The First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade has rejected criminal charges filed by investigative journalism portal KRIK and journalist Bojana Pavlović against unknown men who snatched Pavlović's phone after she took photographs of Danilo Vučić, the son of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, in the company of Aleksandar Vidojević, who has been identified by police as a member of one of the largest criminal gangs in the Balkans.
The European Journalism Centre and renowned American portal Poynter have published analysis authored by journalist Tara Kelly highlighting the way Cenzolovka and the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation reacted during the Coronavirus epidemic and how they found a way to help local media outlets that are increasingly under threat of closure.
The Serbian non-profit site dedicated to media and free speech used satire and small pots of money to strengthen local media during the global pandemic
An appeals court in Serbia has overturned four convictions linked to the 1999 murder of news publisher Slavko Curuvija and ordered a retrial, local media reported on September 7.
The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed dismay after a court in Belgrade overturned the convictions of those found guilty of the 1999 murder of Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija and ordered a retrial.
The Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation was unpleasantly surprised with the decision of the Court of Appeal – five and a half years after the start of this process – to overturn the first-instance verdicts in the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija and to return the case for a new trial.
There is no longer an option to dispute. Everyone lives in their own bubble, engaged with their own "truth." So propaganda becomes not just a political tool but a part of a constructed reality, a reality beyond just slogans, speeches, posters, parades and so on. Today, what's a one man's propaganda is another man's truth, says Nina L. Khruscheva, a granddaughter of the former Soviet leader who got her Ph.D. in Princeton and now teaches in New York City. She spoke with Cenzolovka about media and propaganda, topics which are very relevant today and not only when it comes to the U.S. – Russia relations
The resumption of the trial against those accused of firebombing the house of journalist Milan Jovanović in December 2018 turned into the humiliating and ridiculing of the victims, writes Cenzolovka.
The director of local television company Sandžak TV, Salahudin Fetić, and his associate, Asmir Bihorac, were attacked in Novi Pazar by Adis Murić and Vladimir Kljajić, according to a report by Sandžak Press.
Around 200 employees of Radio-Television Vojvodina (RTV) who were hired via the national employment agency lost their jobs after 30th August.
In the interview for Cenzolovka, CPJ’s Europe and Central Asia program coordinator Gulnoza Said says that she is often focused on Serbia more than to other European and Balkan countries, and “not in a good way.” She also said that she had noticed a greater number of media violations
The Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering at the Ministry of Finance has compiled a list of media workers, non-governmental organisations and civil society associations and asked banks to inspect all their transactions since 1st January 2019. Prompted by suspicions of possible money laundering or the financing of terrorists, the investigation encompasses 20 individuals and 37 organisations or associations.
The state's intention to check the banking transactions of individuals and organisations caused alarm bells to ring with many people for two reasons: due to the actual names featured on the list, which includes investigative journalists and investigative media companies, but also organisations that criticise government moves; and also because of the lack of an official explanation of the basis upon which possible money laundering is suspected.
Twenty-eight of the journalists, cameramen and photojournalists who reported from the week-long protests in Belgrade and other cities in Serbia were attacked or obstructed in their work either by protesters or police. A total of 14 of them were injured, with six requiring emergency medical assistance.
The United States is concerned by the appearance of a selective investigation into several Serbian civil society organizations and investigative journalism outlets.
Amnesty International and the European Commission have expressed deep concern about what Amnesty called Serbia's ‘intimidating’ investigation into the finances of 57 NGO and individuals in Serbia – including BIRN.
A department of Serbia’s finance ministry tasked with tackling money laundering and terrorism financing has asked banks to hand over data about the transactions of dozens of individuals and NGOs known for their work on human rights, transparency and exposing corruption.
Speaking at a public session, Milenko Mandić, Deputy Prosecutor for Organised Crime, asked the Court of Appeal to overturn the first-instance verdict in the case of the murder of journalist and publisher Slavko Ćuruvija. During the presentation of the appeal against that verdict, the deputy prosecutor asked the court to open a hearing in this process and pass a final verdict.
During the anti-government protests that began in Belgrade on 7th July and spread to other cities across Serbia, more than 20 attacks were recorded on journalists, cameramen and photo-reporters.
After the first reports of attacks against journalists reporting on anti-government protests, the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation called on journalists, photo-reporters and cameramen reporting from the protests in Serbian cities to contact the Foundation if they suffered violence, threats, intimidation or other forms of suppression preventing them from doing their job.
