Serbia

30.07.2007 The Draft-Law on Association offers a fine normative framework for development of civil sector in Serbia. It meets the European standards and provides quality contribution to development of democracy in the country, concluded the participants of the public debate organized on Friday, July 27, in Belgrade.

27.07.2007 The Youth Initiative for Human Rights demands from the organizers of the Pristina Summer University to apologize to the participants and the general public for its discriminatory practices.

24.07.2007 The Youth Initiative for Human Rights demanded from Serbian President Boris Tadic, the Prime Minister Kostunica and Minister of Justice Dusan Petrovic to intervene to prevent that Maja Stojanovic, YIHR activist, goes to prison on July 26, as ordered by the judge of the Misdemeanour Court in Nis.

12.07.2007 The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) protests the adoption procedure of the \"General Binding Instructions on Conduct for Broadcasters\" and is disappointed at the fact that most of the objections presented in the public debate were not included in the text of the Broadcasters’ Code of Conduct.

11.07.2007 The UN High Commissariat for Refugees (UNHCR) and the European Commission signed an agreement for implementation of 2006 Regional CARDS Programme, titled Regional Refugee Return in Western Balkans. The 12-month, one million EUR programme aims to improve and upgrade the sustainable solutions for remaining refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons.

04.07.2007 Under the auspices of the Speak Up Europe campaign, the European Movement in Serbia, in cooperation with the International European Movement, launched the What has Europe Ever Done For Us web-site.

28.06.2007 The airing of the first six episodes of Proconcept’s Will It Work? series starts today, June 28, on RTS Channel 2. The series will be aired on Thursdays, at 20:50 hours.

21.06.2007 Last year, Serbia stagnated in all segments of political, economic and social life, reports the Helsinki Committee of Human Rights in Serbia in its report Serbia 2006: Human Rights – Hostage of Regressing State.

19.06.2007 Serbia is a country of origin, transit and destination for women and girls victims of both internal and transnational human trafficking schemes, with the aim of commercial sexual exploitation, states the U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons 2007 Report.

08.06.2007 The decision on continuation of negotiations with EU on the signing of Stabilization and Association Agreement is “...one of the best news for Serbia in quite some time”, says Jelica Minic, official of the European Movement in Serbia in a statement for the media.