REM

Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM)

Mediji

02.July 2026 Isidora Ceric

Lawlessness in the electronic media: The non-constitution of the Council of the REM corresponds only to the regime

As long as there is no REM Council, the propaganda media can violate the law, spread racial, religious and national hatred and target unfit citizens every day. The interlocutors of "Vremen" agree that the non-constitution of the Council of this body only benefits the current regime

Regulatory body for electronic media

26.June 2026 B. B.

Four members of the REM Council will return to that body, but with the fulfillment of two conditions

One of the conditions is that Istvan Božoni should not be on the list for reconciliation of candidates for REM Council members

European integration and the media

10.June 2026 Slobodan Georgijev

A condition that will never be fulfilled

The experience of negotiations under the auspices of the international community has shown that this regime will never allow itself to lose control in any institution, especially where it believes the heart of the regime lies. Management of the media sector is one of the two key foundations of the progressive government, and literally no one believes that Vučić and "his" could leave that steering wheel to someone else.

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.

A man with an umbrella walks past the graffiti

Mediji

25.April 2026 Rajna Scepanovic

Live strangulation on Pink doesn't seem to bother anyone

The scene of physical strangulation in Pink's reality show brings us back to the question of what the media in Serbia looks like and who it suits. REM cannot react because its Council does not exist, but even when it did, everything was the same

Media war against academia

09.April 2026 Isidora Ceric

Nothing illegal, because there was no law anymore

While we wait for the REM to wake up, the media knowingly, without any fear of sanctions, violates the laws and the Code of Journalists. This includes pushing the narrative that "blockaders" are to blame for everything bad in society, uncritically conveying messages that "they killed the girl in the end", as well as that the police have the right to "beat and kill" students.

OSCE research

03.April 2026 Isidora Ceric

Media literacy in Serbia: Sadness, anger, shame, disgust and fear

Television is the dominant medium in Serbia, watched by 96,7 percent of respondents, but only 36,9 percent consider it a credible source of information. As many as 77,4 percent of citizens never read the press, while only 1,3 percent follow it daily. Which media do citizens trust, how do they influence them and do they manage to recognize harmful content

Dragan J. Vučićević holds the microphone and talks at the Christmas celebration in the studio

Montenegro

25.February 2026. KS

Broadcasting of Informer and Prva programs limited due to hate speech

After Jovana Jeremić's show, "Montenegrin REM" initiated proceedings against Informer and Prva televisions for hate speech, denial of national identity and glorification of war criminals

19.January 2026. KS

Nothing from REM: Suspended procedure for the election of Council members

The saga surrounding the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media continues. After the election of the truncated Council and the resignation of four independent elected members, the procedure for electing new ones was suspended

REM Council

19.December 2025. KS

Four members of the REM Council resigned

Four members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media have resigned. They did not agree to have the regime impose on them a majority that unquestioningly listens to Vučić

Regulatory body for electronic media

13.December 2025. KS

Who are the candidates of national minorities for the REM Council?

The Parliamentary Committee for Culture and Information adopted a new list of candidates for REM Council members on the proposal of the Council of National Minorities

REM Council

05.December 2025. Katarina Stevanović

Šabić: Either legitimate candidates or our resignations

The deadline for the selection of candidates of national minorities for the REM Council has been extended again. What is happening with the process and will the independent candidates remain with the announced resignations?

"Important things"

25.November 2025. KS

REM: In the "Important Matters" show, the child was not abused for political purposes

In the conclusion of the REM service, it is stated that there was no abuse of minors for political purposes in the show that was broadcast on September 27

REM Council

14.November 2025. KS

Mileva Malešić: We do not agree to a fake election

As soon as she was elected, Mileva Malešić submitted her resignation from the REM Council together with three colleagues. For Vreme, he explains why

Regulatory body for electronic media

14.November 2025. KS

Regime matchmaking with REM: Independent, newly elected members of the Council, resigned

Four independent members of the REM Council resigned from their positions two days after they were elected. They reacted to the regime's new obstructions, despite the agreement with the institutions of the European Union and the domestic non-governmental sector

REM Council

12.November 2025. Bojan Bednar

Bodrožić: I believe that nothing will come of this REM Council either

On Wednesday, the Assembly of Serbia elected eight out of nine new members of the REM Council. NUNS President Željko Bodrožić believes that nothing will come of the new REM Council either, because the government has defiled the process and has not adhered to agreements with international institutions

National Assembly

10.November 2025. AI

Breaking spears around the REM Council

If the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media was an independent body and worked according to the law, the anomalies on the Serbian media scene on which the regime of Aleksandar Vučić rests would be removed. It's no wonder that the candidate for the Council of the REM in the National Assembly is breaking spears

"By including nine new proposers in the vote on candidates for the REM Council, the expert service of the Serbian Parliament grossly violated the law and the credibility of the process," Citizen Initiatives pointed out.

Regulatory body for electronic media

21.October 2025. B. B.

Citizens' initiatives: Gross violation of the law in the REM council election process

"By including nine new proposers in the vote on candidates for the REM Council, the expert service of the Serbian Parliament grossly violated the law and the credibility of the process," Citizen Initiatives pointed out.

Mediji

17.October 2025. MS

Cvejić: The announcement of elections has to do with shutting down the media

Slobodan Cvejić, a former member of the Council of the Regulatory Agency for Electronic Media (REM), believes that the announcement of elections is connected with the shutdown of the media.

TV maniac

01.October 2025. Dragan Ilic

Very, very important things.

If you had watched, dear courtiers, you would have seen and heard the most touching part of this boy's story, who was talking about his parents, their quarrels, which he might not have to listen to, so he thinks they love each other, but he thinks it is better that they divorce. Some other boy might have heard in his family how students are drug addicts and slackers or foreign mercenaries. There is no censorship in this show, children say what is important to them, in an atmosphere where no one will silence or judge them

Important children's things on the Public Service

01.October 2025. Marija L. Jankovic

Should RTS have censored the boy who said that "students are fighting for justice"?

Should the editor have removed the part where the boy says "students are fighting for justice", should she have found a child who would say the opposite - "students are bad" in order to achieve balance and whether the child's rights were damaged in the public service show

REM

01.July 2025 B. B.

Accepted candidates for the REM Council even though they withdrew earlier from the process

The Committee of the Serbian Parliament for Culture and Information accepted the proposal that Antonela Riha, Jasmina Ninković and Rodoljub Šabić be on the list of candidates for REM Council members. The problem, however, is that Riha and Šabić, along with 14 other candidates, withdrew from the election process at the beginning of June.

Media scene

25.June 2025 Slobodan Georgijev

The fight for the survival of journalism

Thirteen years after the progressives came to power, the media in Serbia found themselves at a crossroads: one way is complete destruction and disappearance, and the other is to survive on the devices until they are turned off because they are financially dependent on donor aid from abroad. Discussions that take place behind closed doors look more like "arm wringing" than a friendly discussion of those who understand the importance of professional media for any free society.

REM

23.June 2025 B. B.

Postponed public hearing on candidates for REM Council members

The members of the opposition assessed that the election of REM Council members was a "failed process"

Personal attitude

19.June 2025 Antonel Rih

We are not all the same

The government has several options. The first is to cancel the competition and thus admit that it is unable to carry out a clear procedure for the election of REM Council members twice. The second is to go back a few steps and "clean the list" of the proposers and candidates who do not meet the conditions of the competition and thus try to continue the process. The third is that he chooses his own Council from the candidates who are now in the game, including those who are disputed. I have a feeling he'll choose the latter option. Thus, we will once again have REM and the media, which serve as a propaganda training ground for the power of Aleksandar Vučić and his henchmen

REM

13.June 2025 Bojan Bednar

Antonella Riha: Brazen violation of the law during the elections for the REM Council

"The authorities have shown that they are not able to form REM according to normality and democratic principles, so let them play alone now," journalist Antonella Riha, who resigned from the election process for the REM Council, told Vreme.

Assembly of Serbia

11.June 2025 B. B.

Parliament of Serbia: About the members of the REM Council on July 6 or 7

The repeated election of the REM Council and the debate of the proponents to reduce the 47 candidates to 18 are in progress, it was said at the session of the Assembly of Serbia