Announcements

In the campaign jointly launched by Radio Free Europe and the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), over 541,000 dinars have been raised from 61 donors through 64 contributions to date. Some citizens have supported the radio multiple times.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns the monstrous threats directed at Forbes editor Ivan Radak and calls on the competent authorities to urgently identify and prosecute the perpetrator.

Media associations and journalistic organizations (Association of Independent Electronic Media, Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia, Journalists' Association of Serbia, Local Press, and Media Association) have agreed on a proposal regarding the necessary changes in the process of project co-financing of media content, which has been officially sent to the addresses of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications.

The Instagram account of the portal "Bez cenzure" has been suspended after a multi-day series of reports for allegedly violating copyright, which the editorial team claims are false and organized. The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) assesses that this is a dangerous and organized attack aimed at stifling free speech on social media, especially in the period leading up to the elections in Serbia.

We are deeply concerned that, ahead of the crucial elections, the investment fund with documented ties to President Vučić has taken control of the last independent media in Serbia.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) considers the attack and interference with the work of journalists from local media Glas Šumadije and Likvidno during the visit of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to Kraljevo unacceptable. It calls on the relevant authorities to urgently identify and prosecute the perpetrators.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) has submitted a criminal complaint to the Special Department for the Suppression of Corruption of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad against Aleksandar Pajić, the Mayor of Šabac, and unidentified individuals from the Šabac City Administration due to the allocation of 6.6 million dinars to the portal macvatv.rs in a competition for project co-financing of media content for the year 2026.

The Novi Sad portal 021 has been sentenced, following a lawsuit by politician and journalist Nemanja Šarović, for publishing a statement made by the President of the Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabić. According to the ruling, 021 is required to pay Šarović 70,000 dinars in compensation for non-material damage due to suffering mental anguish from the violation of his honor and reputation, as well as 85,000 dinars for litigation costs.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns the threats received by Biljana Stepanović, a journalist and director of the magazine and portal Nova Ekonomija, and calls on the relevant authorities to urgently identify and prosecute the individual who sent the threatening messages.