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Police officers set up tents in Syntagma Square in front of Parliament on Friday morning to protest against budget cuts impacting their compensation for travel expenses.

A government amendment passed on April 28 mandates that police officers stationed outside urban centers serve for three months in Athens or Thessaloniki. Furthermore, it slashed the per diem from 80 to 30 euros.

Low pay, negative selection in promotion, poor working conditions and the lack of training and development are prompting many staff to quit the defence ministry and the military in Serbia, a new report by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy says.