This Week's News

03.09.2008 The Association Q responded to the false and insulting information about the first Queer Sarajevo Festival (QSF) and against members of LGBTIQ population in BiH published in the daily paper Dnevni Avaz (August 28 and September 2) and magazine SAFF (August 22). The full text of the reaction follows.

01.09.2008 The Adopt Srebrenica Project, started by the Alexander Langer Foundation from Bolzana and Tuzlanska Amica Association from Tuzla. Many other people and associations from BiH, Italy and other parts of Europe joined in, aiming to support the development of the culture of peace and non-violent conflict transformation in Srebrenica.

26.08.2008 Life and Voices of Srebrenica International Memory Week, August 24-29, opened last Sunday, August 24. The Memory Week is organized under the auspices of the Adopt Srebrenica Project, implemented by the Alexander Langer Foundation with the support by Tuzlanske Amica and other organizations.

22.08.2008 Increasing awareness of human rights and gender sensitivity among the NGOs dealing with human trafficking issues is the aim of a training course that begins in Skopje tomorrow.

15.08.2008 A poll conducted in Goražde, July 23-25, shows that, in spite of public perception otherwise, the youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina is very much interested to get involved in decision making processes, but only if they are adequately informed. The analysis of the results shows that onesided communications adopted by authorities present the biggest problem to youth activism.

14.08.2008 In July 2008, the first generation of students of United World College in Mostar (UWCiM) completed their studies for the IB Diploma, and were issued with their final results. A total of 88 students were enrolled while 86% obtained the IB Diploma. The average grade for students who passed the Diploma was 31 points out of a possible total of 45 points. Of the total number of students, exactly half (44 students) obtained 30 or more points. Of these, 28 students were from BiH.

13.08.2008 The Citizens of Sarajevo informal group held, after a pause of several months, a new round of peaceful protests on August 11, to express its discontent with the security situation on the streets of Sarajevo.

12.08.2008 The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and non-governmental organization Terre des Hommes launched, on August 7, a public information campaign against child trafficking and begging in Kosovo that will continue through August.

06.08.2008 The Green Party of Kosova (GPK) criticizes Kosovo institutions` positions on environmental protection and their indifferent view of environmental problems.

05.08.2008 The Coalition for Free Access to Information asked the National Telecommunications Agency (RATEL) to review the contents of the Regulation that defines the new activities for internet service providers (ISPs) in Serbia who will be now obligated to keep the data on the traffic of their users and present it to the competent authorities.