January 31, 2024 The European CASE coalition, which fights SLAPP lawsuits, has launched a “competition” for the politicians and states that have amassed the most lawsuits against media companies. Among the proposed nominees is also Dijana Hrkalović, a former high-ranking...
January 16, 2024. The Court of Appeal in Belgrade has announced that it will consider, on 26th and 27th March, the appeals of both the prosecutor and the defence against the second successive guilty verdict that was passed last March...
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...