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May 31, 2018<\/p>\n

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A competition for project co-financing of the media saw the City of Belgrade grant the majority of funds approved through last year\u2019s competition to pro-regime media outlets, some of which openly stated in project documentation that in return for that money they will promote local government success, writes research portal Pi\u0161taljka (Whistle).<\/h2>\n

For example, pro-regime tabloid\u00a0Informer\u00a0<\/em>received money for a project in which it stated that it is important for citizens to be informed \u201cabout evidence showing that every euro of credit from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is spent in a dedicated way\u201d or that \u201cRoosevelt Street is without congestion and Belgrade\u2019s Slavija Square is glittering\u201d.<\/p>\n

Similar project elaborations were provided by tabloids\u00a0Allo<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Srpski Telegraf<\/em>, which \u2013 together with\u00a0Informer<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 received around \u20ac125,000 of the total of slightly more than \u20ac616,000 that the City granted.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, according to research conducted by the Centre for Investigative Reporting of Serbia,\u00a0Srpski Telegraf<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Informer<\/em>\u00a0banked almost \u20ac200,000 in grants for their projects across Serbia during 2016 and 2017, despite the fact that they are the media companies that most often violate the Code of Ethics of Serbian Journalists.<\/p>\n

In contrast, portal Pi\u0161taljka, which stated in its project documentation that it would deal with investigations of corruption in the city administration, was not allocated funds in Belgrade. According to this portal, the commission tasked with deciding on the distribution of money gave the explanation that this project was not in the interest of the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May 31, 2018 A competition for project co-financing of the media saw the City of Belgrade grant the majority of funds approved through last year\u2019s competition to pro-regime media outlets, some of which openly stated in project documentation that in return for that money they will promote local government success, writes research portal Pi\u0161taljka (Whistle). 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