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“Now more than ever”: Strong interest for the FUEN discussion meeting on the citizens’ initiative in the European parliament
01.10.2013
27.09.2013 - circa 60 participants – among them several members of the European parliament – accepted the invitation of FUEN president Hans Heinrich Hansen and Iuliu Winkler, member of the European parliament on behalf of RMDSZ/EPP. Together they discussed in Brussels about the rejection of the citizens’ initiative “minority Safepack initiative” by...
The European Commission (EC) refuses the 1 Million Signatures Campaign of the Minority SafePack Initiative!
18.09.2013
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: The Commission’s refusal caused a great disappoint-ment among Europe’s national minorities! The European Commission (EC) has refused to register the 1 Million Signatures Campaign submit-ted by the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), the South Tyrolean People’s Party (SVP), Democratic Alliance of Hunga...
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers reviewed Bekir-Ousta Group against Greece
13.06.2013
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: Despite the five-year time passed, our country Greece does not execute European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decisions; it furthermore stalls Committee of Ministers’ action with several pretexts Council of Europe Committee of Ministers reviewed Greece’s progress on executing the ECtHR decisions regarding the di...
FUEN President addressed EC Vice-President Viviane Reding on the issue of preschool education in Western Thrace
06.02.2013
Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) President Hans Heinrich Hansen, in his letter to European Commission (EC) Vice-FUEN President addressed EC Vice-President Viviane Reding on the issue of preschool education in Western Thrace Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) President Hans Heinrich Hansen, in his letter to European Comm...
The Greek Parliament adopted a controversial bill on the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace
06.02.2013
The legislative regulation on the status of Muslim preachers in Western Thrace is a violation to the right to freedom of religion and conscience Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) regrets the adoption of a legislative regulation on the status of Muslim preachers in Western Thrace by the Greek parliament on January 16, 2013. The...
A conference at the European Parliament calls upon Athens for a constructive dialogue with its ethnic Turkish minority
05.12.2012
Presentation of a 30-page preliminary report of a fact-finding mission to Thrace (*) HRWF (30.11.2012) - "A commitment to mutual trust and respect between the Greek State and the minority of ethnic Turks is a prerequisite to any long-lasting solution and implementing without further delay outstanding decisions by the European Court of Human Righ...
FUEN President Hans Heinrich Hansen voiced the stalemate caused by the denial of 20 Turkish minority children to primary school in Echinos
30.10.2012
Hansen: As the creditors, is it not normal to expect Greece to comply with the minimum re-quirements of democratization? The Annual Conference of German Minorities Working Group held 23-25 October 2012 has been organized by Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) in Berlin. The working group was established in 1991 by the German minority...
In Echinos, 20 Muslim mothers challenge the law denying their children pre-school education both in Turkish and Greek Bilingual Turkish-Greek kindergartens are a big issue for the Muslim ethnic Turkish minority
24.10.2012
HRWF (24.10.2012) - Twenty mothers of Echinos (Thrace, Xanthi Prefecture) belonging to the Muslim ethnic Turkish minority[i] are openly challenging Law 3518/2006 introducing compulsory school education from the age of five because the local Greek educational authorities have repeatedly rejected their requests for opening a Greek-Turkish kindergarte...
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights launched its 2011 Annual Report
26.06.2012
The report covers fundamental rights situation in the 27 EU Member States and Croatia The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) launched its 2011 Annual Report. In the report which provides information on the fundamental rights situations in the 27 EU Member States and Croatia, legislative and policy measures in the areas of victim ...
Europe’s minorities stay on the ball – EUROPEADA 2012
13.06.2012
One week is left before kick-off. The EUROPEADA 2012 – the biggest football event of the European minorities will take place at the Sorbs in Lusatia, Germany. The tournament, where 19 teams from all over Europe will compete (unfortunately the Germans from Denmark had to cancel) was initiated four years ago by FUEN (Federal Union of European Nationa...
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