Freedom of the media

Tag: Freedom of the media

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.

Serbia and Montenegro

21.May 2026. B. B.

Twenty years later: Where is Montenegro and where is Serbia

Two decades after the split, Serbia is more successful in terms of the overall economy, infrastructure and labor market, but Montenegro has a higher average salary, better media freedom, and the phrase "like heaven and earth" applies when it comes to EU integration.

Freedom house

14.November 2025 KS

Why is the internet not free in Serbia?

After the resolution of the European Parliament, the report of the European Commission and Reporters without Borders, not even Freedom House has a much better opinion of Serbia. For Vučić it is "stupidity"

Hungary

29.September 2025 Ferenc Gal (DW)

How Orban does it: List of ineligible journalists and media

Dehumanization and persecution of political opponents, lists of ineligible journalists and media in Hungary - it's no wonder that Viktor Orban is a great friend and ally of Aleksandar Vučić

Censorship in the USA

19.September 2025 TS

Who was joking, was joking: From now on, Trump decides who will tell the jokes

After Jimmy Kimmel was removed from the ABC program for political comments, Donald Trump suggests revoking the licenses of television stations that criticize him. None of this is happening by accident, because since returning to the White House, Trump has announced a revenge campaign against critics. It is ironic, however, that Republicans are known for fighting for freedom of speech of all kinds

Media image of Serbia

10.September 2025 Filip Mirilović

Permanent working group for the safety of journalists

The president of the High Council of the Prosecutor's Office and member of the SRG, Branko Stamenković, tells "Vreme" that there have been several achievements of the Permanent Working Group since its establishment until today. First of all, he explains, he would single out "building an understanding of the problems that journalists face in their work", which concern possible criminal protection. He adds that it was extremely important for them, as prosecutors, to look at and understand as many circumstances and facts as possible regarding the safety of journalists and to propose more concrete measures after that.

Protest in Novi Sad

06.September 2025 Katarina Stevanović

How the police harassed me while I was on a reporting assignment

It was brutal in Novi Sad on Friday evening: the police attacked, beat, fired tear gas and detained. A journalist from "Vremena" was almost among those detained, despite the fact that she is a journalist

Bishop Tintor: Who is the new director of N1 in Serbia?

Personnel changes in the United group

20.August 2025 TS

The United Group in Serbia got a new director: The unannounced arrival of Vladica Tintor

The new director of United Group in Serbia is Vladica Tintor, former director of RATEL. He came to the premises of United Group unannounced, and since the security guards did not know anything about him, they did not let him into the building, after which he called the police. Regime media soon appeared on the scene

Reporters Without Borders

03.May 2025. Dijana Roscic / DW

Freedom of the media at the lowest level in the 21st century - Serbia in the "difficult" zone

While Norway still leads the list as the country with the best conditions for journalists, most of the Balkan countries, including Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, are rated as problematic or difficult for the media to work in.

Comment

17.January 2025 Andrei Ivanji

Protest in front of RTS: Is something still not clear to you?

The students' request was again simple and the most normal: safe people, editors, journalists, do your job professionally, don't mislead people anymore

Mediji

03.May 2024. NR

Media freedom in Serbia: Worse than Chad, slightly better than Madagascar

Reporters Without Borders ranked Serbia in the less fortunate half of the planet when it comes to media freedom. Political pressures, no work by REM and the acquittal of the accused for the murder of Ćuruvija are mentioned

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"

Chronicle

02.February 2024. RV / Insider

The appellate court acquitted the accused for the murder of Ćuruvija

The Court of Appeal in Belgrade announced on Friday the verdict passed almost ten months ago, acquitting those accused of murdering journalist Slavko Ćuruvija.

Germany

05.December 2023 JH

Berbok: All political actors in Serbia must have equal access to the media

Every now and then, the pro-regime Serbian media accuses Germany of working for Serbia's head. German Foreign Minister Analena Berbock accused Vučić of sitting on two chairs and warned that the Serbian government must ensure an equal first-party election game for all

Government and media

18.October 2023 Aleksandra Krstić

Browsing by Ana Brnabić

When she came to power in 2017, the Prime Minister boasted that her government "absolutely does not divide the media into suitable and unsuitable". Today, she is tireless in dealing with the media that are critical of the current political regime and calls them "tycoon", "reckless", "unprofessional", "dishonorable" when appearing on national television and in pro-government tabloids. How did this transformation go?

Mediji

17.October 2023 MJ

Behind closed doors meeting on electronic media: Disputed views will be deleted

"When the dictator knows that the end of his power is approaching and now he has nowhere else to go, he must leave Serbia in the dark, drive away the SBB and that the television stations N1 and Nova S cannot be broadcast, stated Marinika Tepić

Suppression of media freedom

20.September 2023 Aleksandra Krstić

The press council in the ring with the state

Although it was expected that Serbia would finally get quality media laws that would be applied in practice, the events of the past few months and the current public debate have exposed a huge gap between the state on the one hand and the media community on the other and revealed many internal conflicts and the state's intentions to it completely collapses the achievements of previous media reforms and institutions created on the foundations of media democratization in Serbia

Side effects

06.September 2023 Teofil Pančić

Long live Thursday

In a fight that is unequal and unfair in every way, we fight at least once a week, every Thursday, when the "weeklies come out", and the usurpers of our lives have been drinking beer since morning.

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.

Interview: Judita Popović, former member of REM

21.June 2023 Stevan Ristic

Loyal servants of bad masters

"The government absolutely controls the work of the regulator, specifically the president of the state, and he, through the regulator, keeps the regime's media under control. There you have the JMU of Serbia and Vojvodina and four commercial televisions with a national frequency, all of which together reach almost every citizen of Serbia. That's why those media service providers have national coverage in order to fulfill the government's needs to manipulate public opinion."

Interview

21.June 2023 Sanja Zrnić

Evan Trace, CEO of IREX: And big changes start with changing a few people

"Protests are a good thing for democracy." This means that citizens are engaged, dedicated, that they care about certain changes happening. Worse than that is when nobody says anything in a society that is facing a lot of challenges, about which nothing has been done. That's why I think that these civil protests are an indication that people in Serbia are hurt, challenged and want that to change."

Essay

14.June 2023 Prof. Dr. Slaviša Orlović

Why media is important

Policy promotion seems to have become more important than its implementation. The most important thing is that I lie and brag. Those who are in power choose to keep people in error rather than enlighten and educate them. They do not want their subjects to criticize them, but to praise them. They don't want the citizens to talk, but to be silent

24.May 2023. SP

Freedom House: Serbia is not a democracy

For the fourth year in a row, according to the Freedom House report, Serbia is not a democracy, but a "hybrid or transitional regime" with fragile democratic institutions and questionable protection of political and civil rights and freedoms. The quality of Serbian democracy was rated 3,79 on a scale of 1 to 7

Chronicle

02.January 2023 MN

Attacked FoNet reporter: What can the police (not) do

When the president of Serbia calls journalists who do their journalistic work "locators" and "foreign mercenaries" who work for the head of Serbia, it is no wonder that thugs take it upon themselves to deal with them physically. And when the rule of law doesn't work, it's no surprise when hired thugs don't do what they're told by police officers trying to do their job.

In the new issue: Interview - Jelena Obućina, journalist

08.December 2022 Nedim Sejdinovic

Vučić's "radical waves" of intimidation

"The order arrives in the evening. Especially during the day. Then the defenders of the character and deed rise up - and from dawn they camp on Pink, less often on Happy and Prva. They don't need a change of clothes, or a rest - they talk until they drop and will do it again tomorrow. Until someone says to stop. So, they turn off at the same button. The aim of the campaign is to intimidate, disparage, target, count national grains - how and when"

Mediji

06.December 2022 A.I

TV Nova S and N1: Complete interruption of programs in Serbia

Anyone who wanted to watch the morning program on Nova S and N1 television this morning ran into a black screen that read: darkness in Serbia without free media. Without any further explanation

Endangering the media

06.November 2022 A.I

Threats to "Danasa" journalists: "We will slaughter you all..."

We apologize to the readers for the uncensored quotes of threats to colleagues from "Danas", who today are the target of people who have cover for their actions in the systemic targeting of professional and critical journalists, which starts from the top of the state - the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić. The consequence of the regime's constant persecution is that harming them begins to seem like a God-pleasing act for the good of Serbia.