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The prosecutor of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, Branko Stamenković, stated that since the beginning of 2025, a total of 117 cases have been reported to all prosecutorial offices in Serbia regarding threats to journalists' safety, noting that the number of reported cases of physical attacks is four times higher compared to the same period last year.

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) has filed a complaint with the Internal Control Sector of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia against police officers who did not adequately respond to the attack on N1 journalist Maja Nikolić and our cameraman Ivan Pavlović, which occurred on November 20 in front of the so-called Ćacilend.

We want to demonstrate that we, as legitimate candidates, possess the willingness, responsibility, and openness to find solutions, and that such an approach is essential for concluding the selection process of the REM Council in a manner that contributes to democracy, pluralism, and the rule of law, it is stated in the letter from Muhedin Fijuljanin and Ljumturije Ameti.

The OSCE Mission in Serbia awarded the Personality of the Year 2025 to Amela Bajrović, the editor-in-chief of the portal Free Media from Novi Pazar, at a ceremony held today in Belgrade.

Zorana Bojičić was elected on Friday as the new director of Radio Belgrade, and Nebojša Nikolić as the editor-in-chief of the First Program of this radio station, UNS has learned.

Due to a series of insults and offensive remarks made by BIRN journalist Radmila Marković, the professional service of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media has proposed initiating proceedings against TV Informer.

Journalist, analyst, and publicist Branislav Gulan, along with journalist and President of the Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) Veran Matić, are this year's recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS).

Radio-Television of Serbia (RTS) has announced a new competition today for the selection of the general director of the organization, after none of the candidates received a sufficient number of votes in the first competition.

The announcement of resignations by four newly elected members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) has once again raised the question of whether the election of this body was conducted lawfully or if it is yet another political maneuver by the authorities to maintain control over the media regulator. Attorney and elected member of the REM Council Rodoljub Šabić claims that the election process grossly violated both the "letter and spirit of the law," while retired professor of Political Science Rade Veljanovski assesses that the threat of resignations is a poor decision that could enable the authorities to secure even absolute control over REM in the future.