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The U.S. Department of State’s 2024 Greece Country Report on Human Rights Practices has been released
14.08.2025
ABTTF President: “We are strongly disappointed that this year’s report, which has been significantly narrowed in scope, fails to address the issues and human rights violations facing our community. As in previous years, ABTTF will prepare a parallel report on the content of the report on Greece and convey the issues facing our community...
Three more Turkish primary schools to be closed in Western Thrace!
07.08.2025
ABTTF President: “As we have repeatedly emphasised, the state intends to completely abolish our educational autonomy, which is guaranteed by the treaties. The decisions to close our primary schools, the unilateral laws that have weakened our educational autonomy over the years, and arbitrary practices are all aimed at this goal’’....
The government is once again violating the rule of law in the appointment of senior judges in Greece
06.08.2025
ABTTF President: ''The European Commission’s recently published 2025 Rule of Law Report also notes that issues related to the rule of law persist in our country and refers to the Bekir-Ousta and Others group of cases in the context of the violations of our community’s freedom of association''. Prof. Xenophon Contiades...
Some circles in our country are once again disturbed by our motherland’s support for the Turkish community in Western Thrace.
31.07.2025
ABTTF President: “The leaders and prominent politicians of our country, in their statements made during their visits to Greek Orthodox schools and churches in Istanbul, Gökçeada and Bozcaada, consistently and exclusively use the term ‘‘Greek minority’’. However, the provisions of the Treaty of Lausanne refe...
A committee has been established in the Greek Parliament to investigate the OPEKEPE scandal
30.07.2025
ABTTF President: “The economic consequences of the OPEKEPE scandal will also become apparent in the near future. Our region, Western Thrace, is already in a difficult economic situation, being the most underdeveloped region of our country. With an economy based on agriculture, our region is likely to face even more difficult times following t...
The Panagia Church in Bozcaada has reopened for worship
28.07.2025
ABTTF President: “We want our country to grant our community the same rights that are being demanded for the Greek Orthodox minority, with whom we share the same fate under the Treaty of Lausanne. This is what befits our country, which defines itself as the cradle of democracy at every opportunity and is one of the oldest members of the Europ...
Bornovas: Development funds earmarked for Western Thrace should strengthen social balance in the region and increase the presence of the state
23.07.2025
ABTTF President: ‘‘The exclusion of our community from the distribution of funds intended to strengthen social balance in our region, as indicated by Bornovas, is blatant discrimination! However, as we have always said, our region, which is one of the most economically underdeveloped regions of the European Union, needs a comprehensive ...
Government offers €10,000 incentive to those settling in Evros
15.07.2025
ABTTF President: “Instead of deciding to relocate people to the region using buckets of water, so to speak, the government should implement a comprehensive development plan. In this way, the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, which is the most economically underdeveloped region of our country, will achieve multi-faceted regional developm...
Greece’s suspension of asylum applications for those arriving in Crete is worrying
11.07.2025
Greece has suspended asylum applications for three months for those arriving by sea in Crete due to the increasing number of refugees crossing from Libya. In a speech to the Parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis indicated that ‘‘emergencies require urgent measures’’, a decision that was met with crit...
The 2025 Rule of Law Report of the EU was published
09.07.2025
In its report on Greece, the European Commission again referred to the Bekir-Ousta group of cases concerning the violation of the freedom of association and recommended simplifying the registration of civil society organisations. The European Commission published its 2025 Rule of Law Report on 8 July. The Rule of Law Report, which examines devel...
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