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Serbian police have detained thousands of migrants within two weeks as a result of daily actions in the northern and eastern regions of the Balkan country, Reuters reported. The arrests are part of a nationwide operation that began two weeks ago after a shooting that left three migrants dead.

Ljubljana – Prime Minister Janez Janša has reproached Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović for what he sees as her being part of a fake news network. This comes after Mijatović recently warned about the deterioration of media freedom and freedom of expression in Slovenia.

Strasbourg – Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović urged the Slovenian authorities in a memorandum published on Friday to put a stop to the deterioration of the situation regarding media freedom and freedom of expression in the country.

The chair of the Social Democrat Party (PSD), Viorica Dancila, announced on Thursday evening that the party she is running will not participate on Friday in the consultations at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace called by President Iohannis after the censure motion cleared Parliament.

Anti-government protesters marched again on Saturday through the streets of the Serbian capital, condemning political violence in the country and demanding that the public broadcaster give them, and the topic, fairer treatment in its reports.

Dacic also said he did not think that "the story about delimitation is over" - in this way commenting on President Vucic saying in Moscow on Tuesday that there was nothing to be said on this subject, as the idea has been rejected by "EU states, but also by the Albanians and the Serbs."

The president of the Sloga trade union, Zeljko Veselinovic, told BIRN that his members will join the student-led protests against Prime Minster Aleksandar Vucic's recent presidential election victory as they enter their ninth day on Tuesday.

Veselinovic said that Sloga had been backing anti-government protests in Serbia for years.

"Get Out! Get out! Get Out!" thousands voices to the rhythm of drums have echoed through the centre of Belgrade every evening since Aleksandar Vucic, the Prime Minister, won the April 2 presidential election in Serbia.

College student Sasa Loncar said he and his friends came to the protest in Belgrade because they want things to change and because they see Vucic as a dictator.

Serbia has confirmed the imposition of a new monthly licence fee for broadcasters of 150 dinars [?1.2], together with continued state financing to keep the national broadcasters, RTS and RTV, solvent.

The plan has drawn criticism from media experts, however, who said the independence of the broadcasters can only be ensured if they are financed solely from taxes paid by citizens.

A specialist bomb disposal squad of the Emergency Situations Sector on Monday removed a bomb from the Aviv park construction site in Zrenjanin, northern Serbia.

According to the Vojvodina provincial public broadcaster RTV the bomb has been taken to a safe location where it will be destroyed.