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The Turkish parliament will go into recess until after the April 16 referendum following another busy agenda this week.

In the last month, Turkish lawmakers have approved 225 draft laws regarding international agreements signed with 88 countries thanks to rare consensus among all four parties represented in parliament.

Presidential candidate and former Citizens' Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic has urged opposition LDP leader Cedomir Jovanovic "not to vote for him."

Jankovic said on Twitter that he "read carefully what Jovanovic has announced."

After eight years of recession and increasing belt-tightening, Greece's economic crisis is showing all the signs of a humanitarian crisis, Greek Ombudsman Andreas Pottakis warns in the authority's annual report for 2016.

The ostensible shield of so-called protected bank accounts, which is supposed to prevent the confiscation of certain deposits for debt purposes, is full of holes and does not protect families in need, as it should. Kathimerini has learned that complaints have been made to the Ombudsman regarding a series of state agencies which have raided a number of these supposedly protected accounts.

New Belgrade's Hala Sportova on Sunday hosted a gathering that marked the beginning of former Citizens' Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic's presidential campaign.

Those who showed up at the packed sports venue included the numerous public figures who previously signed an appeal to Jankovic to run, as well as officials from several opposition parties.

An association representing people with liver disease has backed a complaint lodged with Greece's Ombudsman by a former employee of the Greek Police who was allegedly dismissed after being diagnosed with Hepatitis B.

7-February-2017 15:01 BELGRADE - Serbian Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic, who has earlier announced he would run in the upcoming presidential elections, on Tuesday tendered his resignation to the Serbian parliament.

While most political parties in Serbia, including the ruling Progressives, have yet to name their candidates for April's presidential elections, Sasa Jankovic officially launched his presidential campaign on Tuesday.

"In the name of the citizens, I want to be the president of Serbia as the protector of all of us," Jankovic said. 

Citizens' Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic on Tuesday resigned and announced he will be a candidate in this year's presidential elections in Serbia.

Jankovic submitted his resignation to the Serbian National Assembly.

Citizens' Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic will resign on Tuesday, and start official preparations for his presidential campaign.

Belgrade-based daily Danas is reporting this on Sunday.