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Serbian scientists decry systematic plagiarism, predatory publishing

Posted 17 December 2012 by Mićo Tatalović

An open letter to the Serbian science ministry – coinciding with the new government’s first 100 days in office – and an accompanying petition signed by 850 scientists so far, makes for pretty dim reading on the state of research ethics in Serbia. The systematic and apparently state-endorsed practice of artificially boosting one’s ratings in the national evaluation system, which drives promotions and helps set salaries, has led to a range of abuses that are promoting mediocrity while driving scientific talent out of the... Read more

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Serbian entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina pledges to revolutionise its “unsatisfactory” science

Posted 9 August 2012 by Mićo Tatalović

Republika Srpska, the Serbian entity in the highly ethnically and politically divided Bosnia and Herzegovina, has a new science strategy, complete with an action plan to internationalise its currently dismal science, link it to industry and boost funding to 0.5% of GDP by 2016. The strategy for 2012-2016 was approved by the parliament last month (17 July) and it follows from the new science law that came into effect in January. The current system is "unsatisfactory" and not targeted to... Read more

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A new twist in the merger of Montenegro’s science academies

Posted 7 August 2012 by Mićo Tatalović

Montenegro Science Academy Faces Funding Freeze Over Merger Montenegro's official science academy may see its budget subject to month-by-month approvals, or even face deep budget cuts, if it does not comply with a law forcing it to merge with the country's unofficial science academy. The move, approved at a cabinet meeting on 26 July, is the latest in an escalating conflict between the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU), which says its academic autonomy is under attack, and the... Read more

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Serbia’s court says Vojvodina’s right to make its own science decisions is unconstitutional

Posted 31 July 2012 by Mićo Tatalović

In what some have called a throwback to the time when strongman Slobodan Milošević was president of Serbia, the Serbian constitutional court has this month (10 July) struck down a lot of a 2009 law that had granted Vojvodina, the country's northern region which is dominated by ethnic Hungarians rather than Serbs, autonomy over many of its affairs, such as fisheries, social care, and forestry. This included the right to govern its own science, including funding a science academy, in... Read more

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