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Although the verdict for the arson of Milan Jovanović's house was delivered more than a year ago, he believes he will not achieve full justice: one lawsuit for damages is fraught with obstructions and the humiliation of the journalist and his wife, while the other is stagnant. Those convicted of the arson are transferring their assets to relatives, which means there will soon be no source from which to collect damages.

The Basic Court in Novi Sad has issued a ruling that approves a temporary measure, thereby prohibiting the Center for Social Stability from using statements in films and videos that insult the dignity of the media personalities engaged within United Media.

The members of the National Assembly of Serbia have adopted a set of media laws, which includes the Law on Electronic Media, the Law on Public Media Services, and the Law on Public Information and Media.

The representative of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), Saša Mirković, stated that "no one has taken responsibility" for the first process of electing members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), which "failed."

The number of verbal and physical attacks on journalists in Serbia is three times higher in the first five months of this year compared to last year.

In the last two days, with regard to the media, two news items have marked the landscape, closely connected by the consequences they may produce on the media environment in Serbia. One is the withdrawal of candidacies from 16 candidates by 78 authorized proposers from the further procedure of elections for the REM Council, and the other is the initiative to establish the Association of Journalists of Serbia.

The prosecutor of the Third Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, Ljiljana Dobrić Kovčić, stated this evening that the prosecutor's office has opened a case regarding the threats made by Partizan fans against the editor-in-chief and responsible editor of Insajder, Brankica Stanković.

"I have withdrawn my candidacy for a member of the REM Council due to numerous irregularities in the election process, due to violations of laws and legal regulations," says actress Gorica Popović for Danas.

A group of 135 pro-government journalists has signed an advertisement in tomorrow's Informer, calling for the establishment of a new association – the "Association of Journalists of Serbia" (ANS).