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Refugee housing programmes span the region

16/05/2012

Displaced people and refugees remain a phenomenon that is plaguing the region. Several countries have joined together to do something about it.
Court rules against ethnic segregation in BiH schools

14/05/2012

Schools in BiH continue to be battlefields in the fight for ethnic dominance.
Roma in Turkey want more social visibility

10/05/2012

It is estimated that only 30% of Roma in Turkey are literate.
Serbia aims to increase number of women in politics

01/05/2012

Through new regulations, Serbia is trying to increase women's influence in political life.
Hundreds of drug dealers charged in Serbia

27/04/2012

Police found eight house laboratories for the production of marijuana.
Step-by-step, the status of minorities in Turkey improves

27/04/2012

Laki Vingas says there has been a change of attitude in the bureaucracy that seeks to establish dialogue with minority groups.
Austerity, anti-immigrant fervour drives Greek elections

26/04/2012

Voter anger is propelling the campaigns of those considered extremists ahead of elections next month.
Rising suicide rate shocks Serbia

21/04/2012

Bloggers say the increasing number of suicides should serve as a warning to authorities to address the harsh economic and social realities.
Victims of trafficking struggle with social reintegration

19/04/2012

Social reintegration of trafficking victims is even more difficult in cases when a family member played a role.
Gorani in Kosovo, Albania offered Bulgarian citizenship

16/04/2012

Bulgaria offers citizenship and material benefits to members of the Gorani community in what some call a throwback to 19th-century policy.
Tensions rise over Roma resettlements in Serbia

13/04/2012

Protests against the arrival of Roma families in the Belgrade suburb of Resnik turned violent this week, highlighting the ongoing controversy over the resettlement of Roma in Serbia.
High cost, low work define BiH's public administration

13/04/2012

Among local, federal and entity sectors in Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are 14 governments with over 200 ministers and 14 parliaments with over 600 delegates.
Greek journalists say they’re targets of police assaults

11/04/2012

Three journalists say they were assaulted while covering recent protests triggered by the suicide of a pensioner who couldn’t pay for his medicine.
As Greece's crisis deepens, society changes

09/04/2012

The social fabric grows more frayed, with virtually no group unscathed by the economic meltdown.
The public suicide of a 'Martyr for Greece' fuels anti-austerity rage

06/04/2012

The pensioner blames the government, and said he preferred death to scrounging through garbage for food.

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