civil society

Kosovo cities make teacher hiring more transparent

A lack of transparency has been the most common form of political influence in the education system.

Pristina and Mitrovica municipalities widened the pool of people who participate in teacher hiring. [AFP]

BELGRADE - No genocide was committed during the war in Croatia, and even Serbia and Croatia are aware of this, Florence Hartmann, a former spokesperson for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, has said, adding that the two countries' mutual genocide lawsuits will be dropped by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

BELGRADE - U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby and Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Serbia Susan Fritz have handed awards to USAID’s new partners in Serbia.

Swiss Ambassador Jean-Daniel Ruch says a priority of the Swiss OSCE chairmanship are stronger ties with civil society and promotion of its active involvement.

BELGRADE - The business association National Alliance for Local Economic Development (NALED) invited on Friday the parties running in the snap parliamentary poll on March 16 to present the economic reforms they intend to conduct as part of their political programme.

Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos - whose country holds the EU presidency - said he felt more optimistic on the “name” dispute after meeting Macedonian leaders on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The civil society in Serbia has to claim the role which societies have in well-developed democracies - the role of government work supervisor and instigator of democratic processes, participants concluded at the Thursday conference on the strategy for sustainable development of the civil sector.

BELGRADE - A total of RSD 9.23 billion (EUR 1 = RSD 116) have been allocated from the Serbian budget and RSD 8.63 billion paid for projects and programs of civil society organizations in 2012, it was stated today at the presentation of the annual report of the Serbian government Office for Cooperation with Civil Society.

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government Office for Cooperation with Civil Society Ivana Cirkovic and head of the USAID Mission in Serbia Susan Fritz signed on Friday the agreement on the implementation of the project of an prosperous environment for the development of the civilian society.