EU/US: Press Rights Issues on Balkans Visit Clinton, Ashton Should Seek Reforms by Bosnia and Serbia and Kosovo 29/10/2012 Secretary Clinton and High Representative Ashton should send a clear signal to the Balkans that human rights progress remains a key element for upgraded relations with Washington and the EU. That means putting an end to [...]
Surroi: Extension of reserved mandates for minorities dangerous
Surroi: Extension of reserved mandates for minorities dangerous 09/10/2012 – The idea of minority representatives for extension of reserved seats for communities in the Kosovo Assembly has been qualified as dangerous. Veton Surroi, who chaired the community group during the negotiation process which was facilitated by Martti Ahtisaari, said that this idea is not only [...]
Fair of the handicrafts of RAE community was organized in Mitrovica, Kosovo
Fair of the handicrafts of RAE community was organized in Mitrovica Mitrovica, 27/08/2012 – Nongovernmental organizations “Mundesia” in partnership with the organization “The Group of Roma women for Roma women” and “Women’s Group July 2nd” in Friday have opened the handcraft fair and fashion runway the RAE community girls. These activities supported by the Danish [...]
Roma rights NGOs urge Montenegrin government to provide adequate housing to Kosovo Roma refugees
Roma rights NGOs urge Montenegrin government to provide adequate housing to Kosovo Roma refugees 3 August 2012 – A coalition of Roma rights NGOs has called on the Montenegrin government to provide adequate housing solutions for some 850 Kosovo Roma refugees, who have become homeless following of a fire, which destroyed large parts of a [...]
Laws for Roma: survey
Laws for Roma: survey 29/07/2012 – More than half of respondents to a survey about prejudice against Roma said that there are crimes typically committed by the ethnic minority, thus criminal legislation should be stricter for these. The majority also believes that the Roma community is endangering the security of society because its ratio is [...]
In Kosovo, dangers in returning home
In Kosovo, dangers in returning home 20/07/2012 One of the challenges for the returnees is their safety and the security. By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Pristina — 20/7/12 More than 330,000 of the 3 million people displaced during the Balkan conflict in the 1990s remain separated from their homes, with as many [...]
Serbia’s Kosovo Roma face segregation and uncertainty
Serbia’s Kosovo Roma face segregation and uncertainty In Belgrade, large settlements of Roma are evicted with little or no warning. This presents an acute problem for internally displaced persons from Kosovo, who can become essentially invisible in the eyes of the law. 20/07/2012 – Serbia’s EU accession plans hang in the balance after the election [...]
Western Europe Sends Kosovo Roma To Serbia
Western Europe Sends Kosovo Roma To Serbia Due to loopholes in their readmission procedures, countries that recognise Kosovo as an independent state are returning Kosovo Roma asylum seekers to Serbia, instead of Kosovo. Marija Ristic, BIRN Belgrade, 20/07/2012 – According to the head of the Belgrade office of the Fund for Open Society, Jadranka Jelincic, [...]
In Kosovo the IOM & EU Extend Community Stabilization Efforts
In Kosovo the IOM & EU Extend Community Stabilization Efforts UNSC Resolution 1244-administered Kosovo, 17 July 2012 – The European Union (EU) has provided funding support to the International Organization on Migration (IOM) to implement a second phase of its EU-Community Stabilisation Programme (EU-CSP) to run through December 2014 to improve the socio-economic circumstances of [...]
Prospects darken for Kosovo’s Roma refugees
Prospects darken for Kosovo’s Roma refugees 09/07/2012 – Thousands of Kosovo Roma are still living as refugees in neighboring Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro, where they face the prospect of permanent statelessness, poverty and social exclusion. Whilst the 1999 war in Kosovo is ancient history for many people, this is not the case for thousands of [...]
