In the Dialogues section of the Danas daily newspaper, Dr. Zorica Mrscevic says that the Women's World Cup 2011 will be held in Germany between June 26 and July 17. However, the media in Serbia has ignored this globally significant event. Who made such a decision? Who decided that women's football is not interesting to the Serbian public, asks Dr. Mrscevic.
(Danas, 10.07.2011)

Journalist and writer, Bosko Lomovic, in his commentary published in the Politika daily newspaper, says: "It is a rhetorical question whether television distorts and corrupts the language; the question, obviously, already contains the answer – and it is YES. Do linguists warn the viewers about the mistakes, allowing them to be corrected? It seems that this question is also rhetoric and that the answer is – NO."
(Politika, 08.07.2011)

The news about the alleged arrest of the last of the accused by the Hague Tribunal, Goran Hadzic, has spread in the Belgrade media. The Minister of the Internal Affairs of Serbia, Ivica Dacic, said that the "unverified" information on the arrest of Goran Hadzic are "detrimental" to his actual arrest.
(Pregled, Blic, 19.07.2011)

Awards and contests

The delegation of the European Commission in Serbia, the Office for European Integration of the Government of Serbia, and the Erste Bank have announced a public contest for the best media report on the process of European integrations in Serbia published between January 1 and December 1, 2011. The award is a work/study visit to Brussels, where the winning journalists will have a chance to meet the officials from the European Commission and the European Parliament.
(Beta, Danas, 13.07.2011, NUNS Newsletter, No. 0016 )

Media transfers

A popular programme from Emotion's production, "48 Sati Svadba" ("48 Hours Wedding") will be aired on TV Pink after its seven seasons on the Radio-Television Serbia (RTS), reports Kurir daily newspaper. According to the newspaper's report, weddings in front of cameras will be broadcast every Wednesday and Thursday at 20.00.
(Kurir, 12.07.2011)

Anniversaries

The Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) has invited everyone who wants to assist in construction of a memorial house dedicated to a journalist, publicist and politician, Pera Todorovic, to offer their donations in a financial form or in a form of construction material.
(Politika, Vecernje Novosti 07.07.2011)

The editorial office of the regional news agency Vranje Press celebrated its ninth year of existence and operations, stating that it was continuing its mission to improve the content offered by web journalism as one of new journalistic forms.
(Vranje Pres, NUNS, 19.07.2011)

In Memoriam

A correspondent of the Vecernje Novosti daily newspaper from Vranje, Sladjana Veljkovic, died at the age of 41 after a short and serious illness. Sladjana Veljkovic was born in 1970 in Leskovac and graduated from the Faculty of Philology. She began her journalistic career in the Vranjske Novine newspaper, while during the last three years she had worked as a correspondent for Vecernje Novosti.
(FoNet, Kurir, Vecernje novosti, Juzne vesti, NUNS, 08. 07. 2011)

Issue No. 8
07-20 July 2011

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