World Jewish Congress

Jews barely figure. According to the 2011 census, the Jewish community counts a mere 110 people, although the World Jewish Congress estimates 400 to 500 Jews now live in the country.

The World Jewish Congress, an international organisation representing Jewish communities, praised on Monday the Austrian parliament's adoption of a proposed ban on the annual commemoration of the killings of Croatian Nazi-allied troops and civilians at Bleiburg in Austria by the Yugoslav Partisans at the end of World War II.

The World Jewish Congress, an international organisation representing Jewish communities, said on Wednesday that the Catholic mass due to be held in Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 16 glorifies people involved in crimes committed by Croatia's WWII-era Nazi-allied Ustasa regime.

The survivors in attendance were aged between 75 and 101. They have travelled from all over the world, mainly North America and across Europe, Israel, South and Central America and Australia.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, on a working visit to the United States, gave assurances that the Government will continue the actions to combat anti-Semitism, xenophobia and any form of intolerance.

AGERPRES special correspondent Daniel Florea reports: Romania has become today a regional model in combating Anti-Semitism and xenophobia and, also, a model in what concerns education and measures meant to keep the memory of the Holocaust, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated on Thursday in the opening of the conference "Fight against Anti-Semitism: a joint approach for a better protection of

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila will pay a working visit to Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, occasion on which she will attend the plenary session of the the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and carry out bilateral meetings with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) pays homage to the memory of the Holocaust victims worldwide and reiterates that promoting diversity, respect for the other, equality of chances represent fundamental principles for a democratic society development.

ROME - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic and World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder on Tuesday expressed concern over frequent manifestations of anti-Semitism around the world and Europe in particular, noting that attempts of rewriting history were impermissible.

Dacic and Lauder met in Rome on the fringes of an OSCE conference on the fight against anti-Semitism.

Greece is a key player in the Mediterranean and the strengthening of ties with Israel is an important development given the rise of Islamic terrorism, according to Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, who visited Athens on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day last week.