December 28, 2023 Isidora Kovačević, editor-in-chief of Šabac-based newspaper Podrinske, received an insulting and threatening Instagram message ahead of the 17th December elections in the city, stating that she “should be peeling potatoes in prison” because of her statements about...
December 15, 2023 Hate speech directed against journalists in Serbia is part of such a normalised culture of violence that resides in the discourse of certain politicians, in the articles of tabloid publications, and which spreads like a virus through...
November 1, 2023 Danijel Radić, owner of Zrenjanin-based KTV, claims that unknown assailants unscrewed his car wheels’ screws, thus imperilling his safety, just a day after his television station reported on the forum of the “ProGlas” initiative. The “ProGlas” initiative...
November 16, 2023 Daily newspaper Danas has found itself targeted twice in quick succession, having faced insults and slanderous claims from members of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and tabloid publications closely associated with the government. Tabloid newspapers and...
November 1, 2023 Vladimir Đukanović, an official and MP of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), has sued Vuk Cvijić, journalist of weekly news magazine NIN, for mental anguish and is seeking compensation of almost 10,000 euros. Cvijić is an...
October 16, 2023 The Higher Court in Zaječar has passed a binding verdict sentencing local man Petar Stojković to a six-month prison term to be spent in the confines of his own home for threatening Miljko Stojanović, a fellow Zaječar...