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Council of Europe supports Serbian authorities in advancing the fight against economic crime via complementary tools to criminal confiscation
The two-days international conference "Introducing Complementary Tools to Criminal Confiscation" kicked off today in Belgrade, bringing together international experts, policymakers, and legal professionals with the aim to exchange views on the process of introduction of non-conviction-based...
Call for expression of interest to establish a Community of Practice on Deliberative Democracy in South-East Europe
A call for expression of interest is launched to establish a Community of Practice to support 18 local authorities and their associations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, in order to build their capacity for developing, implementing, and...
Audiovisual Commercial Communications: Regulatory Authority in Serbia Enhances Knowledge on European standards.
The Council of Europe's Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)11 on principles for media and communication governance advises member states to ensure that media content, including content produced for economic or political gain, complies with Council of Europe standards. This is particularly important when...
Call for Participation: Training for Media Representatives on Human Rights, Discrimination, and Hate Speech
Media Diversity Institute Western Balkans, Council of Europe, and the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality invite all interested media representatives to apply for the training focused on human rights, discrimination, and hate speech, with a focus on the representation of gender, gender...
Call for Applications: Intercultural Cities - invitation for the participation of towns and municipalities in Serbia to promote diversity and tolerance at local level
Within the action "Combating discrimination and promoting diversity in Serbia", part of the joint programme of the European Union and the Council of Europe "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye", we are inviting local self-government units to apply for the new initiative to...
Annual Conference of Judges of the Republic of Serbia
More than a thousand Serbian judges from all courts in Serbia gathered on 23 and 24 May 2024 in Vrnjačka Banja at the Annual Conference of Judges of the Republic of Srbija. Janos Babity, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade, gave an opening speach highlighting Council of Europe’s...
Potential amendments to Serbia's Data Protection Law with emphasis on Freedom of Expression discussed with local actors
The intricate balance between data protection and freedom of expression has emerged as a critical issue within the realm of journalism. The 2018 adoption of the Law on Data Protection by the Government of Serbia marked a significant step in aligning national legislation with the European Union's...
Working group started work on amendments to the Law on Justice Academy
With the support of the joint EU/ Council of Europe project "Support for the Implementation of Judicial Reform in Serbia", the working group of the Ministry of Justice started drafting amendments to the Law on Justice Academy. The working group brough together representatives of the Ministry of...
Publication of GRECO's 5th Round Compliance Report for Serbia
GRECO has made public today its Fifth Round Compliance Report on Serbia which deals with preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 97th Plenary Meeting (Strasbourg, 17-21...
Call for Tender
Purchase of the software for automation of the risk-based supervision of reporting entities by Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade The Council of Europe is currently implementing a Project on Countering of Economic Crime in Serbia. In that context, it is looking for a Provider for the...
