The Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation has organised an exhibition entitled “Journalism. Here. Now”, which presents images authored by Belgrade-based photographer Marko Risović shot during work on photo-audio stories about four journalists who engage in critical journalism in their areas, despite being subjected to pressures, attacks and insults.

The Higher Court in Belgrade's Special Department for Organised Crime has sentenced all four defendants to a total of 100 years imprisonment for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija, a journalist and then owner of publications Dnevni Telegraf and Evropljanin.

The trial of Dragoljub Simonović, former president of the Belgrade suburban municipality of Grocka, who is charged with ordering last December's arson attack on the house of Žig info portal journalist Milan Jovanović, has been postponed until 24th May, after Simonović and his lawyer failed to appear in court.

After a smear campaign lasting several months that's been led, amongst others, against anti-regime journalists, the Facebook page “Serbia our country” has finally become the subject of interest from the Special Prosecutor's Office for High-Tech Crime in Belgrade.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, welcomed today’s court decision to convict the perpetrators responsible for killing one of the most prominent and critical journalists in Serbia,Slavko Ćuruvija.

During the citizen protests dubbed “1 of 5 million”, which have been continuing for more than three and a half months, a section of protestors managed to breach building security and enter the Belgrade offices and studio of national public broadcaster Radio-Television Serbia. Leaders of opposition parties, who also entered the building, demanded that RTS allow them to address citizens over the airwaves.

The judge presiding over the trial for the murder of journalist and publisher Slavko Ćuruvija has announced that she will announce the verdict on April 5.

Police have approved protection for journalist Milan Jovanović just a few days after the individual suspected of firebombing his house was released from custody.

Threats directed against Anita Đukić, editor of local Jagodina-based portal Infocentral and correspondent of national television companies TV Prva and TV O2, have led to a suspended sentenced for Jagodina local Jovan Grujić.

Courageous, critical, responsible journalism has been declining for years, attacked from all sides - by the authorities, tycoons and criminals. Journalists are threatened on a daily basis, humiliated and insulted, and when that's not enough they're beaten or their homes are burned to the ground.

The Higher Court in Belgrade has convicted a 36-year-old man from the eastern Serbian town of Majdanpek, issuing a suspended prison sentence for issuing threats via social network Twitter against TV Prva journalist Tatjana Vojtehovski and her daughter.

Local broadcaster Television Pančevo screened a pasquinade against pancevo.city portal journalist Nenad Živković. In this broadcast, an anonymous author insulted the journalist, dubbing him a “scummy”, “separatist”, “classic liar” and “idler” who “spits on his own people” and is an “advocate for violence” etc.