In its newly published report, „What a Difference a Year Makes“, the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies in Belgrade (CEAS) presents a comparative analysis of the draft versions of the new National Security Strategy (NSS) and National Defense Strategy (NDS), which the government of the Republic of Serbia adopted on 8th August 2019 and passed on to the National Assembly for consideration, in versions that underwent public discussion back in the spring of 2018.

The Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies (CEAS) is hereby expressing serious concerns regarding the failure of prosecutors’ offices and police to act on the received requests to bring criminal charges, submitted by CEAS and/or CEAS Director Jelena Milić back in 2015, for criminal offenses that include: violent behavior, threat to personal safety, racial and other discrimination.

Bearing in mind that a large rally has been scheduled for 13th April 2019 in Belgrade, as a part of the ongoing demonstrations under the slogan “1 of 5 million” that have been going on in Belgrade for months, the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies in Belgrade (CEAS) is issuing another statement to warn the public in the country and abroad about a number of harmful consequences of these protests that may deepen the tensions and cause confusion among the members of armed forces and law enforcement forces in Serbia, at the time when the Serbian government is already in a very difficult position.

I KINDLY REQUEST THAT YOU REMOVE MY NAME FROM YOUR LIST OF TOP 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN SERBIA WITH DANICA GRUJICIC INCLUDED AND INFORM THE PUBLIC THEREOF

In an open letter addressed to the Higher Public Attorney’s Office in Belgrade, published on 12.02.2019, Novica Antić, former president of the Army Trade Union of Serbia, referring to the alleged recent decision [1] of this office to charge one person and one minor who took part in the protests “1od5miliona” on 2nd February carrying a makeshift gallows for the criminal offense of “racial and other discrimination”, invited the Public Attorney’s Office to bring the same charges against the current Minister of Defense Aleksandar Vulin and his subordinates and requested their incarceration, as was the case with the persons who paraded with the makeshift gallows in the public protest held on 02.02.2109.         

Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies (CEAS) announces with great concern the fact that the organization which is most exposed to threats, attacks and intimidation has, along with some other colleagues from the civil society, received today a signed threatening letter.