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Oslobođeni SKC has returned the cult radio station to the youth of Belgrade, which existed from 2003 to 2017. By the end of the blockade of SKC on July 22, students had produced over 25 shows as part of the radio program. Although they are in "exile," the students assert that the idea is not dead and that their struggle has not come to an end. SKC Radio is making a comeback.

For six months, the FakeNews tracker archived manipulative news about blockades and protests across Serbia on the portals Informer, Alo, and Novosti, recording an impressive total of 5,773 manipulative news items – an average of 32 per day. The propaganda efforts were intensive and organized. They identified as many as 82 politicians who initiated or joined these deceptions, with Vučić being the record holder with 557 problematic claims.

The following statement was posthumously published on the X account of Palestinian journalist Anas el-Sharif, following an attack on the journalists' tent near al-Shifa Hospital in the city of Gaza. A total of seven people were killed, including el-Sharif, Al Jazeera correspondent Mohamed Kreikah, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohamed Nufal, and Moamen Ali, according to Al Jazeera.

Journalists from the portal Autonomija.info, founded by the Independent Journalists' Association of Vojvodina, received a direct death threat last night.

According to media reports, former officials and members of the State Security Service Milan Radonjić, Ratko Romić, and Miroslav Kurak have filed a total of 22 lawsuits against individuals and media publishers.

More than a month after a heated debate in the parliamentary committee regarding the candidates and proposers for the REM Council, Ana Brnabić stated that the process will resume where it left off, that the list is finalized in seven out of nine categories, and that the continuation is expected at the end of August, when the OSCE provides an analysis of the controversial candidacies.

 In July 2025, the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) recorded 24 incidents that seriously threatened the safety of journalists and media workers. The majority of incidents pertained to threats against journalists and entire editorial teams, while physical assaults, particularly by police officers, were frequent and violent. Among the 24 incidents, 12 constituted serious threats to the lives and physical safety of journalists, and there were also 8 actual physical attacks on journalists reported. In addition, there were three other cases of different types of threats. These incidents testify to the increasing violence and intimidation faced by journalists, creating a serious security problem and jeopardizing media freedom in the country. These are data from the latest report on the state of media freedom in Serbia, which is part of the monthly newsletter of the SafeJournalists network, of which NUNS is a member. You can view the database of attacks on journalists on the SafeJournalists network website.

The research portal KRIK has published a new "Database of Politicians' Assets," which contains information about real estate (the specific addresses are not provided; only the street or area of the city is indicated, allowing readers to gain insight into their value), vehicles, and companies owned by current and former ministers and other officials, as well as data on how they acquired their movable and immovable property.

At the beginning of June, journalist Darko Gligorijević was placed under police detention due to suspicions that he violated Article 7 of the Law on Public Order and Peace during an incident that occurred in the Student City on June 5.