Brussels, 17/18 April - A Report on the Discussion on Human Rights and Transitional Justice at the Conference

Podgorica, 14 Apr - On April 2008, a judgment was rendered by the Higher Court in Podgorica against the independent weekly magazine “Monitor” and one of its journalists, Andrej Nikolaidis. The case had been brought by Emir Kusturica, the world renowned film director.

Brussels, 8 Apr - Dear all, in case you are not aware of it, I am writing to inform you about and to suggest that you might want to sign up to a NGOs declaration with policy recommendations to EU institutions and national governments on developing "civil dialogue and partnership relations between civil society, national governments and EU institutions".

Skopje, 7 Apr - Macedonia was recently denied a NATO membership invitation because of a Greek veto.

London, 3 Apr - The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) issued open letters to EU governments, as well as the European Commission, calling for measures to be taken to safeguard the rights of asylum seekers entering the EU via Greece.

Belgrade, 1 Apr - The initiative to establish a service that would alert all those who cherish human rights and democratic values to occurrences or dangers of violation of human rights and disregard of democratic principles and institutions in Serbia, has proven justified and timely.

Ljubljana, 20 Mar - Human Rights Press Point, an information platform for human rights situation in Slovenia and Western Balkans during the Slovenian EU Presidency 2008, invites you to the round table on politics in the Western Balkans and the role of the EU integration which will take place in Ljubljana on 27 March 2008 at 19:00 pm, in the evening before the informal meeting of EU ministers of foreign affairs in Slovenia.

Ljubljana, 18 Mar - The Peace Institute invites to a public debate on the book “You Call This a Media Market?  – The Role of the State in the Media Sector in Slovenia”, written by Sandra B. Hrvatin and Brankica Petković. The debate will be chaired by Neva Nahtigal and will be simultaneously translated in English.

Vienna, 17 Mar - The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, announces the staging of a high-level mission to the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, this week. The mission will be taking place on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 March, and follows a fact-finding mission conducted by IPI in November 2007.

Brussels, 12 Mar - Today the Slovenian Presidency presented the conclusions of the conference on the challenges of EU external border management, held in Brdo, Sloven