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As of the beginning of 2026, the official Media Register in Serbia has added three new local media outlets: Serbia in the East, Palanka News, and Voice of Aranđelovac.

The journalists' fieldwork, marked by helmets, masks, yellow vests, and identification badges, defined the work of reporters in the previous year. However, protective gear was sometimes insufficient, and the press vest often became a target for violence, which was perpetrated against journalists by aggressors, including police officers.

What was it like to be a journalist in 2025? What parallels exist between the year 2025, with President Vučić at the helm of the state, and the year 1998, with Vučić as the Minister of Information? How is the significance of youth editorial offices reflected during the time of the greatest social crisis that has affected Serbia? Why do the police and security services attack media workers during protests instead of protecting them? What will happen to free media in Serbia?

The Municipality of Žagubica, which was the first to announce a competition for project co-financing of media content for the year 2026, has extended the deadline for project submissions and for committee members to January 19, instead of the originally scheduled January 12.

The City of Čačak has published a resolution regarding the allocation of funds based on the completed second competition for the co-financing of media content, specifically the competition for the distribution of nearly six million dinars that remained unallocated in the first round.

The municipality of Bujanovac has decided to annul the competition for co-financing media content, as stated in the decision dated December 26, due to the fact that no applications for co-financing media content were received, nor were there any applications for members of the project evaluation committee.

The past year has been filled with events and information conveyed to us by tireless journalists who endured attacks, threats, and pressure, yet despite this, they did not give up on working in the public interest. Iva Parađanin Lilić from Tampon Zone, Veran Matić from ANEM, and Saša Dragojlo from BIRN speak about all of this for Mašina.

The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) has launched a public online database of all cases of SLAPP lawsuits against journalists and media outlets.

The Culture and Information Committee of the Assembly of Serbia has adopted a proposal to initiate the process of nominating candidates for the election of members of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) at the suggestion of authorized proposers.