Full Coverage: Ethics & value systems

26.04.2006 The European Movement in Serbia, in cooperation with other European Movements in the Western Balkans and the International European Movement, protested the announced rise in visa fees for the citizens of the Western Balkans, to be decided at the April 27 meeting of the European Council for Justice and Internal Affairs, in Luxemburg.

25.04.2006 Fadil Maloku, Executive Director of the Institute for Democracy and Ethnic Relations of Kosovo and Professor of Globalization and Civilizations at the UP Sociology Department, discusses the possible models for solution of the autonomy of ethnic minorities in Kosovo after the negotiations on the final status of the province are completed.

24.04.2006 Más de 15 periodistas de las zona de Occidente de Honduras, reflexionaron y analizaron sobre las debilidades y fortalezas del periodismo investigativo sobre corrupción desde lo local

21.04.2006 Medijski analitičari Andrea Stefani, Mustafa Nano i Pokret MJAFT!, reagirali su u ponedjeljak 17. aprila na zajedničkoj konferenciji za štampu održanoj u Mjaftovom uredu, na snažni sukob premijera Berishe i Glavnog državnog tužitelja Theodhorija Sollakua koja se odvijala u medijima.

21.04.2006 The Citizens’ Pact for SEE and the EXIT Festival call for action against the rise of Schengen Visa Fees from 35 to 60 EUR. They call on all people of good will in the European Union to assist the campaign againt the announce price hike by recording the sentence “No to 60 Euro!” in their own language and send it to not60euros@citizenspact.org.yu.

21.04.2006 Is the new zeal for conflict prevention work just a lot of “hot air”?

21.04.2006 Gov'ts have a lot of options at their disposal to stop mass atrocities, so why don't they always use them?

21.04.2006 Lessons learned from the “age of genocide.”

20.04.2006 Press analysts Andrea Stefani, Mustafa Nano, and the MJAFT! Movement, reacted on Monday 17 April, in a joint press conference, organized MJAFT! offices, on the strong conflict between Prime Minister Berisha and Attorney General Theodhori Sollaku playing out in the media.

20.04.2006 The Coca-Cola company came under attack at its shareholder meeting for not disclosing the full extent of the liabilities the company has incurred in India. US based organisation India Resource Centre said various studies by government and independent agencies have confirmed community concerns of over-extraction of water and pollution by the company in India.

19.04.2006 Sipas Transparency International Croatia, pasuritë e deklaruara nga zyrtarët shtetërorë kroatë do të publikohen në internet këtë javë. Informacioni është konfirmuar nga Jasip Leko, Kryetari i Komisionit të Shtetit mbi Konfliktin e Interesave.

19.04.2006 According to Transparency International Croatia, the property cards submitted by the Croatian state officials will be published on internet later this week. The information was confirmed by Josip Leko, Chairperson of the State Commission on Conflict of Interest.

18.04.2006 The Union of Women Associations of Macedonia (SOZM) held a workshop under its Women Can Do It in the Media Project. The workshop, held yesterday, concluded that the medi play a key and decisive role in the creation of opinions and information in the field of gender equality, but they first need to increase their internal gender sensitivity.

18.04.2006 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to four of the six demands of the Bhopal gas victims after which the activists called off their international hunger strike. The demands that have been met include cleaning up toxic wastes, setting up a national commission for medical and economic rehabilitation and providing clean water.

14.04.2006 Vlada Kosova usvojila je 13. aprila nacrt Rezolucije o pravima manjina, u kojoj se potvrdjuje opredeljenje kosovskih institucija da poštuju prava svih gradjana Kosova. Nacrt će biti upućen parlamentu na usvajanje, rekla je Ulpiana Lama, portparolka Vlade.

14.04.2006 Političke partije u Srbiji nemaju demokratske principe unutarstranačkog delovanja, što ugrožava demokratizaciju društva i države kojom upravljaju, ocenili su stručnjaci političkih nauka na orkuglom stolu na Institutu drustvenih nauka u Beogradu.

14.04.2006 The Constitutional Court of Macedonia decided that the Members of Parliament will retire in accordance with the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance, just like all the other citizens of Macedonia, and annulled a series of provisions from the Law on Members of Parliament Benefits and Privileges that it determined unconstitutional.

14.04.2006 The Government of Kosovo, in its regular session held yesterday, April 13, adopted the Draft-Resolution on Minority Rights, reaffirming the institutions’ position to respect the rights of all citizens of Kosovo. The Draft will be now forwarded to the Kosovo Parliament, to be adopted in the coming sessions, announced Ulpiana Lama, Government Spokesperson.

13.04.2006 The Belgrade Minority Rights Centre protested the Court’s lenience towards the thugs that attacked Roma. The Municipal Misdemeanor Court in Nis decided to fine the group of skinheads that attacked the Roma settlement on February 24 with 10,000 Dinars, while the victims of the attacked were fined to 15,000 Dinars.

13.04.2006 Welfare, giovani, internazionale, ambiente, comunicazione sociale, responsabilità sociale d’impresa e profit non profit. Sono queste le sei grandi aree tematiche intorno a cui si concentrano gli oltre cento appuntamenti culturali di Civitas, la mostra convegno nazionale della solidarietà e dell’economia sociale e civile, che si svolge in fiera a Padova dal 5 al 7 maggio. Tante sono le presenze illustri già confermate che non mancheranno all’interno dei convegni: esponenti del sociale e della politica, delle istituzioni e dei sindacati, ma anche nomi di spicco del mondo dello sport e dello spettacolo che vogliono portare a Civitas il loro messaggio d’impegno nei confronti di una società più solidale. Torna il World Social Agenda, promosso e organizzato da Fondazione Fontana, in collaborazione con Consorzio Etimos, Banca Popolare Etica e Civitas, dedicato quest’anno alle donne del continente asiatico.