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31.08.2006 The Naturschutzbund (leading Austrian conservation NGO) delegation has visited recently the upper basin of Neretva River, to get better insight in the existing environmental problems, i.e. plans for construction of high dams on the river.

31.08.2006 The internodium.org portal reported last week that US NGOs CHF Montenegro (Community, Habitat and Finance), International Relief and Development (IRD) and the Academy for Educational Development announced the implementation of “Montenegro Connect” project for establishment of wireless network on the whole territory of Montenegro.

31.08.2006 The Youth Initiative for Human Rights organizes the three-day Strengthening Youth Capacity for Democratic Activism in Local Communities trainers’ training, September 22-24, 2006. The training is open for activists from Nis, Kragujevac and Zrenjanin (20 persons from each of the cities).

31.08.2006 Sri Lankan organisation Sarvodaya is holding a meditation for peace initiative on October 2, 2006 - Mahatma Gandhi's birthday - at the sacred city of Anuradhapura. Sarvodaya expects to host one million people from all over the world - the largest gathering in Sri Lanka’s history - clad in white clothes to meditate for peace.

30.08.2006 The jury of the 12th Sarajevo Film Festival awarded the Human Rights Award for promotion of human rights to “Vukovar – Final Cut”, a film by Croatian journalist Drago Hedl and Belgrade director Janko Baljak.

30.08.2006 Macedonian Association for Free Sexual Orientation - MASSO congratulated the new Government on the start of its term in office and emphasize that it expects cooperation in the realization of the joint goals of all citizens of Macedonia.

30.08.2006 Today, August 30, the American Corner Skopje organizes a presentation and discussion on the topics of freedom of information (FOI) and freedom of access to information of public character.

30.08.2006 The students of Zagreb University started the EHE Project (Ethics in Higher Education), which aims to fight and prevent corruption and other forms of injustice against individuals, organizations and institutions in Croatia.

30.08.2006 The DOSTA activist movement of B&H citizens fighting for their dignity organized protest gathering in Sarajevo last Saturday, August 26, under the motto “Stop to Violence, Campaign Lies and Hate-Mongering”. The protests were held on Oslobodjenje-Alija Izetbegovic Square.

29.08.2006 On the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared (30 August), the Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms - CDHRF organized today a roundtable on the topic “Intensification of activities for identification of the missing”.

28.08.2006 A training course that aims to make it easier for journalists and others to gain access to public information started today with the support of the OSCE Mission to Skopje.

28.08.2006 Zvonimir Dobrovic, Queer Zagreb Programme Leader, comments on the increasing interest of Croatian media in the gay tourists that visit the Croatian coast, motivated solely by the very fact that these people are homosexual.

25.08.2006 Zelena Akcija environmental organization, in cooperation with Friends of the Earth international network of environmental organizations, organize the summer campaign against climate changes - Climate Deal.

25.08.2006 The Austrian Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM-FV) is seeking a qualified, highly motivated individual to serve as a Administrative Assistant/Interpreter at its office in Macedonia.

25.08.2006 Under the auspices of the Green Tour Project, the “Zelenkovac 2006” Green Fest will open officially tomorrow, August 26, in Zelenkovac, near Mrkonjic Grad. The festival closes on Sunday, August 27.

24.08.2006 Representatives of five environmentalist organizations, “Krste Jon", „Areal", „Enhalon" and „Green Centre" from Struga, together with the Macedonian Green Centre from Skopje, addressed the President, Government and the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia in an open letter, to express their concern over the activities that the local authorities in the city of Struga have undertaken along the coastline of the Ohrid Lake, directly endangering the coastal zone.

24.08.2006 On Friday, August 25, a Regional Conference of Women Studies Centres will start in Kotor, Montenegro. The Conference, gathering representatives of women studies centres from Croatia, B&H, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania will end on Sunday, August 25.

24.08.2006 The Children Parliament of Macedonia demands from the Government to take appropriate measures to solve the problems in education in the country that directly impact the rights of children, especially their right to education.

24.08.2006 Save the Children appealed to all actors in Montenegrin political scene to give priority in their political platforms and agendas to the improvement and protection of children rights.

23.08.2006 The Humanitarian Law Centre expressed its concern over the statements and behaviour of Kosovo’s Prime Minister regarding the guilty verdict of general Selim Krasniqi for war crimes against civilian population.