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What do the amendments to the media laws imposed without public debate bring?
Although media associations participated in working groups to amend three key laws – on public information and media, electronic media, and public media services – the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications presented drafts of the laws that these participants had never seen in their final version.
It is fundamentally important for journalists to carry out their work without any threat of violence and intimidation.
The European Commission is monitoring developments in Serbia, and it is essential that journalists can perform their work without any threat of violence, harassment, or intimidation, they stated in response to a letter from United Media. It was also added that Serbia is expected to create a supportive environment in which media freedom and freedom of expression can be exercised without hindrance.
IPI: The war against journalists continues in Serbia.
In Serbia, journalists work under pressure. They are subjected to insults, harassment, surveillance, and even physical attacks. In the field, they are humiliated, intimidated, and assaulted. On television, they are publicly targeted by the highest state officials, including President Vučić himself.
Champion of media competitions: For the media of a former JNA officer, over 200,000 euros just from the Ministry of Information.
The media with floral-folkloric names (kilim, ramonda, daffodil, and lilac) owned or co-owned by Slavko Stijaković have already received nearly 209,000 euros from the Ministry alone. And the funds from local competitions are yet to arrive!
Without significant changes to the media competition in Dimitrovgrad – television channels close to the SNS again receive the majority of the funds.
Based on the proposal of the Commission, the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Dimitrovgrad has allocated funds from the budget designated for media projects. As in previous years, the largest portion of the funds went to media outlets owned by the Kruševac businessman Radoica Milosavljević, who is closely associated with the ruling Serbian Progressive Party – two media outlets under his ownership received 11.1 million dinars out of a total of 13.8 million, which is approximately 80%.
Letter from RTS Workers' Union to Management: Stop the Retaliatory Behavior
A portion of the employees of Radio Television of Serbia sent a letter today to the Board of Directors of RTS, the General Director of RTS, and the Programming Committee of RTS.
KRIK wins against Hrkalović in court: Journalists highlighted the connections between officials and criminals in the public interest.
Dijana Hrkalović, former State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, lost the lawsuit she filed against KRIK in 2022, when she sued the journalists of this editorial office for allegedly violating the presumption of innocence and damaging her honor and reputation.
SafeJournalists: Attacks, Detentions, and Access Restrictions – Increasing Pressures on Journalists in Serbia
The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns several incidents in which journalists and cameramen reporting in the public interest were targeted and attacked during and after the International Assembly of the Serbian Progressive Party in Niš.
How reliable is ChatGPT? Research shows a concerning level of inaccurate information.
ChatGPT and similar AI models are often perceived as extremely intelligent, but at the same time, unreliable sources of information.
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