EU Delegation will continue to support media in the area of investigative journalism and strengthening of the media legal framework, the purposes for which it has already allocated 2.5 million euros for the next two years, EU Ambassador to Serbia Michael Davenport told a debate on media held in Arandjelovac.
Impoverished and marginalised groups of women and girls are exposed to increased risks of violence. Bringing them out of the poverty and educating them is part of a solution.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced on Wednesday a 315 billion euros investment plan for Europe aimed at getting Europe growing again and get more people back to work.
It’s striking that many women and girls face violence in or enroute to educational institutions at the hands of fellow students, teachers, school administrators and others including sexual harassment, bullying, cyber violence or requests for sexual favours in exchange for good grades or school fees. It has to end.
On the occasion of Europe Day, the EU Delegation to Serbia and its Info Centre announce a multimedia contest titled “Serbia and EU: Open Chapter”.
Reconstruction of 11.5 kilometres of road between Krupanj and Korenita, damaged during the May 2014 floods, will be funded with 4.5 million euros, a grant allocated by the European Union through EU Assistance for Flood Relief in Serbia Programme. The construction process commenced last week and will be carried out in stages until June 2015, and will include landslides recovery, regulation of riverbanks of the Kostanicka River, reconstruction of bridges and ducts, establishment of drainage system, as well as roadway renovation.
German non-governmental organisation ASB in cooperation with Housing Centre, has started the reconstruction process on 167 houses and construction of 32 homes damaged during the May floods in municipalities of Valjevo, Sabac, Sid, Loznica, Bajina Basta, Osecina, Ljubovija and Mali Zvornik. These municipalities are allocated with three million euros through EU Assistance for Flood Relief in Serbia Programme. Depending on weather conditions, the completion of this intervention is expected by the end of 2014.
European Union strongly strongly condemn all forms of violence against women and girls and until Human Rights Day on December 10, it will join the call for action of the ’16-days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’ international campaign of the UN Secretary General and will raise awareness on the issue, said Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Věra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality and Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development in a joint statement.
Students looking for a language course in any language taught in Europe can now check the first platform that lists language learning opportunities for all 24 official European languages. Within StudyPortals, an international study choice platform helping students worldwide to find and compare their ideal education in Europe, the newest EU project aimed at helping people finding available options to learn a new language or improve the one they already have started learning, resulted in Language Learning Portal.
Deputy Head of the EU Delegation Oskar Benedikt called on young people in Serbia to take an active part during their country’s EU accession process. Addressing the participants of “Youth and European Integration” Info Day, held at the Centre for the Promotion of Science, Benedikt said that European Union enabled its citizens to move and find employment freely which were among the advantages taken mostly by young people.
