1st Congress of the Macedonian Rainbow Party in Greece

This video consists of the news coverage in Greece relating to the protests by Greek racists over the hosting of the 1st Congress of the Rainbow Party in Greece in 2004.

Rainbow (Vinozhito, or Виножито) has been recognised by the Supreme Court of Greece as the political party of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Greece after years of legal battles both within Greece and the EU. Members of this party hosted their first Congress in Salonica (also known as Solun or Thessaloniki).

The first congress of this hitherto illegal political party was not greeted with much enthusiasm in the Cradle of Democracy. A mob of Greek racists stormed the congress venue hoping to assail the attendees of the Rainbow congress and treat them to some mob "justice".

The Greek Government had already received a directive from the EU to provide protection to the Rainbow Party when it organises its first congress. In the following video we see hundreds of police officers standing outside the congress venue of the Rainbow Party. The riot police are holding back and clashing with crazy protestors throwing tantrums - and objects with their grasp.

The video is in Greek. No subtitles are provided, and they are probably unnecessary. The fury from the crowd explains why it is not safe to declare yourself as a Macedonian in Greece.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Macedonia
• Македонија
• Greece
• Грција
• Rainbow
• Vinozhito
• Vinozito
• Виножито
• Егејска
• Беломорска
• Aegean

[ellin40]

Question: Do the members of 'Ouranio Tokso" consider themselves Greeks or members of a minority whose center lies outside of Greece?

[mage1903]

They identify themselves as Greek nationals, but also as ethnic Macedonians that are distinct and separate from the Greek ethnos.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Further information can be obtained from the speakers at the congress of Ouranio Tokso. Please refer to the related videos with complete coverage of the First Congress of Ouranio Tokso.

[macedoniangirl20]

Gypsies.What do you expect?

[bojan34]

The greatest greek of them all Zorbas (which is not his name) is buried in Skopje Republic of Macedonia where he spend the last 20 years of his life (in Bitola). I would ask myself if I was greek why is that? hmmmmmmmmm

He was not greek at all! We are all mixed and we the macedonians have every right to call ourselfs macedonian and nothing else regardless what the greek government thinks or wants! We will never EVER change our macedonian identity!

[petrovski40]

I’ve been there few times and I saw the mentality of those people, my Macedonian people, they told me in my face they don’t want to join with republic of Macedonia, I wonder why. The new generations, they don't want to know about any slavo-macedonians or about the national identity of their parents, more to the point they are embarrassed to be Macedonians and they are hiding it. Nevertheless the cradle of democracy doesn't recognize any ethnic minority in Greece. Bravo:)

[macedonianimation]

Animation for MonkeyDonians

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[NoLiS24]

@macedoniangirl20 fuck you bitch.............

[ristostojanov]

YOU ARE FUCKING IDIOTS. OFC GREECE IS MACEDONIA, SEE THE EVIDENCE YOU IGNORANT FUCKS.

[2005defender]

@TheAwp45

Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you...

Alexander's letter to Persian king Darius in response to a truce plea. Arrian, "Anabasis Alexandri", II, 14, 4

Alexander sais you are a NAIVE Bulgarian Imitation

[TheAwp45]

@qnzfinest8716

U stupid Greek Macedonia was a bunch of tribes called barbarians by the Greeks

[sasik3]

fuk the greeks cunts

[alexohrid]

@qnzfinest8716

your broke ass bankrupt racist country ..never

[StupidGAYreeks]

THERE IS NO "GREEK" NATION OR LANGUAGE!

MODERN "GREECE" BAWARIAN ARTIFICIAL STATE MADE IN 1821!

NOTHING more than bunch of fucken gypsys!

MACEDONIA FOR MACEDONIANS!

MACEDONIA FOREVER!

[StupidGAYreeks]

MONARCHY...of Bavarian king OTTO VON BAWARIA

FIRST HEAD OF STATE'-Ioannis Kapodistrias'...real name Giovanni Capo d'Istria (an Italian), of Venetian nobility residing in Corfu.

FIRST PRIME MINISTER-Josef Ludwig von Armansperg (a German), president of Otto's Privy Council

.LEGAL SYSTEM-Georg Ludwig von Maurer (a German), devised the modern Greek penal code and civil procedure.

NATIONAL FLAG- FLAG OF EAST INDIA HONOURABLE COMPANY NATIONAL ANTHEM - Niccoló Manzaro (an Italian)