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The SafeJournalists Network strongly condemns the new attempt of digital surveillance of women journalists of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) in Serbia through Pegasus spyware. This is a serious...

Mujo Kujovic from Prijepolje assaulted BIRN journalist Sasa Dragojlo while he was reporting from a Belgrade protest; Kujovic, who trained as a boxer, has helped in the ruling party’s efforts...

The Serbian government has taken yet another step in its systematic campaign to silence independent journalism. For the first time, an N1 European correspondent has been intentionally excluded from a...

BIRN journalist Sasa Dragojlo was assaulted by a member of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party while covering a protest in Belgrade, but police refused to identify the assailant.   Journalists’...

From 31 March to 1 April 2025, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) will be hosting a workshop entitled “Online Harassment and Protection of Journalists” in Belgrade, Serbia, as part...

When and why did you decide to go on a hunger strike? What was the moment when you said – enough?   I began the strike on a Tuesday and...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s working dinner with European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa in Brussels ended on Tuesday evening. Following the event,...

At least eleven journalists were detained in dawn raids in different cities by Turkish police on 24 March 2025. The European and International Federation of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) join their affiliates...

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined the European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations (CEATL) and the European Writers’ Council (EWC) in expressing strong opposition to the third Draft of...

The Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS) strongly condemns the physical attack on the journalist of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), Saša Dragojlo, which happened today, March 23, around...

Media freedom should be a pillar of democracy, yet it is under siege in Serbia.   Following last weekend’s historic protests, the Serbian government has intensified its crackdown on independent...

The editorial board of the Serbian state TV (RTS) said on Friday that its staff are under enormous pressure from the protests which, a statement said, showed the importance of...