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The meeting at MIT cannot replace the binding public discussion on the proposed drafts of the media laws.
The presentation of the Draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on Public Information and Media and the Law on Electronic Media cannot replace the legally mandated public discussion regarding the mentioned legal acts. This statement was made by Saša Mirković, a representative of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), during a meeting at the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, where he detailed the Association's position regarding the current procedure for amending these laws.
Branimir Grulović and Branislav Sančanin in 67 out of 87 committees formed so far.
Media expert Branimir Grulović has been selected as a member of the committee for evaluating media projects in 44 local governments out of 87 decision-making bodies established so far for project evaluation, as reported by the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) based on insights from the Unified Information System (JIS).
Media Competition in Vranje (I): Zuja AKA I Don't Want to Be Chubby
Starting today and in the coming days, the Vranje News portal will analyze the media competitions of the City of Vranje and the Ministry of Information, with an emphasis on how the media from Vranje, as well as from other cities that received funds from the citizens of Vranje through the city budget, fared in these competitions. The initial article pertains to how the projects of several media outlets owned by Zoran Zuja Veličković were evaluated in the competitions.
NUNS: The Municipality of Sjenica should announce competitions for all types of media, and Vranje should reconsider its decision regarding the allocation of funds.
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) believes that the decision of the municipality of Sjenica to limit this year's competitions for co-financing media content exclusively to television broadcasters and media in the languages of national minorities constitutes discrimination against other media.
NUNS: Public competitions must not be used to finance privileged media.
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) expresses serious concern regarding the decision of the City of Novi Pazar to allocate the majority of funds this year in the competition for co-financing public interest in the field of public information to Radio Television Novi Pazar, thereby continuing the years-long practice of selective and unjustified distribution of funds to a single media outlet.
Res Publika: The distribution of funds for media projects in Kragujevac this year has been announced to the detriment of Kragujevac media.
The Public Interest demands that the City Administration for Social Activities of the city of Kragujevac immediately publish the scoring list along with the criteria and justification for the assessment of each individual project in the competition for co-financing media content of public interest.
UNS Podcast: Co-Financing of Media in Serbia - Public Money, Private Interests
The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) discussed in the podcast "Co-Financing Media in Serbia - Public Money, Private Interests" with the General Secretary of UNS, Nina Brajović, and Saša Mirković from the Association of Independent Electronic Media.
UNS, ANEM, and Lokal Press: MIT to explain the inconsistencies in the operation of JIS and violations of the law in the area of project co-financing for media.
The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), and the Business Association Local Press (PU "Lokal pres") express their concern and dissatisfaction with the operations of the Unified Information System (JIS) for the implementation and monitoring of co-financing projects in the field of public information (JIS).
ANEM: Reassess the criteria of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications in the candidate scoring process for members of competition committees for project co-financing.
The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) points out numerous inconsistencies in the final ranking list of candidates from the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications for members of the selection committees for co-financing projects in the field of public information.
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