Dulic under investigation over disputable deal with Nuba Invest

(Oliver Dulic)

Serbian PM Ivica Dacic confirmed Tuesday that an investigation into the dealings of Oliver Dulic and a company "from the dubious privatizations list" was ongoing. The premier declined to present any other details of the case, B92 reports.

When asked by reporters whether the Slovenian prosecution was involved, Dacic responded by saying that "the process is ongoing and information is being sought from Slovenia concerning one company in that country".

- As part of the investigations that are being conducted, there is, among others, one that is being dealt with by the working groups formed within the police and the prosecution. I cannot speak about what they are investigating, but in any case it is one of the companies that are on the famous lists of dubious privatizations - he further noted.

Oliver Dulic served as minister of environment, spatial planning and mining in the previous government.

He is a high-ranking official of the now opposition Democratic Party (DS), and currently a member of the Serbian parliament.

As Novosti reports, the disputable deal is the one concluded in 2009 with Slovenia's Nuba Invest to lay optical cables across Serbia, including Kosovo-Metohia. It is to be determined how and why this contract worth tens of millions of euros was won by a small Slovenian company owned by Rastko Tomazic.