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During November 2025, the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation recorded at least 154 cases of verbal attacks on critical journalists and media in Serbia by 36 high-ranking state officials and members of parliament. The number of attacks remains alarmingly high and approximately the same as the average number of attacks in the previous two months (there were 163 in October and 141 in September).

The past week was marked by events related to the Ministry of Culture, Minister Nikola Selaković, and the "General Staff" case. The minister's choice of words in the public sphere became evident after his appearance on Informer television, where he commented on the Organized Crime Prosecutor's summons for questioning as a suspect by stating that he "had more important things to do." This statement triggered a week-long saga during which the minister did not hold back on insults directed at the prosecutor's office handling the "General Staff" case. The saga continued when employees of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments went public with claims that officials from the Ministry of Culture had come to "erase the General Staff from the central register." Although the Ministry of Culture did not respond to Insider's inquiries on this matter, it issued a statement a few days later claiming that these allegations were false, accompanied by serious accusations against the media that reported on it.

The President of the Board of the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and member of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists, Veran Matić, emphasized that the ruling prohibiting the editor of the Večernje Novosti portal, Andrijana Nešić, from performing editorial duties for one year is a precedent.

In November of this year, the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) recorded a total of **30 incidents**. There has been a notable increase in actual attacks on journalists, particularly during public gatherings organized throughout Serbia. There is a concerning pattern of inadequate responses by police officers in cases of attacks on journalists, as well as the attacks themselves or the lack of response from the police. A total of 21 actual physical attacks were recorded, of which 5 were perpetrated by the police. Additionally, there were 5 death threats and threats to the physical safety of journalists, 3 other threats to journalists, 1 threat to media and organizations, and an attack on media and media organizations.

Attacks on journalists and independent media outlets in Serbia have escalated over the past year, United Nations experts warned today, calling on the government to end the impunity of those responsible for these criminal acts.

The Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for Culture and Information did not adopt the list of candidates for the election of a member of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) from the ranks of national minorities. However, the proposal by Committee member Nebojša Bakarec from the Serbian Progressive Party was accepted, requesting the nominator to supplement the documentation for candidate Sreten Jovanović within the next seven days. The other candidate for the national councils' member of the REM Council is Ištvan Bodžoni.

Every other female journalist in Serbia has experienced sexual harassment, with 50 percent of the incidents involving colleagues, it was said today at the round table "Protection of Female Journalists Reporting on Corruption and Violence," where it was emphasized that reporting from the field has been extremely dangerous over the past year.

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) submitted a complaint yesterday to the Internal Control Sector of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) regarding the conduct of police officers from the MUP who did not respond adequately when journalist Marko Čonjagić from FoNet was attacked.

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) protests that the draft budget for 2026 proposed by the Municipality of Bečej allocates all 10 million designated for information to be paid for "contract services."