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Albanian police organisations called on Edi Rama's government to vet the state police next year in a fair way, and not let it serve as a showcase for his new Interior Minister.

Interior Minister Fatmir Xhafaj has issued a directive announcing the start of the vetting process in 2018, once the relevant legislation is adopted this year.

When the Albanian police and the American program for criminal investigation, ICITAP, opened a call to train policewomen to lead criminal operations in Albania a year ago, only 16 out of the 84 who were invited to apply showed interest.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of the Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic conferred with U.S. Ambassador in Belgrade Michael Kirby in Belgrade on Wednesday concerning the improvement of bilateral cooperation in the sector of internal affairs and U.S. assistance in countering economic crime.

BELGRADE- Douglass Madden, the new director of the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) of the U.S. Department of Justice, met with the officials of the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) on Monday and announced financial support to new projects aimed at education and training of members of the Serbian police.