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	Florina - Phantis
		Florina (Greek: Φλώρινα) is a city located in the central part of Florina prefecture.
		The city is passed by GR-2 (Lake Prespa - Edessa) and GR-3/E65 (Kozani - Florina - Niki - Bitola) which serves to the M5.
		Florina has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a train station, a sports centre, a post office, and squares (plateies).
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php?title=Florina&printable=yes (155 words)

	Florina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Florina ( Greek : Î¦Î»ÏÏÎ¹Î½Î±) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece.
		It is located in the northwestern part of Macedonia ( West Macedonia).
		Its capital is a town also called Florina.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florina (110 words)

	Cultural Change in Traditional Dances (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Florina is a border town in the northwest corner of Greece and is also the name for the prefecture.
		Florina’s geographical location on the frontier bordering two other nations as well as internal colonization and acculturation have influenced both the dance structure and repertoire of the region.
		in the Florina village of Polypótamos (Neret), formerly a Slavic village.
	home.earthlink.net /~demotika/iofapaper.html (4384 words)

	1st lyceium of Florina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The nearest settlements to the lakes are the communities Limnohoriou and Anargyron of (Easternly lake Hejmadjtjdas).
		The lake Zazari is the smaller lake of prefecture Florina.
		It is supplied by waters of rain and snow direct in her surface as well as with the help of torrents, streams, rivers and with important number of hypolake sources.
	1lyk-florin.flo.sch.gr /florina/lakes6_en.html (677 words)

	Florina (city), Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Florina ( Greek : Î¦Î»ÏÏÎ¹Î½Î±) is a city located in the central part of Florina prefecture.
		The city is passed by GR-2 ( Lake Prespa - Edessa) and GR-3 / E65 (Kozani - Florina - Niki - Bitola) which serves to the M5.
		Florina has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a train station, a sports centre, a post office, and squares ( plateies).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florina_(city),_Greece (225 words)

	Cultural Change in Traditional Dances
		Florina is a border town in the northwest corner of Greece and is also the name for the prefecture.
		Florina’s geographical location on the frontier bordering two other nations as well as internal colonization and acculturation have influenced both the dance structure and repertoire of the region.
		An in-depth study in the Florina region would be required to verify the theories presented here, and oral history interviews with the local people, in particular elderly people from the villages, would undoubtedly provide further insights into the history and development of Florina’s dances.
	joancarolfriedberg.com /iofapaper.html (4384 words)

	Florina - History - Greece!
		Florina under the Romans, continued to be a Greek-land under the Epigonoi (the successors of Alexander the Great) and for some two centuries was the core of larger state units ruled by Macedonian kings.
		This had a positive effect on the further development of Macedonia and particularly on that of its capital, Thessaloniki, which soon grew to the point where it was regarded as the second most important city in the Byzantine Empire.
		With the exception of some enclaves of Latin-speaking and other peoples, the fundamentally Greek population of Florina remained effectively unchanged until the 7th century A.D., when various Slav races (Drogovites, Strumonites, Sagoudates, and others) began to settle in the area of Macedonia.
	www.greecexplorer.com /florina/florina_en_history.php (529 words)

	TRACING HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Florina's traditional dances are known, remembered, and documented for the past 50 years, although much of the documentation available refers to dances exhibited by performing groups and does not provide a record of participatory dances as danced in the villages.
		Florina is a picturesque town in Northern Greece, only 17 kilometers from the border with the former Yugoslavia.
		In the zeal of their new nation-building, the liberated Greek communities of the Florina region began the task of building new schools and embarking on new education programs, which included the "reconstruction" of its dances.
	home.earthlink.net /~demotika/iofapaper2.html (3648 words)

	CESNUR - Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion or Belief"
		In this regard, we stress the importance of respecting the right of members of the Muslim community to organize themselves according to their own hierarchical and institutional structure, including in the selection, appointment, and replacement of their personnel in a manner consistent with relevant OSCE commitments.
		For instance, the religious community must have existed for at least twenty years and have a minimum number of members, equal to 0.02% of the population or about 16,000 members.
		The requirement that the statutes of a religious body must include a description of religious doctrine which is different from the doctrines of existing religious belief communities or churches is of concern to the U.S. Delegation because this establishes the government as the arbiter in theological disputes.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/USGov_oct98.htm (2994 words)

	Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Hansard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		One of the primary reasons it was construed as a tragedy was that the overwhelming numbers in terms of the population of that area are elderly people who have been encouraged by this government, the federal government and governments in the past to make every effort to stay in their own homes.
		I think it should also be clear that it is not simply an issue for the small communities, because many people in the larger communities, of course, tend to take vacations in those beautiful smaller communities, tend to own property in those communities, and so they would like to have the facilities.
		The Greek-Canadian community is an active and vital part of the multicultural community in Ontario.
	www.ontla.on.ca /french/hansard/house_debates/34_parl/session2/L015.htm (18718 words)

	Greece - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In World War I Greece sided with the entente powers against a pro-German Turkey.In the war's aftermath parts of Asia Minor were given to Greece under international law, including the city of Smyrna which had a large Greek population.
		The greatest part of the Jewish community were murdered.
		About 65% have come from Albania, and large-scale Albanian migration to Greece since the fall of Communism in Albania has become a source of conflict in Greece because the Greek-Albanian borders opened without any preparations from the Greek government in terms of immigrant facilities.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Greece (2346 words)

	Istoria Holocaustului (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Little is known, however, of the community’s struggle for survival and self-definition in the first few years after the war, when the very future of French Jewry seemed to hang in the balance.
		Of the many pressing problems facing the newly reconstituted community in the early days after the war, three consumed most of its time and energy: the restoration of plundered property, the care and feeding of the refugees, and the plight of orphaned and “adopted” children.
		Administrators of relief efforts in the community bemoaned the fact that it was impossible to conduct a census because so many people were afraid to sign forms and to have their names appear on lists.
	www.lefo.ro /florina/holocaus/acasa.htm (2422 words)

	Salonika - The Last Days of Jewish Salonica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Moreover, the city was still a happy hunting ground for Spanish philologists and scholars, anxious to trace, in the speech of the descendants of the exiles of 1492, the authentic accent and folklore of 15th-century Castile, and the old folk still paraded along the quayside on a Sabbath afternoon in medieval Spanish costume.
		The community had suffered great material losses, indeed, in periodic conflagrations, and even greater spiritual disillusionment in the 17th century when it pinned over-great hopes on the false messiah of Smyrna, Sabbatai Zevi (whose secret votaries, the Domneh, posing as Moslems, were still numerous and influential in Salonica until a few years ago).
		The community, feeling the need for a rabbi of Western education, one who could better represent them vis-s-vis their fellow citizens and the government, had appointed this Eastern European Ashkenazi, trained in a German rabbinical seminary, to the post, which he had filled not without dignity for a number of years.
	isfsp.org /salonica.html (3995 words)

	info: FLORINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Florina ( Greek : F?????a) is a city located in the central part of Florina prefecture.
		I had to send my child to her grandparents in Tzaneen because she is still so traumatised,' Florina Segoe said on Monday.
		Florina Canter, 79, of 1470 Bromwich Drive, was last seen Saturday by.
	www.info-greece.net /Florina (284 words)

	Greek Helsinki on the Macedonian Minority in Greece
		The case dated back to 1995 when, on 13-14 September, the "Rainbow" office in Florina was attacked by a mob of people, led by the mayor of Florina.
		However, the participants were not allowed to hire publicly-owned meeting rooms in Florina; local hotels refused to give rooms to the guests; and Alexander Popovski, an invited representative of an association of Aegean Macedonians living in Bitola (Macedonia) was refused entry to the country.
		During the meeting itself, financial police controlled the taverna where it was held and fined the establishment for not having issued receipts for the drinks - a technically valid charge, but the first such control to have been carried out at that establishment.
	www.historyofmacedonia.org /MacedonianMinorities/GreekHelsinki.html (855 words)

	Papigo : official site of the community
		The community is governed by an administrative council constituted by the chairman and six members.
		In December 1997 the National Network of Cultural Tradition and Community Life of "the Communities of the Greeks" was created in Pilio, aiming at the preservation of the tradition of folk architecture and folk culture as well as at the gradual growth and protection of natural environment.
		The Network aspires to highlight the local, cultural and residential distinctiveness of the aforementioned communities and to point out that gradual growth and environmental protection are integral values of modern life.
	www.papigo.gr /en/koinotita/koinotita_02.php (138 words)

	Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion or Belief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		We are also concerned by the burdensome Greek requirements imposed on minority religious communities to obtain special permits issued by "competent ecclesiastical authorities" and the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs for the establishment or operation of churches, including places of worship.
		For instance, the religious community must have existed for at least twenty years and have a minimum number of members, equal to 0.02% of the population or about 16,000 members.
		The requirement that the statutes of a religious body must include a description of religious doctrine which is different from the doctrines of existing religious belief communities or churches is of concern to the U.S. Delegation because this establishes the government as the arbiter in theological disputes.
	www.mwlusa.org /presentations/speech_poland.html (3264 words)

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	www.eztrip.com /Amorgos/Florina/FLORINA_GR_INTL.html (359 words)

	Indigenous People's Secretariat
		Their involvement was called for in: expert groups; research activities, communications; and implementation processes and activities at local, national and international levels.
		In the recommendations for further cooperation on incentive measures, states are asked to involve Indigenous Peoples and local communities in meaningful policy dialogue for the design and use of incentive measures for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
		Also a call was made for research and assessments on the socio-economic implications for Indigenous Peoples and local communities of invasive alien species, as well, on the use of traditional knowledge in the development and implementation of measures to deal with invasive alien species.
	www.cbin.ec.gc.ca /ips/ibin30.cfm (3943 words)

	Jewish Web Index - Make it easier for you to do your personal research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Today, it is the largest Jewish community and dates from the first century C.E. After the sixth century, Jewish life left, and in 1705, the city had 20 Jewish families, the descendants of exiles from Spain.
		In July, 1942, the Jewish Community was forced to pay several million to the Nazis to ransom Jewish men who were forced into working for the Germans, with the understanding that they would be freed later and the community would be left alone.
		Yomtov Yacoel was the lawyer for the community and liaison with the Nazi civilian representatives.
	jewishwebindex.com /italy.htm (6574 words)

	A greeting form the Department Head (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A general comment was that the broadening of the higher education in Greece does not necessarily imply the decrease of unemployment.
		Furthermore, Florina maintains a distinguished cultural infrastructure and due to is numerous academic population (more than one tenth of the total) has justifiably been characterized as a ‘university town’.
		We believe that Florina's academic advantages include its outstanding natural beauty and other attractions which, however, will not be destruct you from your studies.
	www.auth.gr /balkan/en_N-PresMsg.htm (1001 words)

	“True Compañeras”: Women’s Participation in the Popular Movement of Oaxaca : Melbourne Indymedia
		There are the stories of elderly women from local communities who have cooked huge pots of food for people guarding barricades and soothed tear-gassed eyes with vinegar and Coke.
		Florina or her husband often spent entire nights on watch.
		Florina continues to participate in organizing and protesting, and has been speaking publicly about her husband’s death since August.
	melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2007/02/139508.php (1788 words)

	Macedonian Heritage - Unpublished Academic Literature: Theology
		In the broader region of Florina, and more specifically in the region of Prespes, there is a significant number of Byzantine monuments of the 10th and 11th centuries that are considered national relics and treasuries of Christian tradition.
		The uniting of all the Greek Orthodox in Thessaloniki into a single community was perhaps unprecedented among the Greek communities under Ottoman rule and was a prerequisite for the enormous success of the community’s charitable, social, and educational activity.
		The Metropolitan of Thessaloniki was the spiritual leader of the community in the period of Ottoman rule, and he had economic, educational, and social jurisdiction and the right to represent the community before the Ottoman authorities.
	www.macedonian-heritage.gr /UnpubAcedLit/depTheology.html (8786 words)

	CHAINS OF HELLENISM A MACEDONIAN TRAGEDY
		Commercial traffic was noticeably lower in the city of Florina (Lerin) in comparison with preceding years due to the restrictive measures enacted by the Yugoslav government, as a result of which merchants in the city are inclined to close several stores, the majority of which were opened based on trade with the Yugoslav visitors.
		The Skopje dialect is used widely by the local inhabitants of the Florina (Lerin) and Edessa (Voden) regions, even by the local state functionaries and workers of organisations; its use becomes even more widespread every Wednesday and Saturday when market is held in Florina (Lerin) and a large number of Yugoslavs arrive.
		The calendars and cards had reference to the autonomy movement (an armed komitadzi is depicted, and on the bottom is the statue of liberty, beside her legs is a map of the Slavo-Macedonian state with the slogan "Macedonians thirst for freedom").
	www.network54.com /Forum/message?forumid=65614&messageid=960115724 (3504 words)

	Pan-Macedonian Network - Historical Review of Macedonia
		Jewish communities of some importance were to be found in Beroia, where there were equal numbers of Moslems and Christians, and in Serrhai, Monastir, Kavala and Drama.
		The inhabitants, new and old, lived in separ ate communities, and were jointly responsible for the implementation of orders from the central au thority, for the preservation of order and, most importantly of all, for the payment of taxes.
		The administration of the community was in the hands of the local aristocracy, which was permitted cer tain initiatives of a philanthropic or cultural na ture.
	www.macedonia.com /english/history/review (4406 words)

	Indigenous People's Secretariat
		The meeting, which took place in December, finalized a draft recommendation on guidelines that would help protect Indigenous communities from development that would take place on, or which are likely to impact, sacred sites and lands and waters traditionally occupied or used by Indigenous and local communities.
		The IIFB asserted that the communities must decide whether those instruments are of use and they should have the full control over them.
		With regard to the recognition and protection of the right of indigenous and local communities over their TK associated with genetic resources stands without brackets, yet this recognition is limited in as far as it is subjected to the national legislation of the country in which these communities live.
	www.cbin.ec.gc.ca /ips/ibin34.cfm (5488 words)

	[MGSA-L] Discussion on the greek jews
		Koretz believed he was helping the local Salonikan Jewish community, but his stubborn erudite personality served as a block in communication when community members or outside forces turned to him for help or proposed rescue options.
		On the other hand, Koretz did inform by phone the Jewish communities of Florina and Veria to report for deportation, but he was relaying German orders and his name does not appear on documentation.
		As community president, he succeeded to ransom the thousands of Jewish young men from forced labor, but since he, the local Jews and others in Athens could not raise the immense sum, the Germans ordered the destruction of the Jewish cemetery in December 1942.
	maillists.uci.edu /mailman/public/mgsa-l/2002-October/000696.html (776 words)

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