Security Intelligence Agency

BELGRADE - The Serbian government decided on Thursday to appoint Vladimir Orlic director of the Security Information Agency (BIA).

Orlic's appointment was approved by the National Security Council on Wednesday at a session chaired by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - At a session chaired by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, the National Security Council on Wednesday approved the appointment of Vladimir Orlic as new Security Information Agency (BIA) director.

The decision was made in line with the Law on the Foundations of Regulation of the Security Services of the Republic of Serbia.

BELGRADE - In a joint operation, the Serbian Security Information Agency (BIA) and the relevant public prosecutor's office have dismantled another spy network in Serbia, arresting four people on suspicion of espionage.

BELGRADE- Former Interior Ministry official Tomislav Radovanovic has been named acting director of the Security Information Agency, sources in Serbia's security agencies have told Tanjug.

Radovanovic, who has previously served as head of the Criminal Police Directorate's Special Investigation Methods Service, joined the Security Information Agency in early 2023.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday evening there were three candidates for the new Security Information Agency director and announced that the agency's next chief would be named after the upcoming parliamentary elections.

BELGRADE - In a reaction to Security Information Agency chief Aleksandar Vulin's resignation, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday evening it was true there had been pressure from the first day since Vulin's appointment to the post, and thanked him for his contribution to the preservation of national security.

BELGRADE - Security Information Agency (BIA) Director Aleksandar Vulin announced on Friday he had tendered his irrevocable resignation from the post because the US and the EU wanted his "head as a precondition for not imposing sanctions on Serbia."

Commenting on US sanctions imposed on the head of Serbia's Security Information Agency, BIA, Aleksandar Vulin, President Aleksandar Vucic said he is not being sanctioned for any criminal activities but for his close ties with Russia.

POZAREVAC - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday sanctions the US had imposed on Security Information Agency chief Aleksandar Vulin were not due to his involvement in crime or corruption, but to his attitude to the Russian Federation.

The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Aleksandar Vulin, the hardline head of Serbia's Security Information Agency, BIA, accusing him of involvement in various corrupt activities.