Serbia

08.12.2006 The Serbian Consumer Association (APOS) published the first issue of Consumer Report magazine. The magazine will come out monthly, as a supplement to Danas daily newspaper.

06.12.2006 EU Council of Ministers extended the mandate of the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) for two additional years, until December 31, reports EAR Belgrade office.

04.12.2006 The Humanitarian Law Centre (HLC) condemns the decision of the organizing committee of the New Festival of Auteur’s Film to remove from its programme The Palace of the Sun, Lou Ye’s film in Chinese-French co-production.

15.11.2006 The Time Europe magazine published its special edition 60 Years of Heroes, which lists 60 names of people who, in their opinion, “shaped our lives since 1946”. Natasa Kandic, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Law Centre, was named one of the heroes.

08.11.2006 Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) insists that the authorities should take appropriate measures to bring order in the television advertising market in Serbia.

07.11.2006 The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia – NUNS established a section dedicated to women in media. The section is charged with survey of existing situation and reaction in cases of problems.

06.11.2006 Viktorija Vojnic-Hajduk and her son Ivan were found in their decrepit house in Subotica, several days after they both died of hunger, report the Belgrade based media.

01.11.2006 The Team for Implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) started a new initiative dedicated to better exchange of information and strengthened cooperation between the civil society and state institutions, as well as stronger participation of civil society in all stages of PRS implementation.

31.10.2006 The Referendum on the New Constitution of Serbia succeeded, reports CeSID on the basis of its exit poll conducted on a representative sample of 600 ballot stations. 51.6% of all registered voters voted for the New Constitution. In absolute numbers, that is 108,000 votes more than the required threshold.

27.10.2006 Marijana Pajvancic, professor of Constitutional Law at Novi Sad University, said last night, at the “Boycott, Of Course!” debate held at the Museum of Vojvodina, that the referendum process won’t be controlled properly, having in mind that the Referendum Commission members come solely from the ranks of political parties that support the New Constitution.