Full coverage: Governance

28.06.2006 Kako je u ponedjeljak prenio Poslovni dnevnik, Vijece za elektronicke medije, institucija zadužena za dodjele koncesija radijskim i televizijskim postajama, donijelo je krajem maja Pravilnik o sadržaju prijave te sadržaju i načinu vođenja očevidnika (registra) nakladnika elektroničkih publikacija. Tim je pravilnikom određeno kako su svi nakladnici elektroničkih publikacija dužni prijaviti pubilikacije navedenom vijeću, a ukoliko to ne učine mogu biti kažnjeni novčanom kaznom do 100.000 kuna (oko 13.700 eura). Pritom se pod elektroničkim publikacijama podrazumijevaju “programski sadržaji koje fizičke ili pravne osobe prenose putem informacijsko-komunikacijskih veza na način da su dostupni širokoj javnosti bez obzira na njihov opseg” - dakle gotovo sve što se nalazi na webu.

28.06.2006 The US has perpetually been in denial about global warming, especially after the Earth Summit in Rio De Janerio held in 1992, but a recent report released by the US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) may shake it out of its complacency. The report adds ammunition for lobbies within the US and forces outside it for pushing the world’s only superpower towards signing the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming.

28.06.2006 Huolimatta USA:n varaulkoministerin kommenteista Venezuelan interventionismia vastaan, USA on itse päättänyt jatkaa sekaantumistaan Latinalaisen Amerikan politiikkaan tukemalla Yhdysvaltain armeijan koulutuskeskusta alueella. Pahamaineinen School of Americas on vuosien varrella kouluttanut alueelle diktaattoreita ja tukenut verisiä hyökkäyksiä kapinallisia vastaan.

28.06.2006 The India-Pakistan border is increasingly being used for smuggling narcotics into India, a senior United Nations official said.Addressing a press conference to mark the release of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2006 World Drug Report here, Gary Lewis, UNODC Representative for South Asia, said increased trans-border civilian movement could be one of the reasons.

28.06.2006 Rwanda has been announced the winner of the United Nations global competition on public service on the African continent.

27.06.2006 Neformalna koalicija nekoliko nevladinih organizacija mladih iz Bitole reagirala je na odluku Ministarstva kulture o davanju u najam prostora Kulturnog centra u Bitola i Vojnog kluba za ne-kulturne svrhe.

27.06.2006 The informal coalition of several Bitola-based youth NGOs reacted on the decision of the Ministry of Culture to rent the space at the Bitola Cultural Centre and the “Army Club” for non-cultural purposes.

27.06.2006 Neformalnata koalicija na nevladini organizacii reagirase po povod odlukata na Ministerstvoto za kultura za iznajmuvanje na prostorot vo Centarot za kultura i na Domot na ARM vo Bitola za nekulturna namena.

27.06.2006 The participants of the Gender Equality and Role of Women in Transition and Development of Democratic Values Conference presented the institutions, public services, media, the Priboj Municipal Gender Equality Council and NGO with a set of recommendations designed to assist the achievement of true gender equality.

27.06.2006 The financing of election campaign is the main source of any future corruption and should be made as transparent as possible, to avoid a situation in which the anonymous financiers will come to the political parties and demand favours in return for the support. Only a faction of the political parties have publicly disclosed their sources of financing and their greatest supporters in the business sector.

27.06.2006 Arambh has taken up the challenge of getting Bhopal’s slum children to return to school. Scores of children attend its centres to study and re-enter the education system, at timings that best suit them, especially if they are working

27.06.2006 Appointment of good teachers is the key to success of any institution, and only the best should be appointed, the Governor, Surjit Singh Barnala, has said. He also said that good teachers are the key to well-educated students. To achieve better education, we have to begin with teachers.

27.06.2006 With the news to have the smart card compulsory by next month, Bahrain is just one step away from a completely digitised economy. The law making smart card mandatory will make the Kingdom ahead of many countries in the region to switch over to the new digital economy.

27.06.2006 Vancouver, Canada: Mayors from around the world gathering at the World Urban Forum pledged to use their power, influence and voice to mobilize the political will needed to meet the globally agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of eight concrete goals aimed at reversing the worst aspects of global poverty by 2015.

27.06.2006 When Raazia Baloch, a mother of four with a 1,000-watt smile, was elected to Helmand's provincial assembly in October, local authorities congratulated her with an unusual present - a Kalashnikov rifle.

27.06.2006 Pokret DOSTA organizovao je, u petak, 23.06. 2006 godine, dernek na “privatnom” platou ispred zgrade zajednickih institucija (Parlamenta BiH), u znak protesta “protiv nekulture i neukusa”.

26.06.2006 Evo Morales, presidente de Bolivia desde enero de este año, está confrontado a resolver a corto plazo un proceso jurídico que heredó de los gobernantes anteriores. La solidaridad boliviana y la internacional se multiplican hacia los procesados.

26.06.2006 The Unesco has expressed willingness to support Akshaya, the State's IT dissemination project, in the field of women empowerment.

26.06.2006 With the world’s urban population set to exceed rural dwellers for the
first time next year, slum dwellers are as badly if not worse off than
their rural cousins in terms of health, literacy and prosperity,
contradicting general assumptions, according to a landmark study issued by the United Nations.

26.06.2006 Technology bellwether, IBM has signed an MoU with the Uttar Pradesh Government to give impetus to e-governance by providing quality training to IT students under an ambitious programme titled Project INVITE.