Full Coverage: Albania

31.05.2006 The United Nations Association of Albania UNAA mission is to build and mobilize public support/contribution for promoting United Nations goals and objectives in Albania.

24.05.2006 The MJAFT Movement started the “Live Green” campaign. One of its activities is a caravan that will travel in 10 Albanian cities from 15 to 25 May, organizing discussion forums, between the public and the local and central authorities, and will also take some cleaning initiatives, to give the good example and to raise awareness.

24.05.2006 The legal and sub-legal framework for the preparations of voter lists ahead of the forthcoming local government elections will be the focus of a roundtable discussion today (May 24), jointly organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Interior Ministry.

17.05.2006 The MJAFT! Movement launched this week a new website I vote to provide the information of public and to realize a full transparency on political activities and Albanian deputies.

10.05.2006 The Albanian Coalition for Children's Education, which includes 10 major child-rights organisations in the country, closed successfully its campaign "Every child needs a Teacher". As many as 15 thousand children and teachers are estimated to have participated in the activities of the Campaign.

05.05.2006 The Albanian Human Rights Group presented, Wednesday, May 3, the draft-law on discrimination in Albania to members of the civil society and NGO's in Albania. This is the first ever attempt for civil society to push for a new anti-discrimination law in the country, which has been an obligation for Albania by the recommendations of the Committee Against Discrimination in Geneva.

04.05.2006 The MJAFT! Movement has brought up in public the various violations registered in the firings in the public administration since the Government of PM Berisha took the office. According to this MJAFT!, this “cleansing” has affected mostly employees with the status of civil servant, otherwise protected by the Law. MJAFT! also expressed its concern about the lack of transparency of this process and the failure of the Government to observe the decisions of the judiciary on this matter.