03.07.2008
The Mjaft Movement reports that, in spite of repeated attempts to contact the office of Prime Minister, there have been no reaction so far to the demands of the striking workers of Gerdec, who continued their two-week hunger strike with protests in the park next to the PM`s office.
more...Related topics/regions: [Albania] [Governance] [Corruption & transparency] [Codes of conduct] [Labour] |
16.06.2008
Srđan Dizdarević, President of Bosnian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, responded, in an open letter addressed to the highest institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the invitation by Safet Halilović, Minister of Refugees and Human Rights, to take part in the Seminar on the proposed theses for preparation of the Anti-Discrimination Law.
more...Related topics/regions: [Bosnia] [Governance] [Ethics & value systems] [Civil society] [Human rights] Image: Srdjan Dizdarevic
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02.07.2008
The Organizing Committee of Zagreb Pride 2008 condemned the attacks on gay activists Kristijan Grđana and Sanja Juras and three participants who came to the Pride from Kosovo, expressing their full solidarity and support for the victims.
more...Related topics/regions: [Croatia] [Justice and crime] [Ethics & value systems] [Freedom of expression] [Sexuality] [Civil rights] |
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27.06.2008
The project to build Kosova C thermoelectric power plant will not proceed without prior public debate, involving in particular the population of the area that will be the most exposed to the pollution it will emit.
more...Related topics/regions: [Kosovo] [Renewable energy] [Pollution] [Environment] [Energy] |
23.06.2008
A poll conducted by the National Roma Centre (NRC) from Kumanovo, shows that almost a half of the polled Roma women live in extramarital communities, while only one in ten Roma women owns personal ID documents and proof of citizenship, which leads to the situation in which their children are not entered in the new-born children registries.
more...Related topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] [Infant mortality] [Health] |
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23.06.2008
Branko Lukovac, Ambassador of Montenegro to Croatia and the State Secretary of Higher Education of Croatia Radovan Fuks signed the Memorandum of Cooperation which covers, among other issues, the cooperation of the two countries in the field of doctoral studies.
more...Related topics/regions: [Serbia and Montenegro] [Croatia] [International cooperation] [Education] |
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03.07.2008
The Centre for Development of Civil Society is concerned about the fact that instead of a Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, the competences in that area will be placed under the Ministry of Justice. CDCS finds that solution harmful in a variety of ways.
more...Related topics/regions: [Serbia and Montenegro] [Governance] [Indigenous rights] [Civil rights] [Human rights] |



