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How budget funds are (not) distributed in Kragujevac: Secret decisions regarding public information.
While waiting for the official confirmation regarding the outcome of the repeated privatization of Radio-Television Kragujevac, the city authorities, in silence and without explanation, are reducing the amount of funds for public information as planned in the budget for 2025. This comes just a few weeks after they approved an increase in subsidies for RTK. Instead of the 47.5 million dinars that were supposed to be allocated to the media through a public competition, only nearly four times less money—12.6 million dinars—has been designated for this purpose, while just over 11.4 million dinars remain unallocated.

Guidelines for Ethical Reporting on Suicides
The Werther effect, a term for the increase in suicides following media coverage of a single case, has been known for over two centuries, reminds the organization Journalists Against Violence.

VOICES FROM GAZA Naser Abu Baker: Please support us, respond to the genocide.
“The situation is much worse, much more dangerous than before. Israel threatens to attack all of Gaza. They are planning the largest massacre that will occur if they proceed with the attack. And the largest massacre of journalists. I call on all journalists and warn that the Israeli occupation plans further genocide, further war crimes against Palestinian journalists, because they do not want anyone reporting on the next major attack on Gaza. We ask you to support us. We ask you to stand by your principles, for justice and humanity,” says Naser Abu Baker, President of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS).

Case of Police Brutality: Physical Violence Against Photojournalist Aleksa Stanković
Two days after he recorded a video showing police officers using derogatory names for women passing by, Aleksa Stanković, a photographer and history student at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, suffered physical violence at their hands.

Press Advisory: The Republika Portal conducted a campaign against journalist Vuk Cvijić in 19 articles.
With a series of 19 articles published from May 29, 2024, to March 27, 2025, the portal Republika.rs violated multiple provisions of the Journalists' Code of Serbia in its reporting on Vuk Cvijić, a journalist for the weekly Radar, the Appeals Commission of the Press Council assessed at its latest meeting.

The worst year for journalist safety in Serbia.
With absolute amnesty for crimes against citizens and journalists, Serbia has experienced a complete collapse of the rule of law and the end of its legal system. A country where no journalist's murder has been solved or punished, where the killers continue to walk free, is now recording its worst year in terms of journalist safety.

Project co-financing of media: Call for registration in the Candidate Register for Commission Members
The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, based on Article 32 of the Law on Public Information and Media and Article 20 of the Regulation on Co-financing Projects in the Field of Public Information, has invited journalistic and media associations, theorists, analysts, and practitioners in the media field to apply for enrollment in the Register of Candidates for Commission Members via the Unified Information System (UIS).

In August, state officials targeted the media 137 times: More than 20 times labeled as terrorists, fascists, and Nazis.
The Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation announced that during August, 15 high-ranking state officials attacked journalists and media at least 137 times in public appearances and through social media.

"Mental stretching" is being broadcast from abroad due to threats: I have two children, I don't want anyone coming to my place.
The new season of "Mental Gymnastics" on TV Nova has started from exile, as the show's creators, Marko Stepanović and Srđan Jovanović, no longer feel safe performing their work in Belgrade.
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Atila Kovač elected as the new president of the Board of Directors of NDNV.

Amendments to the Criminal Code: A Threat to Journalists Who May Face Imprisonment for Seeking Information

EFJ/IFJ and media organizations in Serbia warn of a new coordinated defamation campaign.

Who are the record holders: Organizations that received the most financial resources in media competitions in 2025.
