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The Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) has established a Fund to Support Local Media.

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) has published a Guide for Gender-Sensitive Reporting, intended for young journalists, developed within the framework of the Journalism School. This publication, created in collaboration with the Council of Europe, explains journalistic responsibility in avoiding gender stereotypes, as well as in ethical reporting on violence against women and women's political participation.

The authorities are trying in every way to maintain control over the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM). After the agreement, it became clear that four independent candidates can be elected to the Council of REM, which has nine members. To facilitate the election of Ištvan Bodžoni, nine unauthorized proposers were brought forward for the voting of the Council of National Minorities.

The non-governmental organization Citizens' Initiatives has assessed that the Expert Service of the National Assembly, by including nine new proposers in the voting on candidates for the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), has violated the Law on Electronic Media.

The Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) and the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) condemned the new threats directed at the Chairman of the Management Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) Veran Matić, journalist and co-author of the program "Good, Bad, Evil" Nenad Kulačin, and the editorial staff of the portal Mašina, which represent a serious attack on freedom of expression and the safety of journalists in Serbia.

All pro-government media only promoted what the authorities were doing before the collapse of the awning, instead of providing citizens with truthful, complete, and timely information. Afterwards, they broadcast statements from Aleksandar Vučić, who, in an effort to control the damage, blamed the professionals, which resulted in the arrest of 13 engineers, as noted in the authors' text by Dubravka Valić Nedeljković and Zoran Gavrilović.

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.

Velimir Bulatović from Vranjska Banja, father of the former parliament member and dismissed president of the dissolved City Board of the SNS in Vranje, reacted on his Facebook profile with offensive messages directed at Veran Matić, president of the Management Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, in response to Matić's statement to the Regional Information Agency JUGpress regarding the insults directed at journalist Milojko Pantić by Bulatović.

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.