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Dozens of protesters led by Serbian opposition MPs gathered on Tuesday in front of Belgrade Special Court to support policeman Dusan Mitic before his testimony in the so-called 'Jovanjica' cannabis farm case.

Mitic was among the police officers who discovered the huge cannabis farm that allegedly enjoyed the protection of Serbian state security.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Bureau for Coordination of Security Services concluded on Monday the security situation in the country was stable despite numerous challenges and threats to national security and that all security services were working actively to eliminate any security risk to peace and stability in the country and the region and to Serbian citizens.

The most complex security operation London has ever seen is underway.
The funeral will be attended by many world leaders and members of royal families.

A new draft law on the Serbian Security Agency, BIA, has been criticised for giving too much power to the agency's chief.

The law is in parliamentary procedure since Wednesday and lawmakers will shortly vote on it in a shortened procedure.

PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic has confirmed rumors that Bratislav Gasic will take over as head of the Security Information Agency (BIA).

Videos possibly leaked by the police of Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic meeting an alleged gangster have prompted fresh calls for oversight of the security sector to be improved.

Control over the police and security services must be enhanced to avoid misuse by these institutions, MP say.

BELGRADE - A well-regulated security sector is one of the most important elements for good functioning of a country as a whole, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic said opening the conference on security sector management and reform.

Germany took the dramatic step Thursday of asking the top U.S. intelligence official in Berlin to leave the country, following two suspected cases of American spying and the yearlong spat over eavesdropping by the National Security Agency.
     
The move reflects growing impatience in Germany at what is perceived as U.S. nonchalance about being caught spying on a close ally.