Anti-Corruption Council

Concerns have been raised about two proposed candidates for the board of the Anti-Corruption Agency who were put forward earlier this month by President Tomislav Nikolic because both of them work for the presidency.

"I see this as a conflict of loyalty," a former member of the Anti-Corruption Agency board, Zoran Stojiljkovic, told BIRN.

"Despite the small positive steps that have been made in the judiciary, the government continues to violate the presumption of innocence, citizens have no equel access to justice and the lack of transparency is omnipresent," Vasilic said on Monday.

Anti-Corruption Council member Miroslava Milenovic has said that the public "ought to know what is happening with the Tanjug news agency."

The Beta news agency noted in its report on Monday that although Tanjug was shut down by the government last November, it continues to operate.

Belgrade-based magazine Nedeljnik on Friday announced a lawsuit against the Anti-Corruption Council.

The reason are "the allegations made in the latest report of this government body" - namely, that the magazine charged Democratic Party (DS) leader Bojan Pajtic over RSD 400,000 for an interview.

The OSCE Mission to Serbia on Tuesday presented its 2015 Person of the Year Award to three recipients at a ceremony in Belgrade, the organization said.

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has said that his ministry is working to determine the facts relating to the attack on Miroslava Milenovic.

A senior member of the Serbian government's Anti-Corruption Council who was violently assaulted in front of her home on Saturday has claimed the attack is directly connected to her work.

For weeks she was announcing the Anti-Corruption Council would publish a report on how the budget money is spent on advertising, PR services and sponsoring.

Now Council member and forensic accountant Miroslava Milenovic is recovering from a physical assault that took step on her doorstep, and has no dilemma why it happened.

The Anti-Corruption Council has recommended to the government on Tuesday to "avoid selling Telekom Srbija at this point."

Instead, the Council advised "status and financial restructuring with view of improving the company's operation."

Accusations of the Anti-Corruption Council represent "a continuation of the campaign against me," said Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic.