Full Coverage: Serbia and Montenegro

30.11.2006 Under the “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” campaign, the Anima Centre for Women and Peace Studies from Kotor sent an open letter to the Montenegrin Parliament, Government, political parties, the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality and the Office of Gender Equality, with the demand that the status of women as constitutional part of the state body is confirmed in the preparation of the new Constitution of Montenegro.

29.11.2006 Kada je u junu 2005. Telekomu Srbija istekao osmogodišnji ugovor o monopolu, poznavaoci tržišta telekomunikacija ponadali su se da će u narednih godinu dana i u Srbiju stići kokurencija u ovom sektoru, a sa njom i pad cena i podizanje kvaliteta usluga. Godinu i po dana kasnije, stanje na srpskom tržištu ostalo je nepromenjeno, a prema Strategiji razvoja telekomunikacija, koju je nedavno usvojila Vlada Srbije, monopol Telekoma Srbija faktički se produžava do 2010. godine.

26.11.2006 Back in June 2005, when the eight-year monopoly agreement with Telecom Serbia expired, experts in telecommunications market expressed their hopes that competition in this sector will enter Serbia over the next year or so, increasing the quality of services and reducing the prices. A year and a half later, the situation in Serbian market remains unchanged. Moreover, according to Telecommunications Development Strategy (TDS), recently adopted by the Government of Serbia, the monopoly of the Telecom has been, for all practical purposes, extended till 2010.

15.11.2006 The Time Europe magazine published its special edition 60 Years of Heroes, which lists 60 names of people who, in their opinion, “shaped our lives since 1946”. Natasa Kandic, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Law Centre, was named one of the heroes.

10.11.2006 The Autonomous Women Centre started the Start with Yourself series of workshops for university students, on the topics of violence in the family, partnership relationships and society.

09.11.2006 Following the information that the new Montenegrin Government Cabined will not include a Ministry on Environmental Protection, the MOST Development and Culture Information Centre appealed to Zeljko Sturanovic, the holder of the mandate to form the new Government, to secure the continuity of the Ministry of Environment.

08.11.2006 Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) insists that the authorities should take appropriate measures to bring order in the television advertising market in Serbia.

08.11.2006 The Centre for Civic Education (CGO) is seriously concerned about the fact that only one woman will sit in the new Government of Montenegro.

07.11.2006 Green Home environmental NGO organizes a public debate on the topic Waste Separation and Recycling, with emphasis on the issue of future implementation of recycling process in the municipality of Podgorica. The debate will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, November 8, 2006, at the offices of the PR Centre in Podgorica (Hercegovacka St. 49/II), at 19:00 hours.

07.11.2006 The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia – NUNS established a section dedicated to women in media. The section is charged with survey of existing situation and reaction in cases of problems.

06.11.2006 Viktorija Vojnic-Hajduk and her son Ivan were found in their decrepit house in Subotica, several days after they both died of hunger, report the Belgrade based media.

03.11.2006 The Centre for Civic Education (CGO) and the Centre for Development of NGOs (CRNVO) appealed to Zeljko Sturanovic, the holder of the mandate to form the new Government of Montenegro, to include the representatives of the civil sector in the process of consultations on the new cabinet.

01.11.2006 The Team for Implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) started a new initiative dedicated to better exchange of information and strengthened cooperation between the civil society and state institutions, as well as stronger participation of civil society in all stages of PRS implementation.