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May 29, 2001 - 19:19 CET

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Local integration of refugees in Yugoslavia

We need a clear strategic plan of both home and international institutions in order to find a lasting solution to the problem of status and integration of some 70% of refugees who want to have permanent residence in Yugoslavia, said Serbian Minister of Social Policy Gordana Matkovic

Yugoslav Minister of National Minorities and Ethnic Communities Rasim Ljajic signed Yugoslavia's accedence to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities which forms an integral part of the international protection of basic human rights and freedoms MORE

Several skinheads wandered into the premises of the Social Democratic Union in Belgrade demolished them and beaten up six activists of this party MORE

From the 1st to 15th of April 2001, the regular inventory of inhabitants, households and flats would be made in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia MORE

NATO operations in Yugoslavia have "dramatically aggravated" the environmental situation and will in the long run affect the health and quality of life of the generations to come, said a statement of the environmental protection committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe MORE

The United Nations has appealed to donors throughout the world to provide aid worth 181 million dollars for Yugoslavia in 2001, official of the UN office for coordination of humanitarian aid, Steven Glisen said MORE

The first EU aid convoy of 20 tankers with heating and crude oil came MORE

The European Commission approved delivery of an urgent aid to Serbia to the value of 180 million of euros, which will be used for, first of all, improvement of energetic situation in the country, purchasing of fuel and drugs MORE

Great Britain will send 4 million DM as an urgent short-term aid for purchasing energy substances, medical equipment and renewing of water system in Novi Sad, British Foreign Trade Minister Richard Cauborne stated in Belgrade MORE