The Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS)

By initiating the procedure for dismissal of Pressburger because Magyar Szo failed to report on all of the activities of the president of the Parliament of Vojvodina, Sandor Egeresi, and because its journalists have not reported from every press conference organized by the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Managing Board of the newspaper has opened a hunting season aimed against professional journalists who are not willing to listen to every whim of politicians. The UNS protests against the practice of political dismissals of editors in state and private media outlets in Serbia, and calls on the public to oppose it in the case of Magyar Szo newspaper, which is partly financed by taxpayers' money.
(UNS, 22.06.2011)

The Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS)

With support from organizations Civil Rights Defenders and Media Legal Defence Initiative, the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) and a renowned legal office Zivkovic & Samardzic have agreed on cooperation in offering legal assistance to member of the Association in relation to lawsuits resulting from the Law on Public Information, the Criminal Code and the Law on Obligations.
(MC, 22.6.2011)

At the tenth anniversary of the murder of Milan Pantic, the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) demands not only that his murderers be identified, but also a clear explanation why murderers of journalists in Serbia have remained unidentified and who is responsible for such situation. The NUNS calls on journalists to hold future memmorial events in front of the institutions whose duty is to solve the crimes.
(Danas, 13.06.2011)

The Republic Broadcasting Agency (RRA)

Physical or legal persons who intend to begin cable or satellite broadcasting of radio or TV programmes are required to acquire a license from the Republic Broadcasting Agency.
(RRA, 15.06.2011)

The Republic Agency for Telecommunication (RATEL)

The management of TV Nova d.d. from Zagreb has made a decision to forbid rebroadcasting of its programme via satellite and cable distribution networks outside the territory of the Republic of Croatia. (RATEL, 20.06.2011)

The Republic Agency for Telecommunication (RATEL) announced that the Agency has decided to extend the deadline for submission of comments on the draft Rulebook on Parameters of Quality of Publicly Available Services and the Control of Electronic Communication Activities from June 22 to July 1, 2011.
(RATEL, 21.06.2011)

South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO)

One of the biggest problems facing the media is the position of investigative journalists, who are exposed to most of the threats and attacks, says to Blic daily Oliver Vujovic from the South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO).
(Blic, 18.06.2011)

ABC Serbia

After the transition to a new format and new printing press, the management of Kurir daily newspaper sent ABC Serbia a request to abandon the ABC auditing system and expressed suspicion that some data differs from the actual situation in the field. ABC Serbia denied Kurir's suspicions and noted that the data on circulation published by Kurir on June 13, 2010 had not been previously verified by ABC Serbia.
(ABC Serbia Newsletter, 15.06.2011)

Issue No. 6
June 9–23, 2011

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