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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.
Postponed discussion with candidates for members of the REM Council.
At today's meeting of the Parliamentary Committee for Culture and Information, the opinions of the relevant ministries regarding the implementation of the legal provisions in the process of proposing candidates for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media were discussed, as well as a proposal to postpone the Public Hearing on the topic "Discussion with Candidates for Members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media," the Committee stated in a press release.
Jelka Jovanović on REM: Withdraw the competition and announce a new one – which would comply with the law.
Journalist Jelka Jovanović says that one should not be naïve and believe that the previous call for members of the REM Council was withdrawn due to students and the blockade of Radio-Television of Serbia, and that this was merely an excuse. For her, the solution lies in withdrawing the current call and announcing a new one.
Saša Mirković: No one has taken responsibility for the first process of selecting members of the REM that failed.
The representative of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), Saša Mirković, stated that "no one has taken responsibility" for the first process of electing members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), which "failed."
Some are withdrawing from the elections for the REM Council, while others are joining the Association of (pro-regime) Journalists of Serbia.
In the last two days, with regard to the media, two news items have marked the landscape, closely connected by the consequences they may produce on the media environment in Serbia. One is the withdrawal of candidacies from 16 candidates by 78 authorized proposers from the further procedure of elections for the REM Council, and the other is the initiative to establish the Association of Journalists of Serbia.
Gorica Popović on withdrawing her candidacy for the REM Council: Students have been haunting RTS for days in vain.
"I have withdrawn my candidacy for a member of the REM Council due to numerous irregularities in the election process, due to violations of laws and legal regulations," says actress Gorica Popović for Danas.
Agreed upon 10 candidates for members of the REM Council in five categories.
Members of the Assembly Committee for Culture and Information, along with authorized proposers who did not withdraw from the process, agreed on Friday, June 13, on ten candidates for members of the REM Council in five categories.
Judita Popović: The process of selecting the REM Council is senseless; an EU response is necessary.
Former member of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), Judita Popović, stated today that the process of selecting a new REM Council is nonsensical and that the decision of candidates to withdraw their candidacy is rational.
Antonela Riha: Flagrant Violation of the Law During the Elections for the REM Council
A total of 78 proposers and 16 candidates have so far withdrawn from the process of electing members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), leaving a significant opportunity to reevaluate the political, social, and media environment in which this formally independent body is supposed to be elected.
Reconsideration of Candidates for the REM Council: Why is it Important for This Body to Exist?
Two months later, a new competition, but the outcome is the same – another withdrawal of candidates from the selection of members of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media Council. After 78 authorized proposers and 16 candidates withdrew from the process, it is clear that this attempt to form the REM Council, which has not existed for more than six months, has failed.
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Reporters Without Borders: Half of the physical attacks on journalists in Serbia were carried out by the police, and no one has been punished.
Gavrilo Andrić: The attack in Negotin was the most horrific; the police officer was practically an accomplice.
SĆF: In November, there were 154 attacks on the media by 36 government officials.
