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KRIK is the first investigative media outlet in Serbia to receive the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) certification, an international standard of journalistic excellence established by Reporters Without Borders, a non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting media freedom and journalists. JTI is a standard for validating and promoting credible and professional journalism. 

The founder of United Group, Dragan Šolak, today requested the Chamber of Commerce of the Court of Appeals in Amsterdam to initiate an investigation into the "serious management crisis" in the company he founded 25 years ago, according to a statement from Šolak's office.

A new trial for the journalists of KRIK began today at the Higher Court in Belgrade, following a lawsuit filed by Predrag Koluvija, the owner of the "Jovanjica" company, who is being tried before the Special Court for allegedly organizing a criminal group that produced over one and a half tons of marijuana. Koluvija filed this third lawsuit due to an article in which we revealed that the prosecution had already suspected him of involvement in marijuana production even before the "Jovanjica" case.

Physical and verbal attacks and threats via social media have intensified following the collapse of the awning in Novi Sad and the start of the protests. Journalists from independent media outlets reported on the protests, which did not sit well with government representatives who accused the media of conducting a "colored revolution" in collaboration with civil society organizations, according to a report published today by Civic Initiatives titled "Citizen Associations – Shrinking Space for Action 2024."

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), along with its branch, the Society of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM), protests against the fact that the Kosovo police prohibited journalist Damjan Portić from Radio Goraždevac from recording the removal of graffiti from a local establishment in that area, detained him, and subsequently ordered him to leave the public space.

The Ministry of Economy has announced a public call for the collection of bids within the public competition for the sale of capital of Radio-Television (RTV) Kragujevac. The starting sale price for this media house has been set at 100% of the capital value, specifically 144,290 EUR.

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) strongly condemns the threats directed at journalist Dragan Karalazić from the "Podrinje" editorial office in Šabac, which were sent to him through comments on social media.

A potential termination of collaboration with a large number of freelance collaborators and employees on fixed-term contracts has been announced, as reported by UNS, during the programming committee meeting of Radio-Television of Vojvodina (RTV).

With the arrival of television, they said, "radio is finished." With the arrival of the internet, they said, "television is finished." Both times, they were wrong.