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Who is Responsible When There is No Authority: The Case of the Disclosure of a Student's Intimate Photographs on TV Informer
Who should react when the chief and responsible editor of a television station shows intimate photographs of a student who testified about police torture during a live broadcast? At a time when the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) has had no Council for almost a year and lacks the ability to perform its functions, which institutions are responsible for sanctioning the media?
UNS database: In the year following the collapse of the awning, there were 126 cases of journalist endangerment, an increase compared to last year.
In the year following the collapse of the awning in Novi Sad and the death of 16 citizens, there were 225 incidents of threats against journalists, as reported by the UNS database. Thus, between November 1 of this year and last year, the number of threat cases more than doubled compared to the period between November 1 of last year and the year before, when 99 such cases were recorded.
International media organizations in Vienna laid 16 white roses in the Danube for the victims of the canopy collapse in Novi Sad.
Representatives of the Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists, which consists of various media organizations and organizations engaged in media freedom, laid 16 white roses in the Danube this morning in Vienna as a memorial to the victims of the canopy collapse in Novi Sad and as a sign of support for the people in Serbia.
Head of the EU Delegation: We expect high officials to refrain from verbal attacks and threats directed at independent journalists.
Media freedom and independent journalism are the essence of any democratic society, and we expect high-ranking officials to refrain from verbal attacks and threats directed at independent journalists, stated the newly appointed head of the EU Delegation in our country, Andreas von Beckerath.
The competition for the position of General Director of RTS has been announced.
Radio-Television of Serbia has announced a competition for the appointment of the General Director of this public media institution, as reported today on the RTS portal and in the daily newspaper Politika. The current director, Dragan Bujošević, will complete his second five-year term in February 2026, and he is no longer eligible for re-election to this position.
Media tycoons partnering from the budget: 132 million to Milosavljević, 50 million to the Gašić family.
The largest local media players received hundreds of millions in budget funds again this year. Radoica "Maša" Milosavljević, companies linked to Defense Minister Bratislav Gašić, Goran Lalić, and former officer Slavko Stijaković fared the best. For Vidosav Radomirović, whose media outlets began covering the protests, the amount was drastically reduced.
The election of the new Council of REM is in its final phase – disputes regarding the transparency and legality of the process.
The selection of a new Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) is entering its final phase, while the European Commission, in its latest progress report on Serbia, insists on strengthening the independence of media institutions. Journalist and former member of the REM Council, Višnja Aranđelović, and attorney from the Association of Journalists of Serbia, Gordana Konstantinović, point out issues regarding transparency, irregularities in the selection of proposers, and uncertainty about the further course of the procedure.
Commissioner and NGOs: Comparing students to Islamic fanatics on TV Pink and Informer is hate speech.
Comparing students who walk from Novi Pazar to Novi Sad to "Islamic fanatics" and "trained extremists," and labeling these students as "Hamas members" on the Informer and Pink television networks is prohibited by law as it constitutes hate speech and creates a climate of fear, humiliation, and hostility towards members of the Islamic faith, warned Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, today.
UNS established a Fund to Support Local Media.
The Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) has established a Fund to Support Local Media.
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Who is Responsible When There is No Authority: The Case of the Disclosure of a Student's Intimate Photographs on TV Informer
UNS database: In the year following the collapse of the awning, there were 126 cases of journalist endangerment, an increase compared to last year.
International media organizations in Vienna laid 16 white roses in the Danube for the victims of the canopy collapse in Novi Sad.
Head of the EU Delegation: We expect high officials to refrain from verbal attacks and threats directed at independent journalists.
