3.4.2007 by CrniLabudovi.

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2/4/2007 08:48 GMT
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Montenegro Establishes Council for .ME Domains

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PODGORICA - SD PETOSEVIC announced that Montenegro’s law calling for the establishment of a Council for .ME domains entered into force on March 22, 2007. The Council is now the highest authority in the field of domain names in Montenegro.

The Council is a state body, consisting of Montenegro’s government members. It is responsible for establishing general rules concerning the maintenance of .ME domains. It is also responsible for monitoring changes in the area of Internet domains and reporting directly to the government of Montenegro.

The Council also monitors activities of its administrative body, which is the National Registry for Domain Names. This administrative body was created by the government of Montenegro to handle technical and administrative operations relating to .ME domains. Its official title is: “The Information System Center of the University of Montenegro” (“Centar informacionog sistema Univerziteta Crne Gore”).

The legal framework for the domain names in Montenegro is still in the making but close to being finalized. We expect new regulations to enter into force in the next couple of months.

SD PETOSEVIC provides a full range of intellectual property services in Eastern Europe, including the Balkans and the Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR). The firm has offices in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. SD PETOSEVIC also maintains Client Service Offices in Brussels and Luxembourg, as well as a Liaison Office in New York.

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3.4.2007 by CrniLabudovi.

Majority of Serbs back Hague co-operation

03/04/2007

A new poll shows rising support for co-operation with the UN war crimes tribunal, though many Serbs remain conflicted when it comes to war crimes issues.

By Davor Konjikusic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade — 03/04/07

Most Serbs are aware of the Srebrenica massacre, but many still minimise it, the poll found. [Getty Images]

Most Serbs support co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), but misinformation about war crimes issues remains widespread, according to a new survey commissioned by the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and conducted by Strategic Marketing.

Out of the 1,000 citizens polled, 69% said they backed Serbian co-operation with The Hague-based court. About 19% were adamantly against any form of co-operation. The study, conducted in December of last year, was released last month.

Majority of Serbs back Hague co-operation

03/04/2007

A new poll shows rising support for co-operation with the UN war crimes tribunal, though many Serbs remain conflicted when it comes to war crimes issues.

By Davor Konjikusic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade — 03/04/07

Most Serbs are aware of the Srebrenica massacre, but many still minimise it, the poll found. [Getty Images]

MostSome 15% said co-operation should be maintained for the sake of justice, while 26% said it is necessary in order to move ahead with Serbia’s EU bid. Minimal co-operation with the ICTY — with the goal of avoiding sanctions — was supported by 28%.

Serbs remain ill informed about war crimes and tend either to deny Serbian involvement or minimise it, the poll found. For example, while 71% have heard of the Srebrenica massacre, more than half deny that Bosniaks were killed there in massive numbers. However, the percentage of those who acknowledge the atrocity has risen in comparison to 2005.

The survey also assessed the human rights situation in Serbia, and found that conditions have deteriorated over the past year. The Roma are the most endangered group, suffering both discrimination and violence. Authorities react slowly or not at all, thus tacitly encouraging such behaviour, the survey found.

According to the director of the Belgrade Centre, Professor Vojin Dimitrijevic, the UN Declaration on Human Rights was introduced into the Serbian Constitution in an unclear, hasty and non-transparent manner.

“The current implementation of these regulations, which are potentially good, is increasingly dependent on the judiciary,” he says. “Among other worries and preoccupations human rights are again close to the legendary pie in the sky.”

Analysis of the media shows increased pressure by the government and influential groups, according to the Centre. While coverage of domestic human rights problems is minimal, media reports pay great attention — most of it negative — to the ICTY and the UN administration in Kosovo, with particular focus on the problems of Serbs.

http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2007/04/03/feature-03 

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3.4.2007 by CrniLabudovi.

Macedonian culture minister resigns

03/04/2007

SKOPJE, Macedonia — Minister of Culture Ilirjan Bekiri submitted his resignation Monday (April 2nd) to Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who immediately accepted it. Bekiri decided to step down amid the backlash that followed his decision to ban the play “Tito, Certain Diagrams of Hope”. Bekiri, a prominent member of the Democratic Party of Albanians, said the play threatened the “national interest”. The ban was lifted after the play’s director publicly complained.

In other news, the Interior Ministry began issuing new biometric passports Monday. They will contain an electronic chip and are designed to meet the latest EU standards. (Dnevnik, Vecer - 03/04/07; Telma TV, A1 TV, MRT, AP - 02/04/07)

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