Category: Illegal Migration

GI-TOC: Organized Crime in Ukraine and Russia Split Since the Invasion

Before the war, the two countries “controlled a lucrative transnational smuggling highway,’ GI-TOC said. Corrupt officials and crime bosses siphoned off millions from Ukraine’s status as a transit country for Russian gas into the West. Now, however, the year-long invasion has made collaboration between Russian and Ukrainian organized crime groups all but impossible and longstanding …

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Openning of the Europe Direct Information Centre in Timisoara

The Europe Direct Information Centre has  been openede in Timisoara. Europe Direct is the first access point to EU for citizens and offers information, counselling, assistance and answers to questions about EU, especially about rights of EU citizens, general and annual priorities, legislation, politics, EU programs and financing opportunities. Europe Direct Timisoara is hosted until …

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“The Invisible Man” – information media campaign

“When you stay illegally in another country, you have no rights and you don’t exist” – this is the slogan of the information media campaign, The Invisible Man, run by the International Organisation For Migration (IOM), Office in Romania, between March-June 2013.

Strategy for identification and prioritisation of the projects inthe Romania-Bulgaria cross-border area

The Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism cooridnates the elaboration of a strategy that will lead to the identification and prioritisation of the projects inthe Romania-Bulgaria cross-border area, to be financed from European funds int he period 2014-2020. After drawing up a first version of the strategy, this will be subject to public consultation. The …

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