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Monitoring medijske scene za februar donosi pregled ključnih dešavanja iz oblasti slobode izražavanja, procesa implementacije postojećih propisa i novina u vezi s borbom protiv strateških tužbi protiv učešća javnosti (SLAPP). 

Kada je reč o slobodi izražavanja, u Monitoringu je bilo reči o izveštaju koji je objavilo Nezavisno udruženje novinara Srbije (NUNS): „Sloboda izražavanja i medijski pluralizam 2023, Alternativni izveštaj o sprovođenju akcionog plana za Poglavlje 23”. Posebna pažnja, u svetlu najnovijih odluka, posvećena je nekažnjivosti za ubistavo novinara Slavka Ćuruvije i Milana Pantića. Zabeležene su okolnosti pod kojima su se dogodila ometanja u obavljanju novinarskog posla u slučaju medija ,,Radio Goraždevac” i „RTV M Knjaževac”, kao i ishod postupka vođenog povodom nelegalne gradnje usled koje je zazidan prozor redakcije OK radija. 

Prateći projektno sufinansiranje, u Monitoringu je bilo reči i o slučaju u kome je novinar pozvan da policiji pruži informacije do kojih je došao tokom izrade serije tekstova koji se bave zloupotrebom novca namenjenog projektnom sufinansiranju. Tema Monitoringa bili su konkursi raspisani od strane privremenog organa Grada Novog Pazara i Ministarstva informisanja i telekomunikacija, kao i slučaj u kome je došlo do poništenja konkursa za sufinansiranje projekata u oblasti javnog informisanja. Gradovi Pančevo i Novi Sad evidentirani su kao gradovi koji su, nakon donošenja novog Zakona o javnom informisanju i medijima, značajno umanjili sredstva namenjena projektnom sufinansiranju proizvodnje medijskih sadržaja u oblasti javnog informisanja. 

U Monitoringu je bilo reči i o kašnjenju Regulatornog tela za elektronske medije u raspisivanju javnog konkursa za izdavanje dozvola za pružanje medijske usluge televizije u slobodnom pristupu putem terestrtičkog digitalnog prenosa za zonu raspodele, u vezi s tim osvetljeni su problemi koje je to kašnjenje prouzrokovalo. 

U domenu novina u borbi protiv SLAPP tužbi, zabeležena je nedavno usvojena anti-SLAPP direktiva koja, iako se neće primenjivati u Srbiji, predstavlja pozitivan korak u mogućem rešavanju tog problema i u našoj zemlji.

Ova publikacija objavljena je uz finansijsku pomoć Evropske unije i Misije OEBS u Srbiji. Za sadržinu ove publikacije isključivo je odgovorna Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija i ta sadržina nipošto ne izražava zvanične stavove Evropske unije i Misije OEBS u Srbiji.

Ovaj Monitoring Izveštaj uradio je stručni monitoring tim ANEM-a iz advokatske kancelarije „Savović", u saradnji sa ANEM-om, a celokupan se može pronaći na ovom linku.

SERBIA'S MEDIA SCENE IN FEBRUARY 2024

ANEM monitoring report for February 2024 on freedom of expression, old and new regulations and analysis of SLAPP lawsuits

Monitoring of the media scene for February provides an overview of key developments in the field of freedom of expression, the process of implementing existing regulations and news related to the fight against strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP).

When it comes to freedom of expression, Monitoring shortly reveiws the report published by the Independent Journalists Association of Serbia (NUNS): "Freedom of Expression and Media Pluralism 2023, Alternative Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan for Chapter 23". Special attention, in light of the latest decisions, is devoted to impunity for the murder of journalists Slavko Ćuruvija and Milan Pantić. The circumstances under which interferences in the performance of journalistic work occurred in the case of the media "Radio Goraždevac" and "RTV M Knjaževac" were recorded, as well as the outcome of the proceedings conducted regarding illegal construction, as a result of which the window of the OK Radio newsroom was bricked up.

Following the project co-financing, Monitoring also discussed a case in which a journalist was invited to provide the police with information he came across during the preparation of a series of articles dealing with the misuse of money intended for project co-financing. The subject of the Monitoring were tenders announced by the temporary body of the City of Novi Pazar and the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, as well as the case in which the tender for co-financing projects in the field of public information was cancelled. The cities of Pančevo and Novi Sad were recorded as cities that, after the adoption of the new Law on Public Information and Media, significantly reduced the funds intended for project co-financing of the production of media content in the field of public information.

Monitoring also discussed the delay of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media in announcing a public tender for issuing licenses for the provision of free access television media services via terrestrial digital transmission for the distribution zone, and the problems caused by this delay were highlighted in this regard.

In the domain of newspapers in the fight against SLAPP lawsuits, the recently adopted EU Anti-SLAPP Directive was noted, which, although it will not be applied in Serbia, represents a positive step in the possible solution of that problem in our country as well.

Media monitoring was published with the financial support of the European Union and the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Association of Independent Electronic Media is solely responsible for its content, and that content in no way expresses the official views of the European Union and the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

This Monitoring Report was prepared by ANEM's expert monitoring team from the law office "Savović" in cooperation with ANEM, and the entire report can be found at this link.