The party of Macedonian minority in Greece, Rainbow, will start a campaign on the international stage, underlining the lack of
recognition of Macedonian minority in Greece.
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May 24, 2006
EFA - Rainbow responds to statements from Theodoros Pangalos and Giorgos Lianis
Theodoros Pangalos (Socialist MP, former Greek minister of Foreign Affairs):
The (Slav)Macedonian minority in Greece no longer exists!
Giorgos Lianis (Socialist MP, f. Greek minister of Sports):
"Greece has no obligation for introducing Macedonian into its educational system until the name dispute with R. Macedonia is
resolved!
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May 22, 2006
Greek Jewish leaders campaign for equal rights
The president of the Greek Jewish community has called on the country's government to support the Jewish community as it does Christian
and Muslim organisations
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May 22, 2006
EFA - Rainbow condemns the statement of the Greek president
EFA -Rainbow condemns the statement of the Greek President Karolos Papoulias and the ongoing Greek lies on the "non-existence" of the
Macedonians in Greece.
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May 21, 2006
Greek President Denies Existence of Macedonian Minority in Greece
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International applauds Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski's statement in response to comments by
Greek President Karolos Papulias stating that there is no Macedonian minority in Greece. On May 17, 2006, Papulias said, "There is no
Slavic minority in Greece, there is only a Muslim minority which enjoys all its rights."
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May 15, 2006
EFA - Rainbow participated in the 25th Anniversary of European Free Alliance - European Political Party
A delegation of the European Free Alliance - Rainbow (Rainbow) visited Brussels from 10-13 May 2006 to participate in the General
Assembly of the European Free Alliance - European Political Party (EFA-EPP) in which Rainbow has been a full member since 2000.
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May 13, 2006
Controversy in Greece over nomination of Pomak for Prefect
Controversy erupted last week in Greece regarding the candidacy of a lawyer from the Pomak minority for the position of Prefect of
Xanthi-Kavala-Drama.
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May 3, 2006
EU double standards: FUEN visits Greece
"It's ironic and quite hypocritical, while the European Union is thoroughly checking its new and future member States for the
implementation of the Copenhagen criteria regarding minorities, it neglects to do the same for the old member states".
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May 2, 2006
FUEN visits Greece - EFA-Rainbow Press Release
The Vice - President of FUEN Mrs. Slatka Gieler visited Florina/Lerin and had official meetings with the local authorities of
Florina/Lerin and Edessa/Voden. The main issue of the meetings was the Macedonian language.
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April 8, 2006
Eva Bidania (European Free Alliance Youth) visits the Macedonian minority in Greece
I spent four days in the region and this was enough to get a glimpse of how the Macedonian minority in Greece live in their everyday
life. When I arrived in Greece (Thessaloniki/Solun) I met some Rainbow representatives, who are also members of the EFA. They briefly
explained to me the political situation.
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April 3, 2006
MHRMI 2006 Annual Report - The Macedonian Minority in Greece
Greece vigorously denies the existence of any ethnic minorities on its territory and attempts to suppress any voices that advocate
human rights. Simply raising the issue of the Macedonian minority in Greece causes Greek citizens and politicians alike to react in
outrage. The majority of Greek society supports its government's non-recognition and discrimination of its large Macedonian minority.
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March 28, 2006
Greece: Human rights defenders' harassment in 2005 - The Observatory report
Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) welcomes the release of the Annual Report 2005 of the world's most important human rights defenders NGO,
the Observatory for the Protections of Human Rights Defenders, which makes references to several cases of harassment of human rights
defenders in Greece, reproduces below.
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March 22, 2006
EFAY Visits EFA-Rainbow
EFA-Rainbow was pleased and honored to welcome in Florina/Lerin on the 16th of March the EFA Youth Coordinator Ms Eva Bidania Ibargutxi.
During her 3-day visit, the Basque minority & human rights activist met with members of EFA Rainbow Political Secretariat and Youth,
EFA-EPP Political Advisor on minority issues in the Balkans Dr. Georgios Nakratzas and the President of the Greek Member State Committee
of the EBLUL Mr. Athanassios Parissis.
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March 16, 2006
EFA-Rainbow Responds to US State Department Report
Terms as "Slavophones", "Slavomacededonians" when referring to the Macedonians in Greece or "Slavic/Slavophone dialect" when referring
to their mother tongue as well as figures presented, go fully in compliance with Greece's official position on these matters and don't
conform with the Report's justified and sharply critical attitude towards Greece.
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March 9, 2006
US State Department Continues to Misrepresent the Macedonian Minority in Greece
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) expresses its profound disapproval of the US State Department's systematic
policy of questioning the legitimacy of the Macedonian minority in Greece. Every year, the US State Department issues its "Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices", which perpetuates stereotypes against Macedonians rather than focusing on actual human rights
abuses committed by Greece against Macedonians.
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February 21, 2006
EFA-Rainbow Brings the Slanderers in Front of Justice
The European Free Alliance- Rainbow, through 4 members of its Political Secretariat, registered today a complaint against Greek
diplomat Georgios Ayfantis and its political supervisors at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, charging them with defamation.
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February 7, 2006
Problems of Western Thrace Turkish minority presented to PACE
Halit Habipoplu, Chairman of Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe and Mustafa Develi, member of ABTTF International Initiative
Work Group conveyed information about the problems of Western Thrace Turkish minority to members of European Parliament and political
officers.
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December 18, 2005
Press Release from the Greek Union for Human Rights
Press Release regarding Greek Orthodox Church's attitude towards the issue of the legal separation of Church and State.
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December 15, 2005
Appeal by the Aromanian Cultural Society of Greece
The Aromanians (Vlachs) of Greece plead for saving their mother tongue, against Greece's attitude that their language is only oral and
cannot be written or taught at schools.
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December 13, 2005
ECHR Conviction of Greece for Ill-Treatment of Roma and Non-Investigation of Racism
GHM notes that this is the first conviction of Greece for the violation of the rights of Roma, after such previous convictions for the
violation of rights of Jehovah's Witnesses, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Macedonians, Turks, conscientious objectors and migrants.
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December 12, 2005
Israeli Embassy in Greece Deplores Orthodox Leader's Language
The Israeli Embassy in Athens deplored the inappropriate remarks of an influential, Greek Orthodox leader Monday after he compared
Israel to the devil during a sermon.
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December 10, 2005
Greek Journalists Guilty of Defaming Vlach Language Activist
An Athens court has found three Greek journalists guilty of "revilement," a slightly lesser charge than libel under Greek
law after a successful lawsuit by the vice president of Greek EBLUL, Mr Sotiris Bletsas, a native Vlach/Aromanian
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December 5, 2005
Greek Delegation Lies to the CoE
Surprised and bitterly disappointed, the European Free Alliance-Rainbow recently witnessed Greek diplomats and members of the Greek
Parliament lying in front of an international organization.
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November 30, 2005
EFA-Rainbow Delegation Visits Brussels
Greece continues with its counterproductive attitude towards its Macedonian minority and insists on hiding the truth from the European
Union and other international institutions...
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November 28, 2005
Greece Attacks CoE Committee of Ministers, FCNM, and NGOs
Responding to a question by Italian MP Raffaele Iannuzzi on "Slav speakers" in Northern Greece, Georgios Ayfantis answered
that people are free to speak the "Slavic idiom" and teach it in private schools ("frontistiria") but "the
majority of them do not wish to become members of a minority as being a minority member means being marginalized."
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November 9, 2005
Greek Ministry Refuses to Meet Macedonian Minority at Linguistic Diversity Meeting
The Macedonian minority organization Vinozhito/Rainbow and its representatives have been officially excluded by the Greek Ministry
of Education from a meeting on linguistic diversity
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Brief Dialogue Between Rainbow and the
Greek OSCE Ambassador
November 6, 2005
Tsamides Issue in "EROHI"
The "Tsamides" issue: Non-existent or a minority between opposite nationalisms in the Balkans. The story of the Tsamides resembles the
plight of the Macedonian political refugees.
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October 23, 2005
GHM & MRG-Greece Comment on the ECHR Rulings
Greek Helsinki Monitor and Minority Rights Group-Greece welcome the European Court of Human Rights' three landmark judgments, published
on 20 October 2005, finding Bulgaria and Greece in violation of Article 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights.
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October 21, 2005
European Court of Human Rights Rules Against Greece and Bulgaria
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Greece and Bulgaria for the way they treat their Macedonian minorities and violate
the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Chamber Judgment Ouranio
Toxo and Others v. Greece
Two Chamber Judgments Concerning Bulgaria
October 14, 2005
Rainbow Participates at MRGI's Workshop, in Macedonia
The main topic was ethnic data collection in the countries of South East Europe. Rainbow presented today's unacceptable situation in
Greece, focusing on the Macedonian minority and the absence of any record of ethnic or linguistic diversity within the country.
Rainbow's presentation created a sensation and led to an invitation for a follow-up report in front of members of the European
Parliament next month in Brussels
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October 11, 2005
Deutsche-Welle Interview with Nelly Maes
Nelly Maes, President of the European Free Alliance - European Political Party, comments on the Macedonian Minority in Greece and
Bulgaria.
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October 8, 2005
EOK Criticizes Greek Racism and Homophobia
The Greek Homosexual community criticizes the ongoing homophobic and racist attitude of the Greek National Radio and Television
Council.
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October 5, 2005
Amnesty International Report on Greece
Greece: OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT - The rights of foreigners and minorities are still a grey area
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2005 October 4
Greece and Bulgaria Criticized on Minority Issues
Representatives from Macedonian and Turkish minority organizations at the annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting of the OSCE
in Warsaw told the meeting that Greece continues to refuse to recognize any ethnic or linguistic minorities, other than the so-called
"Muslim" minority in the west Thrace
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September 30, 2005
OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
The Macedonian Minority in Greece, A report by the Macedonian Human Rights Movement International.
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September 30, 2005
OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting
A Rainbow delegation participated in the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting of the OSCE in Warsaw, Sept. 25 to Sept. 30, 2005.
In three different Working Sessions the Rainbow delegates pointed out Greece's refusal to recognize its Macedonian minority, as well
as its discriminatory attitude toward Macedonians and other ethnic/social groups in Greece.
Press Release (Greek)
Working Session 14: National Minorities
in Macedonian
Working Session 16: Tolerance and Non-Discrimination
in Macedonian
Working Session 17: Anti-Semitism, Tolerance
and Non-Discrimination
in Macedonian
September 29, 2005
Brief Dialog Between Rainbow and the Greek Ambassador at the OSCE HDIM in Warsaw
At the recent Human Dimension Implementation meeting of the OSCE in Warsaw dedicated mainly to human rights and minority issues, the
Rainbow delegate had an opportunity to speak to the Greek Ambassador
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September 15, 2005
Question Put by the Greek Members of the European Parliament
Ioannis Varvitsiotis and Georgios Papastamkos have put before the European Parliament a question which demonstrates an unprecedented
hypocrisy in its hostility to Turkey.
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September 9, 2005
Antiracist Initiative of Thessaloniki Regarding the Triaridis Article
Press Release by Antiracist Initiative of Thessaloniki regarding the Triaridis article
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September 2, 2005
Wiesenthal Centre Criticizes Greece's Neo-Nazi "Olympics"
Sixty years after the Holocaust and 10 years after the genocide in Srebrenitsa, Greece is allowing a Neo-Nazi meeting on its territory.
Rainbow condemns the "silence" of Greek officials, the Greek parliament and Greek parliamentary parties and fully supports
the Anti Nazi Initative of Greece
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September 2, 2005
MHRMI Condemns Greece's Continued Blacklisting of Ethnic Macedonians
MHRMI calls on the international community to demand that Greece end its racist and xenophobic policy of discriminating against
Macedonians. MHRMI also calls on Greece to address the issue of the thousands of Macedonian refugees who were specifically excluded
from the general amnesty of 1982 because they were not "Greek by genus".
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August 17, 2005
EBLUL Press Release on the Censorship of Thanassis Triaridis
EBLUL finds itself, for yet another time, in the unpleasant position of expressing its serious concerns about the full suppression of
linguistic diversity by Greek print and electronic Media.
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August 15, 2005
Newspaper Censors Article on Macedonian Minority and Language
GHM condemns the censorship by the Greek daily newspaper "Makedonia" of an article on the banned Macedonian language in
Greece that was to be published in the Sunday column of writer Thanasis Triaridis.
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August 4, 2005
Borderline Practices
Without a doubt, checks must be strict and thorough as Greece must safeguard its territory against the illegal movement of people
and goods [...] Meeting our obligations is one thing but denigrating human dignity is quite another
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