Announcements

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.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) calls on the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications to extend the deadline for submitting projects for the competition for project co-financing aimed at protecting and promoting the public interest in the media sector.

In the past few days, journalist and university professor from Novi Sad, Dinko Gruhonjić, has received dozens of messages that represent direct threats to his life and the life of his family, constituting a criminal offense of "Endangering Safety" in each individual case.