After "Vreme" announced that is preparing to sell the media around N1 to the company that also owns Juronujz, employees in part of these media are preparing to fight if there is censorship and a change in editorial policy.
"We inform the public that journalists, editors and other employees in the newsrooms of the portal and newspaper Nova and the weekly Radar have founded a trade union that is part of the UGS 'Independence'. Our goal is primarily the fight to preserve professional integrity, public interest, truthful and objective reporting, which is what the Law on Public Information and the Journalists' Code of Ethics oblige us to do," the new trade union states.
Bearing in mind the situation on the Serbian media scene, they add, the government's attitude towards independent media and the announced sale of media within the newly formed group Adria News Network, they say that "they will not agree to any form of censorship and that the editorial policy is made outside the editorial office, as well as that they will resist any attempt at political or other pressure aimed at hiding or mitigating the truth from the public."
"We also undertake to inform citizens, journalist associations and competent authorities, as well as international organizations, of any such attempt," they say. "Also, one of the union's goals is to sign a collective agreement with the owner, whoever it may be, which would define the rights and obligations of both the employees and the employer."
Will there be a need for rebellion?
Investment group Alpak Kapital, owner of the channel network Juronjuz, is heavily in negotiations to buy N1, Nova S, Danas, Radar and other media that now still belong to the United group, confirmed in mid-April 2026 by several "Vremena" sources.
Alpak Capital is officially a Portuguese company that invests in media, telecommunications and technology. But the first man of the group Pedro Vargas David is extremely close to the outgoing Hungarian ruler Viktor Orbán. The businessman's father, Mario David, was a member of the European Parliament and has been Orbán's adviser and intimate for many years.
"They are now in a hurry to market the media in Serbia, until all of Orban's schemes fail," a source familiar with the events told "Vreme". Allegedly, in the sale of N1 and other authorities, Aleksandar Vučić sees the final way to silence critical media.
By the way, Vučić himself publicly mentioned his good relations with Mario David.
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