Macedonia Announces End to Military Conscription

ISN SECURITY WATCH (Tuesday, 11 April 2006: 10.45 CET) – Macedonian Defense Minister Jovan Manasievski has announced that his country will end military conscription and that the army would be fully professionalized by the beginning of next year, DTT-NET.COM reported. The Monday announcement will make Macedonia the first country in the western Balkans to end military conscription. According to the…

State Department Fact Sheet: Adriatic Charter

Fact Sheet Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Washington, DC April 10, 2006 Adriatic Charter Secretary of State Colin Powell, together with his colleagues, Foreign Ministers Meta, Picula and Mitreva, signed the Adriatic Charter in Tirana, Albania, May 2, 2003. The Adriatic Charter, an initiative in the spirit of the 1998 U.S.-Baltic Charter, was proposed jointly by the Presidents of…

State Department Fact Sheet: Adriatic Charter

Fact SheetBureau of European and Eurasian AffairsWashington, DCApril 10, 2006 Adriatic Charter Secretary of State Colin Powell, together with his colleagues, Foreign Ministers Meta, Picula and Mitreva, signed the Adriatic Charter in Tirana, Albania, May 2, 2003. The Adriatic Charter, an initiative in the spirit of the 1998 U.S.-Baltic Charter, was proposed jointly by the Presidents of Albania, Croatia, and…

EFA Youth Pays Visit to Macedonian Minority in Greece

Eva Bidania (European Free Alliance Youth) visitsthe Macedonian minority in Greece Macedonian Minority in Greece: FIGHTING AGAINST THE TIDE A report by Eva Bidania “Zdravo!! I have just returned from a visit to the Macedonian minority in Greece. I stayed in a pretty city called Florina/Lerin that is in a province in the north of the Greek state and where…

EFA Youth Pays Visit to Macedonian Minority in Greece

Eva Bidania (European Free Alliance Youth) visits the Macedonian minority in Greece Macedonian Minority in Greece: FIGHTING AGAINST THE TIDE A report by Eva Bidania “Zdravo!! I have just returned from a visit to the Macedonian minority in Greece. I stayed in a pretty city called Florina/Lerin that is in a province in the north of the Greek state and…

Charity Evening to be held at Macedonian Embassy

The United Macedonian Diaspora in collaboration with The Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia cordially invites you to a Charity Evening to benefit Andrijana and Mende Risteski from Prilep, Macedonia in their fight against Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) disease Saturday, April 8, 2006 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Embassy of Macedonia 2129 Wyoming Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008 RSVP to info@umdiaspora.org For more information,…

MHRMI 2006 Annual Report – The Macedonian Minority of Greece

Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) has issued its 2006 Annual Report – The Macedonian Minority in Greece, outlining Greece’s systematic policy of forced assimilation and persecution of its Macedonian minority. Greece vigorously denies the existence of any ethnic minorities on its territory and attempts to suppress any voices that advocate human rights. Simply raising the issue of the Macedonian…

Charity Evening to be Held at Macedonian Embassy

The United Macedonian Diaspora in collaboration with The Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia cordially invites you to a Charity Evening to benefit Andrijana and Mende Risteski from Prilep, Macedonia in their fight against Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) disease Saturday, April 8, 2006 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Embassy of Macedonia 2129 Wyoming Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008 RSVP to info@umdiaspora.org For more…

MHRMI 2006 Annual Report – The Macedonian Minority of Greece

Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) has issued its 2006 Annual Report – The Macedonian Minority in Greece, outlining Greece’s systematic policy of forced assimilation and persecution of its Macedonian minority. Greece vigorously denies the existence of any ethnic minorities on its territory and attempts to suppress any voices that advocate human rights. Simply raising the issue of the Macedonian…