Serbia ranks fourth in Europe in terms of the number of attacks on journalists, behind Ukraine, Russia and Turkey, according to the report on media pluralism in Serbia by the European University Institute.
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.
Employees of pro-regime propaganda newspapers founded their own association - the Association of Journalists of Serbia, another creation of the parallel cosmos of the outgoing regime.
All the members of this body have never been changed. The election of Council members has never taken place in such a heated socio-political atmosphere. Brussels has never been so interested in the course and outcome of this process. Hence so much nervousness, passion and established illegalities for which no one has yet been held accountable
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
Last year claimed over a hundred journalists' lives, this year could be even worse. "Vreme" reminds of some who died in Ukraine
An appeal to domestic and international institutions to react urgently, because the citizens of Serbia no longer have access to unbiased information
The resignations of all editors and journalists who "allowed Dnevnik 2 and other news programs to present untruths and insults against students and other citizens" are demanded.
Anyone who condemns the regime's targeting of people from the media, the non-governmental sector, the opposition and universities, must not agree to this targeting of RTS editors and journalists either.
After the fourth arrest since the beginning of the student protests, the tweeter Crystal Matt Damon (Marko Marjanović) has been banned from accessing social networks, appearing at public meetings, and has to report to the police twice a month.
The German Press Council is faced with an increased number of complaints about content in print media. How does it look compared to the sleazy Serbian tabloids
The president of the German Association of Journalists, Mika Boister, tells "Vreme" that Europe needs quality information as much as military defense or food, and that it is enough for Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk to press the red button so that Europe remains informative in the dark.
Journalists from Slobodna Dalmacija were banned from entering Serbia before the protest because, as they were told, they represent a security risk
RTS journalist Dane Ilić told his superiors that "those who gather the audience stand in front of the camera"
The RTS program is implemented with existing resources, so some employees appear in front of the cameras in the studio for whom this is not a practice
After Niš, the RTS correspondent from Novi Sad will not monitor the activities of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party until they apologize to their colleagues from Niš.
The President of Serbia first called the journalist an imbecile, and then in his "apology" he said that journalists are "a shame for their profession." No one can even guess what kind of offense the new "apology" will contain.
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.
In the past six decades, these "rules" for journalists have been changed and supplemented several times, both locally and internationally.
At the forum on investigative journalism in Belgrade, journalists spoke about the problems of the profession in Serbia. It was pointed out that investigative journalists in Serbia face numerous obstacles, including the closure of institutions, smear campaigns and baseless lawsuits.
The head of the European Commission praised Vučić. But, nothing personal, anyway, she only came for work, not for some "European values"
Why do you often see "they did not respond to our inquiry" in journalistic texts in Serbia and how many journalists raised their hands from the "other side"
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.
In the Republic of Srpska, a new attack on all those who have communication with representatives of embassies and international officials. While representatives of the authorities and their supporters do not see anything objectionable in this, analysts and political observers warn that this is another step towards limiting the freedom of citizens.
REM does not do its job, but implements political directives, is the short conclusion of "Report from the Shadow" of the Independent Journalists Association of Serbia
The indictment against the American journalist Evan Gershkovich stated that he collected information about the Uralvagonzavod weapons factory on behalf of the American secret service CIA. The US Embassy in Moscow has repeatedly called for Gershkovic's immediate release
Since the start of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza on October 7 last year, 158 Palestinian journalists have been killed
