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From the beginning of 2025, until November 30, a total of 117 cases have been formed in public prosecutors' offices related to threats and attacks on media workers, representing an increase of 112 percent compared to the same period last year, emphasized Branko Stamenković, prosecutor of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists (SRG).

The threat received by Vuk Cvijić, a journalist from the weekly magazine Radar, has alarmed the public and the media community in Serbia, as well as international journalist and media associations and representatives of the diplomatic corps. 

A three-day training for journalist safety was held at the Radio-Television of Vojvodina (RTV) newsroom in Novi Sad, organized by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).

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.