Anti-corporate activism

A new law offering stronger protection to those who reveal abuses and corruption goes into effect in Serbia this week.

So far whistleblowers have had only administrative protection from the Anti-corruption Agency, but now they are entitled to court protection if they seek re-employment having been dismissed for reporting corruption, for example.

A gang of Bangladeshis with forged documents allegedly transferred undocumented workers to Cyprus to work in sweatshops. Greek-Cypriot Fileleftheros newspaper reports that 7-8,000 euros were taken from each person so that they could be transported to the free parts of the island, using false documents with promises of work.

BELGRADE - Public enterprise Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) launched the corporatization process on Monday, EPS Director General Aleksandar Obradovic said at a news briefing.

State-owned power company launches "corporization process"

BELGRADE -- Public enterprise Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has launched its "corporatization process" on Monday, says EPS Director General Aleksandar Obradovic.

BELGRADE - Civil society organizations (CSOs) overseeing the work of public institutions and the media in Serbia demanded Friday from the Republic Public Prosecutor's Office to initiate pre-investigation proceedings and check all allegations by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) about abuses in the Serbian government's tender for pumping water from a mine at the Kolubara coal bas

Parliament adopts law to protect whistleblowers

BELGRADE -- The Serbian parliament on Tuesday adopted a law on protection of whistleblowers protection.

It provides for "full protection for individuals reporting suspected corruption and should encourage everyone to report malpractice."

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament has adopted the whistleblowers protection law, which envisions full protection for individuals reporting suspected corruption and should encourage everyone to report malpractice.

Government adopts Law on Whistleblowers

BELGRADE -- The Serbian government adopted on Thursday Law on Protection of Whistleblowers, which allows full protection for the people who report suspicions of corruption.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted on Thursday a bill on protection for whistleblowers, which allows full protection for the people who report suspicions of corruption.

Convicted whistleblower Chelsea Manning asked a federal court to order the Defense Department to provide hormone therapy and other treatment for her gender identity condition