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30.11.2005 Starting with next school year, the pupils in Montenegro elementary schools will be introduced to a new subject in the Curriculum, called “Healthy lifestyles”. This initiative was launched by Montenegrin organisation for combating HIV/AIDS – CAZAS. Yesterday, CAZAS representatives announced the completion of the first phase of the project “Healthy lifestyles against drug abuse”.

30.11.2005 The Municipality of Tirana organized the “Bright Night”, a party where no one sleeps. Lighting the night, Tirana enlivened its quarters, streets, public and historical spaces, cinemas, museums and theatres with activities that brought a new perspective to the city’s spaces, streets and squares, creating an unusual climate and a party environment.

30.11.2005 Between November 22 and 24, a shipment of six truckloads of corn returned to Croatia, originally exported to Hungary, to a known buyer, by Agragold Company from Zagreb. The Hungarians returned the corn accompanied with a report by a Budapest laboratory which states that the shipment contained genetically modified corn, report Osijek Greens.

30.11.2005 The UN Human Rights Committee ordered Serbia and Montenegro to annul the sentence and compensate Zeljko Bodrozic, a journalist sentenced on charges of defamation filed by former official of the Socialist Party, Dmitar Segrt.

30.11.2005 White Ribbon Week (21 – 25 November) has become an annual tradition for the Women’s Wellness Center in Peja where every year many local citizens volunteer, cutting white ribbons and preparing handouts about the history of International Day against Violence against Women.

30.11.2005 The government and senior police officers will be taken to court by a UK human rights group unless they provide evidence they have investigated reports that CIA 'torture flights' have landed in Britain or used British airspace.

30.11.2005 One of the most widely used weedkillers in the world, atrazine, could feminise male frogs at concentrations 30 times lower than that legally allowed in US drinking water. Research also suggests widespread contamination of drinking water in the UK.

29.11.2005 The “Life is What You Make Of It” campaign was designed by the HIV Prevention Network to mark December 1, the International AIDS Day, in several cities and municipalities in Serbia.

29.11.2005 November 25, 2005 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women .The narratives of these two women attest to the fact that there continues to be victims of domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and that collective efforts have been made to better the situation. The improvements can be partially attributed to the international community’s decision to address the issue forthrightly after the war. Their initiatives encouraged citizens of BiH to tackle this taboo subject as well.

29.11.2005 On the occasion of the entry into force of the new Broadcasting Law of the Republic of Macedonia, the Media Development Centre held a press conference earlier today, at the NGO InfoCentre. Roberto Belicanec, MDC Executive Director, and Gazmend Ajdini from IREX-ProMedia addressed the press.

29.11.2005 Campaigners welcomed Total Oil's "humiliating climbdown" on Tuesday ­in a case in which the company was being sued in French courts over its involvement in forced labour in Burma. In an out of court settlement, the company agreed to set up a £3.5 million humanitarian fund.

29.11.2005 The EU’s present visa regime with the countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Serbia-Montenegro including Kosovo) is fostering resentment, inhibiting progress on trade, business, education and more open civil societies, and as a result contributing negatively to regional stability, claims the latest report by the International Crisis Group.

29.11.2005 ORCA is promotes the recognition of animal rights protection as an important social issue; respect, care and responsible treatment of animals with the goal to achieve harmonious coexistence of people and other animals.

29.11.2005 Today (Tuesday, November 29), under the auspices of the 16 Days of Activism campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and before the B&H Parliamentary Elections 2006, a pre-election tea-party will be organized, to discuss the role and position of women in B&H politics.

29.11.2005 The Kotor-based NGO for promotion of peace and non-violence ANIMA, together with the students of the Kotor Women Studies course, presented the “Audio and Visual Fascism” Performance, on November 26.

29.11.2005 The Eko Kvarner environmental association confirmed yesterday, on basis of information received from international institutions and Russian NGOs, that the Russian oil companies have given up on the opening of new oil transport line, through the Adriatic, implemented in the Druzba Adria Project.

29.11.2005 Marinko Jurcevic, the Chief Prosecutor of the B&H Office of Prosecution, denied all allegations that his Office doesn’t treat equally all parties in the war crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

29.11.2005 Alternative Energy blog:
Domestic wind turbines have been described as "the new handbags" - the latest luxury items craved by those who want to be first to try new technology. But this description overlooks their green credentials, because any electricity powered by the elements is reducing CO2 emissions, which are blamed for global warming. And there are also the financial motivations. A household with a windmill can save money on bills and sell excess electricity back to the national grid. So could wind turbines become a nice little earner? They are certainly on the increase - 7,000 households have been given grants to get the turbines installed.

29.11.2005 Children as young as 14 are helping to sell drugs in local communities, a charity report said.
*Report on drug selling in England

29.11.2005 People turned up at polling booths across Switzerland in a referendum to determine whether genetically engineered crops and animals can be grown there during the next five years.