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That primarily falls under the jurisdiction of Criminal Code,\u201d said Bratina.<\/p>\n<p>It is very dangerous to call for the Criminal Code to be applied against journalists, especially at a time when the president of the country, Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, constantly seeks a reaction from the prosecutor\u2019s office, accusing the media of inciting terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Bratina explained that all those who support the blockades are \u201canti-state elements\u201d, in reference to the protests that students and citizens have been organising for the past nine months.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Bratina considers that \u201cindividual media companies\u201d are dealing more with politics and creating \u201csome reality of their own\u201d than with the informing of citizens.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that this minister is known for belonging to the extreme right, as well as for having burned a European Union flag at a protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 16, 2025 Serbian Information and Telecommunications Minister Boris Bratina has stated that individual television stations and print media publications, especially weekly news magazines, \u201care waging war against their own country\u201d. \u201cThe media may have an anti-government position, but what is visible and extremely dangerous is the anti-state activity of certain media outlets and certain journalists. 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