Peace

Some 100 undocumented immigrants on Tuesday launched a hunger strike at a reception center in Paranesti, in the northern regional unit of Drama, demanding to be released after having been issued with documents suspending their deportation.

According to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, the detainees were recently transferred to the center from the eastern Aegean island of Samos.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Thursday with UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia Irena Vojackova-Sollorano to discuss cooperation with the UN following the Donor Conference in Brussels.

Tens of thousands of people gathered for peace ceremonies in Hiroshima on Wednesday, marking the 69th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city, as anti-nuclear sentiment runs high in Japan.
      

UNHCR puts number of Ukrainian crisis refugees at 230K

GENEVA -- A total of 230,000 people left their homes in Ukraine because of clashes between Ukrainian and pro-Russian forcec, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

UNHCR commends progress in solving Roma issues

BELGRADE -- A UN official has commended Serbia's effort and progress in resolving the issues facing the Roma national minority, in comparison to the region.

BELGRADE - International Labour Organisation (ILO) coordinator for Serbia Jovan Protic has said that the proposed amendments to the labour law followed the international standards regarding labour and ILO conventions.

The policies of the European Union and its member states are putting at risk the lives and rights of refugees in a number of countries, including Turkey, Amnesty International says in a fresh report The policies of the European Union and its member states are putting at risk the lives and rights of refugees in a number of countries, including Turkey, Amnesty International said in a fresh

The 'Vladeasa' Recon Battalion no. 317 has earned tens of national and international medals for the missions it carried out in its 45 years of activity in the elite of the Romanian Army, an anniversary occasion marked these days.

June 20 marks the World Refugee Day. Events are being held across the world to raise awareness of those millions who continue escaping war-torn regions in search of shelter.

By a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, the World Refugee Day was first observed in 2001. The day marked the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

The number of people driven from their homes by conflict and crisis has topped 50 million for the first time since World War II, with Syria hardest hit, the UN refugee agency said Friday.
      
The UNHCR said there were 51.2 million forcibly displaced people at the end of 2013, a full six million higher than the previous year.