Serbian Bar Association

The Serbian Bar Association, AKS, on Sunday urged the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, not to promulgate the disputed Law on Expropriation by signing amendments to the law that  parliament adopted on November 26.

The President of the Serbian Bar Association, Viktor Gostiljac, on Monday said that lawyers would demand the formation of a state commission to investigate attacks on their profession.

They will sue NATO countries because of the use of depleted uranium during the 1999 bombing of Serbia.

This was announced on Monday President of the Association of Citizens "Depleted Uranium" Sveto Nogo. The lawsuits will be filed individually, he explained.

GRACANICA - Representatives of municipalities with majority Serb population in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) released on Wednesday that the priority in the work of Serbs in political institutions on all levels should lie in the creation of conditions for return of the banished, solving the cases of the kidnapped and missing, as well as persecution of individuals responsible for crimes committed since 1

New focus on EU talks as Serbia lawyers strike ends

Serbia's EU bid is again in play after lawyers return to work and the court system restarts.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn (left) and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic speak at a November press conference in Belgrade. [AFP]

Lawyers "defend rule of law," resume work

BELGRADE -- Serbian lawyers returned to work on Monday, after four and a half months of strike, after their demands to change laws on notaries and taxes were met.

BELGRADE - The Serbian lawyers returned to work on Monday, after four and a half months of strike, since their demands for changes to the law on notaries public and flat-rate taxes they are subject to were granted.

The Bar Association of Serbia and the Serbian Justice Ministry have agreed that the ministry will amend a controversial Law on Notaries and a set of accompanying laws, paving a way for lawyers to end their prolonged strike.

Lawyers and the ministry signed an agreement that the Managing Board of the Serbian Bar Association will discuss on Saturday, January 10.

BELGRADE - Expert teams of the Serbian Justice Ministry and the Serbian Bar Association (AKS) achieved an agreement on Thursday concerning the amendments to the Law on Notary Public and the accompanying set of laws which was the main condition for the end of strike lawyers launched on September 17, 2014.

Lawyers and government reach "agreement in principle"

BELGRADE -- Representatives of lawyers who have been on strike since September and of the Justice Ministry have reached "an agreement in principle."

The Beta news agency is reporting that "it should result in amendments to several laws and the end of the lawyers' strike."