Full Coverage: Serbia and Montenegro

31.10.2005 The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro organized on 28 and 29 October a study visit and workshop in the Senta Municipal Court for 19 representatives of the courts and public prosecutors offices from southern Serbia, a region where the majority of the population is ethnic Albanian.

26.10.2005 The TANGO Ngo, under its “Corporate Social Responsibility” Project, financed by the WorldBank Office in Belgrade, held two public debates under the title “Leave a Mark of Your Success”, as well as five trainings on the same subject.

25.10.2005 The U.N. Security Council has endorsed Secretary-General Kofi Annan's
decision to begin talks on the sensitive issue of the future of Kosovo.
Mr. Annan will name former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari to lead the
negotiations.

25.10.2005 Nearly two thirds of the citizens of Serbia would vote for Serbia and Montenegro entry into the EU if a referendum was held tomorrow, finds the public opinion survey commissioned by teh EU Integration Office of the Government of Serbia.

21.10.2005 On the 13th anniversary of the kidnapping and murder of 17 Bosniaks from Sjeverin, the Humanitarian Law Centre and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights demand from the competent authorities to conduct a full investigation against all persons that participated in this crime. Also, the two organizations demand that the families of the 17 victims are awarded proper compensation that would prove the recognition of responsibility for the crime.

20.10.2005 On October 18, the Centre for Development of Non-Profit Sector from Belgrade, in cooperation with the Centre for Development of Non-Profit Sector in Western Serbia from Uzice, organized a debate under the “Towards Integration with Europe through Youth Programmes” project in Subotica, at the facilities of the “Open Perspectives” NGO.

17.10.2005 Milka Babic, the Representative of the Population Office, said that the families of senior citizens in Vojvodina are prepared to accept refugee families living in collective centres in their households, under certain conditions that are to be defined later.

14.10.2005 At its session of yesterday, October 13, the Government of Montenegro adopted the drafts of the Law on Environmental Impact Study, the Law on Strategic Evaluation of Environmental Impact and the Law on Integrated Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution.

13.10.2005 Slobodan Vuksanovic, Serbian Minister of Education and Sports, estimated today, answering the accusations that Serbia doesnÂ’t protect the rights of national minorities, that Serbia takes good care of its minorities.

11.10.2005 The research group of the Press Council, established with the assistance of the UNESCO, declared the establishment of a New System of Ethical Journalism in Serbia. The Declaration was presented at the regular monthly press-conference held at the Media Centre Belgrade.

05.10.2005 Seven representatives of non-governmental organizations from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, working primarily in the fields of water management and water supply, visited Serbia from September 24 to October 1, 2005. The visit was realized under the programme of international exchange supported by NoVIB, the Netherlands.

03.10.2005 The City Council of Sarajevo decided, on its session of September 29, to make Natasa Kandic, the Executive Director of the Humanitarian Law Centre from Belgrade, an Honorary Citizen of Sarajevo.