Full Coverage: South East Europe

30.09.2005 On Thursday in Kosh/Kos, a village in Istog/Istok municipality, the keys to 32 Serb families were handed over in a special ceremony.

30.09.2005 The PolioPlus association launched the campaign for promotion of the rights of mobility and access for the persons with special needs, aimed to provide more parking spaces for the persons with special needs in Macedonia.

30.09.2005 The fifth International Days of the Drava river gathered the local and regional political figures, guests from Hungary, Slovenia and Serbia and Montenegro, representatives of the associations involved in the Drava River League, Zelena Akcija, and lovers of the Drava River.

29.09.2005 Coinciding with the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year in Kosovo, the Children’s Rights Team (CRT) within the Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo announces the re-launch of a Kosovo-wide “Children’s Rights Awareness Campaign”.

29.09.2005 Representatives and specialists of “Ekolevizja”, a group of environmental NGOs visited Elbasan on September 22, 2005. They met with the Mayor of Elbasan, Ardian Turku, the Rector Jani Dode and the Dean Ziso Themollari from the “Alexander Xhuvani” University. The main purpose of the meeting was to create new collaboration paths with the local government and to provide for the future sustainability of the civil society.

29.09.2005 A report published by World Bank in Prishtina on Tuesday, September 27, points out that poverty in Kosovo is a widespread phenomenon, but direct actions can be taken.

29.09.2005 The new owner of “Dalmacijacement” from Split, the “CEMEX” international corporation, decided to lay off one hundred workers. The president of the United Trade Unions of Croatia, Ozren Matijasevic, said that the unions tried to fight for preservation of all jobs, but the ownership rejected their efforts.

29.09.2005 The Delegation of the United Nations in Serbia visited Pirot, a town in Eastern Serbia, to promote the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), under the campaign of celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the UN.

29.09.2005 The Youth Information Desk in Zenica was officially opened today, by the Mayor of Zenica Husein Smajlovic and the Executive Director of the Youth Information Agency, Jan Zlatan Kulenovic. The Youth Info Desk Zenica was established in partnership of the Municipality of Zenica and OIA B&H, with the financial support by the Open Society Institute B&H.

28.09.2005 'Mobility' is increasingly becoming a key word in artistic practice, cultural management and policy. Yet, like all 'jargon', it means many things to many people. Cultural management trainers, teachers and practitioners need to equip their students and collaborators with the necessary understanding, facts and tools to be able to work in our increasingly global, mobile environment. Corina Suteu will deliver a training of trainers session designed to equip teachers and coordinators with the material they need to explain 'mobility' in the cultural field. Studies, bibliography, readers, internet tools, policy developments… All you need to know!

28.09.2005 On the Occasion of September 28, the International Day of Freedom to Access to Information, Transparency Macedonia launched a lobbying campaign with the aim to accelerate the procedure for adoption of the Law on Access to Information of Public Character.

28.09.2005 The philanthropist George Soros is this year’s laureate of the prestigious “Andrija Stampar” Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Public Health. The award was presented at the 27th Annual Conference of ASPHER (Association of Schools of Public Health in The European Region), held in Erevan, Armenia.

28.09.2005 Lufter Xhuveli, Minister of Environment, Forestry and Water Management, took part in the Car Free Day activities in Shkodra September 22. The Municipality of Shkodra collaborated with OSCE office, with the goal to promote action towards environment protection.

27.09.2005 Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 28, the Committee of Human Rights Lawyers YUCOM and Transparency Serbia will organize a round-table discussion on the subject of “Implementation of Law on Free Access to Information in Serbia”, to mark the International Day of Freedom to Access Information.

27.09.2005 The first International Forum of Environmental Journalists ended yesterday in Pozega. The three day forum was organized by the Croatian Environmental Press Centre, under the patronage of Ministry of Environmental Protection, Construction and Spatial Planning, discussed the subject of “Importance of Environmental Journalism in Environmental protection and prevention of devastation”.

27.09.2005 "Our institutions are determined to fight human trafficking in Kosovo”, said Kosovo Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi yesterday, at the press conference that marked the launch of the campaign for increase of public awareness, prevention and fighting human trafficking. The Campaign will be implemented by the Office of the Prime Minister, with the support by IOM – International Office of Migrations and financed by USAID.

27.09.2005 Head of the European Commission Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Michael Humphreys, Head of the BiH Civil Service Agency, Mr Jakob Finci, and UNDP Resident Representative, Mr Jens Toyberg-Frandzen today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for joint support to a training programme for civil servants in the state and entity administrations.

27.09.2005 Krusevo and Prilep will be the starting point of the caravan that will travel throughout Macedonia, with the intent to collect 10,000 signatures for the petition to adopt a Law on Protection of Rights and Dignity of Disabled Persons. The initiative was started by Polio Plus, in cooperation with 23 other associations of persons with special needs.

26.09.2005 The Albanian Students’ Council asked the Government of the new Prime Minister Berisha to to secure that all students that won accommodation in the open competition at the beggining of September will actually get a bet at some of the student dormitories. In accordance with the Communique of Bergen, the student accomomodation is an obligation of the Government, and ASG demands that the government complies with it in accordance to the standards.

26.09.2005 The first Information Technology Trade Fair in Kosovo was officially closed yesterday, September 25. Advanced technology by 34 companies from Kosovo and Macedonia were exhibited at the three-day fair. During the three days of the Fair, over 10,000 people have visited the fair.