Light shed on murder of journalist Milan Pantić, suspects from Belgrade and Jagodina News June 9, 2017 0June 9, 2017 Sixteen years after the murder of Večernje Novosti’s Jagodina correspondent, Milan Pantić, the police investigation has finally...
BIRN Holds ‘Public Money for Public Interest’ Workshops News June 7, 2017 0June 7, 2017 Forty local civil society representatives attended two workshops in Belgrade in May as part of the “Public...
Six attacks against journalists on day of new Serbian president’s inauguration News June 1, 2017 0June 1, 2017 During the Serbian Presidential inauguration of Aleksandar Vučić, until yesterday the country’s prime minister, supporters of the...
Confusion over new media strategy News June 1, 2017 0May 31, 2017 The Serbian Media Strategy (the document with which the Republic of Serbia defines its strategic five-year plan...
Bratislav Gašić becomes new head of the Security-Information Agency (BIA) News June 1, 2017 0May 31, 2017 After being sacked as defence minister following sexist comments directed towards a female journalist, Bratislav Gašić, a...
U.S. ambassador dubs pro-regime tabloid Informer scum News June 1, 2017 0May 31, 2017 The U.S. ambassador to Serbia, Kyle Scott, has said that pro-regime tabloid newspaper Informer is “scum” that...
Alumni workshop for SDJ attendees dedicated to project writing News May 30, 2017 0May 25, 2017 Participants in the alumni programme of the School of Digital Journalism of the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation came...
Rape live on national television, no reaction from authorities News May 18, 2017 0May 17, 2017 During early May, national television channel Happy’s reality programme Parovi (Couples) showed live sexual relations between two...
Trial for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija continues News May 18, 2017 0May 17, 2017 The continuation of the trial for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija has seen the testifying of...
One of the oldest daily newspapers, Večernje Novosti, faces closure News May 18, 2017 0May 17, 2017 Večernje Novosti (Evening News), a national daily newspaper with a tradition dating back six decades and which...
World Press Freedom Day, but press freedom is ever less News May 3, 2017 0May 3, 2017 World Press Freedom Day is marked around the world on 3rd May, but the latest 2016 report...
Court of Appeal: weekly NIN not guilty for article on interior minister News May 3, 2017 0May 3, 2017 Following the decision of the High Court in Belgrade to fine weekly NIN 300,000RSD for defamation of...
Serbian investigative journalists receive European journalism prize News May 3, 2017 0May 3, 2017 In competition between media companies from the UK, Germany, Denmark and France, the journalists of the Centre...
Eighteen years since the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, the trial has no end in sight News April 20, 2017 0April 18, 2017 The 18th anniversary of the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija, owner and editor of newspapers Dnevni telegraf and...
Ruling party official targets journalists who participate in protests News April 20, 2017 0April 18, 2017 The head of the parliamentary group of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, Aleksandar Martinović, has shown images...
Protests “against dictatorship” and media blackout follow presidential election News April 20, 2017 0April 18, 2017 Thousands of people, predominantly students, are protesting “against dictatorship” in 15 Serbian towns for the third week...
ELECTION BONUS – Aleksandar Vučić’s advert featured on almost every front page News April 20, 2017 0April 1, 2017 The last day of campaigning ahead of Serbia’s presidential elections, to be held on Sunday, saw the...
Journalist jailed following lawsuit of ruling party officials News April 20, 2017 0April 1, 2017 Stefan Cvetković, a journalist from the town of Bela Crkva in northeast Serbia, has been sentenced to...
Incident at press conference of presidential candidate’s wife News April 20, 2017 0April 1, 2017 While a press conference was being held by Nataša Jeremić, the wife of opposition presidential candidate Vuk...
PM Vučić receives by far the most media coverage during election campaign News April 20, 2017 0April 1, 2017 Research conducted by several independent organisations monitoring media coverage during the presidential election campaign in Serbia shows...