Full Coverage: Serbia and Montenegro

30.03.2005 Nikola Gegaj, Member of Serbia and Montenegro Parliament, strongly condemned the recent attack and beating up of the Vucic couple in Kosovo. He demanded urgent action by UNMIK Police to discover the perpetrators and to make the security of all citizens the priority on the path to establishment of new relations and multiethnic tolerance in Kosovo.

30.03.2005 The trial of Mersad Licina (38), from Rozaj, Djordje Petrovic and Zoran Cubrakovic from Pozega, on the charges of human trafficking, continues in front of the Council presided by Judge Darko Konatar, at the Court of Second Jurisdiction in Bijelo Polje.

29.03.2005 Last week, MANS organized a public debate in Budva, to discuss the problem of corruption in Montenegro. Citizens believe that poverty is one of the main reasons for the prevalence of corruption, and complained about the lack of clear political will to fight the corruption.

28.03.2005 The students of Novi Pazar (Sandjak region) secondary schools protested today, demanding greater security in their schools. The protest was organized by Urban In local NGO, under the motto “We Want Safe and Secure Schools”.

28.03.2005 The danger to make ethnic cleansing and war crimes an important factor of the new Serb national identity is very real. After DjindjicÂ’s assassination, we have witnessed an open retreat to the ethno-nationalist policies and refusal to truly face the past and cooperate with the Hague Tribunal, says Sonja Biserko, President of the Serbian Helsinki Committee.

25.03.2005 The Committee of Human Rights Lawyers YUCOM and the Media Centre Nis organize a two day advanced “Public Administration and Free Access to Information” course. The Course will take place at the MCN, today and tomorrow (March 25-26).

25.03.2005 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the State Union Serbia and Montenegro acknowledges with great satisfaction the positive outcome of the 36th Session of the Parliament of the State Union, during which the Law on Asylum of Serbia and Montenegro was adopted.

24.03.2005 In 2004, MANS continually warned Miomir Mugosa, the Mayor of Podgorica Municipality, that the manner in which his administration treats the illegal construction is not only in collision with the Montenegrin legislation, but is directly opposed to a whole series of international documents that protect human and citizensÂ’ rights.

24.03.2005 The anti-Semitic graffiti that dawned on Belgrade and Negotin several days ago attacked the Jewish cemetery in Belgrade, one electronic media and the NGOs that are “thorn in the side” of the authors of the graffiti. The authorities say that they knew in advance that the “action” was planned. If they knew, why didn’t they act?

23.03.2005 The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) protests strongly against the appearance of racist, anti-Semitic graffiti and posters in Belgrade, and attack on Radio Television B92.

23.03.2005 Placards with a call to boycott B92 Radio and Television and the graffiti on the Jewish cemetery dawned this morning in Belgrade. Over the night, hate graffiti were painted at the entrance of teh offices of Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia and the Humanitarian Law Centre.

22.03.2005 On March 21, the International Anti-Racism Day, eight NGOs opened for signing the “Stop the Conspiracy of Silence” petition at the Republic Square in Belgrade. In addition, the “Fascist Darkness to the Pitts, Part. 2” performance was staged, followed by distribution of leaflets.

21.03.2005 Under the auspices of “Novosadsko Prolece” (Novi Sad Springtime), environmental, economic and tourist event, a presentation of programme for protection and development of protected natural areas in Vojvodina was presented at the facilities of SPENS convention centre.

16.03.2005 After an interruption that lasted for almost a year, a meeting of the Working Group for Missing Persons in the Kosovo Conflict is organized in Blegrade.

16.03.2005 The Council of Europe discussed the new monitoring report on Serbia and Montenegro on 11 March 2005 in the Committee of Ministers' Rapporteur Group on Democratic Stability (GR-EDS). The Report is now publicly available.

15.03.2005 To overcome the youth poverty in Serbia, it is necessary to involve the young population in the decision-making processes on local, but also on state level. The Group 484 NGO conducted a survey on youth poverty in Serbia, with the goal to identify the levels of poverty with that population and to collect the youthÂ’s proposal how to eliminate poverty.

14.03.2005 Miljenko Dereta, the Executive Director of Civic Initiatives, talked to OneWorld SEE about the situation of the civil society and the ideas promoted by the late Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.

09.03.2005 Representatives of nongovernmental organizations and political parties organized a gathering at the Republic Square in Belgrade on the occasion of the International Women Day, under the “No Retreat – We Defend Our Rights” motto. The action demonstrated the force of women solidarity and mutual support. The organizers demand full respect of the basic women human right – the possibility for the women to make their own decisions, to choose whether and when to bear children, to have the right to a safe and efficient abortion, and to have the right of sexual preference.

07.03.2005 Almost 63 percent of the citizens believe that the economic and social human righst are violated in Montenegro, and one half of the polled citizens in a recent poll organized by Centre for Monitoring – CEMI believes that the state institutions resist the recommendations of the Ombudsman. CEMI implemented a project for monitoring of the work of the Ombudsman, and the complete report was presented yesterday at a round-table discussion held in Podgorica, yesterday.

04.03.2005 The Women In Black association from Belgrade invite you to take part in the observation of March 8, International Women Day, under the motto “No Retreat – We Defend Our Rights.