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Zagreb City Council adopted Changes to General Urban Plan Supported by Citizens and Civil Society
Dejan Georgievski
23/03/2013 - 08:51
Activism, Cities, Corruption and Transparency, Governance, Headnews, Law, News, Rotator, Croatia

The City Council of Zagreb adopted, in its session of Thursday, March 23, 2013, the proposed changes to the General Urban Development Plan supported by the civil society activists that delete and annul the provisions that allowed for the destruction of Zagreb's Cvjetni Trg (Flower market Square) and the usurpation of pedestrian area in Varšavska Street. 

Humanitarian Law Centre Presents Report on Kosovo North
Dejan Georgievski
19/02/2013 - 08:30
Civil society, Democracy, Governance, Headnews, Human rights, Law, News, Politics, Rotator, Kosovo

Last Thursday, 14 February, in south Mitrovicë/Mitrovica, the Humanitarian Law Centre (HLC) presented report on monitoring of decentralization, security, and rule of law in north Kosovo.

MHC: Incident in the Parliament Clear Attempt on the Constitutional Order in Macedonia
Dejan Georgievski
08/02/2013 - 14:36
Democracy, Freedom of expression, Freedom of Gathering, Freedom of information, Governance, Headnews, Human rights, Law, News, Rotator, Macedonia

A special report issued yesterday, February 7, 2013, by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia, concludes that the events of December 24, 2012, when opposition MPs and members of the...

Azerbaijani Civil Society Demands from Government to Stop Assault on Civic Freedoms
Dejan Georgievski
28/01/2013 - 21:35
Activism, Civil Rights, Civil society, Democracy, Freedom of expression, Freedom of Gathering, Governance, Headnews, News, Rotator, Asia and the Pacific

The National Platform of Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum in Azerbaijan protested, in a public statement issued today, January 28, 2013, against the violations of freedoms and increasing political repression in Azerbaijan.

Three Quarters of Countries Covered by the OBI2012 Fail to Meet Budget Transparency Standards
Dejan Georgievski
24/01/2013 - 18:36
Corruption and Transparency, Development, Finance, Governance, Headnews, Law, News, Rotator

The Open Budget Survey 2012, released by the International Budget Partnership yesterday, January 23, 2013, raises serious questions about the prospects for individual countries to overcome poverty and promote economic development and for international efforts like the...

Anonymous Hacked the Website of Croatian Government
Dejan Georgievski
04/01/2013 - 13:29
Activism, Corruption and Transparency, Democracy, Digital newsroom, EngageMind, Governance, Headnews, ICT, Internet, Internet rights and openness, News, Rotator, Internet prava, Privacy and surveillance, Croatia

The Anonymous hacker group attacked the website of the Croatian Government, on January 2, 2013 and left the message “Enough Stealing” on its homepage. The media in Croatia assume that the attack was a response of the group to the entry into force of the new Criminal Code which prescribes, among other changes, tougher sanctions for unauthorized access to computers and data....

TI BiH: Central Election Commission Protects Ruling Parties
Dejan Georgievski
21/12/2012 - 11:09
Corruption and Transparency, Democracy, Ethics and Value Systems, Governance, Headnews, News, Politics, Rotator, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Transparency International BiH accused yesterday, December 20, 2012, the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CEC) of working to protect the interests of ruling parties with its decision to remove from the agendas of its last two sessions the proposal of the Office for Audit of Financial Reports of Political Parties to sanction SNSD and SDP with fines of 30,000 BAM and 15,000 BAM,...

New Report Notes Worrying Trend of Degradation of Institutions and Division of Power in Serbia
Dejan Georgievski
12/12/2012 - 13:39
Democracy, Governance, Headnews, Human rights, LGBT, News, Rotator, Serbia

The House of Human Rights and Democracy, an alliance of several NGOs based in Belgrade, in the new Report on the Work of the New Government in the Areas of Human Rights, Transition Justice and Rule of Law, released on December 10, expressed its concerns over the worrying trend of degradation of institutions and division of powers in Serbia to the legislative, judicial and executive branches of Government.

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