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The Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) decided at a meeting held on Thursday, October 29, to initiate proceedings against the television stations Informer and Prva for possible violations of regulations during the election campaign, while concluding that there are no grounds for initiating proceedings against the television station N1. The meeting also reviewed complaints against Informer, the selection of members of the boards of public media services, the departure of REM director Rajka Galin Ćertić, and the employment status of spokesperson Olivera Zekić.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), along with civil society organizations, media associations, and representatives from journalism schools at the universities in Belgrade, Novi Sad, and Niš, is submitting an initiative to the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) for the revocation of the broadcasting license of TV Informer due to years of systematic violations of laws and programming obligations that REM has yet to sanction. A group of citizens entered the building of TV Informer last night and interrupted the program, demanding an apology from the editor-in-chief Dragan J. Vučićević for the reporting over the past two years, as well as an apology from Dijana Hrki, the mother of a victim in the collapse of a canopy in Novi Sad. ANEM emphasizes that although the citizens' anger is justified, it must not escalate into violence; rather, the fight for media accountability must be conducted through institutional means.

Regarding the information published on the website of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media, which was subsequently reported by several media outlets as the official decision of the REM that television stations N1 and Nova violated the pre-election silence, four members of the REM Council state in a press release that they are obligated to inform the public that the REM Council did not make such a decision.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemns the new explicit threats of rape directed at the hosts of the show "Good, Bad, Evil," Nenad Kulačin and his wife, as well as the show's author and writer, Marko Vidojković. The threats were posted on the social network X from the profile @TUCKOBUSICzett and contain disturbing allusions to sexual violence, along with a message stating that "Kulačin and his wife will be dealt with on October 26," the day after the parliamentary elections. ANEM has reported the threats to the Special Prosecutor's Office for High-Tech Crime, demanding that they urgently identify the individual behind them.

The long-time director of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM), Rajka Galin Ćertić, has resigned, Nova.rs has learned.

The Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) has decided not to impose any measures against the television stations that aired the campaign advertisement of the electoral list "United Serbia," in which children appear. The television stations involved are RTS, RTV, B92, Pink, Prva, and K1, all of which denied that airing the advertisement constituted a violation of the law.

Members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) discussed at the beginning of today’s session a protest letter from some members of the REM Council, in which they accused the Council President, Stevica Smederevac, of inappropriate behavior regarding the decision in the procedure initiated against the television station Informer.

Members of the Regulatory Body Council who abstained from voting, which led to no decision being made regarding the complaints against the Informer television station, were fully aware that a violation had occurred, but they prevented the imposition of sanctions, says Rodoljub Šabić, a member of the REM Council and a lawyer. In this way, according to him, they embarked on a path of abuse of office.

Four members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) have informed international officials about what they described as the body's inability to exercise its legal authority during the election campaign, as it failed to make decisions on two complaints against the television station Informer within the 72-hour timeframe.