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Pressures on independent media in Serbia are entering a new, more dangerous phase, with investigative newsrooms being targeted by SLAPP lawsuits, while Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is attempting to exert influence over decision-making in United Media.

Journalist Miloš Milić has, as he stated for the UNS website, today resigned from Euronews Serbia, and he will continue his professional journey at Fonet, where he will host the show Kvaka 23.

The jury of the Journalism Award for Ethics and Courage "Dušan Bogavac," awarded by the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS) and the "Dušan Bogavac" Foundation, has decided that the laureate for 2025 will be journalist Verica Marinčić, editor of the In Medija portal from Inđija. The award will be ceremoniously presented to her on Wednesday, October 22, at 12 PM, at the NUNS premises.

Why did Suzana Vasiljević claim that she and the BBC team once created fake news to stay longer on the Montenegrin coast? What kind of journalists allow themselves to do such a thing? And what exactly did the media advisor want to tell us?

Veran Matić, the president of the Management Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and a member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, stated in an interview with the Regional Information Agency JUGpress that he expects "a condemning verdict for Velimir Bulatović from Vranjska Banja, as he has damaged the honor and reputation of journalist Milojko Pantić on his Facebook profile."

After Ljubomir Stefanović, the editor of the YouTube channel Slavija Info, posted a question on the social network X: "Is this true and possible?" as a comment on the alleged act by the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, pardoning himself and his family members in case any criminal offense is committed up until the date the act was drafted, the police searched Stefanović's apartment, confiscated two mobile phones, and took him to the police station, where he was placed in detention for a duration of 48 hours.

For the fourth time, a round table titled "Public Information in Bulgarian Language" was held in Dimitrovgrad, where the current state of information in that language was discussed, along with strategic plans for information dissemination in Bulgarian, the importance and financing of such media, their position, and the practices of other minority media. One of the main conclusions of the gathering is that there are many challenges in this field, with issues of financing, journalist safety, and objective reporting remaining at the forefront.

The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade has requested from the editorial office of KRIK an audio recording of the conversation between Sten Miler, the CEO of United Group, and Vladimir Lučić, the director of Telekom Srbija, in which Lučić can be heard stating that President Aleksandar Vučić requested the dismissal of the director of United Media, under whose management the media outlets N1, Nova S, Danas, and Radar operate.

A meeting of authorized proposers of candidates for members of the REM Council from the group of journalistic associations, during which a joint proposal for two candidates from this category to enter the parliamentary procedure will be established, will be held on Monday, October 20, in the National Assembly (Kralja Milana 14, green salon).