Nikola Selakovic

EC official: End of screening next week

BELGRADE -- Serbia should complete the screening of the negotiating chapters in the European Union accession process next week, Christian Danielsson has announced.

The director general of the Directorate for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations at the European Commission was visiting Belgrade this week.

BELGRADE- Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic announced that the Ministry would file the third draft action plan for negotiating chapter 23 next week, which will be the most detailed version drafted in collaboration with over 45 different institutions.

BELGRADE - European Commission's (EC) Director General for Enlargement Christian Danielsson and Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic discussed alsinging standards in the field of justice in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Danielsson said that progress of the entire society was conditional on the quality of justice and the rule of law, according to a release from the Ministry of Justice.

BELGRADE - Serbia has managed to reduce the number of motions filed by citizens to the European Human Rights Court in Strasbourg after a number of years, Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic informed Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks in Belgrade on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks will arrive on a four-day visit to Serbia on Monday in order to assess the situation in the field of human rights.

BELGRADE - Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks will arrive for a few day visit to Serbia next week during which he will confer state officials and representatives of the media, international community and civil sector.

BELGRADE - Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic met with Kazakh Ambassador to Serbia Nurbah Rustemov Friday to discuss improving cooperation between Serbia and Kazakhstan in the area of international legal assistance.

BELGRADE - Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said Wednesday that Serbia would in a month and a half from now adopt its first strategy for investigation of financial crime, which will introduce a series of measures to improve and strengthen the implementation of financial investigations.

STARA PAZOVA - The Serbian government is working towards improving the position of the Serb community in all countries of the Western Balkans as part of efforts to improve Serbia's position in the international community, Minister of Justice Nikola Selakovic said at a meeting of representatives of the Serb communities in the region Friday.

Cabinet ministers attend Blair's lecture, keep mum

BELGRADE -- B92 learned exclusively that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was in Belgrade on Wednesday where he spoke in front of several cabinet ministers.

The visit that included the one-hour lecture was shrouded in secrecy.