Issue No. 16
October 29 - November 11, 2011
Positive expectations about the Press Council – Cvetkovic praises the media situation in Serbia – Cetinic: Only the government has monopoly that threatens the media – Tijanic skeptical about the future of the public service broadcaster – SEEMF: Difficult economic position of the media – Journalist leaves TV Prva because of pressure – The state should finance the public interest, not media companies – Public service broadcaster lacks 25 million euros a year – 17,000 applications for jobs in RTS – Attacks on journalists and the media: Belgrade, Nis, Novi Sad, Kula, Stari Ledinci, Bajmok, Cacak – ANEM warns of abuse of the media strategy more |
Press Council announces first decisions – "In Front of the Camera" gets published – Sabic receives support from Coalition for Free Access to Information, UNS, NUNS, NDNV, ANEM, Judges’s Society of Serbia, Association of Public Prosecutors, and Civic Vojvodina Coalition – Domestic and international journalistic awards – New contests – 68 years of Tanjug agency – President of the Government of Serbia visits the Media Association – Two cameramen get killed in an accident more |
Minimum salary for all employees in Dnevnik – Four years-old contract on privatization of Svetlost from Kragujevac is terminated more |
The media lacks organized trade unions – NUNS welcomes decision of the Court of Appeals to increase prison terms for attackers on Teofil Pancic – UNS condemns the attack in Bajmok – RATEL and RTS propose to the Government that RTS should be freed from obligation to pay fees for usage of frequencies more |
Online magazine Juzne Vesti launches a portal that guarantees anonymity to corruption whistleblowers – New radio station: Klik FM – BBC offers personalized media content – Al Jazeera Balkans begins airing programme on 11 November 2011 more |
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