Serbian Interior Ministry

HONG KONG - Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic met with Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic met with the head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Jan Braathu on Monday to discuss further cooperation and joint projects aimed at boosting the capacities of the Serbian Interior Ministry and rule of law in the country.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic met with Interpol Secretary-General Jurgen Stock on Wednesday, conveying Serbia's interest in deepening its intensive cooperation with the organisation.

Dacic noted that the Serbian Interior Ministry was a dependable partner in the fight against organised crime, the ministry said in a statement.

STRASBOURG - At the proposal of rapporteur Matjaz Nemec, the European Parliament on Tuesday approved visa liberalisation for holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate for Kosovo-Metohija, which operates as part of the Serbian Interior Ministry.

BELGRADE - Dejan Jankovic, deputy head of the so-called Kosovo Police, who was on Wednesday detained alongside three other members of Pristina's police force, has been placed in 48-hour custody for necessary checks concerning the security of the Republic of Serbia and establishment of facts, the Serbian Interior Ministry told Tanjug on Thursday.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borell says visa liberalisation for the so-called Kosovo is a historic EU decision bringing significant benefits to both the so-called Kosovo and the EU.

BELGRADE - Serbian police, in cooperation with the Special Public Prosecutor's Office for High-Technology Crime, have identified and found two teenagers from Belgrade suspected of ordering bomb alerts that have recently been sent to their schools in the Serbian capital.

BELGRADE - Former Serbian ambassador to Montenegro Vladimir Bozovic has been appointed Serbia's new consul-general in New York, the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia says.

Prior to his ambassadorial tenure in Podgorica, Bozovic also served as state secretary at the Serbian Interior Ministry on two occasions.

Serbian police have detained thousands of migrants within two weeks as a result of daily actions in the northern and eastern regions of the Balkan country, Reuters reported. The arrests are part of a nationwide operation that began two weeks ago after a shooting that left three migrants dead.

KRALJEVO - At the proposal of the Higher Prosecutor's Office in Kraljevo, a local court has placed three officers of the so-called Kosovo Police in 30-day custody.

The three, identified as B S, aged 58, R Z, aged 48, and M S, aged 62, were arrested on June 14 in the territory of central Serbia.