Security

NSA could be spying on Serbian officials - daily

BELGRADE -- Serbia has been officially found on the list of countries whose communications are spied on by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), writes the daily Blic.

A policeman was killed by a security officer after shooting and killing two women in front of a police station in Ankara’s Çankaya district on July 1.

The first victim reportedly filed a complaint against the suspect, a police officer, for harassing her. She returned to her work place but then headed to the police station after the suspect continued to intimidate her.

The police’s cyber crimes unit has warned e-banking users to protect themselves against a new computer virus that helps criminals steal their details.

Officers said that the malware, dubbed EMOTET, is spread via e-mails, with bank customers’ receiving what looks like a genuine invoice from their lender. They are then invited to click on a link in the e-mail, which installs the virus.

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski claimed that he did not have enough information to say anything about the allegations mentioned in recent leaked data from whistleblower and former National Security Agency, NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Slovak FM: Balkan criminals bought passports

BRATISLAVA -- Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has said that "someone in Slovakia took money to help drug dealer Dragoslav Kosmajac obtain the country’s citizenship."

BELGRADE - A police working group will investigate everything related to the origins of Dragan Kosmajac's property, but also the suspicions of him working with some police officials.

The Albanian authorities are now in control of Lazarat after a week of battles with heavily-armed marijuana traffickers, and hundreds of police officers are securing the village, sweeping buildings for drugs, weapons and ammunition.

The village had been off-limits to local police for more than a decade, becoming a synonymous with uncontrolled crime.

A police officer has been suspended and was facing felony charges this weekend for allegedly embezzling over 300,000 euros from his own department.

According to the case file, authorities believe the officer, who was in charge of the cafeteria at Athens Police Headquarters, embezzled the cash over a period of five years.

President Tomislav Nikolic on Friday called for changes in the police, saying they were needed to support the fight against crime in the country.

"I call on the government to appoint honest crime fighters and ensure that those responsible are doing the job they are entrusted with," Nikolic said.

President calls for "changes in Serbian police"

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić called on Friday for changes to take place in key positions in the Serbian police as he is unsatisfied with their operation.