Sasa Jankovic

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Friday received Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic.

According to a government statement, the two said that "respect for citizens' rights and regularity and legality in the work of government bodies need to be improved."

PM and NGOs disagree on range of issues

BELGRADE -- NGO representatives who met with Aleksandar Vucic on Monday say the differences between them remain when it comes to media, the rule of law, and the ombudsman.

Ombudsman has full EU support - commissioner

BELGRADE -- EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has met with Serbian Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic.

Hahn also met with representatives on NGOs in Belgrade on Thursday.

Prime minister addresses treatment of ombudsman

BELGRADE -- "There is no pressure on Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic," Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told a news conference in Belgrade late on Wednesday.

According to Vucic, Ombudsman is with his own behavior "saying a lot more about himself than about those whom he criticizes on a daily basis."

Minister says "it seems" ombudsman's friend was killed

BELGRADE -- Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic has told reporters that he "has no new information about the death of Predrag Gojkovic."

He added that his previous statement that Gojkovic was killed was based on what has been presented publicly.

BELGRADE - Serbian Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic said in a statement on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day that Serbia cannot take pride in the media freedom, or the financial situation of journalists in the country.

EP decides to send mission to Serbia

BRUSSELS -- European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights has decided to send a mission to Serbia in June, the Belgrade-based Blic newspaper writes.

According to the source, the mission will support Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic.

Serbian police on Wednesday published documents about the suicide of a friend of Sasa Jankovic, Serbian ombudsman, which occurred in Jankovic's own apartment and with Jankovic's gun in 1993.

The documents show traces of gunpowder were found on Jankovic hands.

The ballistics expert's report noted that there is no way to determine how the gunpowder ended up on Jankovic's hands.

Police documents on suicide of ombudsman's friend

BELGRADE -- The Interior Ministry (MUP) has published documents from a police investigation in the 1993 death of a friend of Sasa Jankovic, who now serves ombudsman.

EU "did not send demarche over ombudsman"

BELGRADE -- The head of Serbia's team for EU membership negotiations has said she had no information that the EC "had sent an act" in connection to the Serbian ombudsman.

Tanja Miscevic added on Wednesday that independent institutions will be discussed during the EU-Serbia talks.