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He says that the acquitting of the defendants suspected of murdering journalist Slavko \u0106uruvija signals a significant worsening of the legal situation, which cannot be compensated for by the efforts of the authorities to process recent attacks on journalists, such as the case of journalist Milan Jovanovi\u0107, whose house was devastated, leading to the convicting of four suspects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 15, 2024 Serbia has fallen from 91st to 98th place among the 180 countries included in the World Media Freedom Index, which is produced annual by Reporters Without Borders. 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