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An unknown assailant (or assailants) attempted to break into the apartment that recently became the residence of Milan Jovanović, the journalist of local news portal zig.info whose house in the Belgrade suburb of Vrčin was set on fire on 12th December.
Three and a half years after the launch of the trial for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, owner of daily newspapers Dnevni telegraf and Evropljanin, trial proceedings have been completed and closing arguments have commenced.
A Serbian man has been arrested, while a warrant has been issued for the arrest of another man, a citizen of Bosnia-Herzegovina, on suspicion that they threatened journalist Tatjana Vojtehovski via Twitter.
A local journalist says unknown persons fired shots and set his home on fire in the Belgrade suburb of Vrcin because his reporting on corruption had angered local mafias.
Serbian authorities must ensure the safety and well-being of investigative journalist Milan Jovanović and bring those responsible for today's arson attack on his property to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Srđan Milovanović, a former co-owner of cable television network Kopernikus, has paid 180 million euros to purchase two national television companies – TV Prva and TV O2 – which were previously owned by Greece’s Antenna group.
Around 140 journalists and media workers were killed during and after the violent break-up of Yugoslavia, but only one person has ever been convicted of responsibility for any of their deaths.
Police Inspector Dragan Kecman, who spent 16 years investigating the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija, a journalist and owner of newspapers Dnevni Telegraf and Evropljanin, uncovered some of the key evidence and filed a criminal report against the defendants, said in his testimony before the court that the former State Security Service had for many years considered Ćuruvija “State enemy number 1”.
President of the Commission for the Investigation of Murders of Journalists, Veran Matić, has again expressed doubt over whether the goal of the court case for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija is to confirm the truth about that event.
Veran Matić, president of the Commission for the Investigation of the Murder of Journalists in Serbia, assessed that the progression of the trial for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, which has been ongoing for more than three years, suggests the acquittal of those accused of the murder, which took place in April 1999.
The Government of the Republic of Serbia has brought the formal decision to establish a Working Group for drafting the new media strategy, and the Coordination Group for Cooperation with the Media.
Journalist Stefan Cvetković from the northern Serbian town of Bela Crkva was found on the morning of 15th June after having disappeared on Wednesday evening, while his car was found with the door open and a wrist watch beside the car on the street, which prompted suspicion among the public that he had been kidnapped. Further fuelling these doubts was the fact that Cvetković reported having received several verbal threats and physical attacks in recent years, while he has recently been investigating the murder of Kosovo Serb opposition leader Oliver Ivanović.
As revealed by portal Cenzolovka, the Media Centre, a company owned by one of the two largest journalists’ associations in Serbia, the Independent Journalists Association of Serbia (NUNS), borrowed around €50,000 from current opposition politician, businessman and former Belgrade mayor Dragan Đilas. According to former Anti-Corruption Council president Verica Barać, Đilas controlled the media in Serbia thanks to his huge influence on the advertising market, especially while he was in power as a member of the Democratic Party.
In his draft report on Serbia to the European Parliament, rapporteur David McAllister reiterated concerns over Serbia having not made progress in the area of freedom of media and expression, stressing that threats, violence and intimidation of journalists continue to be a concern.
Investigative journalist Stefan Cvetković, who disappeared last month, only to report to police two days later claiming to have been kidnapped and detained against his will in an unknown location, appeared before prosecutors who have filed criminal charges against him for making false claims. Cvetković later announced that he would present new evidence proving that he had been kidnapped.
Web site U pravu si! for journalists explains in simple and clear manner legal rights and obligations related to labor for media professionals. Guide in particular addresses media professionals unionizing.
After a stop was called to the process of developing the national media strategy at the end of April, it has been announced that a new strategy should be adopted by the end of this year.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said in an interview for Euronews that there have not been and will not be “horrific attacks and murders” in Serbia, like there have been in Slovakia, Malta and recently in Montenegro, where a journalist of newspaper Vijesti was injured.
A competition for project co-financing of the media saw the City of Belgrade grant the majority of funds approved through last year’s competition to pro-regime media outlets, some of which openly stated in project documentation that in return for that money they will promote local government success, writes research portal Pištaljka (Whistle).
Police have arrested a 56-year-old man from Subotica, a town in northern Serbia, according to a warrant of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, on suspicion of threatening to kill journalist Tatjana Vojtehovski on Twitter.
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