Military Security Agency

BELGRADE - President of Serbia's Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS) Dragomir Milojevic has said that the Serbian Ministry of Defense did not do anything wrong when they decided not to provide Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic with documents he had requested concerning an incident currently dealt with in a pre-investigative procedure.

BELGRADE - The Military Security Agency (VBA) did not violate any laws, and Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic failed to provide strong evidence that leaders of trade unions, high-ranking party officials, prosecutors and judges were under audio surveilance, the Serbian parliament committee for monitoring security agencies has concluded.

Defense minister: PM is "most endangered person"

BELGRADE -- Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic has said that the Military Security Agency (VBA) was "not wiretapping anyone without a court order."

He at the same time described Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic as "the person that is most endangered at this moment."

Committee finds military agency did not breach law

BELGRADE -- The Committee for Security Services Oversight of the Serbian Parliament has concluded that the Military Security Agency (VBA) had not violated the law.

BELGRADE - Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic stated on Wednesday that he has not asserted that the Military Security Agency (VBA) violated the law in the incident last autumn, which involved members of the VBA and the Gendarmerie, but that he learned that this happened, so it was his duty to check it.

Current and former DMs spar over "warrantless spying"

BELGRADE -- Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic and Dragan Sutanovac, who in the past held the portfolio, on Monday argued over accusations of warrantless spying.

This concerns the recent claims that the Military Security Agency (VBA) is spying on political parties without first obtaining court permission.

Ombudsman releases police documents

BELGRADE -- Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic has released some of the documents of the Interior Ministry(MUP) about the incident during the Pride Parade in Belgrade.

Based on these he pressed criminal charges against two members of the Military Police. On September 28 last year, they clashed with members of the MUP Gendarmerie unit.

Sasa Jankovic, Serbian ombudsman, on Wednesday said he had filed criminal charges over the incident that occurred during Gay Parade when members of the Gendarmerie clashed with four persons, two of whom were Andrej Vucic, brother of the Prime Minister, and Predrag Mali, brother of the Mayor of Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Bureau for Security Services Work Coordination staged a session on Friday to set up a permanent mixed working group for fight against terrorism in the Republic of Serbia and the meeting was attended by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

"Anti-terrorism working group" set up

BELGRADE -- The Bureau for Coordination of Security Services met on Friday and formed "a permanent mixed working group for fight against terrorism."

The meeting was chaired by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, the government's media office said in a statement.