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In over two hundred recorded attacks on journalists during the last two years, only five cases have resulted in final court rulings. This number also shows a tendency to decline further. Everything is reminiscent of the years 1998, 1999, and 2000, when Serbia was governed by Milošević, Šešelj, and Vučić.

The media company RT Balkan has terminated its cooperation with 20 to 30 media workers, as confirmed to the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) by this media outlet. One of the reasons for the termination of cooperation mentioned was the introduction of artificial intelligence tools.

Professor Dubravka Valić Nedeljković, who resigned from her position as a member of the REM Council along with three other elected members, stated on the UNS website that their agreement is to return only if they receive guarantees that the ninth member will be elected after the elections for the national councils and on the condition that Ištvan Bodžoni is not on the list for candidate alignment.

“On the street, they attack me, push me, and threaten to cut off my head. Five journalists are in life-threatening danger. We practically have no protection.”

They instill fear in us simply because we mentioned the sound cannon. We have survived much worse than that, writes Tamara Skrozza.

Veran Matić and Dinko Gruhonjić, two journalists and public intellectuals who have recently become some of the most visible targets of regime and tabloid attacks in Serbia, speak exclusively to BUKA magazine about the atmosphere of lynching, strategies of intimidation, and ways to defend the public interest in a country where critical thinking is increasingly treated as an enemy activity.

Open letter from the Editorial Board and Staff of Radar to the authorities regarding the attack on Radar journalist Milan Radonjić

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined its member, the Independent Association of Journalists of Vojvodina (NDNV), in the strongest condemnation of the vandalism of David Gruhonjić's car, the son of university professor and journalist Dinko Gruhonjić, who has been continuously targeted by the regime in Serbia for a long time, and stated that he is no longer safe in Serbia.

The Coalition for Media Freedom strongly condemns the widespread and clearly premeditated campaign targeting the media and journalists, initiated by the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade with its controversial statement announcing investigative actions related to the student-civic protest that took place on March 15 of last year in Belgrade.