Ministry of Interior Affairs

Ljubljana – The Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy, a group providing legal support to individuals and NGOs facing prosecution for non-violet public actions, described as inaccurate a claim made by Interior Minister Aleš Hojs in an interview with the STA that protests were not banned in Slovenia.

The European arrest warrant for the mayor of Sechinovo village, Plamen Temelkov, and six others considered to be his accomplices in a gang for trafficking in living flesh will be executed, the District Court in Pazardzhik said.

Suay Karaman, an academic at the Ankara-based Gazi University and the general secretary of the Association of Academic Staff (TÜMÖD), was sentenced on Friday to 11 months, 20 days in prison for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

A video recording purportedly showing Macedonian opposition Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev arranging for receiving a bribe of EUR 200,000 in his capacity of Mayor of Strumica has been published online, independent .mk has reported.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Thursday that Serbia is not responsible for the ongoing migrations that have alarmed Europe of late.

"New possibilities for cooperation with NATO"

NOVI SAD -- Serbia will have new opportunities to continue and improve cooperation with NATO, U.S. Ambassador in Serbia Michael Kirby said on Wednesday.

It would happen "within an individual action plan that should be signed in March," Tanjug quoted him as saying.

NOVI SAD - Serbia is getting new opportunities for continuation and improvement of cooperation with NATO within an individual action plan that should be signed in March, U.S. Ambassador in Serbia Michael Kirby said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The regional conference on prevention of corruption on border crossings opened in Belgrade on Thursday.

The conference is hosted by the U.S. Embassy and it gathers representatives of the police, Prosecutor's Offices and customs services of Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and Romania.