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Spotlight: Impunity Serbia

Serbia: Four sentenced to 100 years in jail for 1999 murder of journalist Slavko Curuvija

9 April 2019
South East Europe Media Organisation

Curuvija, who was gunned down by secret police officers during the 1999 NATO bombing campaign against Serbia, had previously been attacked by media allies of Slobodan Milosevic. The man who pulled the trigger was not among the convicted.

Serbia Attacks

Serbia: Editor Milan Jovanović's house was firebombed

Unidentified individuals threw a molotov cocktail through the journalist's window in the early hours of 12 December, then fired shots to prevent his family fleeing the burning house.

‎ South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM)‎14 December 2018

Serbia Attacks

Brief disappearance of journalist Stefan Cvetkovic must be investigated

Corruption reporter Cvetkovic went missing on 13 June, prompting a massive police search operation; on 15 June, the President of Serbia announced that the journalist was alive and undergoing police questioning.

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎18 June 2018

Serbia Free Expression & the Law

Serbian journalist jailed for defaming party officials

Journalist Stefan Cvetkovic is a well-known critic of the local authorities, against whom he filed a complaint of misuse of public funds in 2014, and recently raised questions about the role of the three officials in various criminal matters.

‎ Reporters Without Borders‎22 March 2017

Latest from Serbia

Serbia: Condemnation of radio journalist's murder

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Serbia Attacks 20 June 2016
Serbian journalists take to streets to protest deteriorating media freedom

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Serbia Freedom of Assembly Free Expression & the Law 2 February 2016
Human Rights House attacked in Serbia

‎ Freedom House

Serbia Attacks 25 January 2016
Journalist who writes for anti-corruption website brutally beaten in Serbia

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Serbia Attacks 8 September 2015
Broadcasting of investigative TV shows postponed over security concerns

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Serbia Attacks Censorship 9 March 2015
Serbia: Municipal authorities urged to include funds for public information in budget

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Access to Information Serbia 23 January 2015
Long line of unresolved attacks scars Serbian journalism

‎ Index on Censorship

Impunity Serbia 13 January 2015
Serbian prime minister grilled on press freedom at London event

‎ Index on Censorship

Serbia 5 November 2014
Serbian media outlet attacked after reporting on Belgrade Pride Parade

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Impunity Serbia Attacks 3 October 2014
Serbian website hacked after publishing statement about Minister of Interior

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Impunity Serbia Digital Rights Censorship 29 August 2014
Journalist intimidated while covering traffic accident in Novi Sad, Serbia

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Serbia Censorship 25 August 2014
Serbian journalists must be allowed to report truth about recent floods

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Serbia 9 June 2014
Journalist detained, interrogated over Facebook post about Serbian flooods

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Serbia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 7 June 2014
Serbia: Media coalition demands end to abuse of public funds intended for local media

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Serbia 2 May 2014
Media group condemns news outlets' campaigns against Serbian broadcasting agency

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Serbia Free Expression & the Law 11 March 2014
Press freedom under threat from "soft" censorship in Serbia and Hungary

‎ World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers

Hungary Serbia Censorship 28 January 2014
Serbian journalists attacked while covering local election in Odzaci

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Serbia Attacks 16 December 2013
Deputy mayor makes homophobic remarks, reprimands Serbian news site for criticising him

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Access to Information Serbia 12 December 2013
Serbian journalist receives tens of threatening messages

‎ International Press Institute

Impunity Serbia Attacks 11 December 2013
Serbian mayor files billion dollar lawsuit against newspaper

‎ International Press Institute

Serbia Attacks 8 February 2013
Serbian media group demands public discussion on copyright law

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Serbia Free Expression & the Law 26 November 2012
Coalition calls for transparency in government funding of Serbian media

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Serbia Censorship 16 November 2012
Serbia's draft criminal code does not decriminalise defamation

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Serbia Free Expression & the Law 7 November 2012
Explosive device planted in Serbian journalist's backyard

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Impunity Serbia Attacks 1 November 2012
Serbian authorities ban Belgrade Pride Parade

‎ Human Rights Watch

Serbia Freedom of Assembly 9 October 2012
ANEM releases June 2012 monitoring report

‎ Association of Independent Electronic Media

Serbia 30 July 2012

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Serbian Media Scene vs. European Standards, Report based on Council of Europe's Indicators for Media in a Democracy, 2012

The report points out that the blind spot of the Serbian media system are informal alliances of ruling political forces and big industrial and commercial businesses which are allowed to infiltrate the media in a non-transparent way and fulfill through them the common interests of the state and the businesses.

Association of Independent Electronic Media 30 December 2012
Freedom of the Press 2017: Serbia

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić and allied media outlets, particularly the Informer tabloid, continued a campaign to portray investigative and critical media as foreign-backed propagandists.

Freedom House 27 April 2017
Freedom of the Press 2016: Serbia

In June 2015, a trial opened against four former state security officials accused of the 1999 murder of investigative journalist Slavko Ćuruvija.

Freedom House 23 April 2016

The Charlie Hebdo Effect in the Balkans

This report scrutinizes legislation covering freedom of expression and religious freedom in the Balkans, and whether satire and blasphemy are in any way regulated in these countries.

Center for Independent Journalism - Romania 8 July 2015

Freedom of the Press 2015: Serbia

Ranked 80th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2015

Media integrity matters: Reclaiming public service values in media and journalism

This book is an attempt to address obstacles to a democratic development of media systems in the countries of South East Europe by mapping patterns of corrupt relations and practices in media policy development, media ownership and financing, public service broadcasting, and journalism as a profession.

Albanian Media Institute 19 June 2014

World Press Freedom Index 2014: Serbia

Ranked 54th in annual press freedom index

Reporters Without Borders 1 February 2014

Soft Censorship: Strangling Serbia’s Media

Decade-long efforts to promote media reforms in Serbia have foundered. This report describes the mechanisms of a growing “soft censorship” that denies Serbia’s citizens their right to a free and independent media and offers recommendations that can help dismantle these insidious practices.

World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers 28 January 2014