Public Administration

UZICE - Serbia has amended its laws and the media, too, must operate according to market principles, but state support is not lacking either, Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Branko Ruzic said Wednesday.

MPs of the Greek parliamentary committees of Justice, Public Administration and Public Order passed the bill on gender change, including the amendment that allows teenagers as young as 15 to undergo a sex change.

The Serbian government adopted last week a draft bill on the National Academy of Public Administration.

It aims to provide "Equal opportunities for professional development of employees in public administration and thus enable further improvement of its work and the raising of quality of services for citizens and companies," the government announced on its website.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic says that relations between Serbia and Slovenia are "good and friendly."

Slovenia is one of Serbia's largest economic partners and provides strong support to Serbia on its European path and its experience in many areas is of exceptional importance useful for Serbia, primarily in the local administration, she said late on Sunday.

The Inspectors-Controllers Body for Public Administration (SEEDD) reported this week that there are 4,351 disciplinary cases pending against public sector employees. According to a report in Kathimerini on Thursday, disciplinary councils have still not been formed in many of the state's agencies and where they do exist, they hold very few sessions.

The Civil Servants' Union (ADEDY) denied Friday that unionists are responsible for disciplinary hearings for public servants suspected of offenses not being carried out promptly and, instead, blamed the delays on ministers and judges.

Administrative Reform Minister Olga Gerovasili responded Thursday to a report in Kathimerini about the backlog of disciplinary hearings for civil servants suspected of offenses.

More than 4,000 disciplinary cases in Greece's public administration were outstanding at the end of last year, according to a report published on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic has completed her team. Her cabinet chief is Milos Popovic, and she also has an adviser for film industry and digital entertainment.

''The first ranking ended yesterday and we can say that the interest in Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski "grows, it remains the most desirable Bulgarian higher school. The total number of candidate students this year is 7230, which means we have 730 candidates or 10% more than last year.'' This was stated by Prof. Anastas Gerdzhikov, Rector of Sofia University "St.