Ombudsman

Ombudsman reveals he is receiving threats

BELGRADE -- The ruling SNS party has called on the relevant authorities to prevent any threats to the safety of Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic, "if he is truly in danger."

Sasa Jankovic, Serbia's ombudsman, told TV N1 that he does not feel safe because of the threats and allegations he has received since filing charges against two military policemen.

"Here critics are considers traitors," Jankovic told N1 on Tuesday evening.

Sasa Jankovic, Serbian ombudsman, on Wednesday said he had filed criminal charges over the incident that occurred during Gay Parade when members of the Gendarmerie clashed with four persons, two of whom were Andrej Vucic, brother of the Prime Minister, and Predrag Mali, brother of the Mayor of Belgrade.

The institution of the Chief Ombudsman of Turkey has received almost 13,000 complaints since it first started accepting applications in late March 2013.

Information provided by Turkey?s first ever chief ombudsman, Mehmet Nihat Ömero?lu, came in response to a written motion filed by main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Sezgin Tanr?kulu.

22 attacks on journalists in Serbia this year

BELGRADE -- There have been 22 attacks on journalists in Serbia this year -12 physical assaults, which indicates a deterioration in media workers' position, said NUNS.

The Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) on Wednesday presented its annual report.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Administration and Local Government Kori Udovicki stressed on Tuesday that the public administration reform was one of the key elements of the social changes in Serbia.

The European Parliament reelected on Tuesday the incumbent European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly with a large majority.

O'Reilly was first elected to the position in 2013, succeeding her predecessor Nikiforos Diamandouros upon his retirement.

The Ombudsman has called on the government to take further steps to ensure that minors are not kept with adults at the Amygdaleza detention center for migrants in northern Athens.

Officials from the independent rights watchdog visited the camp in August and found that the proper processes were not in place to separate minors from adults when they arrived at the center.

BELGRADE - Serbia has issued 107,000 personal identification documents to its Roma citizens in the past 7 years, but some members of this population are still legally invisible, according to what was said at a meeting on Thursday dedicated to the problems Roma face.

Bulgaria's courts will be flooded by "an avalanche of lawsuits" with connection to the Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB), Bulgaria's Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev told the BNR public broadcaster.