Ombudsman

Albania's National Inspectorate for the Protection of the Territory, IKMT, has been condemned for demolishing seven homes belonging to the Roma community with police assistance in the suburb of Selita, clearing the way for Tirana's new ring road.

A former Justice Minister was approved by Parliament on Thursday as a Deputy to the National Ombudsman of Bulgaria.

Diana Kovacheva was unanimously supported by the 152 lawmakers present in the plenary hall.

Her candidacy was proposed by Maya Manolova, who assumed office in October of last year.

NUNS has announced that Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic has started the process of control due to a statement made by Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic.

Stefanovic told RTS that "a story about the surveillance over a journalist in Serbia will soon be launched."

The Chief Ombudsman's Office of Turkey has given the green light to the Directorate General of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) to pay priests' salaries, upon an appeal by Nazaret Ozsahakyan, the head of Boyac?köy Surp Yerits Mangants Armenian Church Foundation.

National Ombudsman Maya Manolova, who assumed office in the autumn, has said she is planning to carry out a thorough reform at her institution in the next year.

At a press conference where she summarized her two-month work on Monday, she said much effort will be put forth into making the Ombudsman closer to the everyday problems of Bulgarians.

Maya Manolova, a former socialist MP and one-time Deputy Parliament Speaker, has assumed her duties as the National Ombudsman of Bulgaria.

At a ceremony also attended by Orthodox Church Members, she has taken over from Kostantin Penchev.

Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic has filed an amendment to the Bill on Investments relating to access to information of public importance in the field of investment.

The amendment envisages that access to this information is realized in accordance with the law regulating free access to information of public importance.

The Serbian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has prepared the draft law on Children's Ombudsman, Minister Aleksandar Vulin stated.

The draft law on ombudsman for children is already posted on the Ministry's website and we expect the public debate to produce the best possible solutions, Vulin said.

Serbian Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic on Monday commended the government's bodies efforts in tackling the refugee crisis.

Serbian Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic on Monday commended the government's bodies efforts in tackling the refugee crisis, pointing out that citizens and non-governmental organizations had made great contribution to facing those historic events the right way.

The new Bulgarian ombudsman, Socialist MP Maya Manolova, will swear an oath in parliament on Wednesday.

The regular plenary sitting of parliament will begin with depriving Manolova of her powers as MP, Darik radio informs.

Parliament elected her as the new ombudsman at a secret ballot on July 30 in competition with the incumbent holder of the position - Konstantin Penchev.