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Former U.S. Ambassador to Serbia William Montgomery, in an interview with Nedeljnik, reflected on the events of the 2000s, the advisor to then-Prime Minister Vladimir "Beba" Popović, and the threats received by Veran Matić, who was then the director of B92.

On this day, 12 years ago, the Commission for the Investigation of Journalist Murders in Serbia began to take shape, officially established in February 2016. The President of the Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and a member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, Veran Matić, stated that at that time there was a certain level of political will to put an end to impunity, to identify and punish the killers, but that the climate changed after 2016.

In front of the building of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, a support gathering for Palestinian journalists reporting from Gaza was held today, during which a minute of silence was observed to honor journalists who died in the Israeli bombardment. The attendees read the names of their fallen colleagues.

The European Federation of Journalists condemned today the new death threats received by journalist and university professor from Novi Sad, Dinko Gruhonjić, and his family, calling for those responsible to be prosecuted.

The statement from Russian intelligence has triggered a series of threats against our portal, jeopardized our security, and posed an equally significant danger to journalists from all the media outlets listed in the document released by the Russians, writes the editor-in-chief of IN media for Cenzolovka.

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) platform has today published a report on the state of media freedoms in Europe for the period from January to June 2025, in which Serbia ranked first in terms of the number of recorded violations of media freedoms. 

The Municipality of Bujanovac annulled the competition for project co-financing of media content previously announced this year on September 12 and made a decision to announce a new competition.

The Chairman of the Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, Veran Matić, stated to Danas that the data on threats and attacks against journalists in Serbia this year are shocking international organizations and journalist associations.

Since October 7, 2023, more than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including at least 244 journalists and media workers, representing a mortality rate of over ten percent – dramatically higher than in any other profession, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).