Serbia

31.03.2008 Simon Grey, the Head of the WB Office in Serbia, says that the Public Information Centre in Belgrade is another step for Serbia towards greater access to information and integration into the international community.

26.03.2008 The Board of Directors of the World Bank approved a USD46.6 million loan to Serbia for the Project for Improvement of local services. The four components of the Project will be implemented over a period of four years.

24.03.2008 The Third VivisectFest, under the title Terrorism, No Thank You, opens today, March 24, 2008, at the Museum of Vojvodina in Novi Sad.

20.03.2008 The Centre for Development of Civic Society (CDCS) is concerned over the statements by Milorad Mirčić, official of the Serb Radical Party, about the possibility of unrest erupting in the parts of Vojvodina with sizable Hungarian population once Hungary recognizes the `independence` of Kosovo.

19.03.2008 On Monday, March 17, the Argument Research and Analysis Centre from Belgrade organized a round table discussion, at the Belgrade Media Centre, on the topic of development of civil society in Southeast Europe.

14.03.2008 The Women in Black will hold tomorrow, Saturday, March 15, at 12:00 hours, the “Delayed March 8” action, in protest of the decision to ban their peace march on March 8, the International Women’s Day.

14.03.2008 The nongovernmental organizations from Vojvodina are appalled but not surprised by the decision of 4th Municipal Court in Belgrade to sentence, in a shameful trial, anti-fascist activist Zoran Petakov from Novi Sad, for his criticism of the actions of Serb Orthodox Church (SPC).

12.03.2008 The Lingva Centre from Kraljevo reminds the public that five years have passed from the assassination of Zoran Djindjic, the first post-October 2000 Prime Minister of Serbia.

10.03.2008 Provoked by the serious deterioration of political situation in Serbia after Kosovo’s declaration of independence, the excessive and self-destructing policies of state institutions and political entities, the Lawyers` Committee for Human Rights YUCOM establishes an Early Warning System (EWS) for violations of human rights and disrespect of democratic institutions.

10.03.2008 The Women in Black strongly protest the decision by the Ministry of Interior (MUP) to ban the Women Peace March to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of March 8, International Women Day and see it as an attack on their elementary human rights.