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Romania: In an open letter, RSF and ActiveWatch denounce judicial pressures on investigative journalists following a complaint from a Bucharest district mayor
Based on a criminal complaint filed without any evidence, Romanian prosecutors have started to interrogate journalists who reported on irregularities related to public procurement. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its Romanian partner organisation warn against a dangerous precedent with a possible chilling effect on journalists and demand an internal investigation on the prosecutors’ treatment of the complaint.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 27 May 2021 ·
From blueprint to footprint: Safeguarding media freedom and pluralism through the European Rule of Law Mechanism Joint civil society organisation recommendations
The launch of the European Rule of Law Mechanism in July 2019 marks the renewed 1 opportunity for
the European Union (EU) to uphold democracy and overcome the limits of the Article 7 procedure.
Among the proposed actions, the announcement by the European Commission Vice President for
Values and Transparency Věra Jourová of a dedicated chapter to media freedom and pluralism in
the Annual Rule of Law Report was strongly welcomed by press freedom and journalists’
organisations. It is not only the acknowledgment that independent journalism and access to pluralistic
information are one of the pillars of democracy, but also a key step in addressing the worrying state
of media freedom and pluralism in the EU.
read the article »Published: Friday, 17 April 2020 ·
FreeEx Report (2018-2019) - Press Freedom in Romania
read the article »Published: Sunday, 5 May 2019 ·
Update - Suspect identified / Death treaths to a journalist / - Letter of Reporters without Borders and ActiveWatch
Journalist Emilia Șercan has received death threats on Monday evening, April 15th. Today Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and ActiveWatch wrote to the Minister of Internal Affairs and to the Chief Inspector of the Romanian Police General Inspectorate asking them to take all appropriate measures in order to protect Emilia Șercan, to make sure that the police investigation on whom has written the threatening messages will be an effective one, and to condemn publicly these messages. Update April 24 - suspect identified by the Police.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 17 April 2019 ·
Censorship and intimidation at the Romanian Public Television We request for the immediate dismissal of Doina Gradea, President – General Manager. UPDATE: RSF supports the appeal
A group of organizations have made today an appeal to the Parliament requesting that the President-General Manager of the Romanian Public Television should be dismissed.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 24 October 2018 ·
Net Neutrality: 73 NGOs from around the world send letter to EU regulators
Today, ActiveWatch joined forces with EDRi and 71 other civil society organisations from the five continents of the world to ask European Telecom Regulators to uphold net neutrality in the current negotiations about the future of the Open Internet in the European Union.
read the article »Published: Monday, 2 May 2016 ·
Letter to Channel 4 on "Romanians are Coming"
Open letter to Ms Katie Buchanan, Producer of “The Romanians are coming”
Dear Ms. Katie Buchanan,
The undersigned Romanian organizations below would like thank you for the production "The Romanians are Coming" - the two episodes of which have been broadcast on Channel 4.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 4 March 2015 ·
"ROMA PROFESSIONALS"
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 18 December 2013 ·
Freedom of Speech Under Attack in Romania
The signatory organizations condemn the anti-democratic practices adopted and exercised by the current parliamentary majority and publicly ask the Romanian President not to promulgate the law through which, surreptitiously, the offenses of libel and insult were reintroduced in the Criminal Code.
In 2006, the Parliament decided to repeal the offenses of insult and libel. In 2007, the Constitutional Court ruled that the offenses of libel and insult are not repealed, then, in 2010, the High Court of Cassation and Justice has ruled that the offenses of insult and libel are abolished, and in 2013 the Constitutional Court ruled again that the offenses of libel and insult are not repealed.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 11 December 2013 ·
The winners of The Disability Gala 2013
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 4 December 2013 ·
Who are the "eco-anarchists"? - Request for answers from the Romanian Intelligence Agency
read the article »Published: Thursday, 3 October 2013 ·
Answer for DC News
read the article »Published: Monday, 23 September 2013 ·
FC Steaua behaviour towards journalists
To: UEFA
Att: The Media Committee
Subject: FC Steaua behaviour towards journalists
ActiveWatch, a Romanian human rights NGO concerned with freedom of expression and press freedom, expresses its outrage towards the unacceptable behaviour of Steaua Football Club officials against journalists and media outlets.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 24 July 2013 ·
ActiveWatch has become an IFEX member
We proudly announce you that today ActiveWatch has become an IFEX member. The IFEX network of organisations is connected by a shared commitment to defend and promote freedom of expression as a fundamental human right. IFEX defends and promotes everyone’s right to free expression: IFEX advocates for the free expression rights of all, including media workers, citizen journalists, activists, artists, scholars.
ActiveWatch, also a member of the Reporters without Borders since 2004, is a human rights organization advocating for free communication in the public interest.
read the article »Published: Monday, 17 June 2013 ·
Greek Government worse than Romanian dictator Ceausescu
ActiveWatch invites journalists to make a common cause by asking the Greek Government to reconsider its decision to close down the broadcasting of public radio and TV channels in Greece.
The broadcasting of public radio and TV channels in Greece was shut down on Tuesday night. All employees of the media public institutions were laid off. This decision was taken on the basis of a rushed legislative act, which was voted and enforced in 24 hours. The Government’s spokesperson justified this decision by accusing the public television of wasting public money: “ERT (the Greek state television) is a characteristic case of lack of transparency and incredible waste. This (situation) ends now” (Simos Kedikoglou, cited by Associated Press).
Foto credit: Demotix
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 12 June 2013 ·
Press realease rearding the MCV Report: Freedom of speech in Romania doesn't need new laws, but protection
The signatory organizations express their bewilderment and concern regarding the findings and recommendations referring to mass-media included in the CVM.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 30 January 2013 ·
LA MULȚI ANI!
read the article »Published: Monday, 3 December 2012 ·
PREMII PENTRU CURAJ la Gala Persoanelor cu Dizabilități
read the article »Published: Friday, 30 November 2012 ·
AWARDS FOR COURAGE at People with Disabilities Awards "Freedom - Make It Accessible!"
ActiveWatch and Motivation Romania, with Vodafone Foundation Romania and Dedeman, held the third edition of People with Disabilities Awards "Freedom - Make It Accessible!" in Studio 3 of The Romanian Public Television, on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.
The event, produced in collaboration with TVR and moderate by Catalin Stefanescu, presented thewinners of the race to transform Romania into a society open to all members, with all the skills they have.
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 27 November 2012 ·
Claudiu Biță câștigă premiul de popularitate!
read the article »Published: Sunday, 25 November 2012 ·
Sign up tutoring and scholarships until December 10, 2012
Personal Development Program Roma Professionals in the Medical Field launches today the fifth session of applications for the Tutoring and Scholarships component. The component targets Roma high school students and high school graduates who wish to apply next year for the admission exam in an medical education institution.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 22 November 2012 ·
Accesibilizați libertatea! Gala Persoanelor cu Dizabilități la a treia ediție
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 10 October 2012 ·
Open Letter addressed to the Ministry of Education by twenty-six NGOs, concerning the debate on the Religious Education handbooks
The signing organisations addressed an open letter to the Minister of Education, Mrs. Ecaterina Andronescu, in which they manifest their concern about the content of the Religious Education handbooks intended for schools and they request the MECTS to put this issue to public consultation.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 4 October 2012 ·
Roma Professionals in the Medical Field Programme - the launching conference of the 2012-2013 Edition
"I trusted this project from the begining and it turned out that I counted correctly. Here we already have several generations of young Roma professionals who can be an example to any young Romanian. As I have said on other occasions, this project will always have my support. "
Raed Arafat, for the launching conference of Roma Professionals in the Medical Field Programme, 2012-2013 Edition
read the article »Published: Thursday, 20 September 2012 ·
Protest against the appointment of Dan Sova as the Minister for Relations with the Parliament
The signers of this protest - people and NGOs - took notice in dismay of the appointment of senator Dan Sova from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) as the Minister for Relations with the Parliament.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 9 August 2012 ·
Concerted attack against democracy and the rule of law
There was a concerted attack against democracy and the rule of law in the last two months. It's obvious that the new political parties in power learned neither from the errors of their predecessors, nor from the demonstrations' message from January 2012.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 4 July 2012 ·
Civil society warning: the rule of law under unprecedented attack in Romania
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 3 July 2012 ·
Protest against the abridgement of the right to freedom of association
The signing organisations protest against the danger that NGOs could be dissolved at the request of public authorities.
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 26 June 2012 ·
Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a visit from the Syrian Opposition in Romania
On Monday, June 18th, more than a year since the start of the Syran revolution, it was for the first time ever representatives of the Syrian opposition met officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a diplomatic visit.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 20 June 2012 ·
Open Letter to Mr. Victor Ponta, Prime-Minister of Romania
On September 6th, 2011, Romania acceded to the international initiative "Open Government Partnership" (OGP). This initiative promoted by the President of the United States and the President of Brasil, to which seventy countries have already acceded, encourages accountability, transparency and civic participation in the act of government by making public data accessible so that they can be creatively used by citizens for the purpose of optimizing the act of government and stimulating economical development.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 13 June 2012 ·
We request the rejection of the draft law on data retention - Pl-x 10/2012 - section 10 on the agenda of the Chamber of Deputies meeting, Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
This document's signing organisations have repeatedly shown that the European Directive 2006/24/EC on the retention of data in regard to international communication and its implementation in Romania constitute a serious violation of the citizens' right to privacy.
read the article »Published: Monday, 21 May 2012 ·
Protest against the extension of the period of detention from 24 to 48 hours since arrest
The signing organisations would like to protest against the proposal to amend the Constitution, which is set to be discussed and possibly enacted this Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 in the Chamber of Deputies, in the sense of extending from 24 to 48 hours the period when a person can be detained.
read the article »Published: Monday, 21 May 2012 ·
In defense of democracy - we are against the implementation of the "pure uninominal voting system"
read the article »Published: Thursday, 10 May 2012 ·
Property is not a privilege, but a constitutional right
The signing non-guvernamental organisations consider that the draft law initiated by the Government on giving compensations to citizens whose properties were abusively confiscated produces major disparities and damages rights provided by the Romanian Constitution.
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 24 April 2012 ·
The Romanian Gendarmerie between the Constitution and Law no. 60/1991
The debate will be attended by members of the Gendarmerie, Deputies and Senators who are current members of the Parliamentary Committees for Human Rights, officials of the Ministry of Administration and Interior, as well as members of the civil society and journalists.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 28 March 2012 ·
Protest: Libertatea de exprimare evacuată de pe National Arena - UPDATE 2
read the article »Published: Thursday, 22 March 2012 ·
Either schooled or with long hair! - Complaint to the Anti discrimination Council
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 13 March 2012 ·
Minister of Education Cătălin Baba will participate in the "OUR SCHOOL" debate on Wednesday
read the article »Published: Monday, 12 March 2012 ·
DOCUMENTARY: "ROUGE PAROLE" & DEBATE "ARAB SPRING OR WINTER"?
read the article »Published: Thursday, 8 March 2012 ·
DOCUMENTARY "OUR SCHOOL" & DEBATE ON ROMA SEGREGATION IN SCHOOLS
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 6 March 2012 ·
Protest: Libertatea de exprimare evacuată de pe National Arena - UPDATE 1
read the article »Published: Friday, 2 March 2012 ·
Protest: Free speech evacuated from The National Arena
read the article »Published: Thursday, 1 March 2012 ·
Extreme nationalist discourse in the "România de poveste" TV Show
read the article »Published: Friday, 17 February 2012 ·
Non-governamental organisations request political parties to show political will for the reestablishment of democracy
The signing organisations reaffirm their request to all political parties to take into account the protests held in Bucharest and in other cities from Romania and abroad.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 2 February 2012 ·
Competition for Journalists: "What will they be as adults?"
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 1 February 2012 ·
The NGOs' message and requests to political parties
Organisations of the civil society request all political parties to take into consideration the main demands of the demonstrators in Bucharest and in other cities from Romania and abroad: the resignation of Romania's President, Government and the organisation of early parliamentary elections.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 25 January 2012 ·
We, the WORMS - the inept, uneducated and the dupes - PROTEST!
To the attention of Mr. Teodor Baconschi,
This press release is the organisations' reply to the invitation for consultation addressed by Teodor Baconschi from the behalf of the Democratic Liberal Party.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 18 January 2012 ·
Violence against Journalists During Street Protests in Romania. Police Abuse Against Citizens
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 17 January 2012 ·
Merging elections, the "Trojan horse" of Romanian democracy
Taking into consideration the latest proposals concerning the election law, the 2012 Coalition for Fair Elections demands the withdrawal of the draft law on the merger of elections in 2012 from public agenda.
read the article »Published: Monday, 12 December 2011 ·
Roma identity and stereotypes towards Roma
read the article »Published: Thursday, 8 December 2011 ·
Identity and stereotypes against Roma people
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency and the Pro Democracy Association, in partnership with the National Council for Combating Discrimination, organised today, December 18th, 2011, the debate “Identity and stereotypes. The depiction of the Roma people in the Media”.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 8 December 2011 ·
Gala for People with Disabilities: The Winners
read the article »Published: Thursday, 1 December 2011 ·
Don't crush democracy!
Coalition 2012 for Fair Elections' position towards the merging of local and legislative elections and the amending of the Election Law fo 2012
Taking into account the initiative of the political parties in power to merge elections and amend the voting system for the next year's elections, the Coalition 2012 for Fair Elections expresses its concern in regard to the possible devastating effects of these changes on Romania's already precarious level of democracy.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 16 November 2011 ·
Gala for People with Disabilities - 131 applications for the "Education without Borders" Competition
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 15 November 2011 ·
Gala for People with Disabilities - Vote for the candidates of "Education without Borders" Competition
read the article »Published: Thursday, 10 November 2011 ·
FREE courses in Journalism and Media Culture for teenagers from Colentina neighbourhood
ActiveWatch in partnership with the Association for Roma Journalists organise the free course in Journalism and Media Culture for teenagers age 15-18 from the Colentina neighbourhood.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 9 November 2011 ·
Exhibition: "Be informed, find out what your rights are!"
read the article »Published: Friday, 4 November 2011 ·
"Pinocchio grows up!" - a magical show by institutionalized children
read the article »Published: Thursday, 3 November 2011 ·
Gala for People with Disabilities - One week until application deadline for the Competition
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 1 November 2011 ·
Gala for People with Disabilities - The Competition "Education without Borders" is now open
read the article »Published: Saturday, 1 October 2011 ·
Post-event Press Release - Conference on the launch of the Coalition 2012 for Fair Elections
The exam of true democracy: fair elections
Press release: September 28th, 2011.
In full economic crisis - whose endurance and dimension are testing democratic societies, taking into account the frequent anti-democratic drifts, the increase of racism and populist tendencies in Romania and in Europe and understanding the importance of the year 2012 for the consolidation of the democratic process that finds itself today to be in a serious deadlock, ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency, the Pro Democracy Association, the Center for Legal Resources, the organisation Romani CRISS and Transparency International Romania decided to come together and found the Coalition 2012 for Fair Elections. The Coalition intends to ensure a favourable climate for the organisation of fair elections in Romania.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 28 September 2011 ·
Tutoring for Roma students who aim at a career in the medical care system
read the article »Published: Friday, 16 September 2011 ·
Romania – a country in which democracy is carried into effect only with an authorization from the Government
On Thursday, September 15th, at the Chamber of Deputies, a meeting took place between non-guvernamental organisations, trade unions and members of political parties, on the one hand, and members of the Ministry of Administration and Interior, on the other hand, to debate the draft law on public assemblies (Law no. 60/1991 on organising public meetings).
read the article »Published: Friday, 16 September 2011 ·
The Alliance for the Rule of Law requests public debate for the draft proposal on the amendment of the Mines Law no. 85/2003
Today, September 5th, the Alliance for the Rule of Law* made a public request to the Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies to send back the draft law on the amendment of the Mines Law no. 85/2003 to the specialized committees in order to be subjected to a real public debate.
read the article »Published: Monday, 5 September 2011 ·
Complaint: Senator Iulian Urban has an irresponsible and racist attitude
read the article »Published: Thursday, 4 August 2011 ·
Reacție: Articolul “Reţeaua falsificatorilor de dosare din Hunedoara: peste 100 de „handicapaţi” închipuiţi”, semnat de Ciprian Iancu în Evenimentul Zilei
read the article »Published: Thursday, 4 August 2011 ·
Gala for People with Disabilities - The Competition "Education without Borders"
read the article »Published: Monday, 1 August 2011 ·
Complaint to the Ethics Commission of the Public Television: Pîrvoiu's racist attitude in "Ora de știri"
read the article »Published: Thursday, 28 July 2011 ·
ROMA PROFESSIONALS: 6 DAYS LEFT FOR APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIP IN THE MEDICAL FIELD
read the article »Published: Thursday, 21 July 2011 ·
Adevarul de Seara Focsani nu-si gaseste ziarele in chioscurile Monitorului de Vrancea
read the article »Published: Thursday, 7 July 2011 ·
Gala for People with Disabilities - The 2nd Edition: Education without Borders
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 6 July 2011 ·
Mayor Sorin Oprescu, benefactor of the electoral cathedral
We request that Mayor of Bucharest Sorin Oprescu to organise a public debate in regard to his intention to donate 10 million lei from the City hall’s budget to the Romanian Orthodox Church. Taking into account that this donation comes from public money, we believe that this issue should be publicly discussed and decided upon.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 23 June 2011 ·
A plea for an authentic democracy
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency and the Pro Democracy Association launched a plea today to officials and political institutions for starting a structured and responsible process of systematic and honest consultations with the Romanian society on the constitutional or administrative reforms, but also on the organisation of a national referendum concerning the change of the administrative map of the country.
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 14 June 2011 ·
A plea for preserving the current electoral system
The civil society requests that the President send back the law on single-ballot election of mayors.
The partner organizations of the Alliance for the Rule of Law – ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency, the Pro Democracy Association and the Center for Legal Resources sent to the President Traian Basescu a “plea for preserving a competitive voting system for the election of mayors and for ensuring the highest electoral representativity for the entire local community”.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 2 June 2011 ·
Inevitabila lege a presei
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 18 May 2011 ·
Adevarul Holding a cenzurat TOTB pentru Coca-Cola?
read the article »Published: Monday, 9 May 2011 ·
3 COMPETE FOR ONE SCHOLARSHIP IN THE PROJECT A GENERATION OF ROMA PROFESSIONALS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 29 March 2011 ·
COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ O GENERAȚIE DE SPECIALIȘTI ROMI ÎN DOMENIUL MEDICAL
read the article »Published: Monday, 28 March 2011 ·
Csibi vs. statul roman
read the article »Published: Monday, 28 March 2011 ·
LAUNCHING OF "A Generation of Roma Specialists in the Medical Field" project
read the article »Published: Monday, 28 March 2011 ·
Sesizare către Consiliul Național al Audiovizualului - Jurnalistul Ion Cristoiu i-a îngăduit invitatului Traian Băsescu să discrimineze de două ori în aceeași emisiune
read the article »Published: Saturday, 26 March 2011 ·
Roma Professionals: SCHOLARSHIPS & TUTORING FOR ROMA HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS
read the article »Published: Saturday, 19 March 2011 ·
Roma Professionals: Applications for the program
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 15 March 2011 ·
Roma Professionals in medical field - campaign launch
read the article »Published: Sunday, 13 March 2011 ·
PROTEST "Roma" vs. "Gipsy" in the state's official documents
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 2 March 2011 ·
The Alliance for the Rule of Law requests the organisation of a new procedure for the election of the civil society’s representative to the Superior Council of Magistracy
The partner organisations of the Alliance for the Rule of Law request the Romanian Senate to start a new procedure for the appointment and the election of the civil society’s representative to the Superior Council of Magistracy on the basis of art. 133 alin (1) lit b of the Romanian Constitution and art. 18 of the Law no. 317/2004 on the Superior Council of Magistracy.
read the article »Published: Monday, 21 February 2011 ·
Representatives of the civil society react to the Constitutional Court’s decisions on the elections of members of the Superior Council of Magistracy
The civil society would like to highlight the possible dangers of creating a court precedent by admitting appeals against the Senate’s two decisions to validate the members of the Superior Council of Magistracy, a precedent that would plunge Romania into an unparalleled institutional crisis.
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 8 February 2011 ·
Press release AW-MMA and APD: The Chamber of Deputies boycotts the process of combating corruption
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency and the Pro Democracy Association express their concern about the Parliament’s action to obstruct the National Anticorruption Directorate’s investigation on Deputy Monica Iacob Ridzi.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 15 December 2010 ·
Gala for people with disabilities - Ist Edition
read the article »Published: Thursday, 9 December 2010 ·
Press Release: conclusion of the conference "The Legitimacy and the Advisability of the Buzesti-Berzesti-Uranus-Calea Rahovei Highway"
On Thursday, November 25th, the press conference “The Legitimacy and the Advisability of the Buzesti-Berzei-Uranus-Calea Rahova Highway” took place. The participants: Nicusor Dan, president of Save Bucharest Association, Doina Vella, member of the Pro_Do_Mo Association, Dumitru Dobrev, lawyer, Cecilia Badea, lawyer, Nicolae Radulescu Dobrogea, president of the Eco Civica Foundation, Ionut Pitulescu, the Centre for the Intercultural Research “Anthropoesis”, representatives of the expropriated citizens.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 25 November 2010 ·
Gala for People with Disabilities - The Winners of the "Hire the Ability" Edition
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 17 November 2010 ·
The common sense revolution starts home, Mr. Orban!
read the article »Published: Thursday, 11 November 2010 ·
President Băsescu - bilateral racist statements
read the article »Published: Friday, 5 November 2010 ·
Gala for People with Disabilities - The Jury of the "Hire the Ability" Edition
read the article »Published: Monday, 1 November 2010 ·
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency organised today, October 26th, the debate "Journalists to track on European Funds"
The event marks the end of the fouth edition of the "Transparency of the European Funds" project. It is brought about by the launch of the "Transparency of European Funds in Romania. Investigative journalists. The Free Access to Information of Public Interest. Case studies" report and the "Index of Public Integrity" (www.afaceripublice.ro), an online instrument issued and developped by the ActiveWatch team for those interested in increasing tranparency of the act of government and in combating corruption.
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 26 October 2010 ·
Faceti loc persoanelor cu dizabilitati in Romania !
read the article »Published: Monday, 25 October 2010 ·
The records from the “Vantu file”
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency expressed its view on the records from the “Vantu file”. The dramatic situation of the relations between media owners, editors and journalists which was pointed out by these published records shows that Media institutions in Romania need a rearrangement of relations between the three entities.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 21 October 2010 ·
Invitation for a public debate concerning the identity cards
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency, APADOR-CH, the Angel Association and the Association for Tehnology and Internet would like to invite you on Friday, October 22nd, 11:00 a.m., at a debate on the issue of identity cards and the new draft law which was open to public debate by the Ministry of Administration and Interior.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 20 October 2010 ·
ANGAJEAZA ABILITATEA! – Gala Persoanelor cu Dizabilitati
read the article »Published: Monday, 20 September 2010 ·
Frunda György, vegyél egy szünetet! Gyorgy Frunda, let us be!
The civil society discovers with regret that several important members of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) – and most of all, Senator Gyorgy Frunda – turned out to be in recent years spearheads in obstructing any strategies and instruments of combating corruption in Romania.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 1 July 2010 ·
22 NGOs call for the resignation of the Head of the Directorate for Culture, Cults and National Cultural Patrimony in Bucharest
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency, alongside other 21 non-governmental organizations, asked the President of Romania and the Minister of Culture to remove from office Mr. Nicolae Stan, the Head of the Directorate for Culture, Cults and National Cultural Patrimony and Mr. Stefan Damian, an employee in the same institution.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 3 June 2010 ·
The Initiative for Fair Justice protests against the Constitutional Court’s decision concerning the National Integrity Agency
The Initiative for Fair Justice took notice with concern of the Court’s decision to declare two chapters of the law on the National Integrity Agency as unconstitutional.
read the article »Published: Friday, 16 April 2010 ·
“With clean robes”. The civil society supports the magistrates’ petition Dignity and Integrity
The signing organizations support the petition Dignity and Integrity made public in March 24th, 2010 through which magistrates ask the Superior Council of Magistracy to react accordingly to the implications posed by the "Vantu file" and the amending of promotion procedures in Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice.
read the article »Published: Monday, 29 March 2010 ·
NGOs contest the City hall's process of budget adoption
The General Council of Bucharest is set to debate on Wednesday, March 24th, 1 a.m. the capital's 2010 draft budget. The total budget is 1,3 billion euros.
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency, alongside partners from the "Partnership for Good Governance III - Sustainable Development" project* would like to contest the 2010 draft law.
*Save Bucharest Association, Pro Democracy Association, the Association for Urban Transition, the Resource Center for Public Participation,the Local Development Group and other NGOs from the Platform for Bucharest.
read the article »Published: Monday, 22 March 2010 ·
Bucharest's District 1 City Hall took the patrimony buildings by storm
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency, Save Bucharest Association, the Association for Urban Transition, the Resource Centre fot Public Participation, the Pro Democracy Association and the ProDoMo Association would like to bring to public attention the way District 1 City Hall issued a series of permits for demolition which created a lot of damage to Bucharest's cultural heritage.
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 2 March 2010 ·
Don't bury the crimes of communism!
A plea to the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, and Prime Minister, Emil Boc
The Coalition for the Rule of Law express their disapproval of the changes made to the Institute for Investigation of the Communist Crimes' initial objectives, and taking this opportunity to reform it as the Institute for Investigation of the Communits Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile.
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 2 March 2010 ·
ActiveWatch launches the project the Transparency of European Funds - The Training and Support for Journalists Component
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency launches the program of training and support for journalists: "Transparency for Integrity!". The project is intended for journalists from local and national press in Romania and aims at training them in monitoring the course of European funds, from accession to post implementation.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 11 February 2010 ·
Project launch information - The Transparency of European Funds in Romania
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency announces a follow-up in 2010 of the activities developped in the program the "Transparency of European Funds in Romania". From 2006, the AW-MMA team has developped within this project activities intended to increase the transparency of the EU funds absorption process in Romania.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 ·
Project launch: Partnership for Good Governance - Chapter III: Sustainable Development
ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency announces the launch of the project Partnership for Good Governance - Chapter II: Sustainable Development. The project is developped alongside Save Bucharest Association, the Pro Democracy Association, the Association for Urban Transition and the Resources Center for Public Participation.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 ·
Partnership for sustainable development - a new project with financing provided by the European Social Fund through the Sectorial Operational Program Human Resources Development
Save the Danube and the Delta Association in partnership with ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency announce the launch of the Partnership for Sustainable Development. The project will ensure the necessary resources for the implementation of the horizontal component "sustainable development" in the projects financed by the Sectorial Operational Program for Human Resources Development (POS DRU) through the European Social Fund.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 4 February 2010 ·
Transparency, a means to a fair electoral system
The Pro Democracy Association, ActiveWatch-MMA, "Cartel ALFA" Confederation and Center for Legal Resources request the specialized authorities to take the necessary measures for resolving in the most transparent manner the appeals which report irregularities of the voting process in November 22nd and December 6th 2009.
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 8 December 2009 ·
Election day started with missing stamps and threatened observers
The deficient training of the electoral bureau members and the lack of information campaigns have taken their toll on today's voting. The first hours of the presidential election day revealed once more a series of long-standing irregularities in the Romanian voting process.
read the article »Published: Sunday, 22 November 2009 ·
Platform for Bucharest - Open letter to the President of Romania, Traian Basescu
Platform for Bucharest asked the President of Romania not to sign the draft law for the amending of art. 7 of Law no. 50/1991 on the authorization of construction works, which was enacted by the Chamber of Deputies in the meeting held November 3rd, 2009.
read the article »Published: Tuesday, 10 November 2009 ·
Observers of some fictitious organisations are monitoring the voting in November 22nd and December 6th lections
The Alliance for Fair Elections, composed of the Pro Democracy Association, ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency (MMA), Cartel Alfa Confederation and the Center for Independent Journalism, points out to the danger of compromising national observers and the civil society's efforts to monitor in an objective manner the voting as a result of the increasing numbers of fictitious organisations accredited to monitor elections.
read the article »Published: Monday, 9 November 2009 ·
Press release - Alliance for the Rule of Law
The Alliance for the Rule of Law, composed of the Pro Democracy Association, ActiveWatch-Media Monitoring Agency, the Center for Legal Resources and Transparency International Romania made a request today to the Ombudsman to inform the Constitutional Court about the GEO 106 on the organisation of the referendum concerning the moral fraud and the dangers of electoral fraud in presidential elections.
read the article »Published: Thursday, 29 October 2009 ·
Platform for Bucharest: Open letter to general counsellors and the general mayor of Bucharest
Through this letter, the organisations ask the counsellors to take a stand against real estate mob reported by the international press.
read the article »Published: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 ·
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