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In the competition for project co-financing of media content in the City of Belgrade, out of 83.9 million dinars allocated, the highest amount of funds was awarded to tabloids that most frequently violate the Code of Journalists and Journalism of Serbia.

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

The formation of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) is still at a standstill, and the way out of the situation primarily depends on political will, assesses Saša Mirković from ANEM for N1. While the European Commission insists on a swift and credible selection of a new Council composition, Mirković warns that without a clear position from the authorities, it is impossible to predict how the crisis in REM, which has lasted for 19 months, will be overcome.

In 2025, the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) received 131 complaints regarding electronic media content, with the majority directed against Pink Television – a total of 43 complaints – and against TV Informer – 38 complaints, as stated in the annual report on REM's activities.

There is a strange kind of people in Serbia...

Publishers of six tabloids and daily newspapers close to the authorities received over one million euros in 2025 from state and local budgets through public procurement and project co-financing for the media. Raskrikavanje analyzed publicly available contracts and revealed, for example, that nearly half a million euros was paid to just two companies owned by Smederevo businessman Boban Rajić, Politika and Novosti. At the same time, these media outlets are fulfilling their part of the job for the authorities – on the front pages of six tabloids, Raskrikavanje journalists found more than 1,800 manipulations, mostly from the political section.

On the front pages of six daily newspapers close to the authorities in 2025, journalists from Raskrikavanje found more than 1,800 manipulative news articles. Leading the pack is Alo with as many as 529 such articles, followed closely by Informer with 399. Raskrikavanje has been analyzing tabloid headlines for years, and last year, 2025, has recorded unprecedented levels of manipulation. The six tabloids we analyzed – Informer, Srpski telegraf, Alo, Večernje novosti, Kurir, and Politika – collectively received over one million euros from the budget last year.

In Serbia, 66.3 percent of citizens listen to the radio, but news from this medium is rarely analyzed. On radio stations with national frequency, representatives of the government appear as the main actors in more than 70 percent of the news, while the opposition has not appeared at all.

The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications has announced the composition of the committees for evaluating projects for the nine media competitions it has announced for the year 2026.