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The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) has recommended the formation of a special working subgroup within the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists to draft proposals for amendments to the Criminal Code, aimed at improving the criminal legal protection of journalists. This recommendation was presented yesterday at the Moscow Hotel in the analysis titled "How to Achieve Better Legal Protection for Journalists and Media Workers - What Do We Have in the Criminal Code, and What Do We Need?"

The magazine Lice Ulice has published Guidelines for Ethical Reporting, focusing on the principles of responsible journalism and experiences from the field titled "How We Report on Homelessness and Poverty."

A conversation with Sanja Petrov, a journalist from Vranje, exposes the harsh reality of working in an environment where powerful individuals do not shy away from exerting pressure, and threats on the street become part of the ordinary workday.

Aleksandra Jovanović, a writer and playwright from Vranje who lives and works in Belgrade, is this year's recipient of the Annual Award from the “Slobodna reč” portal, established on the first anniversary of the editorial office's operation on April 26, 2021, and has since been regularly awarded to distinguished individuals and organizations.

Journalist and producer Branislav Šovljanski is taking over the management of the N1 editorial team, where he has been working since its inception.

Bojana Mlađenović has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the News Program of Radio Television of Serbia for a term of four years.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia (MUP) recorded 63 attacks on journalists and media workers while performing their professional duties last year, including 30 physical attacks and 33 verbal attacks, as stated by the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS).

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has strongly condemned the dangerous statements made by Serbia's Minister of Culture, Nikola Selaković, against journalist and university professor Dinko Gruhonjić, describing them as a call for lynching.

Between 220,000 and 250,000 dinars are deposited monthly into the accounts of four members of the REM Council, despite the fact that the Council does not exist. The four candidates who resigned in December refused to accept compensation for the first month. Ivana Stevanović from the Ćuruvija Foundation believes that any honorable member of the Council would have resigned on their own long ago.