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Out of 2,182 media outlets in Serbia, 1,180 are online portals, while the number of print media is almost half that.
In Serbia, a total of 2,182 media outlets were registered in 2024, of which 1,180 were identified as online media. Compared to 2018, the number of television stations increased from 211 to 217, news agencies rose from 23 to 31, while the number of radio stations decreased from 309 to 268, and print media dropped from 863 to just 468, as highlighted during the presentation of the Media Association's study "The Right Measure of Media 2025."
BIRN: Open Call for Applications – Content Production Fund
The project "Improvement of Quality News and Independent Journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey II" aims to provide systemic support for the enhancement of quality and professionalism in journalism.
The authorities reduce the REM to an empty shell in order to maintain continuity of control over the media space.
The authorities in Serbia selectively apply the law in the selection of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), reducing the independent regulatory institution to an empty shell that, as interlocutors of FoNet believe, aims to maintain continuity of control over the media space.
What was controversial in the police's response during the attack on the N1 team?
The N1 news team was attacked yesterday near Pionirski Park, and according to the statements of those present, the incident occurred with a complete lack of police response, despite the fact that officers were only a few meters away from the scene.
Veljko Milić: Violent individuals view female journalists as easier targets.
"The position of journalists has significantly deteriorated… It is indicative that they are mostly subjected to attacks and excessive use of force by the police. Unfortunately, the police still do not understand that their role at public gatherings is not to prevent journalists from reporting, but rather the opposite – to ensure safe conditions so that journalists can work."
The ministry condemned the attack on the N1 team.
The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications announced today on social media that it strongly condemns the attack on the N1 team in front of the National Assembly.
MIT forms working groups for amendments to media laws and a new media strategy.
The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications (MIT) has invited journalist and media associations, unions, institutions, and government bodies to propose members for working groups tasked with drafting the Bill on Amendments and Supplements to two media laws and the Strategy for the Development of the Public Information System in the Republic of Serbia for the period from 2026 to 2030.
The deadline for candidate applications for the project evaluation committees has been shortened to December 20th.
The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications informs the public that on November 10, 2025, the Regulation on Amendments and Supplements to the Regulation on Co-financing Projects for Achieving Public Interest in the Field of Public Information was adopted (“Official Gazette of the RS”, number 98/25).
Milić (NDNV): The procedures for embezzlement in media competitions do not expire after 20 years.
The Director for Legal Affairs of the Independent Journalists' Association of Vojvodina (NDNV), Veljko Milić, called on the prosecution to begin performing its duties and to investigate abuses in the competitions for project co-financing of media projects, reminding that these criminal offenses do not become statute-barred for 20 years.
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