Cvetković

Cvetkovic has been reported missing on the night between 13 and 14 of June 2018 in the Vojvodina town of Bela Crkva. Local police confirmed that journalists car was found parked with doors open and light on. Witnesses confirmed that his wristwatch was found with the bracelet broken next to it, and mobile phones switched off.

The MUP said on Thursday that Gendarmes, divers, and a police helicopter are all looking for Cvetkovic, and that the police are working intensively to shed light on all the circumstance of this case.

As of Friday morning, Cvetkovic had not been found.

The Serbian investigative journalist disappeared on Thursday near the town of Bela Crkva in northern Serbia.

Cvetkovic's car was found last night with the motor running, the lights on and the driver's door open, but without its driver.

The Association of and Independent Media Local Press, the Association of Media (AM), the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), the Association of Online Media (AOM), and the Slavsko Curuvija Foundation asked the police and the prosecutor to urgently engage all available resources to find Cvetkovic in the shortest possible time.

Journalist Stefan Cvetkovic has been found guilty and sentenced to a total of 27 months in prison in a first instance ruling.

He was sued privately by three officials of the ruling Serb Progressive Party (SNS) in Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina.

Serbian leaders on Tuesday did not respond to calls to dismiss Bratislav Gasic, Defence Minister, and Petar Cvetkovic, head of the Military Security Agency, VBA, as Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic advised.

The Serbian government expressed readiness to shut down state media in case they do not comply with the approaching privatisation deadline.

Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac announced on Thursday that state-owned media must submit the necessary documentation for their sale immediately and their privatisation should be completed in four months.

BELGRADE - The organised crime department of the Belgrade district court has confirmed the indictment against former minister of telecommunications Jasna Matic and three of her associates suspected of illegal activities related to Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA), which cost the national budget around RSD 120 million.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic has handed the decrees of the President of the Republic of Serbia on appointments to the positions of director of the Military Security Agency (VBA) and of the Military Intelligence Agency (VOA) to Brigadier Generals Petar Cvetkovic and Slavoljub Dabic, respectively.

BELGRADE - The folk ensemble and orchestra of the Belgrade-based culture and arts association KUD Branko Cvetkovic will deliver five performances in Tokyo to present traditional and other original choreographies of Serbia's folklore to people of Japan.