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Case of Zaple Media Group: Millions in Media Competitions for Newly Established Portals That Are Already Violating the Code.
The media publisher Zaple Media Group has received a total of 16.2 million dinars, or approximately 138,000 euros, in this year's completed competitions for project co-financing of media content, as indicated by an analysis from the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).
Media Registry and Enhancement of Transparency: Proposal within the OGP Process
The media registry still does not fulfill its function due to numerous structural weaknesses – a lack of transparency and genuine political will.
Media competitions in Vojvodina and Belgrade: Who received funding and who was on the committees.
The most money from a total of 50 media competitions announced this year in Vojvodina was awarded to Radiotelevizija Pančevo, which received a total of 31,145,000 dinars for project implementation.
MPM 2026: Serbia in the High-Risk Zone for Media Pluralism, Political Independence of the Media Most Threatened
Serbia is among the countries with the poorest results in the area of journalist protection, as shown by the Media Pluralism Monitor 2026 (MPM2026), which was published on June 29 by the Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF). According to the report, the working conditions for journalists, including salaries and the social security system, are deteriorating across the entire European Union and candidate countries. Among the 31 countries analyzed, only six have a decent level of journalist protection: Luxembourg, Denmark, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, and Ireland, while Serbia is classified in the high-risk zone in the overall media pluralism assessment, with a score of 74 percent.
Results of 140 competitions: 154 million for Alo and Informer and their companies, 120 million for the media of Radoica Milosavljević.
Based on the 140 completed competitions for project co-financing of media content in Serbia for the year 2026, funds totaling 1.7 billion dinars have been distributed.
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The biggest winners in the competitions of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications.
The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications announced yesterday the results of nine competitions for project co-financing of media content, through which 482.5 million dinars will be distributed. The biggest beneficiaries of these competitions are mainly media houses that are already known to be record holders in the previously completed competitions in local governments.
Members of the REM Council rejected the call for their return until conditions are met.
Four members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), who resigned following the controversial actions of the Committee for Culture and Media, announced that they will not return to their positions solely based on the committee's conclusion. They stated that the legal uncertainties arising after their resignations can only be resolved by the National Assembly, in accordance with the law.
The more repression, the less punishment.
In over two hundred recorded attacks on journalists during the last two years, only five cases have resulted in final court rulings. This number also shows a tendency to decline further. Everything is reminiscent of the years 1998, 1999, and 2000, when Serbia was governed by Milošević, Šešelj, and Vučić.
RT Balkan has laid off around 30 media workers due to, among other reasons, the introduction of artificial intelligence.
The media company RT Balkan has terminated its cooperation with 20 to 30 media workers, as confirmed to the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) by this media outlet. One of the reasons for the termination of cooperation mentioned was the introduction of artificial intelligence tools.
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