Source: UNHCR UNHCR for the first time takes part in an oral hearing before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in a case about asylum in Europe.

Source: Reuters * EU asks France to explain Roma expulsions * French campaign provokes outrage; poses legal questions By Justyna Pawlak BRUSSELS, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The ...

Source: Reuters SARAJEVO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Bosnia's national parliament on Wednesday endorsed a decision by the country's presidency to send a 45-man strong infantry unit to join the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan ...

World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office Children in Romania’s Valcea County are rediscovering their spiritual heritage through the Youth Bible Curriculum (YBC) project and a summer camp held recently in the county. The 31 children that attended the camp were selected from Romanian Orthodox churches which use the YBC bible study materials for children as young as six through to teens aged 17.

Source: AlertNet SARAJEVO (AlertNet) - Milan Mandic, a 55-year-old engineer from Sarajevo, knows exactly where his father Bozo was executed and then buried in June 1992, at the start of the war in Bosnia. But he ...

World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office Students supported through World Vision scholarship and sponsorship projects in Romania’s Valcea and Dolj counties were rewarded for their good school performance recently at summer camps on the Romanian coast. Most had never left home, let alone seen the sea…

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) - Governments meeting at the United Nations this week to discuss implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) should focus on effective strategies and ...

Source: Reuters * Cooling shown to protect brain after cardiac arrest * U.S. hospitals still slow to adopt the therapy * May help 2,300 patients avert brain damage each year By Frederik Joelving PHILADELPHIA ...

World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia office The first ever Child Protection training for Emergency situations was recently undertaken by representatives of local authorities, local NGOs, social workers and teachers in Dorohoi town, Botosani County in north east Romania as part of World Vision’s ongoing commitment to serve communities in emergency situations. World Vision plans to replicate the training in its Area Development Programmes across the country, given the frequency of natural disasters and vulnerability of so many rural communities.

Source: Reuters * Gotovina charged over offensive against Serbs in Krajina * Prosecutors requested 27 years imprisonment for Gotovina * Defence argue Croatian operation helped bring peace By Aaron Gray-Block ...