Full Coverage: Serbia and Montenegro

30.06.2005 Journalists and editors from several Pristina and Belgrade media gathered yesterday at the “Belgrade-Pristina Media Dialogue” meeting, organized in Belgrade under the auspices of the Civil Dialogue. The participants in the event estimated that the media from Kosovo and Serbia should cooperate and exchange information.

30.06.2005 On Tuesday, June 27, the US Congress House of Representatives has adopted a resolution demanding that those responsible for the Srebrenica massacre be brought to justice. The US Senate watered down the text of the Resolution the next day.

29.06.2005 The civil sector did much more on the establishment of new relations in the region, and their normalization, than the states of the Dayton Triangle themselves. It made an important step forward towards understanding, renewed trust, and opened the doors to the future for the region. These points were reinforced by the 10th Session of the Igman Initiative held in Belgrade last several days.

29.06.2005 The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, the office of the National Commissioner for Freedom to Access Information, the Coalition for Free Access to Information and the Toplica Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, organized a round-table discussion on “Free Access to Information – Rights and Responsibilities”, in the Municipal Building in Prokuplje.

29.06.2005 Desettata sesija na Igmanskata inicijativa, "Kulturna sorabotka na Dejtonskiot triagolnik", se odrza na 27 i 28 juni, 2005 godina vo Belgrad. Ucestvuvaa drzavnicite od regionot na Jugoistocna Evropa, istaknati javni licnosti, politicari i eksperti.

28.06.2005 A one-day Sub-regional Gender Project Management meeting held in Sarajevo, represents the initiation of the cooperation of governmental gender mechanisms of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro and UNDP Country Offices from BH, Serbia and Montenegro.

27.06.2005 Internally displaced Egyptians living in Rozaje, Montenegro appealed today on national and local governments, NGOs and all other competent institutions for immediate assistance.

24.06.2005 At the press conference held yesterday in Berane, Radivoje Papovic, the Rector of the University in Kosovska Mitrovica, and his Deputy Rade Grbic invited all high school graduates from Montenegro, as well as IDP students from Kosovo, to continue their studies at their institution.

23.06.2005 Developing better co-operation between police services in the Balkans to fight transnational organized crime and illegal trade in drugs was the aim of a conference that ended in Belgrade today, organized by OSCE and Serbian Ministry of the Interior.

23.06.2005 “Volujica” environmental NGO protested, on Wednesday, June 22, the poor performance by the Bar Municipality Legislative Commission in the processing of the civic initiative for a local referendum, submitted by the citizens of Old Bar community, on the future location of a waste dump of Bar and Ulcinj municipalities.

22.06.2005 At the press conference held today in Podgorica, MANS presented the latest initiative it submitted to the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, requesting assessment of legality of the Decision on Founding and Competences of the Privatization Council of Montenegro.

22.06.2005 The Belgrade-based Let’s... Group, in cooperation with the Civil Action Forum (FORCA) from Pozega, started the implementation of the “Youth in Action!” project for youth education in the field of active citizenship.

21.06.2005 Last week, the Montenegro Ministry of Justice presented its draft of the Code of Ethics for Civil Servants and State Officials, that should regulate the standards and rules of conduct that need to be observed and followed by the civil servants and state officials in their work and operations.

21.06.2005 The Consortium of the Centre for Development of Non-Profit Sector (CRNPS) and the Centre for Democracy Foundation started the implementation of the two year project “Fund for Support to Civil Society in Serbia”.

20.06.2005 The World Refugee Day in Serbia will be observed by about 140,000 persons, refugees themselves. The problems of refugees and IDPs in SCG remain big, and the state and the international organizations are increasingly less interested for their problems.

20.06.2005 Montenegro will continue to provide unimpeded stay to refugees and internally displaced persons on its territory, as a part of the general effort to solve their problems in a dignified and long-term manner, said Milo Djukanovic, the Prime Minister of Montenegro, on the occasion of June 20, World Refugee Day.

16.06.2005 The Igman Initiative Greeted the public release by the Council of Minister of Serbia and Montenegro which strongly condemns the crime committed in Srebrenica and demands that the perpetrators and organizers of war crimes be brought to justice.

15.06.2005 The citizens of Serbia remains uninformed about the possibilities offered by the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Interest, shows the survey, “Citizens of Serbia and Access to Information – Two Years Later”, conducted by Transparency Serbia.

14.06.2005 Civic Initiatives NGO from Belgrade will participate in this year’s Mediterranean Social Forum in Barcelona, June 16-19. Miljenko Dereta will give a presentation on the ”Democracy Without Alternatives” subject included in the main programme of the Forum.

13.06.2005 A three day workshop (June 13-15) started today at the Media Centre Nis. The workshop will deal with court trials and charges brought against journalists for slander and libel.