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Representatives of the Council of Europe, the European Union, and the United Nations in Belgrade assessed that journalism in Serbia is "under attack," meaning that media workers are endangered, emphasizing that free journalism is a pillar of every democratic society and that governments must protect journalists.

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) protests against the campaign being waged by tabloids against the responsible editor of the RTS Children’s Program, Jelena Popadić Sumić, and calls on them to cease this dangerous practice.

In the interest of the public - funding should be allocated through media competitions. However, this is often not the case - the project of the Novi Sad cooperative Medijakult, which won the competition held by the Provincial Secretariat for Information and received nearly 5 million dinars, has reportedly been executed by other companies, according to findings by UNS. This is not in accordance with the law, but it seems that those who provided the funding do not see it. And it is not their money, but rather that of the taxpayers of Vojvodina.

Preliminary results of the research on sexual harassment in the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Serbia

World News Day is a global initiative aimed at raising public awareness of the role of journalists in providing truthful news and information that serves citizens and democracy, and it is observed annually on September 28.

Serbia has been functioning for nearly 11 months without the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), which paralyzes oversight of electronic media and allows for uninterrupted propaganda for the authorities.

The company Telekom Srbija has notified the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition of its intention to acquire Mondo INC, the publisher of Kurir, as stated by this Commission to Raskrikavanje, adding that they have approved the concentration. This information is not yet available on the official website of the Commission, and they will publish it, they say, when "procedural conditions" are met. Previously, Telekom also received the "green light" for the acquisition of Mondo, which is currently owned by businessman Igor Žeželj, from the antitrust commissions of North Macedonia and Montenegro.

The research conducted by the Institute for Media and Diversity has shown that over the past year and a half, there have been as many as 102 recorded cases of hate speech in the media, with a significant intensification occurring after the collapse of the canopy and the current political crisis.

In the past year and a half, there have been 102 cases of hate speech reported in domestic media, according to research by the Institute for Media and Diversity – Western Balkans. The findings indicate that the most common targets are women and political dissenters, while the main sources are tabloids and television stations with national licenses.