Issue No. 25
17-30 March 2012
RRA issues controversial directive on media reports about elections – Professor Radojkovic and Tijanic exchange responses – RRA denies claim that the directive would result in banning of certain programmes – Journalists' Building causes dispute between UNS and NUNS – URS and SNS submit complaints to Council of RRA because of "advantageous position of DS in the media" – RRA rejects complaints – RRA report on presence of political parties in the media is doubted – Nedim Sejdinovic and Dinko Gruhonjic criticize influence on the media in Serbia and Vojvodina – Media associations protest against governmental obstruction aimed against independent institutions – Agreement on cooperation between RTS and China Central Television – Journalists are victims of new threats, attacks and accusations – SBB again broadcasts a good-quality signal of TV Kanal 9 – New information appears about the Curuvija case – Journalist and the president of the Supreme Court of Cassation exchange accusations related to legal process against Curuvija in 1999 – Kasseler Friedensforum Foundation from German pays schooling of children of the killed RTS employees – New investigation of the death of RTS employees is announced – National Council of Hungarians is a co-founder of Radio Regija in Backa Topola – Subtitling of programmes in minority languages in Vojvodina to Serbian language is proposed more |
Several non-governmental organizations protest against "racist" article authored by the editor of daily newspaper Politika – Danas publishes largest number of media reports about election campaign – RRA orders TV B92 to change the airing time of the series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" – Reporting on integration with the EU undergoes changes – Ivan Medenica: NIN does not offer enough space to cultural critique – New public contests and seminars are announced – Journalists receive awards – Oliver Dulic visits ASMEDI – ABC Serbia audits eight new media outlets – Politika and Sportski Zurnal withdraw from auditing of circulation by ABC Serbia – Internet is completely unregulated in election campaign – Websites of political parties have few visitors – Djilas appears in the media more often than Aleksandar Vucic – Kikindske publish 700th issue of the newspaper – TV Prva celebrates second anniversary – Verica Barac passes away more |
TV Cacak is on strike – A.D. Politika loses revenue, suffers losses – Dispute between TV SOS and RATEL costs 650 million dinars – How much money will political parties spend during the election campaign? - Airtime is most expensive on RTV Pink, cheapest on TV Happy – TV Homolje is founded – Annulment of privatization has not helped Radio Sombor more |
UNS helps its members – UNS demands that the Government discuss Verica Barac's media report at its following session more |
The first regional television series dealing with region-wide issues to be broadcast in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia – Traditional media are still the most reliable source of information for citizens in 12 countries – Digital test signal is turned on more |
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