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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).

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.

The process of project co-financing for media content in Serbia is facing a number of problems, irregularities, and political abuses, it was concluded on the first day of the conference "Exchange of Experiences and Training for Participation in Project Evaluation Committees in the Process of Project Co-Financing for Media Content," organized by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) in cooperation with the media and journalistic associations UNS, NUNS, Lokal Pres, and the Association of Media.

The City of Niš has announced a second competition for project co-financing of media content for the year 2025, and the deadline for project applications is November 22.

The City Administration of Niš allocated over four million dinars to the company INI media doo Niš for individual grants aimed at co-financing media content. INI media doo Niš is the publisher of Niš TV, which is not registered in the Media Register nor does it possess a license from the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) for broadcasting programs, and the similarly named portal was only officially registered a little over two months ago.

The City of Novi Sad has announced the second call for project co-financing of media content for the year 2025, which will start on Wednesday, November 5th.

The City Administration for Social and Family Protection, Education, Culture, and Sports of the city of Niš has allocated over four million dinars this year to the company INI media LLC Niš, which is the publisher of the recently launched Niš TV, which is not yet officially registered in the Media Registry of the Business Registers Agency, nor does it have a cable broadcasting license issued by the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM).

The Municipality of Aleksinac announced a new supplementary competition on October 30 for project co-financing of media content for the year 2025, as not all funds allocated for this purpose were distributed in the first competition.

The largest local media players received hundreds of millions in budget funds again this year. Radoica "Maša" Milosavljević, companies linked to Defense Minister Bratislav Gašić, Goran Lalić, and former officer Slavko Stijaković fared the best. For Vidosav Radomirović, whose media outlets began covering the protests, the amount was drastically reduced.