Stefanie Schiffer, the Director of "European Exchange", member organisation of EU-Russia Civil Society Forum, the chair of EPDE (European Platform for Democratic Elections) and since 2015 the member of the board of the German-Russian high-level conference "Petersburger Dialog" was denied a Russian visa to attend the 17. annual conference of the Dialogue in Moscow on 7th and 8th October 2018. German mass media report critically on this decision. Schiffer claims that EPDE should be removed from the list of undesirable organisations at the earliest convenience.
Stefanie Schiffer was denied a Russian visa
10.10.2018
Open Call for Applications for the Emergency Support Fund
// 29.11.2018
AFEW International, a Forum member organisation, and Aidsfonds announce their call for applications for emergency grants in the framework of the Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations. The ...
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From Online Battlefield to Loss of Trust?
// 29.10.2018
A new publication was compiled as a part of the project "Countering Disinformation in the V4 and the Balkan Region: Mapping Needs, Building Capacity and Generating Civic Activism", which ...
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Front Line Defenders Named Winner of the UN Human Rights Prize
// 26.10.2018
Front Line Defenders, a Forum member organisation, is profoundly honoured to be recognised by the United Nations in being named one of the four winners of the 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize ...
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Round Table on Xenophobia in Budapest
// 25.10.2018
On 25 October 2018, a round table on hatred and related crimes was held at the Cenral European University in Budapest, Hungary. The event was attended by Anton Khvostov, President of the Centre of ...
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