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
Since the competition for new members of the REM Council was announced, the students unblocked the buildings of the Public Media Service of Serbia
The name of Patrick Dryd may be familiar to fans of martial arts, but in recent days it has become known to the wider public in Serbia. Who is the dean of the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education in Novi Sad?
The brutal beating of students and citizens in Novi Sad shows that the regime is not only ready to take revenge - it is actually carrying it out
Visiting the construction site of the "Miloš Veliki" highway section, President Vučić announced that the state will respond to student protests and blockades when it judges that it can no longer tolerate them, calling them "pure violence".
The fact that students may choose their representatives before some elections in the coming period is not the opposite of the direct democracy of the plenum. On the contrary, those two types of democracy can complement each other
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
The entrances to RTS buildings in Takovska, Aberdareva and Kosutnjak are still blocked. The students say that they will not stop the blockade until a new competition for REM Council members is announced
The first plenums are already calling for extraordinary elections in Serbia and announcing the student list. "Who would even be allowed to run against students? That would be suicide," says one of the opposition leaders
The Solidarity civil movement has announced that it will withdraw from the direct election race if the Blockade Students come out with their list, announcing that they will provide them with full logistical and political support. Ješić appealed to the opposition and the international community to support this initiative.
"If the students initiate the articulation of elections, with or without opposition parties, Zajedno and DS will certainly support any decision they make or the university list," says Biljana Stojković, a professor at the Faculty of Biology.
After several strikes that started and stopped, the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade announces another work stoppage from May 5
The dean of the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education in Novi Sad "accidentally" broke into the faculty building blocked by students on Friday. On Monday, they want to discuss holding online classes. DIF students will vote on it again at the plenum
On Friday, a group of student runners started a marathon from Novi Sad to Brussels in order to draw the attention of European institutions to the situation in Serbia
Students of the Faculty of Computer Science suspend physical blockades because the Administration, through the Faculty Council, threatened them with a ban on taking exams, but also with permanent expulsion from the faculty.
While the students have been protesting and blocking the faculties for more than five months, along with the citizens who support them, and the government is leading a campaign against them, the machinery of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, apart from the daily action of opposing the blockades, is as if in the election campaign, headed by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić
Radio-television of Serbia (RTS) submitted a criminal complaint to the Prosecutor's Office against unknown persons for publishing photos of employees of that media company in the form of warrants.
For half a year in the blockades of the faculty and the state, students cope with great pressure. Experts urge everyone who notices the slightest symptoms to seek psychological support
Students block the building of the Radio and Television of Serbia with the request to announce a new competition for members of the Council of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media
In the months after the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad, the flames of rebellion spread throughout Serbia. The first protests started in Novi Sad right after the tragedy. The authorities responded with arrests, police cordons and intimidation, but instead of calming down the protesters, new protests followed.
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
With the increased number of women in the positions of photojournalists, the protests in Serbia take on a different tone - warmer, but no less harsh. Female students with lenses capture moments of solidarity and empathy, at the same time witnessing tensions in society. The video of photo editor in "Vremen" Marija Janković shows how once narrow professional circles are opening up for generations of young women who want to record the truth on the street
Students of the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education in Novi Sad and the Academy of Vocational Studies of Western Serbia in Užice started a complete blockade of the institutions because they do not want to impose online classes
For months, students have been doing what the opposition should have done a long time ago: they are walking from place to place and talking to citizens. Now they went to the smallest villages
Many journalists of the public service are angry with the management of their house, and yet they feel that the blockades unfairly draw targets for all of them.
On April 22, online classes will begin at the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Kragujevac. The students are protesting and saying that they remain in the blockade
"The goal of this action is to support the workers and fight for their rights that were taken away from them at their workplaces," stated the students of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade.
