Announcements

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.

The Coalition for Media Freedom and the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) express concern regarding a series of warnings before lawsuits that a legal team has issued to numerous editorial offices due to alleged violations of copyright and moral rights related to a video recording that is part of the coverage of events outside the RTS building on March 11, 2025.

According to the 2024 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders, Kosovo has fallen by as much as 19 places to the 75th position, placing it in the third group of countries in terms of media freedom. Key threats include politicized regulation, SLAPP lawsuits, limited access to information, and an increase in physical attacks on journalists.

In just one day, a series of dangerous attacks on journalists and media occurred, which increasingly characterize the life of journalists in Serbia. In the daily repression in which we live and work, these are no longer isolated incidents but a rule that justifiably raises significant concern.

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), and the Business Association Local Press (PU "Lokal pres") express their concern and dissatisfaction with the operations of the Unified Information System (JIS) for the implementation and monitoring of co-financing projects in the field of public information (JIS).

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) was informed during the day that at least two journalistic teams from the Republic of Croatia were denied entry into the Republic of Serbia. The decision by the border authorities was based on the preliminary assessment of the duty police officer at the border that the Croatian colleagues could pose a security risk while carrying out their journalistic work in Serbia.

The Law on Public Information and Media strictly stipulates that all calls for project co-financing must be announced by March 1 of the calendar year.

One year ago, journalist Verica Marinčić was physically prevented from covering the citizens' protest in Čortanovci at the city hall in Inđija. The N1 news team documented the physical intervention and the removal of this journalist from the municipal building.