The owner of Alpac Capital, Pedro Vargas Santos David, was registered as the CEO of all of Adria News Networks (ANN) independent media outlets, United Group subsidiaries in Serbia.
The unions representing the Nova news portal and newspaper and the weekly Radar, as well as the N1 and Forbes unions, today condemned the manner in which the Portuguese company Alpac Capital is taking over these and other media outlets in Serbia operating under the Adria News Network group, which remains part of United Group.
According to the Serbian Business Registers Agency (APR), the appointment of the Alpac Capital owner was approved on August 17, 2026.
All of the directors have been dismissed*: Mihailo Jovicevic, head of the Nova portal and newspaper and Radar weekly; Aleksandra Mitic, director of Danas daily publisher Dan graf and Brent Sadler who has been dismissed as head of Adria News, i.e. N1. Sadler was also removed as head of Adria News Nova S, a position to which he was recently appointed. Nova S TV chief Janez Zivko was also dismissed.
N1: We will continue working in line with the same professional standards
Regarding Friday’s report by the Cenzolovka portal about Alpac Capital’s takeover of Adria News Network (ANN), N1 said that the change in ownership would not affect the television station’s editorial policy, nor the way in which its newsroom makes editorial decisions.
The N1 newsroom reiterates that it will continue to operate according to the same professional principles and standards as before. The editorial team retains full responsibility for the selection of topics, the manner of reporting, and editorial decisions made in the public interest.
*N1 incorrectly reported that desk chiefs were dismissed. Some of the media outlet directors were dismissed. We apologize for the error.
Source: N1
