{"id":4768,"date":"2019-06-30T15:17:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T13:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/?p=4768"},"modified":"2019-07-10T15:19:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T13:19:04","slug":"politician-continues-lawsuits-against-journalist-who-was-beaten-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/en\/politician-continues-lawsuits-against-journalist-who-was-beaten-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Politician continues lawsuits against journalist who was beaten last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 30, 2019<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Dragoljub Simonovic, former president of the Belgrade suburban municipality of Grocka and an official of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), has sued \u017deljko Mator\u010devi\u0107, editor of local portal Zig info, for a ninth time.<\/h2>\n<p>Also writing for this portal is Milan Jovanovi\u0107, whose house was firebombed last December, with Simonovi\u0107 charged with having ordered the arson attack, while Mator\u010devi\u0107 himself was also beaten by an unknown assailant in October last year, sustaining serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the publishing of an article under the headline \u201cArrogant Progressive Again Caught Lying! 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Also writing for this portal is Milan Jovanovi\u0107, whose house was firebombed last December, with Simonovi\u0107 charged with having ordered the arson attack, while Mator\u010devi\u0107 himself was also beaten by an unknown assailant in October last year, sustaining serious injuries. 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