Full Coverage: Bosnia

29.04.2005 After the three-say negotiations between the representatives of 11 political parties and international community officials, held in the Vlasic mountain resort, agreement was reached on the reform of police force in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

28.04.2005 Amila Akagic, Pretsedatelka na Asocijacijata na Linux korisnici, Linux Users Assotiation, ULK od Bosna i Hercegovina razgovarase so OneWorld SEE za promoviranjeto i koristenjeto na slobodniot softver i softverot so otvoren kod vo Bosna, i za aktivnostite na Asocijacijata na Linux korisnici.

28.04.2005 Amila Akagic is President of the Linux User Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Akagic talked to OneWorld SEE about the promotion and use of free and open source software in Bosnia, and about the activities of the Linux User Association.

27.04.2005 The statement by the Gender Centre of the Government of the Republic of Srpska strongly condemns the latest case of rape that happened in the very centre of Banja Luka.

26.04.2005 For the first time in history, the Municipal Budget of Prijedor has ear-marked funds for youth activities. For 2005, the total funds available for youth activities will amount to 75,000 KM.

25.04.2005 The collaboration between United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Volunteers (UNDP/UNV), several Italian and Bosnian youth organizations and 6 municipalities in BiH resulted with a project aiming to benefit youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina, supporting the employment of this population. Implementation of this project will begin immediately and will encompass a range of trainings and other activities focusing on management of Info-Resource Centers and Community Communication.

24.04.2005 A student in Bosnia and Herzegovina may learn how to defraud the schoolÂ’s money and yet keep his seat in the DeanÂ’s Office. Will learn all about sexual harassment there is to know, how to pay for his grades...? He/she will learn all that he shouldnÂ’t be able to learn at a higher education institution.

24.04.2005 “Partner”, Banja Luka based humanitarian organization, started a campaign for support to the disabled persons in the area of Prijedor, under the moto “I can’t stand on my feet, by I think – ergo, I am”. The goal of the campaign is to enable these people to lead autonomous lives and have a say when choosing their education and employment.

22.04.2005 The City of Sarajevo, in cooperation with Education for Peace Balkans Institute, will declare the period from April 25 to April 29 the “Weak of Peace”.

21.04.2005 Sandra Gojkovic, reporter of “Nezavisne Novine” from Banja Luka, received threats over the telephone last Monday, for her report on the illegal activities at the Banja Luka University’s School of Engineering.

20.04.2005 The Youth Communication Centre from Banja Luka, under its project „Volunteering – Optimism Spreading Activity”, implements the second phase of the project which includes education on volunteering for high school students in the regular curriculum, as well as development of Parents’ Councils in secondary schools.

19.04.2005 Representatives of the B&H Parliamentary Assembly and the Youth Information Agency (OIA), signed the Protocol on Implementation of “Open Parliament” Project. The goal of the project is to raise the public awareness on the importance of the Parliament in the process of democratization through organized study visits.

18.04.2005 The Presidency of the European Union, the Embassies of the USA, NATO and the Office of High Representatives in B&H (OHR) condemned the events at the military barracks in Manjaca and in Bileca, when the March class of recruits of the RS Army pledged their allegiance to the Republic of Srpska, and not Bosnia and Herzegovina.

15.04.2005 According to the public opinion poll conducted by the Mladi.Info portal on a sample of 764 persons, over 91.4 percent of the citizens that took part in the poll believe that the Government should establish a specialized deparment or office for the Youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 4.8 Percent believe that such a body is not really necessary, 2.4 percent are not interested, and 1.4 percent said they donÂ’t know what to say.

14.04.2005 Citizens Forum Tuzla conducted a poll on the knowledge of citizens about their municipality, the local communities they live in and the role of local self-government. The poll was conducted on a sample of 3,500 citizens.

14.04.2005 The B&H Helsinki Committee for Human Rights expressed its concern over the sexual harassment of university students which, according to the available indicators, is an increasingly frequent phenomenon in Bosnian and Herzegovinian Universities.

14.04.2005 Forum građana Tuzle je uradio anketu o tome koliko gradjani znaju o opštini, mjesnim zajednicama u kojima žive i ulozi mjesne samouprave. Anketiranjem je obuhvaćeno 3500 građana. Jedan od razloga koji je doveo do ovog anketiranja je činjenica da su mjesne zajednice u poslijeratnom periodu potpuno razvlašćene i nemaju nikakve nadležnosti.

14.04.2005 U Prijedoru je, u okviru projekta "Postati preduzetnik", počeo dvodnevni seminar namijenjen mladima koji se u budućnosti žele baviti privatnim preduzetništvom.

13.04.2005 The members of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested three persons in Mostar, on suspicion of being involved in a chain of women trafficking.

13.04.2005 Recent arrests of war suspects indicted by The Hague Tribunal have raised hopes that sufficient pieces of the jigsaw of what happened at Srebrenica in 1995 will be found to answer the ultimate question of who was responsible for the genocide.