My did the Greek government ban to build a Macedonian cultural centre?

Question

source: http://217.136.252.147/webpub/eurolang/pajenn.asp?ID=4574

or you can find it on:
www.eurolang.net
www.florina.org go under archives the year 2004 the dates are
Jan 20/04
Jan 14/04
Dec 19/04

Answer 1

Check this link: http://florina.org/html/2004/2004_eurolang_ban_cultural_centre.html
or this: http://www.macedonianhr.org.au/Bans_on_Cultural_Centre.html, or this: http://hrw.org/doc/?t=europe_pub&c=greece
or this: http://www.mhrmi.org/reports/06/annual_greece.html

Answer 2

The information that you gave are one-sided.
Here is the true story behind the articles. As every other Greeks the (real) Macedonians of Greece are entitled to build every organization and cultural centers they wish. And this is the case; there are thousand of cultural centers of real (Greek) Macedonians in Greece just as there are Spartan cultural centers, Theban cultural centers, Peloponnesus cultural center and so on.
There are even cultural centers (or non profit organization) from every foreigner who lives legally in Greece. He can use every Greek name in the title with his nation name. Such as the German-Peloponnesus center, the Athens-British council, the French institute, the Greek-Turkish friendship comity, and even the Swedish –Rhodes cultural center.
The above center you refer was tried to be created by 5 Slav-Macedonians. They tried to register a non Greek Macedonian center and they were requested to provide an ethnic name for the non Greek ethnicity (since the term Macedonian is an ethnic Greek name). They failed to provide any name and they wanted to be regarded as non Greek Macedonians. This of course is against the Greek law and theywere never officially registered (not banded as the asker said). The non Greek cultural center exists but it is never actually used since it was created mainly to create the impression of non Greek Macedonians!
As I said the above question is one sided and the asker fails to mention the severe violations of human rights in FYROM (Slavic/Albanian- Macedonia).
For example the cases of harassment of pro-Bulgarian organizations and activists have been reported in the Republic of Macedonia. In 2000 several teenagers threw smoke bombs at the conference of pro-Bulgarian organization 'Radko' in Skopje causing panic and confusion among the delegates. The perpetrators were afterwards acclaimed by the Macedonian press as national heroes. 'Radko' was later banned (and strongly criticized) by the Slav-Macedonian Constitutional Court as separatist. (note that Greece allows the very few Slav-Macedonians to even have a political party!) The organization 'Radko' has continued its activity, though mostly in the cultural field.
Front cover of Songs of the Macedonian Bulgarians by Stefan Verkovic, first edition (1860)In 2001 'Radko' issued in Skopje the original version of the folk song collection 'Bulgarian Folk Songs' by the Miladinov Brothers (issued under an edited name in the Republic of Macedonia and viewed as a collection of Slav Macedonian lyrics). The book triggered a wave of other publications, among which the memoirs of the Greek bishop of Kastoria, in which he talked about the Greek-Bulgarian church struggle at the beginning of the 20th century, as well the Report of the Carnegie Commission on the causes and conduct of the Balkan Wars from 1913. Neither of these addressed the ethnic Macedonian population of Macedonia as Macedonians but as Bulgarians. Being the first publications to question the official Macedonian position of the existence of a distinct Macedonian identity going back to the time of Alexander the Great (Macedonism), the books triggered a reaction of shock and disbelief in Macedonian public opinion. The scandal after the publication of 'Bulgarian Folk Songs' resulted in the sacking of the Macedonian Minister of Culture, Dimitar Dimitrov.
According to Human Rights Watch, many former Yugoslav citizens remain "effectively stateless" as a result of a citizenship law drafted after Macedonia's secession from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Large numbers of ethnic Albanians, Turks, and Roma who knew no other home than Slavic/Albania-Macedonia remained effectively stateless as a result of the law.
According to the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, the following human rights abuses have been reported :
Police abuse of suspects, particularly during initial arrest and detention
Police harassment of ethnic minorities, particularly Roma
Impunity and corruption in the police force
Political pressure on the judiciary
Societal violence and discrimination against women, children and ethnic minorities, particularly Roma
Trafficking in women and girls for sexual exploitation
Government interference with union activity
Further more Rioters Burn Albanian Homes in Bitola
Police Fail to Stop Violence, Some Actively Participate
(06/06/01) – “Police in the Slav-Macedonian city of Bitola (old Greek city of Manastery)- did not attempt to stop rioting crowds on Wednesday night, and some police officers actively participated in the violence, Human Rights Watch said today. As a result, dozens of ethnic Albanian homes and as many as 100 shops were burned by the mob.”
The asker should first try to bring basuic human rigts in his country and then question Greece!
Of course fanatics exist every were but we all should try to keep the fanatics away!

Answer 3

Please send link again. I can't answer because I can't see link.
Yes, greek females are very bad and ugly, because this fact greek married Macedonians girls.
Mortisia: Why you involve Bulgarians here?!"Nice" words from one democratic country like greece
Thank you for links Karolina, I think Karolina answered your question good.

Answer 4

You keep asking the same questions...
You deserve only one answer:

Ebite se bulgarogiouptsi glupi!!!