Nikola Selakovic

Minister refuses mediation in dispute with lawyers

BELGRADE -- Justice Minister Nikola Selaković has dismissed the Bar Association of Serbia's proposal that the EU be a mediator in the dispute between lawyers and the state.

He said the ministry would stick to its proposal, which, he described as "more constructive and more than fair."...

BELGRADE - The opposition Democratic Party (DS) wants Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic to either implement measures to unblock the legal practice or file a resignation, DS leader Bojan Pajtic said in a written statement filed to Tanjug.

BELGRADE - Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic called on attorneys on Wednesday to go back to work as there are no professional reasons any more for them to go on with the strike which they started on September 10.

Minister accuses striking lawyers of "ties with tycoons"

BELGRADE -- Justice Minister Nikola Selaković called on attorneys on Wednesday to go back to work "as there are no professional reasons" to continue their strike.

BELGRADE -Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said on Monday, in response to attorneys' decision to go on with the strike, that the ministry was ready for an agreement, but that attorneys' real intent is the abolition of the notary public system.

The Bar Association of Serbia said that around 3, 000 lawyers from all over Serbia joined the protest in the capital on Monday.

BELGRADE - A commemorative stamp for the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Patriarch Pavle of the Serbian Orthodox Church was unveiled at the Postal Museum on Friday.

BELGRADE - As of today, judges of the Basic Court in Leskovac have all the facilities required for efficient work, Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said Wednesday after visiting the newly renovated court building in Leskovac, the ministry said in a release.

BELGRADE - The Serbian ministers of interior and justice, Nebojsa Stefanovic and Nikola Selakovic have signed with US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby a Serbia-US agreement on cooperation in drug control and law enforcement to improve the work of the judiciary and the police in the fight against organised crime.

BELGRADE - Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic has called on the attorneys wishing to stop striking to go back to work, stressing that those who are hindering them could be held criminally accountable.