Full Coverage: Europe

30.06.2005 European SchoolNet's two year P2P project ((Peer Reviews and Observatory on Policy and Practice in ICT) aims to to monitor and to stimulate change in ICT policies and and practice at European, national, regional and school level and builds on results of the Ernist project.

30.06.2005 Twenty teachers of different ethnic backgrounds will take part in a workshop on children's human rights education in Skopje on 1 July. Later on, they will be able to educate some 600 pupils all over the country

30.06.2005 The BBC cleans up at the Race in the Media awards, scooping almost half the gongs on offer. But black journalists fear Corporation bosses are about to axe diversity.

30.06.2005 On Monday, June 27, the EXIT Centre organized the first of the three seminars on the subject of electronic administration, titled “eAdministration Perspective” in Banja Luka.

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 “LULUDI” Roma Association of Women and Youth, in cooperation with the “For a Happy Childhood” NGO, implemented a national survey on the use of health insurance and healthcare among the Roma in Macedonia. The survey, conducted on a sample of 1,000 Roma families, provides a general picture of the characteristics, needs and priorities of the Roma population in terms of healthcare.

29.06.2005 Representatives of the “Familija” Ngo from Prijedor presented the Association of Roma of Prijedor Area with technical and office equipment. The donation, worth 12,000 KM (approximately 6,000 EUR), includes a TV set, VCR machine, CD-radio player/recorder, fax machine and one computer the software and hardware package.

29.06.2005 Mikael Storsjö is a man who hosted web pages of the Chechen news agency on a Finnish server which resulted in the Finnish security police coming after him hours after opening the site. How did an IT-entrepreneur become involved with the Chechen resistance movement? Storsjö prefers to talk about freedom of speech rather than having a narrow discussion on terrorism; he thinks both sides of the conflict should be heard equally.

29.06.2005 Noted Albanian poet and novelist Ismail Kadare has won the first-ever Man Booker International Prize, thus gaining recognition as one of the world's finest writers.

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 Basic Skills Agency and BBC Worldwide Interactive Learning have collaborated to produce a CD-ROM for adults on citizenship and basic skills.

29.06.2005 The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) has teamed up with Italian NGO L'Umana Dimora Onlus to add years of practical EU experience to its Training for Young Environmental Leaders programme. The programme provides advanced training in organisational development, project management and environmental topics in a stimulating international atmosphere.

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.

29.06.2005 The situation for displaced Roma (RAE --- Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian) populations in Kosovo is precarious as they remain in unsuitable living conditions in camps throughout Kosovo and in the Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia six years after their original displacement. While the overall situation in Kosovo is not conducive to mass return due to the continued uncertain security situation, opportunities do exist for voluntary RAE return, says the analysis by Refugees International.

29.06.2005 The Citizens’ Committee for Human Rights (CCHR) demanded from authorities in all levels of Government to define and implement, without any delay, the measures to protect the children located in Children Homes in Brezovica and Lug from possible abuse and neglect.

29.06.2005 The government is under mounting pressure to permit more than 100 Zimbabwean failed asylum seekers to stay in the UK.

29.06.2005 A new report by the Brookings Institution shows President Bush has significantly exaggerated the amount of aid his administration has provided to sub-Saharan Africa. With the approaching G8 summit and recent aid commitments made by E.U. nations, Bush is facing increasing pressure to be more cooperative internationally and encourage the efforts of poor countries.

29.06.2005 Six years after their original displacement, Kosovo's Roma people continue to live in camps. Discrimination and conflicts between the region's ethnic populations continue to stall the return process. Refugees International has four recommendations to end the discrimination and poor living conditions of the Roma.