NUNS

Regulatory body for electronic media

03.June 2026 B. B.

Mileva Malešić (NUNS): REM is not needed by the ruling elite

"We see a pub atmosphere in certain media and no one gives an official opinion about it or takes any measures," says Mileva Malešić, executive director of the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia.

Winners of the Dejan Anastasijević award

Mediji

14.May 2026. KS

Who are the winners of the award for investigative journalism "Dejan Anastasijević"

The Serbian Association of Journalists awarded this year's awards for investigative journalism. Who are the winners?

Co-financing of media projects

06.May 2026. R. Š.

Tabloids and invisible portals received millions from the City of Kragujevac

At the competition for co-financing of media projects, 10,65 million dinars were distributed, while local critical media were left without support, the funds ended up with tabloids and media outside the city.

After a brutal beating

31.March 2026. IN THE

NUNS: Protest in front of the Presidency due to attacks on journalists during local elections

On Wednesday, April 1, at 10:30 a.m., a protest will be held at the Presidency building in Belgrade due to the attack on journalists during the local elections on March 29. The organizers call on citizens and the media to show solidarity and protect freedom of information

Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia

19.February 2026. NM

A new point in the Code of Journalists due to unsigned pamphlets

The Code of Journalists of Serbia received a new point due to the appearance of identical or almost identical texts that appear in a short period of time on several portals, and which are aimed at individuals who criticize the government and have no interlocutors, sources and are not signed

Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia

04.December 2025. B. B.

NUNS: Banning the editors of "Novosti" is a dangerous precedent

"Although it is indisputable that violating the code of ethics, the law and uttering insults and slanders are in complete contradiction to the profession and public responsibility of journalists, we believe that the ban on performing journalistic work is a dangerous practice, with serious and long-term consequences for freedom of expression and the media," stated NUNS

Intimidation

30.October 2025. IM / BB

While Vučić talks about "violence", NUNS counts attacks and buys helmets

All the activities of the NUNS in the issue of providing protective equipment to journalists are related to the actions of the police in the previous months and to what the state authorities announce and predict themselves, NUNS lawyer and researcher Rade Đurić tells "Vreme"

Attacks on journalists

05.September 2025. IN THE

NUNS: Record number of attacks on journalists in August - 46 incidents in one month

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia announced that 46 incidents against media workers were recorded in August, the most since the beginning of the year. Police attacks during protests are particularly worrying

20.August 2025. IN THE

NUNS: Inadmissible attacks on journalists, police beat reporters in Novi Sad

During the protest in front of the Novi Sad court, the police beat journalists, while at the same time death threats to journalists and newsrooms continue, NUNS warned.

Attacks on journalists

12.August 2025. IN THE

NUNS and ANEM: Urgently prosecute the threats to Danas and the attack on the FoNet reporter

A day after the publication of Koraksić's caricature of President Vučić, the editorial office of the newspaper "Danas" received a bomb threat, while photojournalist Marko Dragoslavić was physically attacked while working in the field

Regulatory body for electronic media

29.May 2025. Milica Tošić

Election of members of the Council of REM: Only Sešelj did not come to speak

The Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) should play a key role in the control of electronic media. The president of NUNS, Željko Bodrožić, says, however, that during the election of members of the SNS Council, he implements complete lawlessness because he wants to secure a majority at any cost.

NUNS

08.May 2025. IN THE

How BIA eavesdrops: "Dejan Anastasijević" Award for BIRN

On World Media Freedom Day, the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia presented awards to journalists who do not agree to remain silent. For the 20th time, the "Dejan Anastasijević" award recognized those who, with their research work, open up topics that the government tries to close

International Press Freedom Day

03.May 2025. IN THE

NUNS: Freedom of the media in Serbia is at a historic low

An appeal to domestic and international institutions to react urgently, because the citizens of Serbia no longer have access to unbiased information

The President's attack on the Public Service

03.March 2025. Ma. J.

RTS announced itself after Vučić's insults

To the comment of Aleksandar Vučić, that the RTS journalist from Nis is an "imbecile", journalistic associations and students reacted, while the public service - only read their announcements

Mayoral election

24.February 2025. B. B.

Humiliation of journalists in Novi Sad

Journalists are restricted in their freedom of movement inside the City of Novi Sad Assembly and were told that they cannot leave the hall until the press conference of the President of the Novi Sad Assembly, Dina Vučinić, is over.

Pressure on the media

13.December 2024. IN THE

NUNS: The verdict against "Vremen" pushes journalists into self-censorship

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia believes that the verdict against "Vremen" represents serious pressure on journalists and the media and pushes them into self-censorship, according to the NUNS announcement.

The hunt for journalists

09.December 2024. MJ

Associations of journalists strongly condemn the attack on journalist N1

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) condemned the attack on the property of N1 television journalist Lee Apro, whose mobile phone was ripped from her hand by a student of the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad while she was reporting from the blockade of the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad.

The hunt for journalists

07.October 2024. MJ

NUNS: Đurđević Stamenkovski and Mesarović to stop targeting Jugpress journalists

Attacks on the editor of the Regional Information Agency Jugpress Ljiljana Stojanović by the tabloids, because of the questions she asked the Minister Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski at the press conference in Leskovac, have been going on for three days. The journalist is accused of attacking the minister, pointing out that "she cannot refer to the increase in the birth rate, because she gave birth to children herself later".

Continued pressure

08.August 2024. IN THE

Black statistics: Since the beginning of the year, 84 attacks on journalists have been recorded

Many pressures on independent media, especially on the local media, remain unrecorded because journalists do not see that competent institutions adequately punish perpetrators of acts to the detriment of journalists, NUNS points out.

NATO bombing

22.April 2024 FoNet

NUNS: Although RTS was used for war propaganda, there is no reasonable justification for the NATO attack

We witness the same attacks on the media under similar charges, without prosecuting the perpetrators, and we fear that they may be repeated, announced the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia, which reminds that the attack on the media did not happen only in Serbia in 1999.

Mediji

28.March 2024. DW

Since the beginning of the year, 50 attacks on journalists have been recorded in Serbia

Insults, intimidation, threats, and even physical attacks on journalists in Serbia do not stop. They are the target of attacks because of reporting, expressing opinions and attitudes, but sometimes also just because they are journalists

Three decades of NUNS work

26.March 2024. Milica Srejić

For the last ten years, media freedom has been in free fall

"We try to fill out some forms on paper, in practice journalists do not feel safer, independent media have worse conditions for survival and the pluralism of media content is more threatened than before," NUNS General Secretary Tamara FIlipović told "Vreme"

Mediji

23.October 2023. MJ

The opposition calls on the Assembly not to adopt the "revisionist" media law

The statement signed by the opposition states that "this law enables the state-owned Telecom to become the center of the future state media propaganda machine."

Media laws

23.October 2023. Z.S.

Regime strategy of media market control

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) today called on the members of the Parliament of Serbia to amend Articles 39 and 41 of the Draft Law on Public Information and Media so that they remain the same as in the current Law on Public Information and thereby enable Serbia to obtain a basic media law that were supported by all relevant and representative associations

Threats to journalists

02.August 2023. AE

NUNS: Dangerous targeting of the media in the north of Kosovo

One of the most threatened media is the KoSSev portal, whose targeting began on the "Zečevi KiM" Telegram channel, on which, through several announcements, media characterized as "enemies of the Serbian people and Serbia under the influence of NATO and the West" are mentioned.

"Dejan Anastasijević" Award

23.May 2023. BG

NUNS: "Vremena" journalist Nemanja Rujević won the award for investigative reporting

The prize was awarded for the text "Parrots as valuable as cocaine", which talks about the smuggling of exotic birds. This research was done by Rujević in collaboration with Ingrid Gerkam, Natalie Bertrams and Tristen Taylor

Mediji

20.May 2023. S.Ć.

Željko Bodrožić: The current government is hindering the work of journalists

The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia re-elected Željko Bodrožić as president, and published a proclamation calling for a new Council of REM