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After 10 months in prison and two years of practicing journalism, judge of the Appellate Court in Belgrade Dušanka Đorđević and her husband, lawyer Aleksandar, are seeking legal action they initially filed against the editor-in-chief of KRIK, Stevan Dojčinović, and journalist Bojana Pavlović, and subsequently added editor Bojana Jovanović and author of the profile on judge Jelena Radivojević to the list of defendants.

In 2015, local governments distributed funds to the media for the first time under the new law using a project co-financing model.

In February 2026, the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) recorded a total of **34 incidents involving journalists and media workers**. There were **8 physical attacks**, as well as **8 cases of death threats and threats to the physical safety of journalists**, and **7 other threats to journalists**. Additionally, **3 threats to media outlets** and **8 attacks on media and media organizations** were documented. Throughout the month, serious threats to journalists and media continued, along with campaigns disseminated through the media that further jeopardize the safety of journalists and media professionals. Cases of attacks on journalists while covering public events and protests were also recorded again, with police involvement in some instances.

"I knew that I was a nuisance to them and that they would sue me, but I didn't know that the process would last eight years and that even after the ruling in my favor, it wouldn't be over."

So far, 135 local governments, the Vojvodina Secretariat, and the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications have announced competitions for project co-financing of media content for the year 2026.

The main hearing regarding the lawsuit filed by former members of the State Security, Milan Radonjić, Ratko Romić, and Miroslav Kurak, against the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation (SĆF) was held today at the Second Basic Court.

The "Vesti sa severa" network has registered another local media outlet called Moj Vrbas with the Business Registers Agency.

During February 2026, the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation recorded at least 171 verbal attacks on critically oriented media and journalists by high-ranking state and party officials. Although this is the shortest month of the year, it represents the highest monthly number of verbal attacks that the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation has recorded to date.