21.05.2008 The valley of the Soča River, and the cultural and tourist festival `Picokijada` (the Festival of the Chicken) in Djurdjevac got the first excellence award for tourist destination in Slovenia and Croatia, respectively. They will represent Slovenia and Croatia in the competition with 20 other destinations for the EDEN (European Destination Excellence) Award.

21.05.2008 After Sarajevo, Prijedor, Pančevo and Zaječar, the Peace Caravan 2008 arrived in Skopje on May 19, 2008, to end this year`s trip with an action on the `Makedonija` Square.

20.05.2008 The Peace Caravan 2008 arrived in Pancevo on May 14 and its activities took place the next day, May 15, including a street action in the City Park and a concert later in the night. The Caravan set up the stands, panels and exhibition of photos and started the activities that were concluded with a concert by `Prljavi dripci` from Belgrade and `Štuka` from Pancevo.

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Nina Stevanovic, activist of the Citizens of Sarajevo informal group of citizens that has organized the protests in Sarajevo over the past two months, talked to OWPSEE about the protests, future plans and demands.

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IPA Meeting and Civil Society - owpsee`s Sanjin Bužo reports on the meeting held in Sarajevo last week, which demonstrated, once again, the ignorant approach to civil society adopted by BIH institutions and EC Delegations alike.

16.05.2008 A group of about 50 leftist anti-militarist and progressive activists from Greece will visit Macedonia on Saturday, May 17, to meet in a joint debate with their Macedonian hosts (Hotel Continental, 13:00 hours).

08.04.2008 The Human Rights Office of the Government of Croatia announced the public competition for projects and programmes by associations for protection and promotion of human rights, for funding from the 2008 State Budget.