Announcements

Journalist and editor of the Glas Zaječara portal, Miljko Stojanović, received a threat on his Facebook profile from Dušan Obradović, who wrote, "I’ll f*** your mother, who are you going to arrest? You will receive a visit soon to repeat that; you are registered." Veran Matić, President of the Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), a member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, and operator at the Safe Line for Journalists 0800 100 115, reported this threat to the Prosecutor's Office for High-Tech Crime.

In September 2025, it will be exactly 20 years since Vladimir Mitrić, a correspondent for Večernje novosti from Loznica and Šabac, was attacked in front of his house with a baton by a police officer from the Novi Beograd Police Station, resulting in serious bodily injuries. Since then, Mitrić has had police protection, which is likely unprecedented in Europe. The assailant was sentenced to six months in prison by the Basic Court in Loznica, but the Court of Appeals in Belgrade increased the sentence to one year; however, he did not serve the full term as he was granted amnesty by the President of Serbia.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) notes that three weeks have passed since the brutal attack and attempted murder of journalists on election day, March 29, in the village of Šarbanovac near Bor. There are video recordings and photographs of the assailants who were abusing journalists during the local elections, as well as images of their jeep and van, and the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Bor has not yet filed charges for this organized attack.

Saša Mirović from Novi Sad posted a comment on September 24, 2024, on the Instagram page "dijabetes-revolucija," under a post where a journalist was unjustly harassed, slandered, and targeted. The post included a photo of the journalist along with the text: "This is journalist Jelena S. Spasić from Kurir, who, together with her colleagues and editors, referred to children with diabetes and their parents as desperate!" Mirović's comment read: "Such creatures should be burned at the stake in front of the entire family."

After years of smear campaigns, stigmatization, accusations of treason and mercenarism, as well as a series of brutal, "radically radical" slanders, there was an attempt at execution. Terrorists set off two bombs under the window of the room where journalist Dejan Anastasijević was sleeping with his wife on the night of April 13-14, 2007. One bomb exploded and damaged the other. Shrapnel was scattered throughout the apartment, but, thanks to the position of the bed, they did not hit the target.

The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Vranje dismissed the criminal charge for violent behavior filed against the director of the Public Utility Company "Komrad" from Vranje, Zoran Dimitrijević, who attacked journalist Jelena Stojković on July 22, 2025, in front of witnesses while she was performing her journalistic duties reporting for "Večernje novosti" from the fire at the "Meteris" landfill in Vranje.

On Good Friday, while eggs are being dyed, it is important to remember the victims. During an attack by the ruling party's thugs, who targeted them specifically, there was an attempted murder of journalist Lazar Dinić and severe beating of photographer Zorica Popović and journalist Ivan Bjelić in Šarbanovac near Bor, while they were professionally covering the local elections on March 29.

The Board of Directors of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) made a decision at its last meeting to accept nine new members, specifically media outlets.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) has sent official letters to the local governments of Dimitrovgrad, Čajetina, and Svrljig requesting the annulment of the decisions regarding the appointment of committees for project evaluation within the grants for co-financing media content. This request is based on the fact that Slavoljub Ristić, who holds a public office, was selected in all three cases. The letter was also addressed to the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, urging the removal of this candidate's name from the Unified Information System (JIS) so that the authorities issuing the grants cannot select him again.