civil society

A bitter fact about Turkey has become painfully obvious in the past couple of years, especially the past couple of months: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to control and transform almost every aspect of the state and society.

EU urges BiH to implement economic projects

Officials say EU-funded initiatives will foster economic growth and anti-corruption efforts.

The EU is urging BiH to fulfil three initiatives in order to enforce social and economic stability in the country.

Senate Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said on Tuesday he deeply regrets the fact that over the past few years "we had to witness an attempt to disband the Senate."

PRISTINA - Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Jean-Claude Schlumberger and OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic opened in Pristina on Friday the regional conference on the ways to respond to instances of hate speech without violating the freedom of expression.

BECICI - Cedomir Backovic, president of Serbia's negotiating team for Chapter 23 and assistant to the minister of justice, said on Friday that the talks with the EU on the chapter referring to the judicial system and fight against corruption could start in spring next year.

BELGRADE - Assistant minister and head of the sector for emergency situations of the Serbian Interior Ministry Predrag Maric has received the Contribution of the Year Award for 2014 from the European Movement in Serbia.

A new report by Freedom House ranked Kosovo, Bosnia, Albania and Macedonia lowest in the Balkan region in terms of democratic standards.

Kosovo is rated the worst in the region, with a democracy score of 5.14 on a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 represents the highest level of democratic progress and 7 the lowest.

Turkish activists who helped launch mass anti-government protests last year will go on trial June 12 in what critics have said is a further attempt to crush dissenting voices.

Twenty-six members of Taksim Solidarity Platform, an umbrella group of civil society, union and political groups, face up to 29 years in prison for their part in the demonstrations that has rocked the country.

BELGRADE - The Serbian-German Association stated on Wednesday on the occasion of Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's visit to Germany that this organization will work towards fostering and developing the friendship between the Serbian and German peoples.

EU project focuses on corruption in BiH