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31.10.2006 The activists of MJAFT Movement in Lexha protested, on Sunday, October 29, the problematic environmental situation this town. They have taken photos of places covered up with garbage scattered all over the town and they have invited the locals to sign a petition, as they were watching the 120 photos displayed, addressed to the local authorities in which they urged them to change this situation.

31.10.2006 The Referendum on the New Constitution of Serbia succeeded, reports CeSID on the basis of its exit poll conducted on a representative sample of 600 ballot stations. 51.6% of all registered voters voted for the New Constitution. In absolute numbers, that is 108,000 votes more than the required threshold.

31.10.2006 The Government of Croatia announced last weekend that all employees receiving salaries from the State Budget will have to pass, over the coming two or three years, the ECDL Programme (European Computer Driving Licence). ECDL is internationally recognized computer literacy standard, designed under the “Leonardo da Vinci” Programme, implemented by the European Commission.

31.10.2006 from I Count:
Join I Count supporters and many others for the Climate March on Saturday 4th November.

31.10.2006 from Treehugger blog:
Colin Challen MP thinks that a quarter of the space in car ads should be given over to environmental impact data.

30.10.2006 “Unija” Coordination Body of Associations of Downsized Workers whose legal status remains unsolved, demands from the Government and the Parliament to solve the status of former workers who lost their jobs as redundant or downsized workers, or when their companies went bankrupt.

30.10.2006 from Campaign against Climate Change:
The great Climate March is in London on Saturday November 4th, two days before the UN climate talks in Nairobi begin. Be there if you can!

30.10.2006 VESTA Association from Tuzla started the realization of its Respect Equality (Reintegration, Education, Promotion, Strengthening, Moving towards Equality) project.

29.10.2006 from Gristmill blog:
The U.K. is going offset-crazy, but how much is it helping the planet?

28.10.2006 from WWF-UK:
The world's natural ecosystems are being degraded at a rate unprecedented in human history. The UK needs 3 planets to support it.

27.10.2006 Zeleni Neretve, Konjic-based civic association for the preservation of Neretva river, recently sent an open letter to all people connected with the river to get involved protecting it from the intended construction of hydro-electric power-plants in its upper valley.

27.10.2006 from The BBC:
A council in London wants owners of gas-guzzling vehicles to pay more to park outside their homes.

27.10.2006 Marijana Pajvancic, professor of Constitutional Law at Novi Sad University, said last night, at the “Boycott, Of Course!” debate held at the Museum of Vojvodina, that the referendum process won’t be controlled properly, having in mind that the Referendum Commission members come solely from the ranks of political parties that support the New Constitution.

27.10.2006 from Greenpeace blogs:
If we're not to fall into a childish round of 'I will if you will', then someone needs to take the bull by the horns (or the plane by the tail) and do something.

26.10.2006 Albania participated in the global STAND UP! campaign to reach a new Guinness world record for the largest number of people standing up at the same time in the fight against poverty.

26.10.2006 The Ministry of Environmental Protection, Spatial Planning and Construction (MZOPU) released the draft-Rulebook on Management of Waste Oils. This is another of planned rulebooks designed to raise the levels of environmental protection, secure the implementation of legislation on waste management and European directives.

26.10.2006 The Regional Environmental Centre for CEE (REC), with the support by the Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA), Announces the start of the first round of the Call for Proposals for funding of projects of environmental organizations on the subject of urban environment and sustainability in the region of Western Balkans.

26.10.2006 from World Changing:
Kinsale, Ireland, is en route for for weaning itself off fossil fuels, thanks to a timetabled strategy. Totnes, UK, could be next.

26.10.2006 The Intiative for Boycott of the Referendum on the New Constitution, started by Vojvodina based non-governmental organizations, demanded from the state authorities to start ex officio investigation on the incident in Tuesdays’ rally in Belgrade, accompanied with insults on a whole nation, the NGO and political party activists who support the boycott of the coming Referendum.

26.10.2006 Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France, announces a Call for Papers for the UNTELE 2007 Conference, to be held March 29-31, 2007. The principal theme of the up-coming UNTELE 2007 conference is Cross-cultural communication, global networking and second language acquisition