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Sixteen media and journalism associations and civil society organizations have submitted a request to Telekom Srbija to immediately stop the illegal broadcasting of programs from the television stations Informer, Kurir, and other channels on the terrestrial network, making their programs available for free through antennas without the appropriate licenses.

As of the beginning of 2026, at least 88 new media outlets have been officially registered in Serbia, according to data from the Media Register of the Business Registers Agency (APR). At this time, the Media Register counts 2,350 public media outlets.

In less than 20 days, the Serbian authorities expelled Massimo Moratti, an Italian researcher who publishes articles about attacks on journalists in Serbia, due to a "security risk" to the state, and then suddenly revoked their own decision "due to new information."

Based on the 155 completed competitions for project co-financing of media content in Serbia for the year 2026 and the supplementary competition in Vojvodina, funds totaling 1.9 billion dinars have been distributed.

A journalist is not a person without a political opinion. They vote in elections, fill out ballots, and almost certainly have a stance on the government, the opposition, a student list, or some other political option. But what happens when that choice ceases to be private – when it appears in a profile picture, in a frame, a slogan, or open support? And can a media outlet have an editorial stance without becoming partisan?

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns the attack on journalist Magdalena Kostić from the Media and Reform Center in Niš (MRCN), who was surrounded and verbally harassed by members of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) while carrying out her journalistic assignment. Kostić attempted to conduct a survey with the citizens of Niš at the market in Durlan, where both SNS and the Student List had set up stands on the same day. During her attempt to talk to citizens and report from the field where supporters of the ruling party and the Student List were located, four men approached Kostić, surrounded her, asked her who she was, why she was filming, and told her that she was provoking.

At the hearing in the case against Zoomer journalist Darko Gligorijević, a police officer was heard who signed the misdemeanor report claiming that Gligorijević "disturbed public order and peace by shouting and yelling." Gligorijević's defense proposed additional evidence to the court indicating that he was merely reporting as a journalist from the scene that evening. Sources from Cenzolovka state that this misdemeanor report is an abuse of police power and a new form of SLAPP, aimed at preventing journalists from reporting in the public interest.

A rally in support of Zoran Kesić, the host of the show "24 Minutes with Zoran Kesić," was held at Nikola Pašić Square in Belgrade. The show was recently broadcasted on Nova S television but has been removed from the program by the decision of the new owners.

The email sent by the journalist of the N1 portal, Predrag Popović, to the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade was published in all pro-government tabloids, after which he was targeted as a Serb-hater and someone who calls for the arrest of Serbs.