Megatrend University

RTS: Mica Jovanovic resigns

BELGRADE - The rector and owner of Belgrade's Megatrend University Mica Jovanovic said for state-run Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) on Friday that he was resigning from all his posts and that he was currently staying in London.

RTS said on its website Jovanovic was in the British capital seeking his “lost” doctorate.

Serbian Academics Urged to Unite Over Thesis Row

Professor Srbijanka Turajlic said the only way to resolve the row over whether the Interior Minister plagiarised his university dissertation was for the academic to "wake up and press the authorities" about it, she told BIRN.

Instead, the academic community seems intent on pushing the issue of Nebojsa Stefanovic's PhD thesis under the carpet, the retired professor added.

PM "not surprised" by rector's fake credentials

PM "not surprised" by rector's fake credentials

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić on Friday reacted to revelations that Megatred University Rector Mića Jovanović falsely claimed to have earned a doctoral title.

The daily Blic is reporting that Vučić said he was "not surprised" by the findings of the Ministry of Education.

Minister says Jovanovic must give explanation or resign

BELGRADE - The rector of the private Megatrend university Mica Jovanovic has received a doctor's degree from the Faculty of Organisational Sciences in Kranj, Slovenia, but holds no doctor's degree from the University of London, Serbian Minister of Education Srdjan Verbic has said, calling on Jovanovic to respond to these claims or resign.

Inspection procedure for controversial PhD thesis launched

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Culture, Science and Technologic Development has implemented steps in order to establish the facts in connection to the disturbing allegations in the public which call into question the credibility of PhD title of Megatrend University Rector Mica Jovanovic, the Ministry released on Thursday.

Minister "won't comment again" on plagiarism claims

Minister "won't comment again" on plagiarism claims

BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović has denied that he plagiarized his doctoral thesis, adding that "this was the first and last time" he spoke on the subject.

Stefanović also told the Nedeljnik magazine that the accusations were "false, and politically motivated."

Scientists want independent commission for doctorates

BELGRADE - University professors, assistant professors, researchers, holders of doctoral degrees and doctoral students have launched a petition requesting that the Serbian minister of education immediately form an independent academic commission that would analyse the doctoral thesis of Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, Wednesday's issue of Politika reports.

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