Serbian Interior Ministry

Kosovo's bid to join Interpol has caused fears in Serbia that international warrants could be issued for members of its security forces who participated in the 1999 Kosovo war, but watchdog NGOs say that the prosecution of suspected war criminals depends on political will in Serbia itself.

Serbian Interior Ministry's Operation Ares has continued, resulting in the arrest of 251 more suspects, Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Tuesday.

At the same time, criminal complaints under regular procedure have been filed against 367 other persons, Stefanovic stressed.

The Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) announced on Thursday that Operation Ares, targeting various types of criminal activity, has been continued.

In cooperation with appropriate prosecution offices, the police arrested 213 suspects.

The Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) has announced that its officers on Thursday arrested ten persons in a Belgrade restaurant.

They are suspected of illegal manufacturing, possession, carrying, and trafficking of weapons and explosive materials.

Romanian businessman and politician Sebastian Ghita, who has been a fugitive since December, has been arrested in Belgrade.

He carried a false Slovenian passport at the time of his arrest in the Serbian capital, Romanian media are reporting on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic attended with US Senator John McCain in Belgrade on Monday a joint exercise of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit of the Serbian police, the United States Special Operations Command and the Special Units of the Slovenian Armed Forces.

BELGRADE - The EU is impressed with the way Serbian authorities are handling the migrant crisis and with Serbia's economic reforms, says Christian Danielsson, the European Commission's Director General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.

The EU is impressed with the way Serbian authorities are handling the migrant crisis and with Serbia's economic reforms. Christian Danielsson, the European Commission's director general for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, said this in Belgrade on Thursday.

BELGRADE - A Serbian sapper unit conducted a controlled detonation of a World War II-era aerial bomb in Belgrade on Sunday, the Serbian Interior Ministry said.

"The aerial bomb was successfully defused," the ministry said in a statement.

Two Serbian citizens suspected of terrorism by Montenegro have been arrested on a Montenegrin warrant, the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) said on Friday.

The Montenegrin prosecution ordered the issuing of the warrants against the two Serbians, Nemanja Ristic and Predrag Bogicevic, and two Russian citizens, in early December.