FUEN CONGRESS 2015 has started
14.05.2015The 60th FUEN Congress 2015 in Komotini, Greece started on Wednesday 13 May with an unofficial opening.
After registration and a meal, the participants were welcomed at the Minority Market, where they enjoyed delicacies and drinks from other minorities and had the chance to talk with each other.
During the upcoming congress days, sessions on the political representation of national minorities in Europe, on the current situation of the Turkish minority of Western Thrace and on the situation in Ukraine as well as panel discussion on the minority and language protection will be part of the congress programme. The annual FUEN Assembly of Delegates will take place on 16 May.
More than 150 participants from 20 countries arrived in Komotini, Greece
The FUEN Congress is organised in cooperation with the three organisations of the Western Thrace Turks: the Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF), Western Thrace Minority University Graduates Association (BTAYTD) and DEB Partisi.
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