Bosnia and Herzegovina

23.06.2005 OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina launched today a country-wide public awareness campaign to enable citizens, particularly returnees, in Bosnia and Herzegovina to understand how to access social services.

20.06.2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina again applied to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. This year, B&H seeks 14,199,487 US dollars for the planned activities in the 2006-2010 period.

17.06.2005 Yesterday (Thursday, June 16), the European Commission for Human Rights met with the representatives of the non-governmental organizations from the Una-Sana Canton. The meeting took place in Bihac.

17.06.2005 The Economic Policy Planning and Implementation Unit (EPPU) of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the UNDP B&H, the Swiss Cooperation and Development Agency, the DFID and teh World Bank, host the Round Table discussion on poverty reduction, held yesterday and today in Sarajevo.

16.06.2005 A group of 24 journalism students from across Bosnia-Herzegovina were the first to participate in the seminar entitled "Reporting from the BiH State Parliamentary Assembly". This seminar involved a series of lectures regarding ethics and self-regulation in journalism and specifically, the practice of reporting from a parliamentary press gallery.

15.06.2005 The EU Police Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM) started the monitoring of the preparations by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Srpska, regarding the security at the forthcoming Commemoration Ceremony in Srebrenica.

14.06.2005 The City of Prijedor, through the Local Democracy Agency, got another important partner in the strengthening of the civil society when it signed the Agreement on Cooperation with the Pensioners Trade Union of Friulli Venezia Guilia Region in Italy. The direct result of the newly agreed cooperation will be the construction of Senior Citizens Home in Rizvanovici, a returnee settlement in Prijedor.

13.06.2005 The B&H State Electoral Commission announced a public competition for three empty seats. The Competition was open after the public campaign against gender inequality in the Election Commission, started by the Women and Society Centre.

10.06.2005 In the organization of the ViaKult Office civic association, the second Kid’s Festival starts today in Sarajevo. The Kid’s Festival is the greatest event in B&H dedicated to children and youth from all parts of the country.

09.06.2005 Dragoljub Davidovic, the Mayor of Banja Luka, signed an a Contract on Construction Works for the building of the Cultural-Information Centre with Library for Persons with Impaired Vision in Banja Luka. The actual works on the facility, first of its kind in the Republic of Srpska, are expected to start soon.