Activities

Six physical attacks in four minutes in Negotin, ten days ago, are just a part of the machinery of aggression and pressure against journalists in that city, as well as in Zaječar and Bor. Behind these camera-documented crimes, which always escalate during election periods, representatives of formal authorities and informal centers of power intimidate, humiliate, and insult them, and journalists have even been summoned for questioning by the Security Information Agency (BIA) due to their published articles.

On December 10th, a discussion on the safety of journalists in Zaječar, Negotin, and Bor was held at the House of Free Media in Zaječar. The event was organized by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS), and the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

From the beginning of 2025 until the end of October, the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office has formed 98 cases related to attacks on media representatives, with only one final verdict in the case of the attack on Verica Marinčić from IN Media. For example, throughout the entire previous year, there were 62 cases, noted Veran Matić, President of the Management Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and a member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists.

Project co-financing at the local level boils down to the allocation of funds to media outlets that are close to the authorities, which do not report on student protests or publications from other cities, according to interlocutors who participated in a two-day training for writing media projects organized by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) in Čačak.

A large number of media workers and citizens gathered tonight near the National Assembly of Serbia to express solidarity with the team from N1 television, which was attacked at that location on November 20, as well as with all other female and male journalists who have been targeted in attacks.

Journalistic and media associations are calling on the entire journalistic community to gather on Monday, November 24th, at 7 PM in front of the National Assembly of Serbia (corner of Vlajkovićeva Street and Nikola Pašić Square) to express professional solidarity with the N1 team that was attacked at this very location, as well as with all female and male journalists who have been targeted while reporting in the public interest during the past period.

The process of project co-financing for media content in Serbia is facing a number of problems, irregularities, and political abuses, it was concluded on the first day of the conference "Exchange of Experiences and Training for Participation in Project Evaluation Committees in the Process of Project Co-Financing for Media Content," organized by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) in cooperation with the media and journalistic associations UNS, NUNS, Lokal Pres, and the Association of Media.

Members of the group Journalists Against Violence Against Women, Jovana Gligorijević and Ana Manojlović, held the second specialized training for female journalists and media workers in Belgrade, at the premises of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).

At the invitation of the OSCE Mission in Serbia, members of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists visited France from November 3 to 6 to exchange experiences on media freedom and mechanisms for protecting journalists.