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Government asks international missions in province to resolve drivers’ arrest cases
Belgrade,
22 September 2011
Head of the Office of Media Relations Milivoje Mihajlovic stated that the Serbian government today demanded that international missions in Kosovo-Metohija resolve the latest cases in which truck drivers from Serbia were arrested and one truck with goods from Serbia overturned.
Slobodan Homen, left, and Milivoje Mihajlovic
Mihajlovic told a pres conference following a government session that the arrest of 13 drivers, employed by Euro Kop from Raska, in the southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica and turning over a truck transporting goods from central Serbia to Kosovo on the Pristina-Podujevo road were quite disturbing for Serbs in the province, adding that such incidents must be prevented.
Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic stated at today’s session that institutions in the province function without any major obstacles and that there is a high level of coordination between the local Serb authorities in the province and the government, Mihajlovic observed.
He also said that Minister Bogdanovic stressed that delivering supplies to the north of the province is taking place as usual and that rumours about the shortage of certain goods are simply not true.
Director of the Media Relations Office Milivoje Mihajlovic announced that the government at its session today adopted the Bill on regulating relations between Serbia and the debtors – the beneficiaries of foreign loans.
The law stipulates that the legal entities and their successors are relieved from the payment of obligations arising from the use of loans.
Mihajlovic said that the Serbian government today adopted nine bills, including the Bill on amendments to the Law on foreign trade, in a move to adjust the local legal system with the rules and procedures of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Mihajlovic said that three bills ratifying the agreements in defence cooperation with Hungary, Croatia and Nigeria were also adopted today.
He stressed that the Serbian government adopted the Bill ratifying the Agreement between Serbia and the Russian Federation in the field of tourism, as well as the Bill ratifying the Agreement between Serbia and the Council of Ministers of Albania on mutual travels of citizens.
It also adopted the bills ratifying the Agreement between Serbia and Slovenia on extradition, on mutual assistance in civil and criminal matters, as well as the bill ratifying the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Centre for Law Enforcement in SEE.
Government’s Public Relations Coordinator Slobodan Homen announced that by 1 October the government will adopt a proposal of a media strategy, underlining that it is crucial to synchronise the text with European standards in the meantime.
Homen stated that the government looked at the way certain ministries are acting in response to the demands by the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection.
It was concluded that certain ministries and state functionaries do not act in line with the law, which is why charges will be filed against these functionaries, he said.
As for the two agreements on extradition and legal assistance signed with Slovenia, which the government today ratified, Homen said that these documents will facilitate the state’s EU integration process and improve efficiency in processing criminal acts in the region.
He recalled the case of a rapist who evaded justice and committed crimes in several countries in the region because there was not a way he could be extradited to Serbia, where he had already been convicted.
However, since Slovenia’s Constitution prevents extradition of its nationals to countries other than EU members, the agreement will mainly refer to criminals who are nationals of other states, Homen explained.
Serbia will sign similar agreements with Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, thus rounding up legal cooperation in the region, he concluded.
Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Goran Bogdanovic stated at today’s session that institutions in the province function without any major obstacles and that there is a high level of coordination between the local Serb authorities in the province and the government, Mihajlovic observed.
He also said that Minister Bogdanovic stressed that delivering supplies to the north of the province is taking place as usual and that rumours about the shortage of certain goods are simply not true.
Director of the Media Relations Office Milivoje Mihajlovic announced that the government at its session today adopted the Bill on regulating relations between Serbia and the debtors – the beneficiaries of foreign loans.
The law stipulates that the legal entities and their successors are relieved from the payment of obligations arising from the use of loans.
Mihajlovic said that the Serbian government today adopted nine bills, including the Bill on amendments to the Law on foreign trade, in a move to adjust the local legal system with the rules and procedures of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Mihajlovic said that three bills ratifying the agreements in defence cooperation with Hungary, Croatia and Nigeria were also adopted today.
He stressed that the Serbian government adopted the Bill ratifying the Agreement between Serbia and the Russian Federation in the field of tourism, as well as the Bill ratifying the Agreement between Serbia and the Council of Ministers of Albania on mutual travels of citizens.
It also adopted the bills ratifying the Agreement between Serbia and Slovenia on extradition, on mutual assistance in civil and criminal matters, as well as the bill ratifying the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Centre for Law Enforcement in SEE.
Government’s Public Relations Coordinator Slobodan Homen announced that by 1 October the government will adopt a proposal of a media strategy, underlining that it is crucial to synchronise the text with European standards in the meantime.
Homen stated that the government looked at the way certain ministries are acting in response to the demands by the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection.
It was concluded that certain ministries and state functionaries do not act in line with the law, which is why charges will be filed against these functionaries, he said.
As for the two agreements on extradition and legal assistance signed with Slovenia, which the government today ratified, Homen said that these documents will facilitate the state’s EU integration process and improve efficiency in processing criminal acts in the region.
He recalled the case of a rapist who evaded justice and committed crimes in several countries in the region because there was not a way he could be extradited to Serbia, where he had already been convicted.
However, since Slovenia’s Constitution prevents extradition of its nationals to countries other than EU members, the agreement will mainly refer to criminals who are nationals of other states, Homen explained.
Serbia will sign similar agreements with Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, thus rounding up legal cooperation in the region, he concluded.
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