All Asylim-Seekers from Southern Serbia to Return

PRESEVO, March 9, 2010 (BETA) - Melchior Wathelet, Belgian secretary of state for migration and asylum affairs, on March 9 told representatives of authorities in Presevo and Bujanovac that no citizen from southern Serbia seeking asylum in Belgium could claim it for economic reasons

G17 Plus, Socialists Deny Talks on Govt. Reorganization

BEOGRAD, March 8, 2010 (Beta) - G17 Plus Vice President Suzana Grubjesic on March 8 denied that an agreement had been reached to reduce the number of ministries in the government of Serbia

Barroso: Commission Fully Supports Serbia's Eurointegration

BRUSSELS, March 7, 2010 (BETA) - After meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic in Brussels on March 5, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso stated that Serbia can be proud of what it has accomplished on its way to the EU in 2009

Cvetkovic to Meet with Leaders of EU, Belgium

BELGRADE, March 4, 2010 (Beta) - Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic will meet in Brussels on March 5 with the chairman of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy, and the chairman of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, and discuss Serbia's further steps in the process of European integration

Djelic, Mirel: Asylum Seekers Will Be Sent Back

BELGRADE, March 2, 2010 (BETA) - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said on March 2 that Serbian citizens asking for political asylum in European Union countries would be returned to Serbia in accordance with the readmission agreement, while the organizers of "such transports" are to be punished

In-Depth

Parliament’s Backstage: Lobbying or Corruption?

Belgrade,

13:50,

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Beta

After an amendment to the cigarette tax law pushed forth by the Socialist Party of Serbia was recently passed in Parliament, the public has begun asking questions on whether lobbying is practiced in the country, and if so, how and where does it take place. (0)

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Interviews

We Need More Efficient Legal Solutions

Belgrade,

13:13,

Thursday, 22 May 2008

Beta

So far, the European Human Rights Court in Strasbourg has passed 17 verdicts against the Serbian state, resulting in somewhat over EUR71,000 being paid out to citizens from the state budget. (0)

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Regulations and Reality

The Media and NGOs in Fighting Corruption

Belgrade,

19:16,

Friday, 18 January 2008

Beta

In theory, non-government organizations and the media are supposed to be a major driving force in the fight against corruption by directing attention to crooked officials, among other things. In reality, however, Serbian media outlets mostly do nothing more than carry reports on corruption that has already been discovered, while doing nothing in the way of analysis and investigative journalism. (0)

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