Strasbourg. Authorities in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” need to put more effort into promoting national minorities’ rights and fostering tolerance, mutual understanding and intercultural dialogue, says a Council of Europe monitoring body, a press release of the Council of Europe informs. The Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, following their third visit […]

ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΕΣ ΠΑΜΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΕΣ ΕΝΩΣΕΙΣ 18 Μαΐου 2010 Προς κ. Γεώργιο Παπανδρέου Υπουργό Εξωτερικών και Πρωθυπουργό της Ελλάδας Εξοχότατε κ. Πρωθυπουργέ,  Αυτή η επιστολή αποστέλλεται λόγω των πολύ αρνητικών εξελίξεων όσο αφορά το Σκοπιανό θέμα κατά την ανάληψη της προεδρίας του Συμβουλίου της Ευρώπης από την Πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβική Δημοκρατία της Μακεδονίας (ΠΓΔΜ). Όπως διαπιστώνετε η ΠΓΔΜ χρησιμοποιεί τον όρο «Μακεδονική» Προεδρία στο […]

The “former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” takes over from Switzerland as Chair of the Committee of Ministers 11.05.2010   http://www.coe.int/t/dc/files/presidences-sessions-cm/presidences/ex_rep_youg_macedoine/default_en.asp The Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Council of Europe member states hold the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, the executive body of the Organisation, on a rotating basis in alphabetical order, for a six-month term. The Chairmanship will be transferred […]

Thursday, May 6, 2010   Future of the European Court of Human Rights and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the agenda of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers Strasbourg, 06.05.2010 –  The Ministers for Foreign Affairs or State Secretaries for European Affairs of the Council of Europe’s 47 member states will meet in Strasbourg on Tuesday 11 May. Micheline Calmy-Rey, […]

“Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M)” – This will be the official name which Greece’s neighbouring country will be referred during its Presidency in the Council of Europe, according to Skopje’s major newspaper, Nova Makedonija. Despite the grandiloquent statements of the FYROM’s Officials and the attempt to abuse its presidency to promote the FYROM’s position on the name issue, the Council of Europe decided to follow the decision of the […]

Message on the occasion of June 26 – UN International Day In Support of Victims of Torture[1] Not a single week passes by, without media reports of complaints regarding the way in which the police members are keen to “communicate” with the citizens. In the wake of this UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a father and […]