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Mutiny in Serbia: How a State Security Unit’s Rebellion Went Unpunished

"The commander ordered that the Communication Centre will no longer receive calls," said a note entered at 5.10pm on November 9, 2001 in the daily log of the Communication Centre in Kula, the headquarters of Serbia's State Security Special Operations Unit, the JSO.

Serbian State Security Officers’ Armed Uprising Acquittal Upheld

In a final ruling that was made public on Monday, Belgrade Appeals Court cleared Milorad 'Legija' Ulemek and six other former members of the Special Operations Unit, JSO of involvement in a rebellion in November 2001 against the Serbian government led by Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.

Indictment raised in Ćuruvija case

Indictment raised in Ćuruvija case

BELGRADE -- The indictment for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija has been raised 15 years after the journalist and publisher was shot and killed outside his home in Belgrade.

The accused are former members of the State Security (DB) Radomir Marković, Milan Radonjić, Ratko Romić, and Miroslav Kurak.

Serbia’s EU Progress ‘Not Dependent on Djindjic Case’

Despite statements from the Belgrade government that resolving the killing of the former premier would be a condition laid down in the rule-of-law section of Serbia’s EU accession negotiations, the European Commission said on Wednesday that individual cases will not be used as benchmarks.

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