In his keynote speech at the FUEN Congress 2019 German state secretary in the Ministry of Interior and Development Stephan Mayer congratulated Hartmut Koschyk on receiving the FUEN Prize. He also congratulated FUEN on its 70th anniversary, saying that in an age when nationalism and populism are on the rise again there is a great need for organizations such as FUEN. More...
Friday’s first panel discussion at the FUEN 70 year anniversary congress 2019 focused on the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. More...
Ukraine is a vast land marked by variety, diversity, but also by many problems their nationalities have to face. After having to change the original plan of having the 70 year anniversary congress in Ukraine due to security concerns, a panel on the situation of minorities in the Ukraine was organized on the second day of the FUEN congress. More...
Day two of the anniversary FUEN Congress ended with the presentation of a new online tool, that can be used by the minorities if they encounter a breach of their minority rights, face discrimination, or if they want to share a case of good practices with each other. More...
The resolution adopted about the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace is also about education rights breaches. The FUEN Assembly of Delegates calls upon Greece to restore autonomy in education to the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace, and to establish bilingual kindergartens within minority schooling system and allow the Turkish community in Western Thrace to establish private bilingual kindergartens. More...
For four days, the FUEN Congress will be the meeting place of European autochthonous communities, we will reflect on ourselves, we will work and plan so that we can look forward stronger to the next seventy years – said FUEN President Loránt Vincze in his welcoming speech. He reminded the participants that initially the 70 year anniversary congress was meant to be held in the Ukraine to show that Europe pays attention to the minorities in Ukraine, and to show FUEN’s support. Due to security reasons the FUEN had to find a new location, but the the situation of the minorities in Ukraine remains important and is going to be one of the main topics of the congress. More...
With the opening of the traditional Minority Market, FUEN's 70 year anniversary congress in Slovakia is now informally open on the evening before the official opening. On Wednesday evening minorities from all over Europe present their culinary traditions at the Park Inn Radison hotel in Bratislava*Pozsony*Pressburg. This is also a great occasion for friendly talks, meeting new people and familiar faces. More...
The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) celebrates its 70 year anniversary at their 2019 Congress in Bratislava •Pressburg•Pozsony and Dunajská Streda•Dunaszerdahely, Slovakia. The congress of the largest and most influential minority umbrella organisation in Europe takes place between the 12th and 16th of June. More...
Hundreds of Romanians broke into a graveyard of Hungarian war heroes in Úz Valley (Valea Uzului in Romanian), a Transylvanian village on 6 June 2019 to lay wreaths at the illegally erected stone crosses of Romanian war heroes purportedly laying in the World War I Hungarian-Austrian military graveyard. The violent crowd broke through the police cordon and the live chain formed by a peaceful gathering of the members of the Hungarian community trying to protect the graveyard. More...
In its response to a parliamentary question from the Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen parliamentary group on the Minority SafePack Initiative, the German government states that it is always in favour of further efforts to protect and promote national minorities, stating a press release by the Minderheitensekretariat. The answer to the individual demands of the European Citizens' Initiative, 'Minority SafePack', does not yet include a position by the Federal Government. More...
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