ZAGREB, June 28 (Hina) - The 13th Conference of European Ministers for Local and Regional Self-Government began in Helsinki on Friday. The conference is focusing on the issues of regional structures and development.
ZAGREB, June 28 (Hina) - The 13th Conference of European Ministers
for Local and Regional Self-Government began in Helsinki on Friday.
The conference is focusing on the issues of regional structures and
development. #L#
Over 40 delegations from Council of Europe member countries are
taking part in the conference, as well as associate members and
observers. Croatia's Justice Minister Ingrid Anticevic Marinovic
was selected to act as deputy chair during the conference.
It is expected that ministers attending the two-day conference will
adopt joint principles and guidelines for the further activities of
Council of Europe bodies working on international legal acts that
will generally regulate regional self-government using the
European Charter on Local Self-Government as an example.
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