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The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) has sent an open letter to the Instagram platform regarding a series of temporary suspensions and shutdowns of accounts belonging to independent media and journalists in Serbia.

The Basic Court in Novi Sad has issued a first-instance ruling stating that the Center for Social Stability has harmed the reputation of N1 and Nova S by broadcasting a video featuring the logos and journalists of these two outlets, along with claims that they "lie and have sown hatred."

The same owner, the same editor, the same propaganda - in several places where local elections are being held this year, three new pro-regime local portals have been established simultaneously.

The Chairman of the Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), Veran Matić, stated in an interview with Danas that the attack on the Instagram accounts of independent media, civil society organizations, and photojournalists is one of the largest assaults on social media accounts.

The Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation has announced that it is appalled by the escalation of attacks on independent journalists and media, in which all means are being used to intimidate and silence them.

The decision to initiate the procedure for proposing candidates for the election of members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) dated December 29, 2025, has been revoked, it was decided today at the meeting of the Assembly's Committee on Culture and Information.

The editorial team of the Pančevo Si Ti portal expressed gratitude to the citizens who, over the past four days, made donations to the bank account of the civil association *Građanska akcija Pančevo*, the founder of this media outlet, to cover the costs of the legal proceedings initiated against them by the media worker from Vršac, Aleksandar Čupić.

Three accounts on the social media platform Instagram, owned by the editorial team of Nova, have been temporarily suspended today, while the account of the Radar portal on the same platform has been terminated.

On January 16, a new local media outlet, the Božur portal, was registered in the Media Register of the Business Registers Agency (APR), based in Gračanica, Kosovo. This is yet another media outlet owned by retired officer Slavko Stijaković, who owns a network of local media in Serbia.