Announcements

The police intervention unit has taken to the streets of Pirot, not to secure the reported Pride caravan, but to allow hooligans and perpetrators to freely spread hatred and homophobia, while shouting: "Kill, kill the faggot!"

The persecution of journalist and military analyst Aleksandar Radić continues with the filing of a criminal complaint following the unlawful search and seizure of his computer, phone, and other materials.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns the threats directed at the news director of N1 television, Branislav Šovljanski, and his family, and calls on the relevant authorities to urgently identify and prosecute the perpetrator.

Journalistic and media associations (the Association of Independent Electronic Media ANEM, the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia NUNS, Lokal Pres, and the Association of Media) demand that the local government in Šabac and the relevant Ministry of Information and Telecommunications urgently reconsider the decision regarding the allocation of funds in the competition for project co-financing of media content in that city, as well as the work of the competition committee that evaluated the projects.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns the spread of falsehoods and the targeting of journalists and correspondents from Nova S, specifically Đorđe Mijailović, in the programming of Valjevo Television V5. It calls on the relevant authorities, primarily the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications and the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), to respond urgently.

According to the records of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, in the first half of this year, 71 cases related to threats and attacks on female and male journalists were opened in the prosecutor's offices in Serbia. Of that number, 37 cases were opened in the Special Public Prosecutor's Office – Department for the Fight Against High-Tech Crime of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade.

At the police station in Aranđelovac, the editor of the media outlet eStvarnost, Dragan Todorović, made a statement regarding the criminal complaint filed by Đorđe Riznić, the secretary of the Assembly of the Municipality of Aranđelovac, for "false reporting."

The system of competitive co-financing of media content in Serbia increasingly loses its meaning and moves away from its fundamental purpose – as established by law – and the results of this year's competitions organized by the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications indicate that it has experienced a complete failure.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns the vulgar language used in a message directed at the editor of the Žig Info portal by Bojan Pitulić, the assistant to the mayor of Grocka, who, by his position, should not exhibit such vulgarity and primitiveness, especially not in the public sphere and towards journalists. Considering that this behavior undermines the reputation of the municipality, we call on the leadership in Grocka to take immediate action and sanction their official.