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BELGRADE - Rodoljub Sabic, commissioner for information of public importance and personal data protection, urged the Belgrade City Administration to release within five days the documents that would specify the number and outcome of solved restitution cases at the locality of the Belgrade Waterfront project.

BELGRADE - The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, Rodoljub Sabic, presented an award to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Monday on International Right to Know Day for its special contribution to affirming the right of access to information.

BELGRADE - Serbia has made certain progress in the area of freedom of access to information of public importance, but the fact that the office of the commissioner for information of public importance and personal data protection continues to receive a large number of complaints shows that a considerable number of problems still remains, Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Pers

BELGRADE - Rodoljub Sabic, commissioner for information of public importance and personal data protection, wrote in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic that the situation in the area of personal data protection is very bad, underlining the need to prevent possible repercussions in terms of human rights, European integration, international relations, operation of state bodies a

BELGRADE - Commercial banks in Serbia have started requesting from their clients to allow their account information to be provided to the US tax authorities, which will soon become an obligation stemming from an international agreement expected to be adopted soon, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) said on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Rodoljub Sabic has said that the institution has put into procedure 93 percent of the requests for information in 2013, but in none of these cases had the Serbian government ensured implementation of the Commissioner's decisions or had the offenders prosecuted.

BELGRADE - Rodoljub Sabic, commissioner for information of public importance and personal data protection, ordered the Security Information Agency (BIA) to submit the data regarding the number of persons placed under surveillance in the course of 2013 to non-governmental organization Youth Initiative for Human Rights within five days.

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament adopted its committees' conclusions and recommendations on regular annual reports by independent regulatory bodies on Thursday.

Representatives of independent regulatory bodies in Serbia walked out of the Serbian parliament on Wednesday after the Commissioner for Public Information, Rodoljub Sabic, was not allowed to speak.

The session had been due was to hear reports filed by independent regulatory bodies detailing their work in 2013.

BELGRADE - Rodoljub Sabic, commissioner for information of public importance and personal data protection, has said on Wednesday that citizens obtain information from government bodies at all levels, but that the situation regarding the personal data protection gives a cause for concern.