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The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) condemns the attack on N1 Television cameraman Marjan Vučević, which occurred while he was filming an event in the village of Makovište near Kosjerić during the visit of the president of the Serbian Progressive Party, Miloš Vučević.

The new REM Council could be elected as early as mid-June, but our sources believe that this will not affect the campaign, even if the government calls for elections – in the past, REM has not interfered in its work or influenced the media to be fair during the campaign.

Civil initiatives are warning about the direct interference of the executive authority in the process of electing a new Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM).

Media expert Branimir Grulović has been selected as a member of the committee for evaluating media projects in 44 local governments out of 87 decision-making bodies established so far for project evaluation, as reported by the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) based on insights from the Unified Information System (JIS).

The Minister of Information and Telecommunications, Boris Bratina, stated today that Radio-Television of Vojvodina (RTV) receives financial support from the government amounting to 75 million dinars each month.

The Basic Court in Novi Sad has issued a ruling approving the request for a temporary measure in the proceedings initiated by N1 and Nova S against the Center for Social Stability, due to the unauthorized broadcasting of video content that, as stated in the lawsuit, contains false and harmful claims about the journalists of these television stations.

Starting today and in the coming days, the Vranje News portal will analyze the media competitions of the City of Vranje and the Ministry of Information, with an emphasis on how the media from Vranje, as well as from other cities that received funds from the citizens of Vranje through the city budget, fared in these competitions. The initial article pertains to how the projects of several media outlets owned by Zoran Zuja Veličković were evaluated in the competitions.

The deadline for proposing candidates for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) is until May 23. The Council's task is to monitor the quality and diversity of content in electronic media, impose measures if television stations do not comply with regulations, and issue operating licenses.

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) believes that the decision of the municipality of Sjenica to limit this year's competitions for co-financing media content exclusively to television broadcasters and media in the languages of national minorities constitutes discrimination against other media.