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The Hellenic Initiative Canada (THI Canada) nonprofit has joined nine Greek foundations to launch the sixth round of the Points of Support Program, helping organizations with innovative, small-scale initiatives that have significant social impact for the benefit of society, the environment, and vulnerable groups.

Community foundations of the minorities in Türkiye will be able to select their own leaders and board members as a related regulation has gone into force on June 17 after a nine-year halt.

"The foundations will select their leaders until Dec. 31, 2022," the daily Milliyet reported on June 19.

The parliament adopted a law early Dec. 7, banning commercial activities of organizations and individuals facing sanctions by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Accordingly, collecting or providing funds to such individuals and organizations also stands banned in Turkey.

The Turkish Parliament on Dec. 27 ratified a motion calling for the prevention of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

The parliament also adopted a law, banning commercial activities of organizations and individuals facing sanctions by the UNSC.

Accordingly collecting or providing funds to such individuals and organizations also stands banned in Turkey.

Nineteen organisations from Southeast Europe have joined forces in a newly-established network that aims to advance the protection of digital rights and address the growing challenges posed by the widespread use of advanced technologies in society.

The citizens of Serbia are much more humane than the data and trends show, we want to make it more real and more visible, Veran Matic said at the beginning of the interview.

At a time of dwindling faith in Greek institutions, a significant percentage of citizens appear to be putting their trust in charitable foundations, according to a survey for the Dianeosis nonprofit think tank.

That is 28 percent more than in 2016, and represents the largest amount of donations ever since there has been philanthropic research in Serbia, which indicates a encouraging trend in domestic philanthropy.

The government has adopted the bill on the foundations of the education system and the bill on higher education and sent them to the Assembly for adoption.

The new legal solutions will set the stage for better education:

Donated private funds from foundations, companies, natural persons and sole traders for changing the environment in Bulgaria in 2015 amounted to BGN 108,080,832, showed the annual analysis of the Bulgarian Donors Forum.

There has been a decrease of 5% (BGN 5.2 M), compared to 2014.