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N1 and Danas report that an extraordinary session of the High Prosecutorial Council is scheduled for June 18, with temporary assignment of public prosecutors to the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office among the proposed agenda items. The issue is directly tied to the Venice Commission's follow-up opinion on the Mrdic laws, which singled out the fact that not all prosecutors had been returned to TOK as unresolved.
On June 16, the Venice Commission published a follow-up opinion on the revision of the Mrdic laws: in the commission's assessment, Serbia implemented seven of nine recommendations, but did not fully resolve the return of two of 11 organized-crime prosecutors or the structural autonomy of the cybercrime unit. This qualifies the more optimistic political framing in which Ana Brnabic spoke on June 12 about a positive opinion and expectations for Cluster 3.
On June 16, Sasa Vukovic Boske, whom prosecutors describe as the direct perpetrator in the killing of Aleksandar Nesovic Baja at restaurant "27" in Senjak, was questioned at the Higher Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade at his own request. His lawyer Ivan Simic confirmed to Insajder/N1 that questioning will continue on June 17, while the details of the statement remain unknown.
On June 13, the Higher Prosecutor's Office said it had expanded the investigation into Aleksandar Nesovic's killing at restaurant "27" in Senjak: Sasa V. and Mario S. are now suspected of aggravated murder as co-perpetrators, Danka V. of assisting aggravated murder, and evidentiary actions were ordered for eight more suspects. Veselin Milic now appears in the failure-to-report branch; prosecutors had earlier explained that the assistance-after-the-crime part of the complaint was dismissed because evidence did not confirm he was present at the killing or removed traces.
Ana Brnabic said the Council of Europe's Venice Commission gave a positive opinion on proposed amendments to five recently adopted judicial laws. She said the package should go to parliament next week, while the government expects it to help open Cluster 3 in EU talks after no chapters have been opened since December 2021.
On June 12, Novosti reported that the Higher Court in Belgrade extended custody for former Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic for up to 30 days so he could not destroy, hide, alter, or falsify evidence. In a separate item, Novosti said custody was also extended for up to 30 days for Sasa Vukovic, Mario S., Danka V., Nenad L., Dejan S., and Jasna Z. in the Aleksandar Nesovic Baja murder case.
