EN
TR
EL
DE
EN
SUPPORT US
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
TR
EL
DE
EN
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
Name Surname
E-mail
3+4=?
I accept the
privacy policy
terms specified within the scope of the relevant legislation on the personal data protection and share my personal data.
WESTERN THRACE
Overview
Geographical Position
Demography
History
Sociocultural Life
Economy
Tourism
Historical / Architectural Monuments
Quick Tour in Western Thrace
Agriculture
Institutions / Organizations
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Australia
USA
NEWS
ABTTF
Western Thrace
Greece
Europe
President's Column
ACTIVITIES
International
Internal
Member Associations
ABOUT US
Objectives
Statute
Federation
Presidium
Audit Board
Disciplinary Board
Board of Representatives
General Assembly
Our History
History
Presidents
Our Organizations
KEY ISSUES
Educational Autonomy
Religious Autonomy
Identity and Freedom of Association
Article 19
Political Representation
Development
General Situation in Greece
PUBLICATIONS
Reports
Newsletters
Press
GALLERY
IMPRESSUM
CONTACT
SUPPORT US
EUROPE
Main topics set for the European Dialogue Forum
14.10.2008
In preparation of the constitutive session of the new European Dialogue Forum, representatives of FUEN and YEN had a meeting in Strasbourg/Kehl last week. The European Dialogue Forum is the contact body of the European autochthonous, national minorities with the European Parliament, represented by the members of Parliament in the Intergroup for...
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe visits FUEN in Flensburg
10.09.2008
On his visit at the FUEN (Federal Union of European Nationalities) in Flensburg the Secretary General of the Council of Europe argued for a strong protection of minorities on an European level. According to Terry Davis, minorities and nationalities are of great importance particularly with regard to the actual situation in Georgia and in Kosovo. ...
Armin Nickelsen died
25.06.2008
The former Secretary General of FUEN, Armin Nickelsen died on 23rd June 2008 at the age of 74 years. He was Secretary General from 1987-1999. The Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Culture agreed that Armin Nickelsen - normally a Deputy Headmaster at the Private School in Tingleff / Denmark - could work on professional level for FUEN. His enormous d...
Minorities claim fundamental right to media
03.06.2008
(FUEN Federal Union of European Nationalities). The fundamental right to media and information of one’s own for the minorities in all countries of Europe was claimed by the Assembly of Delegates of FUEN, the umbrella organisation of the European autochthonous national minorities during its annual Assembly in the Hungarian town of Pécs/Fünfkirchen. ...
Members elected for the European Dialogue Forum
03.06.2008
With loud applause by the Assembly of Delegates of FUEN on 24 May 2008 in Pécs/Hungary, the last seven representatives for the European Dialogue Forum were elected. The delegation of the European minorities in the newly founded forum at the European Parliament has been established now. Nine candidates stood for election. Of them, Bernhard Ziesc...
EUROPEADA - Minorities going for the Cup
03.06.2008
Who is going to be the first European Football-Champion of the linguistic and national minorities? The Sorbs from Lusatia, Wales, the Germans and Ladins from South Tyrol, the Catalans, or the Roma from Hungary? This question will be answered from 31 May 2008 on in Sedrun, in the Canton of Graubünden at the Rhaetians in Switzerland. The FUEN (...
YEN-whitsund seminar a great succes
15.05.2008
With huge success the largest European minority youth organisation, the Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) carried through its Whitsun Seminar 2008 in the Danish town of Gravenstein/Gråsten from 7-12 May. The hosts of the seminar with over 120 participants from all over Europe were Junge SPitzen and DJN – Deutscher Jugendverband für Nordschleswi...
Successful International Panel Discussion on Minorities in Greece held in the European Parliament
21.04.2008
PRESS RELEASE FLORINA /LERIN, 21/04/08 Macedonian and Turkish minorities unrecognised and ignored in Greece On Thursday 17 April 2008 an international panel discussion was held in the European Parliament on the Ignored Minorities of Greece: Western Thrace Turks and Macedonians. The conference was very well attended and received much publ...
United Nations issued the last edition of Human Right’s Council report
04.01.2008
6th annual Report of United Nations Human Rights Council meeting that was held between 10-28 December 2007 in Geneva, has been published. The report declares the decisions taken at the 6th Annual meeting, emphasizing elimination of all kinds of human rights violations all over the world. Meanwhile, one of the interesting points that was touched upo...
Contradictory moves from Greek Parliamentarians
28.12.2007
Antonis Trakatellis, Greece European Parliamentarian, submitted a censure motion to the European Parliament, asking the reason why the European Commission does not warn Turkey despite the fact that Turkey violates rights of patriarchate. Additionally, Trakatellis asked the Council whether suspending membership negotiations was on the agenda unt...
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15