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THE MACEDONIAN MINORITY IN ALBANIA - MHRMI REPORT TO THE OSCE 2005 HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING Albanian authorities have intimidated, threatened and pressured ethnic Macedonians to stop their activism and promotion of Macedonian human rights. Ethnic Macedonian students from Albania who study in the Republic of Macedonia are sometimes detained and interrogated by the Albanian secret police when returning to Albania. [more]
EUROPEAN COMMISSION AGAINST RACISM AND INTOLERANCE REPORTS ON ALBANIAN PERSECUTION OF MACEDONIAN MINORITY ECRI reiterates its recommendation to the Albanian authorities to carry out a national census in which a question is included pertaining to ethnic identity, respecting the principles of confidentiality and voluntary self-identification. Representatives of ethnic minority groups should be involved in various stages of the process. [more]
MHRMC CONDEMNS VIOLENCE AGAINST MACEDONIANS IN ALBANIA The Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada (MHRMC) is outraged in its findings that ethnic Macedonians are frequently subject to shootings and other forms of violent attacks within the Mala Prespa/Golo Brdo region of Albania. [more]
"SITUATION OF MACEDONIAN MINORITY IN ALBANIA MUST BE IMPROVED" - MACEDONIAN PM BUCKOVSKI Tirana, 12 January 2005: Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski met late Wednesday [12 January] in Tirana with representatives of the Macedonian community in Albania. They acquainted PM Buckovski with the factual situation, pointing out the importance for preservation of the cultural and national identity of the Macedonian minority. [more] ALBANIAN POLITICIAN IN MACEDONIA ARBEN DXAFERI RESIST REMARKS AGAINST MACEDONIANS IN DENIAL OF THE EXISTENCE OF MACEDONIANS IN ALBANIA AND FORMING OF MACEDONIAN STATE Leader of DPA, Arben Dxaferi, evaluates that Macedonians on Golo Brdo in Albania are imagination of former Macedonian president Kiro Gligorov and of Macedonian secret services. [more] HUMANITARIAN DISASTER OF REFUGEES FROM MALA PRESPA MILS NEWS Skopje February 16, 2004
Around 160 Macedonian refugees from Mala Prespa, Albania, which are in shelter Carina near to Resen for ten days are starving, since Government on February 3 delivered decision to annul the free food [more]
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THE MACEDONIAN MINORITY IN ALBANIA - MHRMC REPORT TO THE OSCE 2003 HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING The four Macedonian organizations in Albania, Mir (Peace), Bratstvo (Brotherhood), MED (Macedonian Aegean Society) and Prespa, boycotted the 2001 census in Albania because there was no option for “Macedonian” in the census list. The Albanian government continues to minimize the actual number of Macedonians, and other minorities, in the country and in 2003, the Association of Macedonians in Albania (consisting of the four organizations) will conduct their own census of the number of Macedonians in Albania. It is estimated that this number is between 120,000 and 350,000 while the Albanian state only officially recognizes 5,000. [more]
MACEDONIANS WIN THREE COUNCILLOR'S POSITIONS IN ALBANIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS At last Sunday’s local elections in Albania, the Macedonians from Mala Prespa won three from a total of thirteen councillor’s positions, while the mayor’s position was "lost" by 103 votes. The Organization for the Defense of the Rights of Macedonians in Albania, “Association Prespa”, whose registration into a political party is in progress, took part in the elections in a coalition with the Party for Human Rights and placed second with 716 votes won, right behind the ruling Socialists who won 819 votes. With this, the authentic Macedonian movement in Albania automatically received the right for one “parliamentary” position in the Regional council stationed in the city of Korcha, which is seen as a great accomplishment for the Macedonian movement in Albania. [more] INVITATION FOR THE THIRD MACEDONIAN WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE
The Third Macedonian World Human Rights Conference will take place on September 20-21, 2003 in Prilep, Republic of Macedonia. Among the conference goals are: Presentation of the current level of respect for Macedonian human and national rights in Macedonia, the wider Balkan Peninsula where ethnic Macedonians live, as well as the Macedonian Diaspora; Development of greater acquaintance with the international human rights agreements (dealing with ethnic, linguistic, cultural, religious and other rights) and the mechanisms that ensure their implementation.... [more]
THE MACEDONIAN MINORITY IN ALBANIA
The part of Macedonia known as Mala Prespa was given to Albania by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. This treaty finalized the partition of Macedonia between Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and Albania and began the era of denationalization and forced assimilation of the Macedonian people. Today, the Macedonians in Albania have some limited freedom and human rights, especially in comparison to the Macedonians in Greece and Bulgaria, who are severely discriminated against. However, there are still numerous human rights violations in Mala Prespa... [more]
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: ALBANIA IS A MULTIETHNIC STATE
The official report on minorities by the
Albanian Government says that only 2% of the population in Albania are not
[ethnic] Albanians. This information has been presented to the public
since the time of the ultra-communist ruler Enver Hoxha. Council of
Europe's mission visited Albania and formed a Center for Ethnic Research
in Tirana. "The results of this research show that about one million or
35% of the total population in the country are members of minorities. This
makes Albania a multiethnic state," said the Director of the Center for
Ethnic Research in Tirana, Kimet Fetahu.
MACEDONIAN AND GREEK MINORITIES IN ALBANIA BOYCOTT THE 2001 CENSUS Macedonian and Greek minority in Albania decided to boycott the population census that started on April 1 this year, reports Radio Deutsche Welle. According to the President of the Association of Macedonians in Albania - Edmond Temelkov, reason for this decision is the absence of the option "Macedonian" in the census lists. If this omission is not corrected, Macedonians in Albania will boycott next parliamentary elections as well, stated Temelkov. As he said, there are four Macedonian organizations in Albania: Mir (Peace), Bratstvo (Brotherhood), MED (Macedonian Aegean Society) and Prespa and they all agree to boycott the census. There are as much as 350.000 Macedonians in Albania but only 5.000 are officially recognized by the Albanian State ... [more] MACEDONIA CRITICIZES ALBANIA OVER THE 2001 CENSUS Macedonian Government has criticized Albanian authorities Wednesday for rejecting ethnic minority demands in that country to have "special graph" on the census forms... [more]
KIMET FETAHU - MACEDONIAN ACTIVIST AND UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR IN TIRANA Kimet Fetahu, University professor in Tirana, the capital of Albania, and doctor of science who studied and graduated in China, is the first Macedonian who as independent runs for the upcoming Parliament elections in Albania ... [more] EDMOND TEMELKO - PRESIDENT OF THE MACEDONIAN ORGANIZATION "PRESPA" IN ALBANIA Edmond Temelko is president of the Macedonian organization "Prespa" in Albania. In an interview with the Macedonian weekly "Makedonsko Sonce" (06/15/2001)he said the following: "The plight of the Macedonians in Albania is already known. Macedonians in Albania are discriminated and the government continue to unrealistically present their numbers. Albania recognizes that on its territory live only 5,000 Macedonians. But we alone, as Macedonian organizations in Albania number 120,000 Macedonians who are members of our organizations, or if we investigate there are perhaps more then 350,000 Macedonians in Albania" ... [more] EVTIM MITREVSKI - DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF "PRESPA", ASSOCIATION OF ETHNIC MACEDONIANS IN ALBANIA We Demand That Macedonian Language Be Taught In Golo Brdo and Gora by Viktor Cvetanoski, Utrinski Vesnik, Skopje, Macedonia, April 8, 2002... [more] PRIVATE MACEDONIAN-LANGUAGE RADIO STATION LAUNCHED IN ALBANIA The first private Macedonian-language radio station in Albania began broadcasting on 7 November, Deutsche Welle's "Monitor" reported... [more] ETHNIC COMMUNITIES IN ALBANIA AND THEIR PROBLEMS For a relatively long period of time, the problem of ethnic communities has been a taboo topic in its scope and elements. It has to be pointed out, that the Albanian society is characterised by a multiethnic, multireligious and problematic structure in intercommunitary communication. Undoubtedly, there are particularities that constitute positive values. Consequently, there are also assessed the attempts on the part of the Albanian governments to accept European standards in treating minorities in Albania, such as the ratification by the Parliament of Framework Convention for the Protection of Minorities...[more]
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