New overview of the 2015 FUEN Congress in Komotini published
05.06.2015The FUEN Congress in Komotini/Gümülcine/Κομοτηνή, Greece was organised in cooperation with and hosted by 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 the Friendship, Equality, Peace (FEP) Party. More than 150 guests attended the Congress coming from 20 countries, and representing more than 30 minorities.
The main topics of the congress were the situation in Europe, the minority situation in Greece, especially in relation to the Western Thrace Turks, the situation in Ukraine and the cooperation between minority organisations on the European level.
On this page we would like to give you an overview of the main subjects of the congress and show you the many beautiful photos from the congress. If you have found media articles, photos or maybe self-written memories – please send them to us!
We thank all the participants and guests; it has been great fun together with you.
Link to the congress overview 2015
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE
- FUEN Assembly of Delegates elects new leadership – Olivia Schubert becomes new President
- FUEN Congress continues with presentation of South Tyrol’s minorities, Working Group meetings and Assembly of Delegates
- FUEN Prize 2025 awarded to Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay for her lifelong commitment to minority rights
- Joint Declaration on geoblocking signed by minority regions at FUEN Congress
- Opening of the 69th FUEN Congress in Bozen / Bulsan / Bolzano
- Minority Monitor: Between Law and Reality – The Struggle of the Macedonian Minority in Albania
- Minority Monitor: Challenged Identity – The Case of the Turkish Minority in Greece
- FUEN mourns the passing of Traian Cresta, a leading figure of the Romanian community in Hungary
- VATAN representatives visit FUEN Brussels and raise awareness in the European Parliament
- German Bundesrat calls for inclusion of national minorities in the Basic Law