Serbia's Security Information Agency marks its day, Orlic honours Rankovic, Penezic

BELGRADE - Serbia's Security Information Agency (BIA) marked its day and 127 years since the establishment of its first predecessor, the Department for Confidential Police Affairs, on Friday.

BIA Director Vladimir Orlic laid wreaths at monuments to the first heads of the Department for the Protection of the People (OZNA), Aleksandar Leka Rankovic and Slobodan Krcun Penezic, in the Alley of the Heroes of the People, the BIA said in a statement.

Accompanied by the agency's senior officials, BIA Deputy Director Tomislav Radovanovic paid a tribute to the first head of the Department for Confidential Police Affairs Jovan S Milovanovic and laid a wreath at his monument at the Topcider cemetery.