BIA

The arrest took place as part of the further investigation and prosecution of a group of persons who made up the intelligence network formed on the territory of our country by D.R., by order of the State Intelligence Agency of Albania (SHISH) and the Intelligence agencies of the so-called Kosovo.

Commenting on US sanctions imposed on the head of Serbia's Security Information Agency, BIA, Aleksandar Vulin, President Aleksandar Vucic said he is not being sanctioned for any criminal activities but for his close ties with Russia.

The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Aleksandar Vulin, the hardline head of Serbia's Security Information Agency, BIA, accusing him of involvement in various corrupt activities.

Dozens of protesters led by Serbian opposition MPs gathered on Tuesday in front of Belgrade Special Court to support policeman Dusan Mitic before his testimony in the so-called 'Jovanjica' cannabis farm case.

Mitic was among the police officers who discovered the huge cannabis farm that allegedly enjoyed the protection of Serbian state security.

Meanwhile, Serbian security institutions have procured many digital surveillance tools, including the most intrusive equipment, capable of secretly penetrating and controlling users' devices and analysing huge amounts of data in detail.

After two mass shootings last week that took 17 lives and injured another 20 people, Serbia's opposition has called for a protest on Monday May 8, called "Serbia against violence" with several demands, including bans of reality shows and tabloids spreading lies and violence, and sackings of politicians and heads of the media regulatory body, REM.

The second was Zoran Vukojevic, a former policeman who was working as a security guard at gang leader Spasojevic's house.

The third was Branislav Bezarevic, who worked for the Security Information Agency, BIA, Serbia's national intelligence agency, and was Vukojevic's friend from police school.

Serbia's chief intelligence service said on Monday it had written to its Swiss counterpart to complain about remarks made by former Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty saying he had been provided with police protection due to death threats from "certain circles of the Serbian intelligence services."

Members of the assembly of Srpska Lista, the Belgrade-backed Kosovo Serb party, on Tuesday re-elected Goran Rakic as president and Milan Radoicic as a party vice-president by unanimous decision. The assembly also elected Igor Simic and Dalibor Jevtic as vice-presidents.

Nebojsa Stefanovic. Photo: EPA/JANOS MARJAI.

The Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime told BIRN on Thursday that it has asked the Interior Ministry's Service for the Fight against Organised Crime to probe allegations that a company connected to Defence Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic's father bought weapons at preferential prices from the state arms manufacturer Krusik.