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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...
Answer from the EU Commission to the written question on the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace submitted by MEP François Alfonsi
08.06.2012
ABTTF President Halit Habipoğlu: The answer of the Commission is facile and inadequate The EU commission gave an answer to the written question on the problems of the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace submitted by MEP François Alfonsi(France). In answer given on behalf on the Commission by Vice-President of the EU Commission and the Commissione...
EUROPEADA 2012 – the football event in Lusatia, Germany
01.06.2012
In three weeks the moment will have arrived – from 16 till 24 June, Lusatia will be the host of the EUROPEADA 2012 – the European championships of the autochthonous, national minorities. The organisers are Domowina – the Federation of Lusatian Sorbs and FUEN, the European umbrella organisation of the over 300 old-established minorities in Europe...
FUEN-Delegates adopt resolutions and Congress-declaration
01.06.2012
At the Assembly of Delegates of 19 May 2012 in Moscow, six resolutions and a Congress-declaration were adopted by the Delegates of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), the largest umbrella organisation of the autochthonous minorities in Europe. FUEN unites more than 90 member organisations in 32 countries. The Assembly of Delegate...
Exploring the diversity of Russia: The minorities of Europe are meeting in Moscow
15.05.2012
High-ranking visitors from the Kremlin and the EU announced their participation Linguistic diversity and the preservation of languages in Europe are the main topics of the annual congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) from 16 – 20 May in the Russian capital of Moscow. About 170 participants from 30 minorities will be expe...
Forum of the European Minorities – put the diversity of Europe into focus
06.03.2012
On the initiative of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) and supported financially by the Danish Parliament – the Folketing, at this moment consideration is given and strategies are developed on how the minorities of Europe – known to comprise about 100 million people – can be better integrated, how more awareness for their importanc...
The minorities of Europe will be guest in Russia, “the unknown multi-ethnic state”
10.02.2012
This has never happened before in the more than 60 year long history of the largest umbrella organisation of the autochthonous, national minorities in Europe; FUEN will organise its annual congress in Moscow, the capital of Russia, from 16-20 May. Of course, we are all very eager to see what is in store for us. Russia and especially Moscow are v...
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