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Professor Dubravka Valić Nedeljković, who resigned from her position as a member of the REM Council along with three other elected members, stated on the UNS website that their agreement is to return only if they receive guarantees that the ninth member will be elected after the elections for the national councils and on the condition that Ištvan Bodžoni is not on the list for candidate alignment.

“On the street, they attack me, push me, and threaten to cut off my head. Five journalists are in life-threatening danger. We practically have no protection.”

They instill fear in us simply because we mentioned the sound cannon. We have survived much worse than that, writes Tamara Skrozza.

Veran Matić and Dinko Gruhonjić, two journalists and public intellectuals who have recently become some of the most visible targets of regime and tabloid attacks in Serbia, speak exclusively to BUKA magazine about the atmosphere of lynching, strategies of intimidation, and ways to defend the public interest in a country where critical thinking is increasingly treated as an enemy activity.

Open letter from the Editorial Board and Staff of Radar to the authorities regarding the attack on Radar journalist Milan Radonjić

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined its member, the Independent Association of Journalists of Vojvodina (NDNV), in the strongest condemnation of the vandalism of David Gruhonjić's car, the son of university professor and journalist Dinko Gruhonjić, who has been continuously targeted by the regime in Serbia for a long time, and stated that he is no longer safe in Serbia.

The Coalition for Media Freedom strongly condemns the widespread and clearly premeditated campaign targeting the media and journalists, initiated by the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade with its controversial statement announcing investigative actions related to the student-civic protest that took place on March 15 of last year in Belgrade.

Independent media experts Valentin Mik and Jasmina Mijajlović have so far been appointed to 20 committees each for project evaluation in media competitions, which is the prescribed maximum per person for membership in these bodies, according to the register of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).

Without a new REM Council, Serbia will not make any progress on its path to the EU or receive the 1.6 billion euros from the Growth Plan, yet the election process has been stalled for nearly six months. The OSCE stated to Cenzolovka that discussions are ongoing, while the Serbian Assembly remains silent. At the same time, Ana Brnabić sharply criticizes the alleged interference of the European Union, despite having sought its assistance in this process herself.