http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/archive/3187 en_GB SEE Portal - English - SEE Portal/English/SEE Portal - Homepage/Current/News/News archive Women Truly Can – 33 Women Elected for the New Parliament http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/136120/1/3187 The new Sobranie (Macedonian parliament), according to the unofficial results of the vote of two days ago, will have 33 women MPs, reports Savka Todorovska, President of the Union of Women Associations of Macedonia - SOZM. UNHCR Denies Plans for Deportation of Serbs from Kosovo http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/131374/1/3187 In a press conference organized yesterday in Belgrade, representatives of Kosovo Serbs, Milan Ivanovic and Marko Jaksic declared that UNHCR and WHO are compiling a plan in Denmark for settling of more than 40.000 Kosovo Serbs in Central Serbia after the solution of Kosovo’s status. Psychological Counselling for Lesbians and Bi-Sexual Women http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130916/1/3187 At the beginning of April of this year, the Labris Organization for Lesbian Human Rights opened its psychological counselling to support lesbians and women of alternative (non-heterosexual) sexual preferences. Fourth Conference of “Kosovo Bosniacs Forum” Held http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130722/1/3187 The main topic of discussion of the fourth Annual Conference of the Kosovo Bosniacs Forum, held last Saturday in Prishtina, were the economic problems of the Bosniak community in Kosovo. The Conference requested, once again, full equality for Bosniacs to and their inclusion in all areas of living. Emphatic differences between Kosovo and Serbia print media http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130655/1/3187 Four daily papers in Kosovo and four in Serbia, have been monitored, by the member NGO’s of the Kosovo Initiative Program (KIP), which is supported by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), on the manner of reporting on return field, Kosovo’s status and Kai Eide’s report. Project has been led by the nongovernmental organization "Initiative for Peace" in cooperation with NGO “Sfida" in Kosovo, and "Fractal" as well as SDF from Belgrade. The project was supported by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Citizens Have the Right to Know Agains the Law on Confidentiality of Information http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130652/1/3187 “Citizens Have the Right to Know” NGO coalition that emerged from the 2003 campaign to adopt the Law on Free Access to Information, sent last Friday an open letter to the Parliamentary Clubs in the Croatian Sabor, demanding from the MPs to renounce the Draft-Law on Confidentiality of Information. Short Deadlines and Unclear Criteria for Data Confidentiality http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130569/1/3187 Last week, the Government of Croatia presented the Draft-Law on Confidentiality of Information, and the Sabor (Croatian Parliament) voted in the National Programme for Prevention of Corruption 2006-2008. The two documents, although on first sight unrelated, present serious contradictions, both between themselves and with other Government’s policies. FSR: Status of Roma in Montenegro Improves http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130530/1/3187 Thanks to the activities of the non-govermental organizations, the Government of Montenegro and the international community, the status of Roma in Montegengro has improved significantly over the past several years, reports the Roma Scholarship Foundation, on the occasion of April 8, International Day of the Roma. Eased Access to Information Technology for Disabled Persons http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130497/1/3187 Led by the idea that information and knowledge should be universally accessible, the Open the Windows citizens’ association offers new and original access to information technology for citizens with special needs. 5C Corridor: Construction or Upgrading? http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130448/1/3187 The High Working Group charged with the expansion of TEN-T (Transeuropean Transport Network) published a report in Decembre 2005, in which it identified a total of 78 priority transportation projects with a total value of 45 billion EUR. Zelena Akcija Croatian environmental organization representatives were part of the CEE Bankwatch international NGO network delegation that visited Brussels to take part in the consultations on the EU plans for expansion of TEN-T. FOUNDATION ONEWORLD - PLATFORM FOR SOUTHEAST EUROPE http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130176/1/3187 After three years of successful work in the region, beginning of 2006, OneWorld Southeast Europe registered as a non profit foundation named “oneworld – platform southeast europe” (owpsee), based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. On April 3 and 4 (Monday, Tuesday) there will be a launch event hosted in Sarajevo to mark the ocassion. New Neo-Nazi Threats in Serbia http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130149/1/3187 The internet forum of the “Stormfront” neo-Nazi organization in Serbian language again carried threats and calls for concrete direct action against the activists of several NGOs in Serbia. Macedonia ranked 82nd on Networked Readiness Index http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130039/1/3187 The World Economic Forum, in cooperation with INSEAD, published the “Networked Readiness Index” of the Global Information Technology Report 2005-2006. Changes Needed in Draft-Law on Donations and Sponsorship in the Public Domain http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130012/1/3187 The Skopje United Nations Association (SUNA) presented yesterday several concrete proposals for changes in the Draft-Law on Donation and Sponsorship in the Public Domain. Youth Initiative Demands Appointment of Citizens Advocate http://see.oneworldsee.org/article/view/130007/1/3187 The Youth Initiative for Human Rights submitted its request to the Serbian Skupstina (the Parliament) for urgent appointment of Citizens’ Advocate, an institution that would lay the ground for the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman.