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According to media reports, former officials and members of the State Security Service Milan Radonjić, Ratko Romić, and Miroslav Kurak have filed a total of 22 lawsuits against individuals and media publishers.

More than a month after a heated debate in the parliamentary committee regarding the candidates and proposers for the REM Council, Ana Brnabić stated that the process will resume where it left off, that the list is finalized in seven out of nine categories, and that the continuation is expected at the end of August, when the OSCE provides an analysis of the controversial candidacies.

 In July 2025, the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) recorded 24 incidents that seriously threatened the safety of journalists and media workers. The majority of incidents pertained to threats against journalists and entire editorial teams, while physical assaults, particularly by police officers, were frequent and violent. Among the 24 incidents, 12 constituted serious threats to the lives and physical safety of journalists, and there were also 8 actual physical attacks on journalists reported. In addition, there were three other cases of different types of threats. These incidents testify to the increasing violence and intimidation faced by journalists, creating a serious security problem and jeopardizing media freedom in the country. These are data from the latest report on the state of media freedom in Serbia, which is part of the monthly newsletter of the SafeJournalists network, of which NUNS is a member. You can view the database of attacks on journalists on the SafeJournalists network website.

The research portal KRIK has published a new "Database of Politicians' Assets," which contains information about real estate (the specific addresses are not provided; only the street or area of the city is indicated, allowing readers to gain insight into their value), vehicles, and companies owned by current and former ministers and other officials, as well as data on how they acquired their movable and immovable property.

At the beginning of June, journalist Darko Gligorijević was placed under police detention due to suspicions that he violated Article 7 of the Law on Public Order and Peace during an incident that occurred in the Student City on June 5.

The First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office informed the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) yesterday that it has dismissed the criminal complaint against the member of the City Council of Belgrade, Slobodan Šolević, for threatening the journalist of the daily newspaper "Danas," Vojin Radovanović.

The SafeJournalists network strongly condemns the attack on journalist Darko Simić from “Politički globus” and demands that the police finally ensure the unobstructed work of journalists when reporting on events of public interest.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Jan Bratu, stated that he is concerned about the escalation of threats and violence in recent weeks against certain journalists and media in Serbia.

Journalists and presenters, as well as female media workers in general, are often perceived in public more through their physical appearance than through the quality of their work. The female body is increasingly becoming a "public good," and the sexualization of female journalists is a social norm.