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The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns the attack on journalist Magdalena Kostić from the Media and Reform Center in Niš (MRCN), who was surrounded and verbally harassed by members of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) while carrying out her journalistic assignment. Kostić attempted to conduct a survey with the citizens of Niš at the market in Durlan, where both SNS and the Student List had set up stands on the same day. During her attempt to talk to citizens and report from the field where supporters of the ruling party and the Student List were located, four men approached Kostić, surrounded her, asked her who she was, why she was filming, and told her that she was provoking.

At the hearing in the case against Zoomer journalist Darko Gligorijević, a police officer was heard who signed the misdemeanor report claiming that Gligorijević "disturbed public order and peace by shouting and yelling." Gligorijević's defense proposed additional evidence to the court indicating that he was merely reporting as a journalist from the scene that evening. Sources from Cenzolovka state that this misdemeanor report is an abuse of police power and a new form of SLAPP, aimed at preventing journalists from reporting in the public interest.

Based on the 153 completed competitions for project co-financing of media content in Serbia for the year 2026 and the supplementary competition in Vojvodina, funds totaling 1.86 billion dinars have been distributed.

A rally in support of Zoran Kesić, the host of the show "24 Minutes with Zoran Kesić," was held at Nikola Pašić Square in Belgrade. The show was recently broadcasted on Nova S television but has been removed from the program by the decision of the new owners.

The email sent by the journalist of the N1 portal, Predrag Popović, to the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade was published in all pro-government tabloids, after which he was targeted as a Serb-hater and someone who calls for the arrest of Serbs.

In an interview for the portal Lupiga, the president of ANEM, Veran Matić, discusses the increasingly difficult position of independent media and journalists in Serbia, the pressures on the media landscape, the safety of journalists, and the potential consequences of changes in media operating within the Adria News Network.

Matić warns of the growing pressures on independent journalism and the possibility of further narrowing the space for professional media, as well as the danger that models of political media control from Serbia may spill over into the rest of the region.

In August 2026, the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) recorded a total of 29 incidents involving journalists and media workers. Four physical attacks on journalists and one attack on the media were documented.

In August 2026, the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation recorded at least 107 verbal attacks by state officials, other representatives of the government, and party officials of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) on journalists and media outlets. The total number of attacks this month is almost identical to that in July (106) and, on average, represents nearly 3.5 attacks per day.