REM

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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

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

Election of members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media

04.June 2025 Željko Bodrožić

REM, lies and videotapes

While the roar of the rebellious people was heard from the street, the arrogance and insolence of the progressive representatives disappeared, and when the noise passed - they continued as before. Our threats to withdraw from the process, nor our appeals to the domestic public and international observers, do not have much influence on the progressive machinery to falter in lies and fraud, and that is why the solution to return the repeated process to the legal framework is self-imposed: for students and rebellious citizens to return to where they will be heard by the government and Europe

REM

30.May 2025. KS

The report on the list of candidates and proposers for the REM Council was adopted, the opposition boycotted the vote

The Committee of the Serbian Parliament for Culture and Information adopted on Friday (May 30), without opposition MPs, a report on the list of candidates and proposers for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM).

REM

30.May 2025. KS

Civic initiatives: Elections for the REM Council are even worse than last time

The election for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) entered a new phase. The Parliamentary Committee for Culture and Media is discussing them on Friday (May 30), and Citizen Initiatives found numerous irregularities among the proposers and candidates.

Violence due to defeat

29.April 2025. ML Jankovic

Regime tactic: Strike, then cover

In one day, on Monday, April 28, there was excessive police force and laxity regarding the announcement of a competition for the REM Council. Is there a secret connection?

Lever of power

29.April 2025. Bojan Cvejic

What is the work of REM and who can be a candidate for the Council of this body?

Although the Law on Electronic Media clearly defines the competencies of REM, practice shows the opposite. Instead of independent monitoring, REM is increasingly associated with passivity and selective response, which causes public and professional concern

"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

28.April 2025. KS

A new competition for the selection of members of the REM Council has been announced: The blockade of RTS has ended

At the session of the Committee for Culture and Information, the old concussion was annulled and a decision was made to initiate the procedure for nominating candidates for the election of members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM).

Media control

28.April 2025. ML Jankovic

REM: What it is and why it doesn't work

While at the moment everything at the student protests revolves around the demand for a new election of members of the REM Council, the argument between Olivera Zekić and the students in the blockade is ongoing. About who knows and who doesn't what REM really is

National public service

28.April 2025. IN THE

"REM is ours": Students set a condition for the end of the blockade of RTS

If the Parliament of Serbia announces a competition for REM Council members, the students who blocked the public service for two weeks announced the unblocking of this institution, but also said that they will remain organized and ready for new actions

Regulatory body for electronic media

24.April 2025. B. B.

Offices: Eight measures for the highest possible selection of REM Council members

The Bureau of Social Research (Birodi) proposed eight measures that should ensure the highest possible level of quality of candidates for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media

Blockade of Radio and Television of Serbia

23.April 2025. KS

Brnabić: Session of the Committee for Culture and Information on April 28

On the tenth day of the blockade of Radio and Television of Serbia, the President of the Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, announced a session of the Committee for Culture and Information, where they will discuss the election of REM Council members. The European Commission notes that the election should be conducted in a transparent and comprehensive manner

Public service

20.April 2025. IN THE

The assembly of RTS workers: REM is blocked, and the public service is hostage to political silence

While students and citizens block the entrance to the RTS building for the sixth day, the Union of Public Service Workers announced four demands and said: the public service is essentially blocked by institutions that refuse to regulate the media scene. In particular, they requested an urgent call for tenders for the REM Council, whose work has been paralyzed since November

Students in the blockade

18.April 2025. KS

Blockade of RTS: Egg painting in Takovska, without a regular program

The fifth day of the blockade of the Radio and Television of Serbia buildings in Takovska Street in Belgrade and in Košutnjak is underway. The public service was forced to change the program scheme, and as they state, they are working in the most difficult conditions so far. A criminal complaint was also filed against the students blocking RTS buildings

Public service

17.April 2025. Ma. J.

Blockade of RTS: The morning program was two hours late

Students have been blocking the Public Service for four days in Takovska Street and in Kosutnjak, demanding that a new competition be announced for REM Council members.

Student blockades

15.April 2025. MT

RTS blocked: The program runs smoothly

While the students block the RTS public service building in Belgrade, the program continues to be broadcast. Why did the students once again decide to block the buildings of the Public Service

Mediji

02.April 2025. Mila Jovanovic

How millions from the budgets of Niš and Vranje flowed into "Informer"

The city administrations of Niš and Vranje paid millions of dinars from their budgets to pro-government tabloids, and especially to Informer. It is a systematic abuse of the media law, says Professor Rade Veljanovski

The fight against corruption

01.April 2025. MJ

Conflict of interest: I give you a license, you give me an apartment?

The recent president of REM, Olivera Zekić, did not report the apartment and garage she bought from Tanjug TV editor Jovana Joksimović to the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. It was a conflict of interest due to the granting of a work license to this television that preceded the purchase, CINS and BIRN reveal.

Personal attitude

29.January 2025 Maja Stojanović

Serbia without a government and without REM

While Serbian citizens take to the streets en masse and students brutally fight each other, the country is left without two key pillars of government - the government and the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM). At the same time, the process of electing new members of REM, the body that should ensure the independence of the media space, completely fell apart due to irregularities and political manipulations that led to the withdrawal of candidates from most of the nomination areas.

Reacting

25.January 2025 S.Ć.

Opre Roma: Minorities are not respected in the National Assembly

None of those present at the meeting of the Committee for Culture and Information protested that Živorad Ajdačić was bothered by the emotion in, as he said, the "Gypsy language", the Opra Roma organization points out and demand that the National Assembly deprive him of all functions

Election of REM Council members

23.January 2025 KS

Council of REM in the service of government: How credible are the proposed candidates

Public discussions with candidates for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) are underway, and the profession indicates that the proposed candidates are not competent

Mediji

20.January 2025 B. B.

Determined candidates for the REM Council

Among the candidates are media expert Saša Mirković, political analyst Dejan Vuk Stanković and playwright Željko Hubač