
A type of modern censorship does exist in Serbia and is exhibited in the smothering of media pluralism and free exchange of different ideas and opinions in the public sphere and as a result all of society suffers

Saturday, April 11 shall mark 16 years from the day when Slavko Ćuruvija was murdered. Almost exactly on the memorial day, 16 years on, the preparatory hearing will be held for the persons indicted for this murder. This trial is important not only for its potential to bring a closure for one of the darkest…
Almost everything that the author of “Upitnik” (Questionnaire) , Olivera Jovićević, has done throughout the show, was timid assistance to the Prime Minister’s monologues. Nevertheless, she had, both the professional and human responsibility, to ask the most important questions regarding the helicopter crash, which she failed to do

Incorrect and irresponsible reporting of the tragical baby rescue mission has only made the accident worse. RTS reported that the baby had been taken care of, Radio 021 published the news of the Beta News Agency that “the helicopter transferring the baby had landed in Belgrade”… But things get even worse – Alo accused the…

It is quite clear that the authorities in Serbia have a very negative attitude towards freedom of the press, as well as that there are numerous examples of censorship and self-censorship in the media, says Christian Mihr, Executive Director of Reporters Without Borders, one of the authors of research on the state of media freedom…

Two nights ago, Tanjug has released the news on the advancement of Serbia on the “just published” list of the Reporters without Borders, regarding the state of media freedom in 180 countries. The second news programme of RTS, Blic, Politika, B92… all duly broadcasted exactly the same information. Good news for Serbia? Not really. The…
Pressure on journalists in Serbia becomes unbearable
Members of all the other professions dare to provoke, but journalists are nowhere to be heard, because there are no journalists

“The cynical majority shall vote that the freedom of expression is absolute, and this will be a fact referenced by the entire state apparatus in Serbia. They will not refer to the actual facts, left to become increasingly scarier until nobody deals with them, like an infectious disease in an irrelevant village”, writes Branko Čečen,…