Announcements

Miljko Stojanović, a journalist for "Glas Zaječara," was attacked by SNS councilor Nelija Nikolić and another assailant while covering the protest drive "Noise Against Dictatorship" on March 25. They attempted to seize the phone he was using to record the event.

Selective reporting and the existence of "those whose statements are not relayed" are incompatible with the editorial policy of the media that calls itself the Public Service of Serbia and all its citizens.

The presentation of the Draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Public Information and Media and the Law on Electronic Media cannot replace the legally mandated public discussion regarding the mentioned legal acts. This statement was made by Saša Mirković, a representative of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), during a meeting at the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, where he detailed the Association's position regarding the current procedure for amending these laws.

ANEM unequivocally condemns the physical attack on journalist Tamara Radovanović of Južne vesti while she was performing her journalistic duties.

During the recording of a public event in the village of Makovište, near Kosjerić, which was attended by the president of the ruling party SNS, Miloš Vučević, cameraman Marjan Vučetić from N1 was attacked from behind with multiple blows to the back and neck, along with being kicked, and then he was thrown out of the tent where the program was taking place, which was being covered by a reporting team from this television station in Kruševac. Following this cowardly attack, there was no response from the organizers to protect the cameraman in the performance of his duties.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns the detention of photojournalist Gavrilo Andrić. Andrić has been photographing student protests for the past several months. He was deprived of his freedom during the protests of citizens in front of the courthouse in Novi Sad. According to information available in the media, he was released by the police two hours after his detention.

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the international organization Reporters Without Borders has published the latest Press Freedom Index for this year. The head of the EU-Balkans desk at Reporters Without Borders, Pavol Salaj, exclusively told the Association of Independent Electronic Media that Serbia's advancement by two places (96th out of 180 countries) is an illusion, as Serbia's score has actually fallen by 0.92 points (53.55 on a scale of 0 to 100). According to him, it is evident that media freedom in the country has further deteriorated. He explains that Serbia's progress can be attributed more to the decline of other countries, including Kosovo.

At the beginning of 2024, the Appellate Court issued an acquittal for four defendants accused of the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, following two first-instance convictions totaling 100 years in prison, after 15 years of investigation and nine years of trial.

The attack on journalist Stefan Miljuš from Insajder television while he was performing his journalistic duties at Nikola Pašić Square, in the area of an event organized by the Serbian Progressive Party, marks the fourteenth physical attack on journalists in the first four months of 2025, which represents a significant escalation and can be described as a sort of war against journalists.