News
President of AKB: Are the pardoned people accused of the fall of the canopy and the General Staff
President of the Belgrade Bar Association, Vladimir Prijović, doubts that the institutions will reveal who Aleksandar Vučić pardoned
Personal attitude
Corruption of the fight against corruption
The Serbian Progressive Party came to power, among other things, by blatantly abusing 24 reports of the Council for the fight against corruption, and owes its survival in power to the "passive" Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, whose leaders are allowed to break the law and Serbia's decline on all international lists that measure what is being done in the field of fighting corruption
Criminal Law
Amendment of the Criminal Code: Criminalization of protests and "criminal populism"
With the explanation that it wants to protect traffic, the Ministry of Justice, with the Draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Criminal Code, obviously wants to criminalize protests that block roads, Milena Vasić, program director of the Committee of Lawyers for Human Rights, told Vreme.
Society
Law on Execution and Security: "Announced changes do not protect the right to a home"
Justice Minister Nenad Vujić says that the announced changes to the Law on Enforcement and Security will protect citizens from homelessness. Milena Repajić from the United Action "A roof over your head", however, that the people with whom they are working now would remain unprotected by such changes in the law
Association of Judges' Assistants
The public is discussing changes to the law without dialogue and transparency
The Association of Judge's Assistants pointed out that the public discussion about changes to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Act "reflects criminal populism".
Justice
Courts can go to the "Novosti" website, but not "Vremena" or N1
Due to the alleged hacker attack, access to certain portals of state institutions and media - the critical ones - has been blocked for several months.
Cybercrime
The new economy: Chaos with the authentication of real estate contracts due to a hacker attack
For more than a month, citizens throughout Serbia have not been able to certify real estate sales contracts due to a cyber attack on the Ministry of Justice. The judicial information system is still not working, and the damage to the real estate market and legal certainty is increasing
Public notaries
Notary services became more expensive, some more than double
The Government of Serbia has adopted a new notary tariff on which the value of a point has now increased from 150 to 180 dinars, which is an increase of 20 percent. In addition, certain fees are now twice as expensive as they were
Justice
New economy: 200 million from the budget for constitutional appeals
For the compensation of damages to the applicants of the constitutional appeal, the Government of Serbia transferred 200 million dinars to the budget reserve. The decision does not specify which disputes the state must pay for
Justice
Employees left the meeting with the Minister of Justice: "We do not agree to a fake dialogue"
"The Minister of Justice is trying to present to the public an image of openness to dialogue with employees, while at the same time ignoring union representatives who legally represent employees in the judiciary," the union pointed out, calling on employees not to participate in such feigned dialogue.
Suspension of work
Judiciary: Three-day strike from Monday
The employees of the judiciary have announced a three-day strike due to the "silence" of the Ministry of Justice in response to earlier requests. The minister says they are wrong
Education
Punishing the disobedient: How much will teachers' salaries be in February?
While salary reductions are announced for teachers, principals send calculations to the Ministry of Education. How many salaries will be paid to teachers in March?
Extradition
Serbia extradites people to torture camps: Will Belarus follow after Turkey and Bahrain?
The Constitution of Serbia stipulates that a foreigner can be expelled only where he is not threatened with persecution. But it is not respected
Chronicle
Collision between a passenger car and a police car near Alibunar
Four guards and two convicts were slightly injured when a passenger vehicle and a van of the Ministry of Justice collided on the Pančevo-Vršac regional road near Alibunar
Corruption
The director of the school is a public official, and what will Tomislav Nikolić be?
Part of the non-governmental organizations requested that the public debate on the Law on Prevention of Corruption be moved to September due to annual vacations. Although it is stated that progress can be seen in the proposed changes, the civil sector warns that certain provisions would have to be defined more precisely
Chronicle
Disappearance of the Kantar case: Supervision of the work of the High Court in Vranje begins
Due to the media reports about the disappearance of the file of the appeal case in the proceedings being conducted before the High Court in Vranje against the defendant Dejan Nikolić Kantar, the Ministry of Justice initiated the procedure of monitoring the work of this court
Personal attitude
Opinion of the Venice Commission: Positive, but what - until it is read
The Venice Commission disclosed its opinion on constitutional changes related to the judiciary in Serbia. Minister of Justice Maja Popović immediately happily announced that it was "positive". The commission, however, points out the aspects that essentially retain the control of the executive power in relation to the judiciary, enable political influence on the selection of prominent lawyers, members of the High Council of the Judiciary and the courts... You just have to go to their website and read what it says, because the Serbian Ministry of Justice does not publish translation