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How the candidates for the media competition committees were scored on the MIT list.
The preliminary list of candidates for the project evaluation committees for media competitions in 2026, published by the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, includes 112 candidates, which is 47 fewer than last year.
MIT has published the preliminary list of candidates for the selection committees.
The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications announced today, January 21, 2026, the preliminary list of candidates for members of the selection committees for co-financing projects in the field of public information.
Local media are emerging ahead of the elections: The same company, the same editor, the same registration day.
The same owner, the same editor, the same propaganda - in several places where local elections are being held this year, three new pro-regime local portals have been established simultaneously.
A new portal by Slavko Stijaković has been registered: He received funding for 117 projects for 30 media outlets in 2025.
On January 16, a new local media outlet, the Božur portal, was registered in the Media Register of the Business Registers Agency (APR), based in Gračanica, Kosovo. This is yet another media outlet owned by retired officer Slavko Stijaković, who owns a network of local media in Serbia.
ANEM invites the municipality of Žagubica to extend the deadline for applications for the commission.
The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) calls on the relevant authorities in the municipality of Žagubica to extend the deadline for the application of candidates for members of the commission for evaluating media projects for the year 2026, considering that the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications has not yet published even the preliminary scoring list of candidates eligible to apply for the commissions.
Žagubica has extended the deadlines for the media competition until January 19.
The Municipality of Žagubica, which was the first to announce a competition for project co-financing of media content for the year 2026, has extended the deadline for project submissions and for committee members to January 19, instead of the originally scheduled January 12.
Čačak allocated an additional six million dinars to the media, among which are the record holders in the number of projects.
The City of Čačak has published a resolution regarding the allocation of funds based on the completed second competition for the co-financing of media content, specifically the competition for the distribution of nearly six million dinars that remained unallocated in the first round.
Bujanovac canceled the media competition due to a lack of applications.
The municipality of Bujanovac has decided to annul the competition for co-financing media content, as stated in the decision dated December 26, due to the fact that no applications for co-financing media content were received, nor were there any applications for members of the project evaluation committee.
ANEM calls on the relevant ministry to investigate what is happening with the competitions in six local governments.
The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) calls on the relevant Ministry of Information and Telecommunications to investigate why the competitions for project co-financing of media content for the year 2025 have not yet been completed in five local governments – Preševo, Vrbas, Gadžin Han, Bujanovac, and Čačak – and how it is possible that the municipality of Surdulica has not announced any competition at all during this year.
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How the candidates for the media competition committees were scored on the MIT list.
MIT has published the preliminary list of candidates for the selection committees.
