No. 32
June 23 - July 6, 2012
ANEM issues 33rd monitoring report – Media Association makes demands for the new Government aimed at ensuring survival of the print media – ANEM demands reconsideration of the Law on Public Information – Sabic says it is unacceptable to punish journalists for reporting on police press statements – Disappointed by the composition of the new Municipal Assembly, owner of Apatinske Novine closes down the newspaper – Journalistic Associations respond to announced intention to repeal the Law on Information – Advisor to Tomislav Nikolic says that the media were tightly controlled – Media Sustainability Index by Irex shows that the media sector has not advanced after 11 years – Beta and Fonet demand reexamination of legality of state assistance to Tanjug – Many voices demand revoking of TV fee for RTS – Programme aired by RTS is criticized – Media associations and RTS are opposed to revoking of the TV fee – Incident occurs in front of RTS building – Tijanic says that RTS needs 83 million euros annually to avoid losses – Movement of Hungarian Hope is opposed to payment of TV for the public service broadcaster – Vucic announces examination of "Hitlerian" media campaign against Nikolic – War Crimes Prosecutor's Office is conducting pre-investigatory proceedings against warmongering journalists – Ratko Dmitrovic describes the activities of the Prosecutor's Office as "dirty and dishonorable" – Car belonging to a journalists with daily newspaper Kurir is set on fire in Novi Sad – NUNS, UNS, NDNV and SEEMO demand efficient response by the police – Local TV Zvizd from Kucevo is destroyed in fire – Journalists with RTV are attacked in Becej – UNS, NUNS and NDNV protest – Officials of State Security Agency (DB) involved in attempted assassination of Vuk Draskovic know details of the murder of Curuvija, says lawyer Danilovic – The Media Strategy should be implemented as soon as possible more |
The civil society sector is insufficiently visible in the media – Skoko discusses country branding – Serbian authors participate prominently in the Global Media Congress – The Press Council investigates 25 complaints – Results of the research "Journalism at the Crossroads – Journalism in the Age of Information Society" are presented – Dinkic accuses spin doctors from the Democratic Party (DS) – Reporting on the LGBT population is improved – New training courses and scholarships are announced – Students mostly read free newspaper 24 Sata and Blic – Law students visit UNS and RTS – RTS is the best-rated television – Studio B covers the audience of 3 million viewers – Svilan from Croatian TV Nova joins TV Pink as a regional coordinator – Journalists Cedo Males, Zoran Gajic and Dusan Popov pass away more |
Strike of employees of TV Cacak is still ongoing – ANEM calls on SOKOJ to revise royalties – Survival of TV Avala is uncertain – UNS donates 8,000 dinars to E-Novine – Seven offices belonging to the weekly magazine Svetlost are sold – Media coalition makes demands – State-owned media operate inefficiently – Commercial media outlets are more dynamic than the state-owned media more |
In response to reports about a suicide, NUNS again calls on the media to adhere to the Journalistic Code of Conduct while reporting on tragic events – RRA changes its opinion about the advertisement produced by the National Lottery of Serbia – Dragana Milicevic announces that drafts of new media laws are completed and waiting for the new government more |
Press reports that TV BK might appear again in the Serbian media scene – Serbian journalists rarely use Internet and social networks as their sources more |
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