Republic of Serbia’s 2011 Budget (passed in Parliament on Dec. 29, 2010, published in „Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia“ No. Nr. 101/10) contains interesting information on monies earmarked for the security services on the one, and culture, human rights and anti-corruption bodies, on the other side.
For the comparison purposes, the table below contains data on budget expenditures for Parliament, Foreign Ministry[1] and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU).
| Title | Sum in RSD | Sum in €UR[2] |
| Parliament | 1,938,896,000.00 | 18,705,011.2631 |
| Foreign Ministry | 5,648,488,000.00 | 54,492,000.3666 |
| Culture Ministry | 6,121,888,000.00 | 59,059,000.3739 |
| Ministry for Human and Minorities’ Rights | 508,106,000.00 | 4,901,000.8247 |
| SANU | 387,070,000.00 | 3,734,000.1604 |
| Military Security Agency (VBA) | 733,401,000.00 | 7,075,000.3015 |
| Military Intelligence Agency (VOA) | 614,410,000.00 | 5,927,000.3658 |
| Security and Information Agency (BIA – former State Security Service) | 4,101,386.000.00 | 39,567,000.0893 |
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| Title | Sum in RSD | Sum in €UR |
| Ministry for Human and Minorities’ Rights | 508,.106,000,00 | 4.901.000.8247 |
| Ombudsman | 149,345,000.00 | 1,440,000.7683 |
| Commissioner for Equality | 96,213,000.00 | 928,000.1907 |
| Lustration Commission | 48,000.00 | 463.0679 |
| Anti-corruption Agency | 195,821,000.00 | 1,889,000.1338 |
| Commissioner for Free Access to Information | 126,086,000.00 | 1,216,000.3829 |
| Anti-corruption Council | 24,091,000.00 | 232,000.4118 |
| Total (Human Rights Anti-corruption) | 1,099,710,000.00 | 10,608,001.1754 |
| Total VOA + VBA + BIA | 5,449,699,000.00 | 52,574,000.5997 |
Dušan Bogdanović
„Biljana Kovačević-Vučo“ Fund
Peščanik.net, 12.03.2011.
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