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In the past year, Serbia has emerged as one of the main focal points for attacks on media freedom in Europe, according to the annual report of partner organizations of the Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalism and the Safety of Journalists.

Veran Matić, who led the legendary radio station B92 for many years, has become the target of an unprecedented smear campaign. In a propaganda film recently aired during prime time on Serbian television, he was portrayed as a traitor and a British spy. This is all due to alleged collaboration with foreign embassies, the BBC, Holland, and philanthropist George Soros, who, of course, is never absent from conspiracy theories, reports the Dutch media outlet Bnnvara.

Milica Čubrilo Filipović, a correspondent from Serbia for the French daily newspaper Figaro, has been dismissed after 10 years of collaboration. Problems arose at the end of last year after she reported on protests in Serbia. The termination of cooperation was allegedly mediated by Frédéric Mandolini, a former ambassador of France to Belgrade, and the current political director of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, the Provincial Secretariat in Vojvodina, and 120 local governments have announced 135 competitions for project co-financing of media content, as stated in the database of the Unified Information System (UIS) of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications.

While journalists from N1, Nova S, and other media are on "silent fire" due to changes in the company, United Group claims to DW that there is no reason for concern. They state that they are safeguarding media independence and are not in a deal with the Serbian authorities.

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) and the Beta news agency have announced the fifth competition for the "Dragan Janjić" award for the best works on the topic of "Media Literacy."

The Internet Portal FAR from Dimitrovgrad has not only been a media outlet over the past decade – it has been a symbol of perseverance, professionalism, and the fight for free speech in the local community. It has evolved into a recognizable, reliable, and influential portal in both Bulgarian and Serbian languages.

Radio-Television of Serbia (RTS) announced today a competition for the appointment of the editor-in-chief of the news program of the public media service for a period of four years, as reported in the newspaper Politika.

The Appeals Commission of the Press Council unanimously concluded at yesterday's meeting that 25 portals violated the Code of Journalists of Serbia with their articles about Veran Matić, the president of the Management Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), specifically excerpts from the video segment produced by the Center for Social Stability that was aired on B92, Prva, Informer, and Documentary TV.