PRESS RELEASES

The half-day conference titled “Behind the Scenes of the Balkan Defence Policies,” organised by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, was the opportunity to present and discuss the main findings of the latest edition of the Balkan Defence Monitor.

After another in a series of police measures and decisions against Russian citizens from Serbia, the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy is asking the Ministry of Interior to announce what kind of threat Russian anti-war activists pose to the Constitution and security of the Republic of Serbia and whether such behavior is in line with the interests of our or any other country.

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In the year behind us, we faced great challenges on the road to building a safe and free society.

We, the signatories of this press release, alert to the impermissible violations of the human rights of all of Serbia’s citizens which characterised the entire election process since 1 November 2023, when the early parliamentary and local elections were called and the ensuing activities of the Republican Election Commission and the Belgrade City Election Commission, and which culminated on election day, 17 December 2023.

The Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and the Centre for International Security organized a seminar on feminist foreign policy on the 11th of October 2023 at the Faculty of Political Sciences. 

The Belgrade Centre for Security Policy became one of 106 civil society organisations and activists who signed an open letter for the protection of whistleblowers on December 7th, which was addressed to all member states of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.

The National Convention on the European Union condemns the malicious and organised tabloid campaign to which the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), Igor Bandović, and Bojan Elek, director and deputy director of this organisation, are exposed.

The Belgrade Centre for Security Policy categorically rejects and denies the falsehoods that were first published on the internet portal "Alo" on Saturday, October 21st, 2023, and then picked up by other pro-government media. This is a dirty campaign with the aim of discrediting the organisation and its executives, and the BCSP will seek protection in court proceedings.

Serbia and the Western Balkans are yet again at a crossroads. The time has come either to achieve long-term peace and prosperity through the EU integration process or to once again plunge into a deadly spiral of autocracy and conflict. The normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina and the resolution of all outstanding disputes in the region will not be possible without state de-capture and full renewal of democracy in Serbia. 

We proudly announce that during the first day of the Belgrade Security Conference BSC 2023, the inaugural "Lighthouse" award ceremony took place at the Hotel Hyatt. 

The Belgrade Security Conference BSC 2023 is officially open!