State repression
Due to the military parade, the BIA invited a dozen students for a "friendly and casual conversation"
The call came about because of a student document that stated the plan of the student protest during the military parade
Student protests
Students and citizens walking to BIA because of student Helena Strugar
Tonight, the blocked Faculty of Law was the starting point of the walk to the BIA, where students said that the security agency is preventing the return of student Helena Strugar to Serbia.
Government of Serbia
New economy: Money of the BIA and the Serbian Army transferred to the account of the Government
The Government of Serbia, without any explanation, diverted more than 11 billion dinars from infrastructure, security and development projects to the budget reserve. This move coincides with the announcements of Aleksandar Vučić to increase pensions and salaries. Experts warn of a lack of transparency and possible misuse of the budget reserve mechanism
Land, subsidies and the silence of the state
Call the minister so that the BIA will come to you: Why were the farmers questioned?
Instead of the expected meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Dragan Glamočić, representatives of the Association of Farmers "Stig" were invited to the Security and Information Agency for an interview.
Attempt at a coaster
"Poor BIA can't think of anything else": Students in the drug blockade at the Faculty of Economics
The reaction of the students in the blockade after the police announcement stating that a box with drugs was found in the cistern of the toilet at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade
Students in the blockade
Arrest on the street: Student Stefan Radojičić questioned by the police and released
The police detained Stefano Radojičić, a student of the Faculty of Traffic in Belgrade, on the street. In the first hours, no one knew where he was. He was released late at night, his phone and laptop were confiscated
Student protests
Novi Sad students walk to the Prosecutor's Office and BIA: "Let us ask you something"
At the protest "Let us ask you something", which is being held on March 27, students in Novi Sad will ask the Prosecutor's Office and the BIA - who orders arrests and why, listens to activists and delivers their recordings to tabloids, while releasing officials
Security
BIA and MUP seize protectors as drugs: Who are these "special students"
On Saturday evening, the police announced that, in cooperation with the BIA, they found "a large quantity of shields and a box with 30 'protect' gas sprays" in the car of a student from Kragujevac. They presented the action as if they had caught the biggest terrorist
Overview of the week
I will buy you a top.
The progressive regime has become dangerous and a serious security risk for all citizens of the Republic of Serbia. That's how it should be treated
Sound cannon
Orlić: "No one, anywhere, has noticed any device that can be called a sound cannon"
"None of our operatives, and there were them in all the streets, did not feel any effects, sound or whatever you want," said the director of the Security and Information Agency, Vladimir Orlić.
Mystery or attack
BIA responds through the tabloids: It's just mass panic
"Vreme" investigated the cause of the stampede on Saturday, March 15, in the center of Belgrade, and then the services published their own version through the tabloid
Secret police operation
BIA broke into a farmer's house in Crna Bara, neighbors supported Paor
In Crno Bara, Bogatić municipality, members of the BIA conducted a search of a farmer's house this morning, allegedly in connection with the felling of a tree on Prime Minister Vučević's road. There is no official information about the reason for the action, while a large number of farmers gathered in front of the house to support their colleague
Comment
Paranoia in Belgrade and the surrounding area
Using the possibility of assassinating the president for daily political purposes - especially in a country where a quarter of a century ago the prime minister was brutally murdered - is extremely dangerous and irresponsible.
Portrait of a contemporary: Boža Spasić
The suffering of the “talking weasel”
The hero of this text was an intelligence officer of the former State Security Service of former Yugoslavia. He was allegedly hired by the UDBA to organize criminals to attack and kill problematic emigrants around the world. Serbian authorities arrested him twice, but he was never convicted. The foreigners never arrested him, but they did convict him - albeit in the first instance. For decades now, Spasić has been a frequent guest of the media where, as if on assignment, he criticizes the past and praises the current government. He worked as a detective, journalist and published two books. Precisely because of what he writes and says, Spasić caused more trouble for himself than any domestic or foreign enemy.
Student protest
Novi Sad: "Who is afraid of BIA yet..."
After Belgrade students blocked the Mostar loop on Friday, their colleagues from Novi Sad held a protest in front of the BIA building on Saturday due to the abuse of the intelligence agency in order to preserve the power of the Aleksandar Vučić regime.
Belgrade Arena
Student support banner removed: Was BIA at the Partizan game?
After a video of a performance from the hall of a young man holding a banner in support of students began to circulate on social networks, some fans claim that the Partizan match was attended by members of the BIA
Student blockades
Student Lazar Stojaković: The system does not know how to react
"This is a classic example of competent institutions performing work for which they are not competent. We, the students, are fighting for justice and law, while the BIA should deal with those who violate the constitutional order, and not put pressure on citizens who are fighting for a better society," said Lazar Stojaković, a student at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, who on Thursday, he was invited to an informative interview with the Security Information Agency (BIA).
Violation of human rights
NGO: Criminal complaint against NGOs in the BIA and the police because of spyware
Amnesty International and BIRN research have shown that the BIA has been planting spyware on the phones of journalists and activists. Representatives of civil society therefore filed a criminal complaint
NoviSpy software and eavesdropping on citizens
State spying on activists
The BIA does not have the legal authority to confiscate and monitor phones on its own initiative, without an express order from the court and the prosecution. But, as BIRN's research shows, she persistently does it
Wiretapping activists
The resignation of spy Orlić is demanded
Amnesty International's report on the espionage of Serbian activists, journalists and politicians caused stormy reactions. The opposition sees this act as an abuse of institutions and demands the resignation of the BIA director. During that time, the Ministry of Interior and the BIA claim that everything is according to the law
Violation of human rights
Amnesty and BIRN: Serbian BIA with spyware on journalists and activists
A BIRN investigation and a forensic analysis by Amnesty International revealed that the BIA, using Israeli Cellebrite technology, unlocked the phones of activists it called or brought in for interviews and installed the domestic spying program NoviSpy on those devices.
Civil rights
BCBP: Citizens are victims of illegal wiretapping
The Belgrade Center for Security Policy warns of reports that reveal that Serbia's security institutions systematically misused spyware to illegally collect data from the devices of journalists, activists and citizens who peacefully express their disagreement with the authorities.
Analyze
What, on earth, will the BIA do in the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments
The progressive government increasingly loses all sense of proportion. Now she has sent BIA agents to intimidate the employees of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments who believe that Vučić and his brothers are illegally demolishing the General Staff. Party repression is more and more exposed
Politics
BIA raided the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments
Members of the Security and Information Agency broke into the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments on Monday. As "Vreme" learns, they want to prevent the employees of this institution from publishing an appeal regarding the Serbian government's decision to revoke the status of a cultural asset from the General Staff complex.
State intimidation
Who is the BIA arresting all over Serbia?
The detention of farmers who are protesting against the government raises the issue of abuse of authority by the security services
Farmers
Farmers under attack by BIA: They forcibly took away a farmer from Čačak without a warrant
A group of men, without police markings or a warrant, forcibly put Slobodan Vidojević, a member of the Šumadije and Pomoravlje milk producers' association, in a black van and drove him to the premises of the Security and Information Agency (BIA) in Čačak for an informational interview.
Roadblocks
The BIA detained the leaders of the farmers' protest in Subotica
One of the leaders of the Association of Agricultural Producers of Subotica was detained by the BIA for not responding to the summons. His colleagues, Mitoslav Matković and Marinko Kujundžić, voluntarily went to the hearing