Ministry of Interior

The District Court of Veliko Tarnovo has launched the trial against Petko Petkov, the man who shot dead a police commando last year during an operation carried out to detain him.

Petkov is charged with the murder of Emil Sharkov and the attempted murder of five other members of the specialized anti-terror squad that were deployed alongside the victim.

BELGRADE - The number of attempted illegal crossings on the Serbian-Hungarian border has dropped, Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has said during a meeting with Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner.

Stefanovic met with Mikl-Leitner late Wednesday to brief her on the current situation in the field of illegal migrations.

BELGRADE - The public debate on the e-administration strategy will be held in December, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Kori Udovicki, who is also minister of state administration and local self-government, announced on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian interior ministry (MUP) is interested in receiving expert support from the Council of Europe (CoE) Office in Belgrade in professional development and improvement of the ministry's work concerning the respect of human rights, police work in local community, the fight against crime and corruption, Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Friday.

Amendments to the structure of Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior and the state security agendy DANS are to be tabled on Wednesday, the biggest party GERB's Parliament group chair Tsvetan Tsvetanov has said.

The fiscal gap in Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior is currently projected to reach BGN 170 M by end-2014, its new head Veselin Vuchkov said.

On the day his ministry is celebrating its 135th anniversary, Vuchkov voiced his hope that he could rely on support from lawmakers to rein in the deficit.

BELGRADE - Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has talked with German Ambassador Heinz Wilhelm about Serbia's EU integration and Germany's support in the process, as well as Chapter 24-justice, freedom and security.

Minister of Interior Affairs:Serbia backs fight against ISIS

BELGRADE -- Minister of Interior Affairs, Nebojsa Stefanovic met on Wednesday with Iraqi Ambassador to Serbia Falah Abdulhasan Abdulsada.

BELGRADE - Minister of the Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic met on Wednesday with Iraqi Ambassador to Serbia Falah Abdulhasan Abdulsada and discussed the Memorandum on Cooperation signed between the two countries' interior ministries.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Interior is the only system in the country where no reforms have been attempted since 2000, and the time has come for the state to introduce organisational and personnel changes in response to efforts to maintain the current state of affairs in the ministry, Momir Stojanovic, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on control of security services, said on