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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.

Updated data from the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office on the actions of this body in cases of attacks on journalists.

Mileva Malešić and Đorđe Vlajić have been selected as candidates for members of the REM Council during today’s coordination meeting of the authorized proposers - the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS), and the Professional Association of Journalists of Serbia (PROUNS).

Pressures on independent media in Serbia are entering a new, more dangerous phase, with investigative newsrooms being targeted by SLAPP lawsuits, while Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is attempting to exert influence over decision-making in United Media.

Journalist Miloš Milić has, as he stated for the UNS website, today resigned from Euronews Serbia, and he will continue his professional journey at Fonet, where he will host the show Kvaka 23.

The jury of the Journalism Award for Ethics and Courage "Dušan Bogavac," awarded by the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS) and the "Dušan Bogavac" Foundation, has decided that the laureate for 2025 will be journalist Verica Marinčić, editor of the In Medija portal from Inđija. The award will be ceremoniously presented to her on Wednesday, October 22, at 12 PM, at the NUNS premises.

Why did Suzana Vasiljević claim that she and the BBC team once created fake news to stay longer on the Montenegrin coast? What kind of journalists allow themselves to do such a thing? And what exactly did the media advisor want to tell us?

Veran Matić, the president of the Management Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and a member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, stated in an interview with the Regional Information Agency JUGpress that he expects "a condemning verdict for Velimir Bulatović from Vranjska Banja, as he has damaged the honor and reputation of journalist Milojko Pantić on his Facebook profile."

After Ljubomir Stefanović, the editor of the YouTube channel Slavija Info, posted a question on the social network X: "Is this true and possible?" as a comment on the alleged act by the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, pardoning himself and his family members in case any criminal offense is committed up until the date the act was drafted, the police searched Stefanović's apartment, confiscated two mobile phones, and took him to the police station, where he was placed in detention for a duration of 48 hours.