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Serbia: Whistleblower law imposes no penalties

Serbia: Whistleblower law imposes no penalties

BELGRADE – Serbia’s new Law on Whistleblower Protection, which entered into force Friday, prescribes no penalties for criminal acts or offences for even the grossest forms of violation of whistleblowers’ rights, Transparency Serbia said in a release.

The intention was to have those penalties established through amendments to the Criminal Code, but even with the adoption of the Law on…

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Documents about plan for Belgrade Waterfront not available for public

Documents about plan for Belgrade Waterfront not available for public

BELGRADE – Transparency Serbia (TS) today said that everything indicates that it is not allowed to show in public a document which would indicate a violation of procedure when making a spatial plan for the project “Belgrade Waterfront”, BETA news agency reported.

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TS said it received only part of the answer from the Belgrade Urban Planning Institute when asked for the documents in…

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Transparency Serbia: Government is hiding information

Transparency Serbia: Government is hiding information

BELGRADE – Transparency Serbia filed a complaint with the Administrative Court against the Government of Serbia for ignoring requests for access to public information, announced the non-partisan non-governmental organization.

The suit was filed because of a failure to deliver solutions at the request that the Government provide information in connection with public hearings during the…

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Serbia: Minister Of Justice Has No Intention To Leave

Serbia: Minister Of Justice Has No Intention To Leave

BELGRADE – Anti-corruption agency has requested a dismissal of Nikola Selakovic on the grounds of conflict of interest. Mr Selakovic who is a current Minister of Justice of Serbia has no intention to resign from his function, Serbian Daily “Blic” reports.

Anti- corruption agency previously announced its recommendation to release Minister of Justice of his duties as well its intention to publicly…

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Transparency Serbia proposes amendments to media bill

Transparency Serbia proposes amendments to media bill

BELGRADE – Transparency Serbia (TS) proposed amendments to the bill on public information and media intended to provide better insight into media funding sources, and urged Serbian MPs to take these suggestions into consideration.

The amendments to 12 articles of the bill that entered the parliamentary procedure on Wednesday mainly focus on corruption issues.

TS Program Director Nemanja Nenadic…

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Nenadic: Ensure transparency of media funding sources

Nenadic: Ensure transparency of media funding sources

BELGRADE – Transparency Serbia Executive Director Nemanja Nenadic stated on Wednesday that transparency of media funding sources should be ensured regardless of the ownership structure so that readers and viewers would know about the potential influences on the editorial policy.

”The budget funding for the media needs to be made public in keeping with the nature of the area but, having in mind…

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Transparency Serbia: End of “advancement of party dilettantes"

Transparency Serbia: End of “advancement of party dilettantes”

BELGRADE – Transparency Serbia NGO head Vladimir Goati said Monday that the formation of the new government marked the end of “advancement of party dilettantes to key decision-making positions”.

The composition of the new Serbian government is mainly good, and some solutions are excellent, said Goati in a program aired on TV B92.

He added that the new government inspires more optimism than the…

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Is the competition excluded for the 'Belgrade on Water' project? - Transparency Serbia

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Transparency Serbia asked authorities if they gave a chance to other potential investors to form a joint venture and make a project proposal for the construction of "Belgrade on Water",