Full Coverage: Ethics & value systems

30.11.2006 Transparency International Croatia reacted today to the draft-Law on Financing of Political Parties that entered parliamentary procedure earlier this week. TIC believes that the Law is an important step forward in creation of legal framework for fight against corruption, but that this draft has one great defect – it doesn’t regulate the financing of election campaigns.

30.11.2006 Under the “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” campaign, the Anima Centre for Women and Peace Studies from Kotor sent an open letter to the Montenegrin Parliament, Government, political parties, the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality and the Office of Gender Equality, with the demand that the status of women as constitutional part of the state body is confirmed in the preparation of the new Constitution of Montenegro.

21.11.2006 The Media Development Centre (MDC) and the Association of Private Electronic Media of Macedonia (APEMM) publicly oppose the initiative for a Law on Changes and Amendments to the Law on Broadcasting, which provides for extension of the deadline for transformation of local public radio stations for additional six months.

13.11.2006 More than five thousand people defied the windy storm in Tirana Friday afternoon, November 10, to profess their opposition to Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s authoritarianism at the CIVIL ACTION protest in front of the Prime Minister’s office.

10.11.2006 A two-day seminar aimed at improving the standards of judicial ethics among Albanian judges ended today in the city of Durres. A similar event took place earlier this week in Shkodra with the participation of judges from district courts from northern Albania.

09.11.2006 AEGEE-Skopje, JEF Macedonija, the Union of High-School Students of Macedonia, the Youth Education Forum, Balkan IDEA and the Association of Scouts organized street action against the visa regime for citizens of Macedonia, under the motto “Visa, No Thanks!”

09.11.2006 AEGEE-Skopje, JEF Makedonija, Unijata na srednoskolci na Makedonija, Mladinskiot obrazoven forum, Balkan IDEA i Sojuzot na izvidnici na Makedonija organiziraa ulicna akcija protiv vizniot rezim kon Republika Makedonija, pod mototo „Viza, aj batali!”.

09.11.2006 The Chancellor of the University of Agriculture shuts the doors of the auditoriums saying that he was ordered to do so by the minister of education.

08.11.2006 Povodom oglasa u dnevnom listu Politika kojim je Republicka radio-difuzna agencija (RRA) upoznala javnost sa svojom Analizom poštovanja Zakona o oglašavanju na nacionalnim TV stanicama Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija (ANEM), insistira na preduzimanju adekvatnih mera radi zavođenja reda na tržištu televizijskog oglašavanja u Srbiji.

08.11.2006 The Centre for Civic Education (CGO) is seriously concerned about the fact that only one woman will sit in the new Government of Montenegro.

07.11.2006 Detskata Ambasada za site deca vo svetot, kako seriozna nevladina, nepartiska i neprofitna megjunarodna organizacija za griza i zastita na pravata na decata e izmanipulirana po odnos na steknuvanje na pravo na koristenje na prostor vo Prilep, kade e centralnoto sediste za celiot svet.

07.11.2006 Next Saturday, the activists of the Dosta! movement, together with activists of environmental organizations will organize signing of a petition against construction of dams on Upper Neretva, under the auspices of the “The Battle for Neretva” campaign. The construction, according to the campaign initiative, threatens to devastate area of extremely high value.

06.11.2006 The OSCE Presence in Albania presented today the results of a trial monitoring report that focuses on the country's judicial system.

03.11.2006 Under initiative of MJAFT Movement, with the support by IRSH (Young Intellectuals’ Hope), a Memorandum of Understanding was signed to fight corruption in Shkodra University.

03.11.2006 The Centre for Civic Education (CGO) and the Centre for Development of NGOs (CRNVO) appealed to Zeljko Sturanovic, the holder of the mandate to form the new Government of Montenegro, to include the representatives of the civil sector in the process of consultations on the new cabinet.