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REM (Regulatory Body for Electronic Media) is an independent and autonomous organization that exercises public authority in the field of electronic media in the Republic of Serbia. Its goal is to enhance the quality and diversity of media services, as well as to contribute to the preservation and development of freedom of thought and expression. REM is functionally and financially independent, and its main bodies are the Council (which consists of nine members) and the Director. The organization's headquarters is located in Belgrade, at Nikola Pašić Square No. 5.
Mirković on the process of electing the REM Council: It feels like we are witnessing something we have already seen a few months ago.
The representative of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), Saša Mirković, stated today that the renewed process of selecting members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) "is not progressing in a positive direction" and noted that it resembles the previous, annulled process, when seven candidates withdrew due to irregularities.
SĆF: Miloš Garić signed a false statement claiming that there are no legal obstacles to his candidacy for the REM Council.
The Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation is concerned about the candidacy of Miloš Garić, advisor to the Minister of Information, for the REM Council: he works for the executive power, is a regular guest on pro-regime TV, and has signed a statement asserting that there are no legal obstacles to his candidacy despite being the owner of a TV production company.
Meeting of the Committee for Culture and Information on Candidates for the REM Council on May 30.
The meeting of the Assembly Committee for Culture and Information, during which proposals for candidates for members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) Council will be discussed, will be held on Friday, May 30th.
Known names of candidates for members of the REM Council
On the last day of the deadline for submitting proposals for candidates for members of the REM Council, some names that will be in the running are already known.
Saša Mirković on the REM Council: Either we all work together or we’re wasting our efforts.
At least six independent and professional (out of a total of nine) members of the REM Council could bring hope that something fundamentally will change regarding the justifiably criticized regulatory body, stated media consultant Saša Mirković.
REM and the request for calling elections: We are facing a campaign that will be dirtier than ever; the government will do everything to keep REM under control.
The new REM Council could be elected as early as mid-June, but our sources believe that this will not affect the campaign, even if the government calls for elections – in the past, REM has not interfered in its work or influenced the media to be fair during the campaign.
Civic Initiatives: The executive authority is exerting unacceptable pressure on the process of selecting the new Council of REM.
Civil initiatives are warning about the direct interference of the executive authority in the process of electing a new Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM).
Formation of the new REM Council – doomed to failure or a step towards an independent body
The deadline for proposing candidates for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) is until May 23. The Council's task is to monitor the quality and diversity of content in electronic media, impose measures if television stations do not comply with regulations, and issue operating licenses.
Kovač: A set of media and electoral laws and the election of the REM may occur by mid-June.
The President of the Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for European Integrations, Elvira Kovač, stated today that a new set of media and electoral laws, as well as the election of a new Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), which she referred to as the "condition of all conditions" for the opening of Cluster 3 in Serbia's negotiations for accession to the European Union, could be adopted by mid-June.
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The Assembly Committee for Culture, without opposition representatives, adopted the proposal for candidates for members of the REM Council.
Amendments to media laws pose a threat to investigative journalists.
ANEM condemns the prevention of journalists from reporting at the event in Zaječar.
Civilian: List of candidates for the REM Council who do not meet the requirements.
