The Service for Research and Documentation ( sr, Služba za Istraživanje i Dokumentaciju; abbr. SID) was the
foreign intelligence agency
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It was created in 2002 from the reform and split of , wh ...
of
Serbia
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. It was under authority of
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia. The Service's responsibility was intelligence gathering and other security activities relating to terrorism.
History
The Service was established in 1947 in the former Yugoslavia.
On 11 December 2007, new ''Law on security and intelligence services of Republic of Serbia'' was adopted, which determined three security and intelligence agencies of Serbia. The three existing are:
* BIA (Security Information Agency)
*
VOA
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(Military Intelligence Agency)
*
VBA (Military Security Agency)
The other two, the ''Service for Research and Documentation'' was planned to be dissolved and partly reorganized into Department for Analytic and Support ( sr, Odeljenje za Analitiku i Podršku), and ''Security Service of Foreign Ministry'' was merged into the Department within Ministry responsible for technical security of Ministry buildings and officers.
On 14 September 2013, the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ivan Mrkić
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Early life and education
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has announced the restoring of the Service.
Until now, that has not happened.
References
External links
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
official site in
English language, English
* Law on security and intelligence services of Republic of Serbia
Serbian language, Serbian
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Defunct Serbian intelligence agencies
1949 establishments in Yugoslavia
Government agencies established in 1949
2007 disestablishments in Serbia
Government agencies disestablished in 2007