Government

By Nikos Roussanoglou

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Justice and Public Administration Nikola Selakovic and French Ambassador to Serbia Francois-Xavier Deniau noted on Friday that Serbia needs the professionalization of civil servants who will then be capable of meeting the challenges of EU accession talks.

A contentious provision that would lead to any immigrants who make false claims against law enforcement officers being deported from Greece is likely to be brought to Parliament for a third time, the government’s general secretary Takis Baltakos said on Friday.

BELGRADE - Officials of the Serbian Defense Ministry and the Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China have signed a plan for military cooperation in 2014 in Belgrade.

Serbia, China sign plan for military cooperation

BELGRADE -- Officials of the Serbian Defense Ministry and the Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China have signed a plan for military cooperation.

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul challenged on Friday the ban on Twitter imposed by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Gul himself used Twitter to express criticism, by posting on his account that "shutdown was unacceptable".

Russia might take Ukraine to court after Kiev violated the 2010 Kharkiv Pact, says Russian Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev.

In a speech at the Russian Parliament, Medvedev said the losses could be recuperated "out of Ukraine's budget", as he was quoted by Russian website Lenta.ru.

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom will be visiting Bulgaria on 24-25 March, with regards to the refugee situation in the country.

EU Commissioner Malmstrom will participate in a conference "The Common European Asylum System: Challenges and perspectives", Monday.

Prosecutor: No discs documenting Šarić's meetings

BELGRADE -- Organized Crime Prosecutor Miljko Radisavljević says his office has not received discs allegedly including footage of Darko Šarić's meetings with politicians.

Šarić is suspected of masterminding a drug smuggling operation and heading a crime group, and has been in custody in Belgrade since Tuesday.

BELGRADE – Serbian Prosecutor for Organized Crime Miljko Radisavljevic has said that the Prosecutor's Office has not received discs which allegedly include footage of arrested drug lord Darko Saric's meetings with politicians, and it does not want to deal with any speculation, but rather only with evidence and facts.