Full Coverage: Governance

31.03.2005 Il 31 marzo scade il differimento degli sfratti per le famiglie con sfratto esecutivo composte da anziani ultrasessantacinquenni e portatori di handicap con redditi bassissimi. Per l’Unione Inquilini “il Governo Berlusconi intende procedere speditamente negli sfratti” e per richiamare l’attenzione ha organizzato un presidio di fronte a Palazzo Chigi per chiedere la proroga effettiva degli sfratti per almeno un anno con assicurazione di passaggio da casa a casa. A Roma il Presidente del X Municipio ha emanato un'ordinanza di blocco degli sfratti dichiarando il territorio “Libero da sfratti” e ordinando un'ulteriore proroga degli stessi sfratti. A Milano gli attivisti di "Action Milano" hanno scaricato in P.zza Duomo un tavolo, una cucina a gas e due letti per richiamare al dramma in cui rischiano 15mila famiglie a Milano. Anche i sindacati dei pensionati Spi Cgil - Fnp Cisl e Uilp Uil lanciano l’allarme e chiedono al Governo un’ulteriore proroga.

30.03.2005 UNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 (IPS) - After a 12-month investigation, a three-member independent committee has cleared U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan of any wrongdoing in the multi-million-dollar, now defunct oil-for-food programme in Iraq.

30.03.2005 At the risk of his life, Pius Ncube, Archbishop of Zimbabwe's second largest city, is calling on his countrymen to organize a popular non-violent uprising, like Ukraine's "Orange Revolution," to topple President Robert Mugabe. Similar statements from a political leader would certainly result in imprisonment, but Mugabe is hesitant to take on the church, reports veteran Zimbabwe correspondent Trevor Grundy.

30.03.2005 Najbolji salterski sluzbenik u mjesecu martu odabrace se u petak, kazala je sekretar za lokalnu samoupravu Opstine Podgorica, Mirjana Barovic. U akciji «Biramo najboljeg opstinskog sluzbenika» ucestvuje 17 salterskih radnika, devet iz Maticne sluzbe, a osmoro iz gradskih sekretarijata koje imaju saltere u sali. Akciju je organizovalo Udruzenje za demokratski pravni poredak u saradnji sa Opstinom Podgorica.

30.03.2005 The Theatre Society DASKA, from Sisak, was established in 1976. Ever since the Croatian Rights Party (HSP) entered the local government in 2002, DASKA doesn’t receive any funding for its programmes by the city, in spite of the fact that it applies in all competitions for funding. For the past seven years, DASKA survives solely on the financing it receives by the Ministry of Culture.

30.03.2005 Obviously elections are not just about what takes place on the day, or two days, on which polling takes place. An election is a process that occurs within a political context. This report describes the electoral environment in Zimbabwe ahead of the parliamentary elections that are scheduled for March 31, 2005.

30.03.2005 Najostrije osudjujem brutalno prebijanje bracnog para Vucic u Kosovskoj Mitrovici i trazim od UMNIK-a da sto prije otkrije pocinioce, kazao je poslanik Skupstine Srbije i Crne Gore Nikola Gegaj. On smatra da obezbjedjivanje sigurnosti svih gradjana mora da bude prioritet na putu izgradnje novih odnosa i multietnicke tolerancije na Kosovu.

30.03.2005 Over the next few days please log onto Kubatana to see photographs of the Zimbabwe General Election 2005 as well as election results and breaking news. Please make sure to check the Elections sector under the Archive for a very comprehensive selection of opinion and articles on the Parliamentary Election.

30.03.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 29 (OneWorld) - The State Department has hailed U.S. efforts to promote human rights and democracy overseas amid criticism of the Bush administration's track record and claims that U.S. involvement in rights violations in key countries has been deeper than previously thought.

29.03.2005 Il a été arrêté parce qu’il portait la voix des 70 000 nigériens qui sont descendus pacifiquement dans la rue le 15 mars dernier pour protester contre une loi de finance aux effets catastrophique pour la grande majorité de la population.

29.03.2005 Bračni par Nedeljka (73) i njegovu suprugu Nevenku (71) Bracniot par, Nedeljko (73) i negovata sopruga Nevenka (71) Vucic, Srbi od Kosovo, vcera bile napadnati i pretepani od nepoznati lica, spored dosegasnite navodi na policijata, vo seloto Crkolez, vo blizina na gradot Istok na Kosovo. Bracniot par e smesten vo bolnicata vo Kosovska Mitrovica gade im e prizena lekarska pomos po nanesuvanjeto na teski telesni povredi.

29.03.2005 Bračni par Nedeljka (73) i njegovu suprugu Nevenku (71) Vučić, Srbe sa Kosova, napale su juče i teško pretukle nepoznate osobe prema dosadašnjim navodima policije, u selu Crkolež, blizu grada Istoka na Kosovu. Bračni par je smešten u bolnicu u Kosovskoj Mitrovici gde im je pružena lekarska pomoć posle teških telesnih povreda koje su im nanete.

29.03.2005 Transparency International B&H started the implementation of a new project, a media campaing “Responsibility and Transparency in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Srdjan Blagovcanin, the Spokesperson of TI B&H talked to OneWorld about the reasons for the country’s fall from 70th to 82nd place on the Global Corruption Perception Study.

29.03.2005 A ten-day period to update voter rolls began Monday, as elections to replace the country's late president are scheduled for April 24, but only young people between the ages of 18 and 20 are being allowed to register, according to reports. Free and fair elections cannot be arranged in such a short period of time, opposition supporters said at a weekend rally.

29.03.2005 President Robert Mugabe has pulled out all the stops before elections in Zimbabwe Thursday, spending US$100 million of the state's money on Hewlett Packard laptops that he passes out at schools as he campaigns across the country. Meanwhile, many of the schools receiving the high-tech computers have been without textbooks, electricity, furniture or even roofs for many years.

29.03.2005 Last week, MANS organized a public debate in Budva, to discuss the problem of corruption in Montenegro. Citizens believe that poverty is one of the main reasons for the prevalence of corruption, and complained about the lack of clear political will to fight the corruption.

29.03.2005 MANS je prosle nedelje u Budvi odrzao javnu raspravu o problemu korupcije u Crnoj Gori. Gradjani Budve su konstatovali da je siromastvo jedan od kljucnih uzroka korupcije koja cesto ugrozava cak i puku egzistenciju najsiromasnijih slojeva drustva, sto ih tjera da postanu saucesnici u korupciji i na taj nacin pokusaju ostvariti svoja osnovna ljudska prava.

29.03.2005 Vrhovni sud Srbije usvojio je reviziju koju je u ime žrtve torture podneo Fond za humanitarno pravo (FHP) zbog niskog obeštećenja za teške telesne povrede koje mu je policija nanela tokom protestne šetnje 29. septembra 1999. godine u Beogradu.

28.03.2005 Vlasta vo Belgrad e spremna da go prodolzi dijalogot so pretstavnicite na kosovskite vlasti, izjavi Soren Jesen-Petersen, sefot na UNIMK na Kosovo po sredbata so oficijalnite pretstavnici vo Srbija.

28.03.2005 Vlast u Beogradu spremna je da nastavi dijalog sa predstavnicima kosovskih vlasti, izjavio je Soren Jesen-Petersen, šef UNIMK-a na Kosovu posle susreta sa zvaničnicima u Srbiji.