Equal Chances for Europe's Roma 2008-09-16 · EU Observer Op-ed by Dzamila Stehlikova, Czech minister of human rights and minorities, and Shigeo Katsu, vice-president for Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank. They commend the European Commission for calling the EU Roma Summit, and lay out three ways in which Roma can take a greater part in Europe's prosperity. They also point out that the state of data on the subject is woefully inadequate, and that any European policy on Roma inclusion should ...

EU-Roma Summit: words and action are needed 2008-09-15 · EU Roma Policy Coalition (ERPC) On the eve of the EU’s first "Roma Summit", the EU Roma Policy Coalition urges for a long-term strategy. "Enough time has passed, there needs to be a framework with objectives and deadlines," say Coalition members. They call on the EU Presidency to formally endorse such commitments at the December European Council. The ERPC also remains concerned with the Commission’s response to the census of Roma in Italy.

Ten Years for Media Freedom - An OSCE Anniversary 2008-09-15 · OSCE This publication gathers the main findings of the roundtable, "Present and future challenges to media freedom and free expression in the OSCE region", which was held in Vienna on 29 February 2008. The report features a wide array of contributors who outline the challenges that journalists and free thinkers face every day across the whole OSCE region: threats, physical attacks and even murder, censorship, criminal proceedings in response to "critical" comments or the denial of ...

Round & round with the Roma 2008-09-04 · Budapest Times The Olaszliszka tragedy in 2006 was a clear signal that tensions in Hungary between Roma and non-Roma require immediate attention, the Centre for Fair Political Analysis argues. It also illustrated how the Roma policies of successive governments since 1989 have failed to effectively tackle the problems. What is needed is a paradigm shift, in which the Roma issue is treated as a broad social policy and welfare problem.

The Public Broadcasting System in B-H: Between Ethnic Exclusivity and Long Term Sustainabillity 2008-09 · Open Society Fund Bosnia & Herzegovina Amer Dzihana of the Mediacentar Sarajevo analyses the political paralysis that has blocked the development of public service broadcasting (PBS) in Bosnia-Herzegovina. His paper reviews the issue of ethnic rights and evaluates the legislative framework of PBS, its reform, efficiency and competition with commercial TV, and the pending convergent, multichannel and digital environment. It analyzes the policy options available now and provides realistic recommendations.