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European Commission
 62 - Million-Euro Programme for CroatiaOn 6 June, the European Commission launched the Euro Programme for Croatia that will support several initiatives with the total amount of 62 Million Euros in 2003.
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New Initiative
Balkan trustThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID), The German Marshal Fund (GMF) and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation announced a new initiative worth 25 million dollars for supporting the good governance in the South-eastern Europe. Balkan Trust, with a central office in Belgrade, will start operating this summer and it will be active in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro and Romania.
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Romania
Fines for Roma people discriminationTwo companies from Botosani, Romania, were fined for Roma people discrimination. In fact, those were two bars that did not allow the entry of Roma citizens, and in one of them there was a notice "We do not serve Roma people".
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European Commission expert evaluation
Religious communities in Bulgaria deprived of their rightsEuropean Commission experts expressed their criticism regarding the Bulgarian Law on religious communities, the so-called Act on Confessions. The European experts state that this law "undermines the religious pluralism in Bulgaria".
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Representative of the European Council visits Turkey
In June, Turkey was visited by European Council representative, the Human Rights Commissary, Alvaro Giles Robles. The official two-day visit included several meetings with government, parliament and court representatives.
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