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29.12.2005 The e-Macedonia Foundation will support and fund 10 non-govermental organizations that will design and implement projects for promotion and improvement of information technology in the country.

26.12.2005 The citizens of Macedonia don’t trust the media, shows the latest Early Warning Report prepared by the UNDP Office to Macedonia. According to the EWR, two thirds of the polled citizens don’t trust the media or the contents they publish.

23.12.2005 The Humanitarian Law Centre (HLC) warns of the increasing pressure on the Council of the Special Department of the Belgrade District Court that hears the Djindjic assassination trial. Most pressure is put on presiding Judge Marko Kljajevic, which coincides with the announced completion of the presentation of evidence.

23.12.2005 Kosovo’s Ombudsperson Marek Antoni Nowicki voiced his concerns, during a farewell conference today, on the situation of human rights in Kosovo, emphasizing that they are still far from the international standards.

23.12.2005 Kemal Causevic, Director of the Bureau of Indirect Taxes (UINO) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, announced yesterday that all technical and administrative preparations to introduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) were completed.

22.12.2005 The Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania – CRCA and the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities organised today the national workshop 'Child Labour: National and Local Mechanisms for the Elimination of Child Labour in Albania'. The workshop was supported by the Olof Palme International Center, a long-term partner of CRCA.

22.12.2005 One of the key obstacles to the implementation of the Decade of Roma Inclusion in the area of healthcare in Serbia is the inexistence of information on the number of Roma living in the country, concluded the conference on this topic in Belgrade.

22.12.2005 The 2006 Budget of the City of Rijeka, which is on the today’s agenda of the City Council, proposes reduced cultural budget by 18%. The reduction refers, above all, to financing of cultural programmes, while the funding available for salaries and infrastructural costs of public cultural institutions remains at the same level.

22.12.2005 The “Open NGO Day” was organized by the Communities Committee and OSCE Office in Rahovec/Orahovac. Stefania Paradisi, Head of OSCE Office pledged continued support for joint activities and emphasized that the integration matters lie fully in the hands of the local communities.

22.12.2005 The support by the citizens of EU member-states for Macedonian membership in the European Union, which was never actually to big, follows a slow downward trend, claims Eurobarometer, EC’s public opinion research agency.