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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...
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...
PACE’s Rapporteurs for the monitoring of Serbia, Axel Schäfer (Germany, SOC) and Victoria Tiblom (Sweden, ECPA), have today made the following statement concerning the massive protest in Belgrade of 15...
At a time when the Turkish authorities have unleashed a new wave of repression, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its Turkish affiliates TGS, GCD and DİSK Basın-İş are...
At today’s meeting between the trade unions, representatives of media associations, and the management of Radio-Television of Vojvodina (RTV), an agreement was reached for RTV’s management to initiate several key...