The FUEN Congress 2018 is ready to begin in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert
20.06.2018The Federal Union of European Nationalities’ 63rd Annual Congress is ready to begin in Leeuwarden/Ljouwert, the Netherlands. The registration point is already set up in the hall of the WestCord WTC Hotel Leeuwarden, and delegates and guests have already started to arrive.
Europe’s largest umbrella organisation for national minorities and linguistic groups and its West Frisian member organisation, Ried fan de Fryske Beweging have prepared an unforgettable event in the European Capital of Culture 2018 between 20-24 June 2018. A colourful agenda, great cultural moments and meetings with the local community are waiting for the more than 200 participants coming from all parts of Europe, representing the 98 FUEN member organisations from 33 countries.
The Congress will start on Wednesday evening with the traditional Minority Market and the presentation of Fryslân by means of film, cultural performances, gastronomy and entrepreneurs.
SAJTÓKÖZLEMÉNYEK
- Olivia Schubert in her first interview as FUEN President
- 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