Portuguese investment group Alpak Kapital is negotiating the purchase of N1 and other United Group media outlets, Vremena sources say. Alpak Capital, whose head is close to Viktor Orban, owns Euronews and uses it as a "franchise for autocrats".
The issue of editorial independence of Euronews came into the spotlight after an interview with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, in which key questions about protests, democratic backsliding and relations with Moscow were omitted, while Euractiv's research points to the increasingly deeper political and business ties of this media house with the authorities in the region.
"The fact that the vast majority of those whose contracts were canceled previously opposed the pressures and attempts to change the editorial policy, to the detriment of the profession, is particularly worrying," UNS announced.
Pavle Kosić, now a former journalist of "Juronjuz", reveals in his author's text what the last six months of his work at this television looked like under increasingly visible political pressures.
After the systematization of "Juronujz" television, twelve employees - among them seven journalists - lost their jobs on Wednesday. According to the knowledge of "Vremen", almost all of them are signatories of the announcement by which part of the editorial office dissociated itself from the new editorial policy of this television.
Journalist associations condemned the dismissal of journalist Marija Šehić and accused the management of "Juronjuz" of collapsing professional standards, concealing information and ignoring the union's demands.
"Perhaps my dismissal is a warning to others in the newsroom, but my colleagues have shown that they are honorable enough and that they are ready to fight for their profession and objectivity in reporting, as much as possible," Marija Šehić, a "Juronjuz" journalist who was fired after dissociating herself from the controversial statement of this newsroom, told "Vreme"
The real reason for Marija Šehić's dismissal from "Juronjuz" is her months-long struggle for decent journalism and the right to dignified work, announced the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS). She is not the only one in this newsroom
