FUEN CONGRESS 2021
26.10.2023In 2021, the Annual Congress of the Federal Union of European Nationalities took place in Trieste/Trst, Italy between 9-12 September.
Trieste/ Trst is the capital of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, currently home to 200,000 people. Besides the Italian majority, the largest minority community are the Slovenes. Their organisation, SSO was the host of the congress.
The event’s topics included the future of Europe’s cultural and linguistic diversity, education models of European minorities and a panel on the Slovenes in Italy.
The FUEN Prize was awarded to UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes.
Due to the restrictions still in place because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the congress was organised in a hybrid format, delegates from countries with travel restrictions were able to follow the Assembly of Delegates live and to cast their votes in the online system.
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE
- 2025 German federal election: South-Schleswigian Voter’s Association and DIE LINKE (The Left) respond to FUEN’s election checkstones
- FUEN’s European Dialogue Forum (EDF) holds talks in Strasbourg
- 2025 German Federal Election: What Does FUEN Expect from the Future German Government?
- Loránt Vincze is the new chair of the European Parliament's Minority Intergroup
- FUEN TAG Spokesperson paid a working visit to Ankara
- FUEN wishes you a Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a Happy New Year!
- Online Meeting of the FUEN Project “Minorities in the Western Balkans”
- FUEN Strengthens Ties with Basque Organisations
- FUEN member Turkic organisations at the UN Forum on Minority Issues
- FUEN’s European Dialogue Forum Participated in the 17th Session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues