News Items

Brasov, Romania
MCC is supporting a local gay group in Brasov, one of the largest Romanian cities.  LGBT rights are still denied here.  Florin Buhuceanu met the local group leaders in February, 2007 to help develop a strategic plan.  Soon the group will benefit from trainings in organization management, HIV/AIDS prevention and religion and homosexuality.

Bucharest, Romania
MCC Bucharest is preparing for the registration process as a religious association. Due to the restrictions imposed by current law, MCC may not obtain legal status and our request could be denied by the court.

Bucharest, Romania
Bucharest: the Beginning of Defrost by Mirel Bran is a book which was launched in February, 2007 in Romania.  Florin Buhuceanu, MCC's coordinator in Eastern Europe, is featured in the book.  Religion and homosexuality, as well as the role of MCC in organizing the first Pride March in Bucharest, are two of the subjects included in this book.

Program Updates

MCC Eastern Europe Initiative Update
July 20, 2006

Eastern Europe 2006 Travel Blog
Summer, 2006

Report from Bucharest, Romania
June 3, 2006

Coming Up

April - June, 2007
Diane Fisher to visit Moldova, Krakov, Bosnia, Latvia, Warsaw and Turkey.

May 19-21, 2007
Florin Buhuceanu to visit Strasburg, Germany (European Union Conference)

Documents

Freedom of Religion - text of OSCE address by Rev. Elder Fisher