Ministry of Interior

Nebojsa Stefanovic, Serbia's Interior Minister, on Wednesday banned protests against refugees in Serbia after two far-right organisations, Nasi [Ours] and Srbski obraz, announced a rally next Monday.

The groups denounced what they called "an EU plan" to settle 400,000 migrants in Serbia.

Macedonia said it was deploying troops on the border with Greece, in a last-ditch move to stem to flow of refugees into and across the country.

The aim was to enhance control of the border area, Ivo Kotevski, spokesperson of the Ministry for Interior, explained on Thursday.

Suspected participant in journalist murder to be questioned

BELGRADE -- Dragan Antic, identified by some witnesses as a direct participant in the murder of journalist Milan Pantic, will soon be questioned in Germany.

Milen Penev, who heads the Border Directorate at Bulgaria's Interior Ministry, has been dismissed, media reports suggest.

This was first announced by public broadcaster BNR, though the Ministry of Interior is yet to confirm.

On October 1, 2014, special police were conducting a major anti-drug operation aimed at netting a ring of international traffickers of marijuana.

One of the suspects, Bardhok Pllanaj, was seen entering in a car, which was stopped but police officers did not dare to enter it.

ABC News, a television station in Tirana, on Monday said it knew the reason why.

PODGORICA - Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic and his Montenegrin counterpoart Rasko Konjevic met in Podgorica on Monday to discuss opening new border crossings and better border control, which is a requirement of Chapter 24 of the accession talks with the EU.

Over a hundred Macedonian journalists were wiretapped, including the editors of pro-government media as well as journalists that critique the government, opposition Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev announced on Wednesday while unveiling his fourth political "bombshell".

Albanian opposition leader Lulzim Basha has attacked the government for leaving villages affected by floods feeling stranded.

After visiting the village of Feras in the region of Fier on Wednesday, he said: "Half of the homes are underwater? and the residents say that the government has not shown up.

Interior ministry "to work on counter-terrorism strategy"

BELGRADE -- Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has said that his ministry "will be actively engaged in the fight against terrorism."

He made the statement during a meeting in Belgrade with d during the OSCE Mission to Serbia chief Peter Burkhard.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said during a meeting he had with Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Peter Burkhard on Wednesday that the Serbian Interior Ministry would be actively engaged in the fight against terrorism.