Full Coverage: Population

22.12.2005 The “Open NGO Day” was organized by the Communities Committee and OSCE Office in Rahovec/Orahovac. Stefania Paradisi, Head of OSCE Office pledged continued support for joint activities and emphasized that the integration matters lie fully in the hands of the local communities.

21.12.2005 Thirteen Roma persons, representatives of Roma NGOs and associations from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, took part in the communication skills workshop organized in Sarajevo (December 2-4) by the Media Diversity Institute from London and the Media Plan Institute.

21.12.2005 Mothers who had lost their families and their children to the tsunami, nearly one year back, are again giving birth and bringing up new families in coastal Tamil Nadu with help from the government and local doctors.

14.12.2005 Goran Svilanovic, the Chair of the First Table of the Stability Pact for SEE, said that the so-called “Schengen Wall” is the biggest barrier in Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

14.12.2005 "Blank Face, Public Strength: Romani Identity as Represented
in the Public and Private Sphere," researched and written by Azbija Memedova (Macedonia) and Shayna Plaut (United States of America) argues that the search for a singular identity begins with the wrong premise – it is not whether Roma have a "weak" or "strong" identity but rather, who they should be "proving" this identity to, and under what standards.

07.12.2005 The German Government has provided €500.000 for relocation of Roma, Ashkanli and Egyptian communities in lead-contaminated camps to Astro, the former French Military Base.