On April 11, 1999, Slavko Ćuruvija, the owner of Serbia’s first private daily newspaper, Dnevni Telegraf, was assassinated outside his home in the capital, Belgrade. After a decades-long pursuit of accountability, the case reached a turning point in February 2024 when the Belgrade Court of Appeal issued a final, non-appealable acquittal for four former Slobodan Milošević-era state security officers who were previously found guilty of the murder. Although the Serbian Supreme Court ruled in January 2026 that this acquittal was based on “serious legal violations” and misrepresented evidence, the verdict remains legally binding due to procedural protections. Today, the case is stalled in a state of complete impunity.