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30.05.2006
A group of students from the "Metodi Mitevski Brico" high school from Delcevo, won the prestigious Platinum Prize Award for best web-site at the Doors to Diplomacy 2006 award competition, organized by the US State Department. The students won this years award in a strong competition of 306 projects from 46 states in the world.
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Image: The winning team from Delcevo
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24.05.2006
Last wednesday, May 17, the Central State Bureau for e-Croatia published, on the occasion of the International Day of Information Society, the results of the Study of Online Availability of Public Services for 2005.
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22.05.2006
U srijedu 17. 5. Sredinji je dravni ured za e-Hrvatsku povodom Svjetskog dana informacijskog drutva predstavio rezultate Studije dostupnosti javnih usluga na internetu u proloj godini. Prema toj je studiji do kraja prole godine građanima putem interneta bilo dostupno oko 38% javnih usluga, a poslovnim subjektima oko 29%. Ovo predstavlja vrlo veliko povećanje u odnosu na prethodnu 2004. kada je tim putem građanima bilo dostupno tek oko 4%, a poslovnom sektoru oko 6% javnih usluga.
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19.05.2006
From on-line banking to the benefits of telemedicine, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Wednesday called on the world community to enhance global security in cyberspace so as to realize the full potential of information and communication technologies (ICT) and accelerate the pace of development.
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19.05.2006
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have collectively made the oppourtunity to some extent in bridging the information gap among the people and communities. Among many other technologies that originated electronic media, radio remains the most powerful media to reach to the poor and the marginalised more so in remote inaccessible geographical terrain. A number of advantages makes this medium peoples' media.
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Image: Community radio must for India.
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15.05.2006
The new web-portal for elementary and secondary schools in Macedonia, that will enable the teachers, parents and students in all schools in Macedonia to exchange experiences, share sources of information and positive practicies, was officially launched on May 11.
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11.05.2006
Agjensia Lokale e Demokracisë së Mostarit (ALD) hapi qendrën e informacionit online Demokracia dhe të Drejtat e Njeriut, duke ofruar mundësi për të gjetur informacionin e duhur për demokracinë dhe të drejtat e njeriut në internet si dhe ofrimin e të gjithë literaturën së vleshme të zyrës së ALD-së.
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Image: LDA Mostar logo
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11.05.2006
The Local Democracy Agency Mostar starts its Democracy and Human Rights online info-centre, offering possibilities to collect information related to democracy and human rights on the internet, as well as the body of literature on the subject available at the LDA Office.
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10.05.2006
Theres a lovely Latin phrase terra firma. It means solid earth. Its the basis for a metaphor we use a lot. We talk approvingly about someone who has his feet on the ground, and disparagingly about people who are not properly earthed. For us, the earth, the ground, is something dependable, something fixed, something immutable, said John Naughton in his keynote address to the US Marketing Society.
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10.05.2006
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President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with Justice A.S. Anand
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E-governance is strong tool for ensuring corruption-free administration, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here on Tuesday. He was delivering the inaugural address at a conference on `Effects of Good Governance and Human Rights,' organised by the National Human Rights Commission. He urged that "All courts should follow Supreme Court and make judgments available online"
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09.05.2006
DO YOU know how serious a mistake you've made? Yan Yuanzhang recalls an official asking him not long ago. Mr Yan had been summoned to Beijing's Internet Propaganda Management Office to talk about his websites.
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08.05.2006
Sipas gazetës së përditshme Vjesnik së 5 Majit, 9895 studentët e konvikteve të Osijekut, Rjekës, Splitit, Varazdinit, Zadarit dhe Zagrebit do të kenë internet në dhomat e tyre duke filluar nga viti i ri akademik 2006/07.
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08.05.2006
According to Vjesnik daily of Friday, May 5, all 9895 students accommodated in the student dormitories in Osijek, Rijeka, Split, Varazdin, Zadar and Zagreb will have internet access in their dorm rooms, starting at the beginning of new academic year 2006/07.
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05.05.2006
Kako pie dananji broj dnevnika Vjesnik, od početka nove akademske godine svih će 9895 studenata u studentskim domovima u Osijeku, Rijeci, Splitu, Varadinu, Zadru i Zagrebu, dobiti pristup Internetu iz studentskih soba.
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02.05.2006
The Stanford University School of Medicine has signed on to a deal that will provide consumers and health professionals in China access to leading medical research in the United States.
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