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11.11.2008 Last Friday, November 7, several thousands of young people gathered at the Ban Jelačić Square in Zagreb, at the protest concert against youth violence. The concert, Everybody Has the Right to Live, was dedicated to Luka Ritz, a teenager who was beaten to death by a group of other teens who tried to rob him of his mobile phone and couple of pennies.

15.08.2008 A poll conducted in Goražde, July 23-25, shows that, in spite of public perception otherwise, the youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina is very much interested to get involved in decision making processes, but only if they are adequately informed. The analysis of the results shows that onesided communications adopted by authorities present the biggest problem to youth activism.

17.07.2008 To mark the European Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue, the Youth NGO ONO from Novi Sad, in cooperation with the Youth Assistance Centre from Maribor, Slovenia, organized a youth exchange programme More Attention, Please!

28.05.2008 Youth and independent culture associations from Zagreb, united in the Initiative for Jedinstvo demands, in an open letter addressed to Mayor Milan Bandić, to act on the obligation the City of Zagreb to refurbish and equip the complex of former industrial facilities `Jedinstvo` and define a proper management model.

23.05.2008 If they had an opportunity, 57 percent of the youth population in Bosnia and Herzegovina would leave the country for seasonal work abroad; 49 percent would go out to study; 48 would move permanently abroad; - show the results of the survey Analysis of Status of Youth and Youth Sector in BiH, conducted by the Commission for Coordination of Youth Issues in BiH, on a sample of 1,500 citizens between the ages of 16 and 30.

13.05.2008 The Youth Education Forum (MOF) accused the Student Union at the `Kiril and Metodij` University in Skopje (SSUKM) of neglect of the Constitutional Court ruling to delete provisions in articles 56 and 106 of the University Statute, on MOF`s initiative.

12.05.2008 The First Children Embassy in the World – Megjasi, invoking Article 92 of the Law on Protection of Children, demands from political parties to protect the children from abuses to gain political goals in election campaigns.

10.04.2008 Over 3,000 students visited the fourth AIESEC Career Days fair, held in Sarajevo over the past two days, in which 24 companies working in Bosnia and Herzegovina presented their operations.

24.03.2008 The `Youth and Media` Conference (Tuzla, March 29-30, 2008) for improvement of status of youth in BiH through development of volunteering in local radio stations is connected to the strategic goals of youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina and relies on main directions for development of youth policies in the countries of the EU.

21.03.2008 The united nongovernmental organisations Youth Education Forum, AEGEE, Balkan IDEA and Young European Federalists will organize the Spring Day in Europe event to bring forward the idea to start youth initiative to reconsider the questions of Macedonian integrations into Europe.

05.03.2008 The Youth Antifascist Organization, known under the BHS acronym MAT, was established yesterday in Tuzla, under the auspices of the Josip Broz Tito Society.

03.03.2008 Last Friday, February 29, GROZD Centre for Promotion of Civil Society and Dosta! movement held a press conference to present their latest findings regarding the paid advertisement/public statement that the Government of the Canton of Sarajevo published in Bosnian media in its reaction to, what it called, coordinated violence in the protests of February 13.

14.02.2008 Protests against the deteriorating security and street crime situation in Sarajevo that started last Saturday, and directly provoked by the brutal murder of 17-year old Denis Mrnjavac, continued yesterday, in front of the Government of the Canton of Sarajevo, with demands for Mayor Semiha Borovac and Cantonal Prime Minister Semir Silajdjic to resign from their positions.

11.02.2008 Bozidar Djelic, Vice-President of the Government charged with European Integrations, said that he intends to demand from Brussels up to 500 scholarships to finance education of Serbian students in countries of the EU. He also announced, at the meeting with representatives of youth organizations in the country, the creation of a National Youth Agency, which is required to get EU Budget funding for Serbian students.

10.02.2008 Several thousands of people gathered in front of the Sarajevo Cathedral last Saturday, protesting the brutal murder of teenager Denis Mrnjavac and the deteriorating security in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Denis Mrnjavac, 17 years of age, was stabbed to death last Tuesday, by three young man, one of them minor, in a tram car filled with people.

08.02.2008 In view of the serious distancing of Serbia from the European Union, youth and student organizations start the Europe Has No Alternative campaign, which starts on Monday, with a protest gathering in front of the Belgrade School of Philosophy and a walk to the Government of Serbia.

18.12.2007 The Cluster for Children, a group of nongovernmental organizations woking on improvement of status of children, demands from the Belgrade City Assembly, the Mayor and the City Council to urgently prepare and adopt a Local Action Plan for children of Belgrade, to secure the institutional framefork and budget suppot for its implementation.

21.11.2007 On the occasion of the Universal Children Day, November 20, Forum MNE, in cooperation with NGO Svetionik from Bar, organized a series of events and actions aimed to promote children rights and put emphasis on importance of youth potentials and their greater participation in social life and affairs.

13.11.2007 The Iskorak, Kontra and Croatian Women Netrwork sent an open letter to Minister Dragan Primorac, as reaction to announcements that the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports started the procedure to buyout the health education programme from Grozd and Forum for Freedom in Education association.

12.11.2007 A Study on Youth Employment conducted by the AGENDA Institute and MJAFT Movement, with the support of the World Bank, shows that Albania remains in huge problems regarding employment related issues.