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“Prosecutor Nenad Stefanovic is just waiting for a nod to raid this place as well. The first step now is clearly the raid on the United Group’s branch in Belgrade,...

In an interview with Danas daily, Matic said that professional journalists are unwelcome at these events because “the government consistently attempts to distort reality.”   “They manipulate everything – from...

Dragan Šolak assessed the entry of two police inspectors into the headquarters of the United Group as proof of the deep political and interest connection between the company BC Partners...

Police in the city of Zajecar assaulted a local reporter and seized his phone during a gathering by regime supporters.   Miljko Stojanovic, a reporter for the Glas Zajecara local...

The Belgrade-based Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) NGO said on Monday that it filed formal complaints with several UK regulators calling them to investigate allegations that the British BC...

Against the backdrop of a rapidly worsening media freedom crisis across the region, most prominently in Serbia, a coalition of international media freedom, journalists’ and freedom of expression organisations calls...

A decision to not grant accreditation to multiple Serbian-language media outlets wishing to cover Sunday’s local elections in Kosovo has sparked strong condemnations from NGOs and international community.   Media...

The Central Election Commission of Kosovo (CEC) only subsequently granted accreditation for local elections to Serbian media from Belgrade and Kosovo.   Three days before local elections Central Election Commission...

Subject: Non-accreditation of Serbian-language and other media for the 12 October elections   The SafeJournalists Network and partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), expresses deep concern over...

In September, the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS) recorded a total of 31 incidents involving journalists and media workers.   Although the number of recorded cases is slightly lower...

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its partners from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and undersigned organisations in strongly condemning the intensifying crackdown on Georgian journalists and press...

Today the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and The Self-Investigation release a new report entitled “Stronger Minds, Stronger Media: Why protecting journalists’ mental health is essential for journalism’s future”. This...