16. apr 2018.

Inspections of Southern News Continue

More than five months after the launch of unusually detailed inspections of Južnih vesti – the most popular independent media company in southern Serbia, Prime Minister Ana Brnabić has spoken with the Director of the Tax Administration and stated that checks should be completed in the shortest possible time, in order not to further hinder work, “provided there are no indications that they should be further expanded”, reports agency FoNet.

16. apr 2018.

Government pressure on local media via inspection controls

One of the most highly-reputed and well-read local media outlets in Serbia, portal Južne vesti (Southern News), based in the southeast Serbian city of Niš, has been subjected to monitoring by two parallel inspections for the past several months, on the basis of “anonymous reports”.

16. apr 2018.

BBC Serbian starts operating

  Seven years after the cancelling of its radio programme in Serbia, the BBC has returned to the country. Late March saw the launch of the BBC’s digital platform in the Serbian language (bbc.com/serbian).

16. apr 2018.

Tanjug Agency fabricates a report on media freedom in Serbia

Pro-government news agency Tanjug has announced that media freedom in the countries of Southeast Europe is on the decline, except in Serbia – with reference to a survey of the clientelism index for 2016, which was presented on 7th March at a press conference in the Press Club Brussels.

16. apr 2018.

Vučić says he will no longer appear on public service until they guarantee not to quieten his tone

After Goran Vesić, a senior official of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), claimed that he had his tone reduced while talking in a pre-election debate on Radio-Television Serbia (RTS), Serbian President and SNS leader Aleksandar Vučić threatened not to appear as a guest on RTS until they guarantee that they won’t also reduce the volume on him.

25. dec 2017.

LESKOVAC: Media barely surviving

Written by  Sanja S. Stevanović, Perica Gunjić

Media at the local level are not in a position to survive on the market, which is why most of them depend on project co-financing. Although this process is essential for the media, the conducting of contests have many shortcomings. In Leskovac as many as 19 media outlets received money through contests, which is the reason project co-financing has lost its purpose. The quality of projects is not considered in deciding. Capacities are weak when it comes to both media outlets and journalists.

26. nov 2015.

Europe is Kaput. Long live Europe! – Slavoj Žižek, Yanis Varoufakis and Julian Assange (Video)

With the recent economic crisis in Greece, unprecedented challenges to centralised European policy, and the lack of consensus on the ongoing refugee crisis, many would agree that Europe faces its greatest ever predicament. Slavoj Žižek, regarded as ‘the most dangerous philosopher in the West’ (The New Republic), and Yanis Varoufakis, self-described ‘erratic Marxist’ and economic…