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The authorities in Serbia selectively apply the law in the selection of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), reducing the independent regulatory institution to an empty shell that, as interlocutors of FoNet believe, aims to maintain continuity of control over the media space.

The N1 news team was attacked yesterday near Pionirski Park, and according to the statements of those present, the incident occurred with a complete lack of police response, despite the fact that officers were only a few meters away from the scene.

"The position of journalists has significantly deteriorated… It is indicative that they are mostly subjected to attacks and excessive use of force by the police. Unfortunately, the police still do not understand that their role at public gatherings is not to prevent journalists from reporting, but rather the opposite – to ensure safe conditions so that journalists can work."

The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications announced today on social media that it strongly condemns the attack on the N1 team in front of the National Assembly. 

The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications (MIT) has invited journalist and media associations, unions, institutions, and government bodies to propose members for working groups tasked with drafting the Bill on Amendments and Supplements to two media laws and the Strategy for the Development of the Public Information System in the Republic of Serbia for the period from 2026 to 2030.

The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications informs the public that on November 10, 2025, the Regulation on Amendments and Supplements to the Regulation on Co-financing Projects for Achieving Public Interest in the Field of Public Information was adopted (“Official Gazette of the RS”, number 98/25).

The Director for Legal Affairs of the Independent Journalists' Association of Vojvodina (NDNV), Veljko Milić, called on the prosecution to begin performing its duties and to investigate abuses in the competitions for project co-financing of media projects, reminding that these criminal offenses do not become statute-barred for 20 years.

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) requests that, due to the scenes of violence broadcast on Pink television in recent evenings, the expert services of the Regulatory Authority determine violations of the Law on Electronic Media and that the Council of REM be urgently constituted in order to impose appropriate measures.

Marginalized topic, increasingly exploited for sensationalism and without including children as the most important actors in journalistic stories. This could be a brief summary of the findings from the research "Media Image of Children in Serbia 2025," which was presented today by the Center for Professionalization of Media and Media Literacy (CEPROM).