CONGRESSES
10.03.2020Every year, FUEN organises the largest meeting of the autochthonous minorities in Europe. The FUEN congresses have been taking place since 1949. Between 150-250 representatives from all over Europe attend these congresses, which are always organised by one of the member organisations of FUEN.
In 2024, FUEN celebrated it's 75th anniversary in Husum/Hüsem, Germany.
Upcoming Congresses
2025
Past Congresses
Congress 2024 - 19 - 22 September in Husum/Hüsem, Germany
Congress 2023 - 7-10 September in Pécs, Fünfkirchen, Hungary
Congress 2022 - 29 September - 2 October in Berlin, Germany
Congress 2021 - 9-12 September in Trst/Trieste, Italy
Congress 2018 - 20-14 June in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Congress 2017 - 17-21 May in Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca/Klausenburg, Romania
Congress 2016 - 18-22 May Wrocław/Breslau, Poland
Congress 2015 - 13-17 May Komotini/Gümülcine/Κομοτηνή, Greece
Congress 2014 - 7-11 May Flensburg/Flensborg, Germany
Congress 2013 - 19-23 June in Brixen, Italy
Congress 2012 - Moscow, Russian Federation
Congress 2011 - Eisenstadt/Željezno, Austria
Congress 2010 - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Congress 2009 - Brussels, Belgium
Congress 2008 - Pécs/Fünfkirchen, Hungary
Congress 2007 - Tallinn, Estonia
Congress 2006 - Bautzen/Budyšin, Germany
Congress 2005 - Bucharest, Romania
Congress 2004 - Kamień Śląski, Poland
Congress 2003 - Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Congress 2002 - Subotica, Serbia
Congress 2001 - Heerenveen, Netherlands
Congress 2000 - Komárno, Slovakia
Congress 1999 - Haderslev, Denmark
Congress 1998 - Praha, Czech Republic
Congress 1997 - Pörtschach, Austria
Congress 1996 - Timișoara, Romania
Congress 1995 - St. Moritz, Switzerland
Congress 1994 - Gdańsk/Danzig, Poland
Overview of FUEN Congresses 1949-2019
Find the adopted resolutions of the past congresses HERE
PRESS RELEASES
- Meeting in South Tyrol: Minorities without a kin-state call for greater visibility of their languages at major events
- Press Release On the European Court of Justice’s final decision on the Minority SafePack Initiative
- Brochure of the FUEN Education Working Group Published
- New FUEN Report: Empowering Minority Women in Europe
- FUEN TAG Spokesperson Habip Oğlu met with Ambassador Vaqif Sadıqov, Head of Mission of Azerbaijan to the European Union
- FUEN Congress 2025 to take place in Bozen/Bulsan/Bolzano
- FUEN Education Working Group visits Belgium’s German-speaking Community
- Natalie Pawlik concludes her term as Federal Commissioner for Matters Related to Resettlers and National Minorities
- Turkic minorities and communities will gather in Varna, Bulgaria
- The Working Group of Hungarian Communities in FUEN held its annual meeting in Rijeka, Croatia