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A FoNet journalist was confronted today in front of the National Assembly of Serbia while filming strong winds lifting tents set up on the roadway in front of the parliament building. A person staying in Pioneer Park grabbed her by the shoulder and demanded that she delete the footage.

In a statement released today by Yettel and SBB, it was announced that starting from July 29, the TV channels N1 and Nova will also be available to Yettel TV service users. These channels will be included in all new Yettel TV packages, including the basic package.

In recent days, we have witnessed almost daily attacks and disruptions in the work of journalists. The responsibility for targeting independent media lies with the highest levels of government, and the use of force during protests is increasingly being directed at journalists—both by aggressors and by the police. Such attacks have been recorded in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Kosjerić, and numerous other cities.

The mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Serbia announced today that it is closely monitoring the escalation of violence in the days following the protests in Belgrade on June 28, including police actions, and emphasized that the safety of demonstrators, bystanders, and journalists is essential for the rule of law and democracy.

The City of Belgrade has once again allocated the largest portion of funds in this year's competition for co-financing media projects to regime media that violate the Code of Journalists of Serbia. The champion of the competition this time is Studio B, which received a total of 12.5 million dinars for three projects. In second place is the publisher of Informer, the company Insider Team, which was granted 10.5 million dinars, also for three projects. Third place is occupied by Alo and its subsidiary Bizmedia, which together received 7 million dinars.

The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications has strongly condemned the frequent incidents in which journalists and media workers are subjected to insults, intimidation, physical obstruction in their work, and systematic threats to their safety by blockaders in certain cities in Serbia.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Jan Bratu, visited the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) this week, where he discussed the current media situation in Serbia with Veran Matić and Saša Mirković.

Physical attacks on journalists at public gatherings have become the norm, stated Veran Matić, a member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists and President of the Managing Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), referring to cases where members of media teams were assaulted by members of the Gendarmerie.

The President of the Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), Veran Matić, was a guest on the show "Without Pardons."