Security Information Agency

BELGRADE - Serbian PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic on Monday confirmed former defence minister Bratislav Gasic would be appointed new chief of the Security Information Agency (BIA), noting Gasic was a man of many qualities and that there should be no doubts about his loyalty to Serbia.

Bratislav Gasic - Photo: mod.gov.rs

PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic has confirmed rumors that Bratislav Gasic will take over as head of the Security Information Agency (BIA).

PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic has confirmed rumors that Bratislav Gasic will take over as head of the Security Information Agency (BIA).

According to Belgrade media, ex-Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic will take on a new role Tuesday - he will become head of the Security Information Agency (BIA).

BELGRADE - The Serbian government on Thursday decided to set up a commission to assess the facts and circumstances related to the death of two Yugoslav Army guardsmen 12 years ago.

BELGRADE - A senior Criminal Police Administration official who is now in the hands of the investigative authorities had been collaborating with agents of a Western intelligence service for an extended period of time, rather than only a few months, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Operatives of the Security Information Agency (BIA), in cooperation with colleagues from the Serbian Interior Ministry detained a few days ago a high official of the Criminal Police Directorate (UKP). He is suspected of leaking classified information to the CIA officers who are serving in the US Embassy in Belgrade, unofficially learned Serbian daily "Novosti".

BELGRADE - The High Court in Belgrade on Tuesday upheld a plea bargain between Cedo Colovic, 57, and the prosecutor's office, sentencing him to three years in prison on charges of spying for Croatia.

In the same decision, the court extended the custody Colovic had been placed in on Sunday, a court statement said.

BELGRADE - The High Court in Belgrade has put a man suspected of spying for Croatia in 30-day custody.

After questioning the suspect on Sunday, the prosecutor's office launched an investigation against him and proposed placing him in custody to prevent him from escaping, witness tampering, repeating the offence or unsettling the public.

The Security Information Agency (BIA) "has the names and even the phone numbers of the Croatian operatives who recruited and were in contact with Cedo Colovic."

The Belgrade-based Vecernje Novosti newspaper is reporting this on Wednesday.