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EU integrations, police reform and cross-border cooperation were the topics that raised most questions during the discussion held at Belgrade Centre for Security Policy on 13 March 2014.

Language reflects the discriminatory nature of our value system given that there are no linguistic barriers preventing the use of the feminine version of professional titles, which was concluded during the debate on job titles in the feminine form held on March 7th at the Belgrade Youth Centre.

During the next two weeks, Foto Duro from the Institute for Democracy and Mediation in Tirana will be a part of BCSP research team.

The number of psychologists in the Ministry of Internal Affairs must be increased, but also, the awareness of police managers should be raised, in order for them to better understand their role in giving support to their employees, that was concluded during the presentation of the ninth edition of Collection of Policy Papers on Police Reform in Serbia.

KSF has the highest ranking in comparison to other security forces in terms of positive perceptions of citizens in Kosovo, and the main reason is that KSF acts in close proximity to citizens during relief efforts, said guest researcher Shpend Kursani during the presentation held in BCSP library.

During the next two weeks BCSP researchers Maja Bjelos and Bojan Elek will be a part of Kosovar Center for Security Studies (KCSS) team, as a guest researchers.

During the next six months, eight interns of the fifteenth generation will have the opportunity to gain insight into the method of work of a think-tank organization, actively participate in research projects in the areas of security, organize conferences and panel discussions, join field researches but also to improve their knowledge and skills through a series of seminars, lectures and workshops.

Sofije Kryeziu and Shpend Kursani, researchers from Kosovar Center for Security Studies (KCSS), will be a part of the BCSP team as guest researchers in February and March 2014.

It is necessary to change the Law on free access to information of public importance by tightening sanctions and increasing the powers of the Commissioner, and for better implementation of the law it must be organized trainings for employees responsible for access to information, it is concluded during the presentation of the publication „Free access to information of public importance - theory and practice".

Domestic political tensions have significant impact on conflicts with neighbors and for a successful dialogue it is essential to change the attitudes within each of the analyzed community, it was concluded during the Forth Security Research Forum Belgrade-Pristina-Tirana which was jointly organized by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, The Institute for Democracy and Mediation and Kosovar Centre for Security Studies.

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) was again included into the list of the best Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe, and also in the world among all those who deal with areas of defense and national security, and foreign policy and international relations.

Coalition "prEUgovor"( "prEUnup" in english) welcomes the official start of the accession negotiations between Serbia and the European Union.