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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.
One category in question: List of approved candidates for members of the REM Council.
Candidates for the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) have been agreed upon in all nine categories. Authorized proposers selected two candidates in each category. Among them, the Assembly will ultimately choose one candidate to join the Council.
First day of candidate alignment for the REM Council: Former favorites of the authorities, as well as several independents.
Harmonization of candidates for the REM Council in five categories has shown that, if the procedure is followed through to the end and no candidate withdraws, at least two independent and professional candidates may be approved for the REM Council. The candidates from journalistic associations are Đorđe Vlajić and Mileva Malešić, while the associations focused on child protection are represented by Dušan Aleksić and Dubravka Valić Nedeljković. The favorites of the authorities, Stevica Smederevac and Miloš Garić, have also passed.
Mileva Malešić and Đorđe Vlajić are candidates from journalism associations for members of the REM Council.
Mileva Malešić and Đorđe Vlajić have been selected as candidates for members of the REM Council during today’s coordination meeting of the authorized proposers - the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS), and the Professional Association of Journalists of Serbia (PROUNS).
Journalistic associations are coordinating candidates for members of the REM Council on October 20 at the National Assembly.
A meeting of authorized proposers of candidates for members of the REM Council from the group of journalistic associations, during which a joint proposal for two candidates from this category to enter the parliamentary procedure will be established, will be held on Monday, October 20, in the National Assembly (Kralja Milana 14, green salon).
The Committee for Culture and Information adopted the list of authorized proposers and candidates for members of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) for the remaining two categories.
The Culture and Information Committee adopted a list of organizations and candidates for the selection of members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) from the remaining two categories - associations of composers, film, stage, and dramatic artists, and the category of associations for the protection of children.
The REM authority has identified dozens of violations at TV Informer, but there is no one to impose penalties.
The Monitoring and Analysis Department of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) has been regularly publishing reports based on submitted complaints against electronic media in Serbia over the past year, even in the absence of the REM Council, as well as monthly reports on violations of the Advertising Law.
REM: TV Informer violated legal regulations by commenting on the case of student Nikolina Sinđelić.
The Monitoring and Analysis Department of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) published a report on October 7 based on a complaint filed by the organization CRTA in September against the television station Informer for its reporting on student Nikolina Sinđelić.
The OSCE presented different arguments regarding the candidates for the REM Council than those put forward by the authorities.
The expert analysis by the OSCE largely aligns with what representatives of civil society asserted during discussions with the ruling majority before leaving the previous meeting of the parliamentary committee, where candidates for the REM Council were discussed.
Serbia has been without the REM Council for 11 months.
Serbia has been functioning for nearly 11 months without the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), which paralyzes oversight of electronic media and allows for uninterrupted propaganda for the authorities.
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