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From headlines about the "attack on Serbia," "preparations for bloodshed," to "genocide of the revolution" and "unmasking the hellish plan of the blockaders on Vidovdan." This narrative was adopted by mainstream media during the two weeks following the call for a protest in Belgrade by students in blockade on June 28. It all began with claims from "students who want to learn" that "the blockaders want to kill them," continued with assertions that students in blockade were "calling for a bloody rampage," and even that on Vidovdan they intended to declare Serbs a "genocidal nation." At the height of this campaign, a "special broadcast" was aired in co-production with TV Informer, TV Pink, TV Prva, TV Happy, TV B92, and Studio B, featuring "chilling evidence of secret blockader activities against the Serbian people and state." The campaign against the students thus transformed into an even more serious media witch hunt—characterized by demonization, intimidation, accusations, and propaganda that knows no boundaries.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS), and the Branch Union "Nezavisnost" express deep concern over the ongoing and increasingly intense pressures, professional degradations, and systematic erosion of labor rights of journalists and media workers at the media house Euronews Serbia.

The session of the Assembly Committee for Culture and Information regarding the process of selecting candidates for members of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) is scheduled for Monday, June 30, the Assembly of Serbia announced today.

Reporters attending the event “See You on Vidovdan,” members of UNS, and journalists from student media can pick up PRESS vests starting Saturday at 12 PM at Resavska 28 (first floor), and can also work without interruption (WI-FI provided).

Rating three. "Below average meets the criteria." This is how my work as a journalist at Juronjuz was assessed by the editor-in-chief, Dragana Pejović, to whom I returned at her personal invitation. Without a response to my request for specific examples and clear criteria on which the evaluation was conducted, a few days later I received a termination notice at my home address. Technological surplus.

The SafeJournalists network strongly condemns the targeting of the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) by the newly formed pro-government Association of Journalists of Serbia (ANS), which labels NUNS as an organization that "supports the organizers of riots." This statement has been reported by at least 20 media outlets in Serbia, while five media outlets have published articles in which NUNS is described as a "political front supporting anti-Serbian, Ustaša, and destructive ideologies," thereby directly endangering the safety of the members and employees of this association.

Some foreign media outlets specify in their internal codes the use of photographs that illustrate protests. Specifically, it is advised not to use as main illustrations or to begin video segments with photographs of individuals who stand out from the group of gathered participants due to specific signs, slogans, or isolated behaviors. This approach inadequately informs the audience about the purpose and nature of the protests.

After the implementation of the restructuring at the television station "Euronews," twelve employees – among them seven journalists – were left without jobs on Wednesday. According to information obtained by "Vreme," almost all of them are signatories of a statement in which part of the editorial team distanced itself from the new editorial policy of this television station.

The space for public action and expression of dissent in Serbia is narrowing, while criticism and citizen dissatisfaction are met with increasingly intense repression. When fundamental principles of democratic governance are threatened by restrictions on freedom of expression and the right to assemble, digital security becomes crucial for the protection of all participants in protests, blockades, and other forms of civic engagement.