Full Coverage: South East Europe

31.03.2005 The Action Committee to Save the Bay of Vlora organized a protest, on March 27, 2005, against the planned construction of thermoelectric power plant in the area of Vlora. The protests were joined by numerous environmental organizations from all over the country.

30.03.2005 The Anti-Corruption Coalition invites you to join its first civic action, the Anti-Corruption Protest Walk, planned for April 4, 2005. The protest walk will express the solidarity with all victims of corruption in the City of Zagreb.

30.03.2005 The Theatre Society DASKA, from Sisak, was established in 1976. Ever since the Croatian Rights Party (HSP) entered the local government in 2002, DASKA doesn’t receive any funding for its programmes by the city, in spite of the fact that it applies in all competitions for funding. For the past seven years, DASKA survives solely on the financing it receives by the Ministry of Culture.

30.03.2005 Nikola Gegaj, Member of Serbia and Montenegro Parliament, strongly condemned the recent attack and beating up of the Vucic couple in Kosovo. He demanded urgent action by UNMIK Police to discover the perpetrators and to make the security of all citizens the priority on the path to establishment of new relations and multiethnic tolerance in Kosovo.

30.03.2005 The Videoletters project of the Dutch film directors Catharine Rejger and Eric Van Den Broek, bearing witness of the wish of friends divided by war to meet again, was presented in Belgrade.

30.03.2005 The trial of Mersad Licina (38), from Rozaj, Djordje Petrovic and Zoran Cubrakovic from Pozega, on the charges of human trafficking, continues in front of the Council presided by Judge Darko Konatar, at the Court of Second Jurisdiction in Bijelo Polje.

29.03.2005 Kosovo Serb couple Nedeljko Vucic, 73, and his wife Nevenka, 71, were attacked and badly beaten in the village of Crkolez, near the Kosovo town of Istok/Istog, yesterday. The couple has been placed in Mitrovica hospital where they are receiving medical treatment for the serious injuries they have got.

29.03.2005 Transparency International B&H started the implementation of a new project, a media campaing “Responsibility and Transparency in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Srdjan Blagovcanin, the Spokesperson of TI B&H talked to OneWorld about the reasons for the country’s fall from 70th to 82nd place on the Global Corruption Perception Study.

29.03.2005 Mediacentar Sarajevo obilježava 10 godina uspješnog rada i postojanja. Svečani koktel povodom ovog jubileja bit će organizovan 1. aprila u 19.00 sati i počet će otvaranjem izložbe «Naslovne strane - TRIO Sarajevo», nakon čega će biti prikazan kratki film o svakodnevnom radu pod nazivom «Mediacentar 2005.» Programu i koktelu prisustvovat će partneri i prijatelji Mediacentra iz Bosne i Hercegovine i svijeta.

29.03.2005 Last week, MANS organized a public debate in Budva, to discuss the problem of corruption in Montenegro. Citizens believe that poverty is one of the main reasons for the prevalence of corruption, and complained about the lack of clear political will to fight the corruption.

29.03.2005 A meeting of environmental organizations active in the areas in which the route of the Jadranski Naftovod Pipeline passes was held in Njivice on the island of Krk, on Monday, March 28.

29.03.2005 According to MOST, the second round of the 2005 Local Elections, together with the repeat of the first round balloting for several municipalities, proceeded in accordance to the international standards and the Code of Conduct for Fair and Free Elections.

28.03.2005 The students of Novi Pazar (Sandjak region) secondary schools protested today, demanding greater security in their schools. The protest was organized by Urban In local NGO, under the motto “We Want Safe and Secure Schools”.

28.03.2005 Od ponedjeljka, 21. marta, do petka 25. marta, u prostorijama Visoke škole novinarstva, održana je nastava za 15 srednjoškolaca iz BiH. Organizator je njemačka nevladina omladinska organizacija «Schüler Helfen Leben» (SHL) a izvođač nastave Visoka škola novinarstva Media Plan.

28.03.2005 The first PYAF! Fair of Youth Culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina was held in Prijedor, March 25-26. The Fair was organized by Youth Partnership Programme – POP B&H and the Manifest Urban Initiative from Prijedor.

28.03.2005 The danger to make ethnic cleansing and war crimes an important factor of the new Serb national identity is very real. After Djindjic’s assassination, we have witnessed an open retreat to the ethno-nationalist policies and refusal to truly face the past and cooperate with the Hague Tribunal, says Sonja Biserko, President of the Serbian Helsinki Committee.

28.03.2005 The Voluntary Service Overseas VSO seeks a Coordination Partner for Bosnia and Herzegovina, organization that will assist in the implementation of the B&H programme for charity action. The goal of the programme is to correct the existing misbalance between the demand and supply of volunteers in the social and non-state sectors.

27.03.2005 The United States and Sweden will donate assistance to 12 Eastern European countries, Croatia included, for the fight against trafficking in women and prostitution.

25.03.2005 The Committee of Human Rights Lawyers YUCOM and the Media Centre Nis organize a two day advanced “Public Administration and Free Access to Information” course. The Course will take place at the MCN, today and tomorrow (March 25-26).

25.03.2005 The Movement of Environmentalists of Macedonia – DEM presented the results of the public opinion poll on the Genetically Modified Organisms in Macedonia. The survey shows that Macedonia needs legislation on GMO use and application and system for laboratory testing and labeling.