Full Coverage: Eastern Europe

26.07.2006 Venäjä tarvitsee työelämäänsä vuosittain 0,8 – 1,5 miljoonaa uutta työntekijää ulkomailta. Venäjän maahanmuuttoviraston mukaan työvoimasta 5 -7 prosenttia on peräisin muista maista. Heistä ainoastaan 0,5 miljoonan paperit täyttävät Venäjän lain vaatimukset. Laittoman maahanmuuttajan asemassa on 5 -15 miljoonaa ihmistä, virasto tiedottaa.

26.07.2006 As part of his Broken Music Tour in Russia, British musician Sting is singing for forest conservation.

13.07.2006 The G8 summit in St Petersburg will fail millions of people living with HIV and Aids around the world if there is backsliding on the 2005 Summit's pledge to deliver universal access to AIDS treatment and care, campaigners warned.
+ G8 G8 urged to give priority to fighting poverty
+ ‘Junior 8’ delegates prepare to meet G8 summit leaders
+ Call for release of German journalists arrested over anti-G8 protests
+ Talking points on the G8 and Africa
+ Summit must remember theneeds of the poor

13.07.2006 Russia’s leadership must stop trying to silence the voices of civil society and opposition, a rights group said ahead of this weekend’s Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg.

06.07.2006 Vladimir Putin's promise to review implementation of Russian legislation on NGOs must be more than public relations for the G8, Amnesty International chief Irene Khan said after a meeting between international NGOs and the Russian leader this week.

05.07.2006 Russian President Vladmir Putin has assured both domestic and foreign NGOs that a new law will not keep them from carrying out their legitimate activities. Amnesty International urged the president to be sure to follow through on this pre-G8 commitment.