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The process of amending and supplementing three media laws, which should soon be presented to the National Assembly, has been marked by serious deficiencies and shortcomings, not only regarding the procedure but also concerning the content itself, assess the interlocutors of our portal. It is emphasized that everything has transpired with significant delays, there was a lack of public debate on the Law on Electronic Media and the Law on Public Information and Media, while the Law on Public Media Services did not close the space for political financing.

"I either suggest replacing this government or that journalists arm themselves and be deployed in special units," humorously replies journalist Nedim Sejdinović when asked how to escape the current situation in which Serbia leads in the number of attacks on journalists, while simultaneously being at the bottom of the rankings for press freedoms in all reports from domestic and international journalistic organizations.

The General Assembly of the European Federation of Journalists, held on June 3, 2025, in Budapest, adopted a resolution expressing serious concern over the increasing frequency of attacks, threats, and pressures on journalists in Serbia. The resolution was proposed by the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) and the Trade Union of Culture, Arts, and Media "Nezavisnost."

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) calls on the President of the Municipality of Despotovac, Zlatko Marjanović, to withdraw the Decision to suspend the Competition for co-financing media content production projects, as it is not in accordance with the Law on Public Information and Media and the Regulation on Co-Financing Projects for Achieving Public Interest in the Field of Public Information.

I am addressing the European Commission, the OSCE, and the governments of the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and Norway… You are accused not only of financing a "colored revolution" in Serbia but also of having your intelligence services actively working against the authorities in Serbia and the Center for Social Stability, which in its video pamphlets identifies itself with the state and national interests.

Author: Veran Matić

Here is how the funds for media were distributed in Zaječar before the elections.

Public Interest in the Shadow: GMinfo and Takovske Novine Reduced to Symbolic Amounts. While 15 million dinars have been allocated from the budget this year for project co-financing of media content in Gornji Milanovac, local media that inform citizens on a daily basis – GMinfo and Takovske Novine – received a symbolic 100,000 each.

Students in protest today requested from the parliamentary Committee for Culture and Information to ensure transparency in the process of selecting members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) and to "not repeat the mistakes" from the previous process.

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) protests against the decision of the Mayor of Despotovac, Zlatko Marjanović, to annul the media competition because, as he stated in his explanation, the majority of submitted projects pertain to online portals, "and the population of Despotovac is of an older age and does not get informed through portals."