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All pro-government media only promoted what the authorities were doing before the collapse of the awning, instead of providing citizens with truthful, complete, and timely information. Afterwards, they broadcast statements from Aleksandar Vučić, who, in an effort to control the damage, blamed the professionals, which resulted in the arrest of 13 engineers, as noted in the authors' text by Dubravka Valić Nedeljković and Zoran Gavrilović.

Candidates for the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) have been agreed upon in all nine categories. Authorized proposers selected two candidates in each category. Among them, the Assembly will ultimately choose one candidate to join the Council.

Velimir Bulatović from Vranjska Banja, father of the former parliament member and dismissed president of the dissolved City Board of the SNS in Vranje, reacted on his Facebook profile with offensive messages directed at Veran Matić, president of the Management Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, in response to Matić's statement to the Regional Information Agency JUGpress regarding the insults directed at journalist Milojko Pantić by Bulatović.

Harmonization of candidates for the REM Council in five categories has shown that, if the procedure is followed through to the end and no candidate withdraws, at least two independent and professional candidates may be approved for the REM Council. The candidates from journalistic associations are Đorđe Vlajić and Mileva Malešić, while the associations focused on child protection are represented by Dušan Aleksić and Dubravka Valić Nedeljković. The favorites of the authorities, Stevica Smederevac and Miloš Garić, have also passed.

Updated data from the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office on the actions of this body in cases of attacks on journalists.

Mileva Malešić and Đorđe Vlajić have been selected as candidates for members of the REM Council during today’s coordination meeting of the authorized proposers - the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS), and the Professional Association of Journalists of Serbia (PROUNS).

Pressures on independent media in Serbia are entering a new, more dangerous phase, with investigative newsrooms being targeted by SLAPP lawsuits, while Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is attempting to exert influence over decision-making in United Media.

Journalist Miloš Milić has, as he stated for the UNS website, today resigned from Euronews Serbia, and he will continue his professional journey at Fonet, where he will host the show Kvaka 23.

The jury of the Journalism Award for Ethics and Courage "Dušan Bogavac," awarded by the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS) and the "Dušan Bogavac" Foundation, has decided that the laureate for 2025 will be journalist Verica Marinčić, editor of the In Medija portal from Inđija. The award will be ceremoniously presented to her on Wednesday, October 22, at 12 PM, at the NUNS premises.