Overview of the week

21march 2025 Philip Schwarm

I will buy you a top.

The progressive regime has become dangerous and a serious security risk for all citizens of the Republic of Serbia. That's how it should be treated

Secret police operation

27January 2025 IN THE

BIA broke into a farmer's house in Crna Bara, neighbors supported Paor

In Crno Bara, Bogatić municipality, members of the BIA conducted a search of a farmer's house this morning, allegedly in connection with the felling of a tree on Prime Minister Vučević's road. There is no official information about the reason for the action, while a large number of farmers gathered in front of the house to support their colleague

Comment

20January 2025 Philip Schwarm

Paranoia in Belgrade and the surrounding area

Using the possibility of assassinating the president for daily political purposes - especially in a country where a quarter of a century ago the prime minister was brutally murdered - is extremely dangerous and irresponsible.

Portrait of a contemporary: Boža Spasić

15January 2025 Jelena Zoric

The suffering of the “talking weasel”

The hero of this text was an intelligence officer of the former State Security Service of former Yugoslavia. He was allegedly hired by the UDBA to organize criminals to attack and kill problematic emigrants around the world. Serbian authorities arrested him twice, but he was never convicted. The foreigners never arrested him, but they did convict him - albeit in the first instance. For decades now, Spasić has been a frequent guest of the media where, as if on assignment, he criticizes the past and praises the current government. He worked as a detective, journalist and published two books. Precisely because of what he writes and says, Spasić caused more trouble for himself than any domestic or foreign enemy.

 Student protest

11January 2025 AI

Novi Sad: "Who is afraid of BIA yet..."

After Belgrade students blocked the Mostar loop on Friday, their colleagues from Novi Sad held a protest in front of the BIA building on Saturday due to the abuse of the intelligence agency in order to preserve the power of the Aleksandar Vučić regime.

Lazar Stojakovic

Student blockades

27December 2024 SZ/TS

Student Lazar Stojaković: The system does not know how to react

"This is a classic example of competent institutions performing work for which they are not competent. We, the students, are fighting for justice and law, while the BIA should deal with those who violate the constitutional order, and not put pressure on citizens who are fighting for a better society," said Lazar Stojaković, a student at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, who on Thursday, he was invited to an informative interview with the Security Information Agency (BIA).

NoviSpy software and eavesdropping on citizens

18December 2024 F. Mirilović

State spying on activists

The BIA does not have the legal authority to confiscate and monitor phones on its own initiative, without an express order from the court and the prosecution. But, as BIRN's research shows, she persistently does it

Wiretapping activists

17December 2024 MJ

The resignation of spy Orlić is demanded

Amnesty International's report on the espionage of Serbian activists, journalists and politicians caused stormy reactions. The opposition sees this act as an abuse of institutions and demands the resignation of the BIA director. During that time, the Ministry of Interior and the BIA claim that everything is according to the law

Violation of human rights

16December 2024 NR

Amnesty and BIRN: Serbian BIA with spyware on journalists and activists

A BIRN investigation and a forensic analysis by Amnesty International revealed that the BIA, using Israeli Cellebrite technology, unlocked the phones of activists it called or brought in for interviews and installed the domestic spying program NoviSpy on those devices.

Civil rights

16December 2024 MJ

BCBP: Citizens are victims of illegal wiretapping

The Belgrade Center for Security Policy warns of reports that reveal that Serbia's security institutions systematically misused spyware to illegally collect data from the devices of journalists, activists and citizens who peacefully express their disagreement with the authorities.

Politics

18November 2024 BB/S.Ć.

BIA raided the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments

Members of the Security and Information Agency broke into the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments on Monday. As "Vreme" learns, they want to prevent the employees of this institution from publishing an appeal regarding the Serbian government's decision to revoke the status of a cultural asset from the General Staff complex.