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Friends of Children of Serbia have developed guidelines for reporting on children in sensitive situations.
SLAPP lawsuits are an increasingly common tool for exhausting journalists: Solidarity and public support are key to defense.
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SLAPP lawsuits are an increasingly common tool for exhausting journalists: Solidarity and public support are key to defense.

June 2, 2026

SLAPP lawsuits in Europe are increasingly being used as a means of pressure on journalists, media, activists, and civil society organizations. Their goal is not just a legal victory, but also intimidation, exhaustion, and deterrence from reporting on issues of public interest, as noted in the online workshop "Addressing abusive lawsuits. What can journalists do when they are SLAPP-ed?" held on June 1 as part of the project M4CD – Media for Citizens and Democracy in the Digital Age.

EFJ and its regional members are concerned about the sale of Adria News Network to Alpac Capital.
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EFJ and its regional members are concerned about the sale of Adria News Network to Alpac Capital.

May 30, 2026

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its members from Slovenia (SNS, DNS), Croatia (HND, TUCJ), Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH Journalists), Montenegro (TUMM), and Serbia (NUNS, UNS, Nezavisnost) express serious concern over the current uncertainty faced by media operating within the Adria News Network following confirmation of an agreement to sell Adria News S.à r.l. to the international investment group Alpac Capital. 

Dutch portal Nu.nl: As long as the Serbian regime keeps the media in its pocket, EU membership is far away.
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Dutch portal Nu.nl: As long as the Serbian regime keeps the media in its pocket, EU membership is far away.

May 29, 2026

The European Union is discussing expansion in Austria on Friday. Media freedom is one of the conditions, but in Serbia, a candidate for membership, journalists are facing increasing difficulties. "I am still having problems with my kidneys. They injured them quite seriously."

Alpac Capital is acquiring ANN media, having reached an agreement with United Group.
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Alpac Capital is acquiring ANN media, having reached an agreement with United Group.

May 29, 2026

The international investment group Alpac Capital and Summer Parent S.à r.l., the ultimate shareholder of United Group (“the Group”), today confirm that an agreement has been reached for the sale of Adria News S.à r.l.

Analysis of Fog Cleaners: Tens of millions of dinars of state money ended up with a network of affiliated local media.
Press Advisory: Four Portals Violated the Journalists' Code with Articles about ANEM and Veran Matić.
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Press Advisory: Four Portals Violated the Journalists' Code with Articles about ANEM and Veran Matić.

May 28, 2026

The Appeals Commission of the Press Council unanimously assessed today during the meeting that four portals - Večernje novosti, Alo, 24sedam, and Užice Oglasna tabla - violated the Code of Journalists of Serbia with their articles about Veran Matić and the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).

Project co-financing: 58 million to Alou and Informer, 50 million to Radoica Milosavljević in media competitions.
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Project co-financing: 58 million to Alou and Informer, 50 million to Radoica Milosavljević in media competitions.

May 27, 2026

Based on the competition for project co-financing of media content in Serbia for the year 2026, funds have thus far been distributed to 45 local governments, totaling over 556 million dinars.

Veran Matić: Today, hate speech comes from the top of the government, and the response to it is solidarity and empathy.
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Veran Matić: Today, hate speech comes from the top of the government, and the response to it is solidarity and empathy.

May 26, 2026

“That hatred is now directed against one’s own people, against those who think differently,” warned the president of ANEM, Veran Matić, assessing that hate speech in Serbia today “comes directly from the top of the government.” He stated that society is facing an atmosphere of fear, targeting, and violence, while he sees the only response as “love, empathy, and solidarity,” which, according to him, were demonstrated by the student protests.