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Tema martovskog Monitoringa medijske scene bilo je više i bile su raznolike. Čitalac se u Monitoringu može obavestiti o podacima međunarodne agencije Amnesty International u vezi s pokušajem instaliranja jednog od najsofisticiranijih i najinvazivnijih špijunskih softvera Pegazus u mobilne telefone dve novinarke BIRN-a; o sastanku koji se odigrao u Dimitrovgradu između predstavnika članova Stalne radne grupe za bezbednost novinara i predstavnika lokalnih medija; o krivičnoj prijavi koju je podnelo udruženje CRTA odgovorajući na neovlašćeno raspolaganje informacijama i dokumentacijom do koje se došlo nakon ulaska kriminalističke policije u prostorije većeg broja udruženja; o nalazima iz izveštaja objavljenog na Platformi Saveta Evrope za zaštitu novinarstva i bezbednost novinara.

Posebne teme Monitoringa bile su: reakcije na neprimerenu izjavu predsednika Republike Srbije upućenu dopisnici RTS-a iz Niša, podrška studentskom protestu iz redova zaposlenih u tom mediju, kritika usmerena na izveštavanje njihove informativne redakcije, na kraju i dvadesetdvočasovna blokada javnog servisa.  

I tokom marta, o čemu je u Monitoringu bilo reči, novinari i mediji trpeli su pritiske i napade. Nemanja Šarović bio je priveden dok je za KTV obavljao reporterski posao iz Pionirskog parka. Tokom izveštavanja iz istog parka, nepoznati muškarac naložio je novinaru TV N1 Miodragu Sovilju da se udalji. Na meti se našao i novinar BIRN-a Saša Dragojlo, koji je snimao komešanje među građanima koji su protestovali ispred štanda Srpske napredne stranke. 

Pritiske su trpeli novinari koji su izveštavali sa protesta u Novom Sadu, selu Veliki Izvor, Zrenjaninu i Sremskoj Mitrovici. Ekipa TV N1 bila je zasuta uvredama. Žarku Bogosavljeviću i novinarki Brankici Matić pokušali su da otmu telefon. Novinara Glasa Zaječara Miljka Stojanovića fizički su napali. Dijanu Šćekić, novinarku i glavnu urednicu Ozon medija iz Sremske Mitrovice, vređao je nepoznati muškarac. Jovan Njegović Drndak, urednik fotografije lista Zrenjanin, bio je sprečavan da  snima protest.

Kao i u prethodnom periodu, TV N1 bila je na meti raznih udaraca. Novinare su detaljno pretresali na ulasku u Narodnu skupštinu Republike Srbije. Pretnje i uvrede dobili su Enes Radetinac, urednik i novinar TV A1 iz Novog Pazara, Biljana Roganović, urednica i novinarka Onlajn presa iz Prokuplja, Brankica Stanković, glavna urednica Insajder televizije.

Prvo osnovno javno tužilaštvo ,,rasvetlilo” je napad na Vuka Cvijića, i to tako što je utvrdilo da novinara jeste udario i odgurnuo Milan Lađević, jedan od suvlasnika i izdavača provladinih tabloida Srpski telegraf i Republika.rs, ali da time nije izvršio krivično delo Nasilničko ponašanje, niti bilo koje drugo krivično delo za koje se gonjenje preduzima po službenoj dužnosti.

Stalno poglavlje i ovog Monitoringa bile su (ne)prilike u kojima se nalaze novinari koji na Kosovu izveštavaju na srpskom jeziku. Novo poglavlje nazvano je ,,Neetičnost na delu”, i posvećeno je poseti predsednika Republike Srbije, praćenog grupom novinara, građanima Severne Makedonije koji su posle teške tragedije u Kočanima smešteni na intenzivnoj nezi u Kliničkom centru u Beogradu. 

U Monitoringu se čitalac može obavestiti i o sudbini predloga Zakona o slobodnom pristupu informacijama od javnog značaja, martovskim aktivnostima Regulatornog tela za elektronske medije i aktivnostima Ministarstva informisanja i telekomunikacija u vezi sa pokretanjem prekršajnih postupaka i formiranjem komisije za ocenjivanje projekata pristiglih na konkurse za sufinansiranje projekata u oblasti javnog informisanja.

O svemu tome možete pročitati u Monitoringu medijske scene u Srbiji za mart 2025. godine.

Ova publikacija objavljena je uz finansijsku pomoć Evropske unije i Norveške i Balkanskog fonda za demokratiju, projekta Nemačkog Maršalovog fonda SAD. Za njegovu sadržinu isključivo je odgovorna Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija i ta sadržina nužno ne izražava zvanične stavove Evropske unije, vlade Norveške, Nemačkog Maršalovog fonda i Balkanskog fonda za demokratiju.

Ovaj Monitoring izveštaj uradio je stručni monitoring tim iz advokatske kancelarije „Savović", u saradnji sa ANEM-om.

MEDIA SCENE OF SERBIA IN MARCH 2025

ANEM monitoring report for March 2025 on freedom of expression, old and new regulations and analysis of SLAPP lawsuits

The topics of the March Monitoring of the Serbian media scene were numerous and varied. In Monitoring, the reader can learn about the data of the international agency Amnesty International regarding the attempt to install one of the most sophisticated and invasive Pegasus spy software in the mobile phones of two BIRN journalists; about the meeting that took place in Dimitrovgrad between representatives of members of the Permanent Working Group for the Safety of Journalists and representatives of local media; on the criminal complaint submitted by the CRTA association in response to the unauthorized disposal of information and documentation that occurred after the entry of the criminal police into the premises of a large number of associations; on the findings of the report published on the Platform of the Council of Europe for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists.

The special topics of the Monitoring were: reactions to the inappropriate statement of the President of the Republic of Serbia addressed to the RTS correspondent from Niš, support for the student protest from among the employees of that media, criticism directed at the reporting of their newsroom, and finally a twenty-two-hour blockade of the public service.

And during March, which was discussed in Monitoring, journalists and media suffered pressure and attacks. Nemanja Šarović was detained while reporting for KTV from Pionirski Park. While reporting from the same park, an unknown man ordered TV N1 journalist Miodrag Sovilj to move away. BIRN journalist Saša Dragojlo, who was filming the commotion among citizens protesting in front of the Serbian Progressive Party stand, was also targeted.

Journalists reporting from protests in Novi Sad, the village of Veliki Izvor, Zrenjanin and Sremska Mitrovica suffered pressure. The TV N1 team was showered with insults. There were attempts to steal the phone from Žarko Bogosavljević and journalist Brankica Matić. Glas Zaječara journalist Miljko Stojanović was physically attacked. Dijana Šćekić, journalist and editor-in-chief of Ozon Media from Sremska Mitrovica, was insulted by an unknown man. Jovan Njegović Drndak, photo editor of the newspaper Zrenjanin, was prevented from filming the protest.

As in the previous period, TV N1 was the target of various attacks. Journalists were thoroughly searched upon entering the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. Threats and insults were received by Enes Radetinac, editor and journalist of TV A1 from Novi Pazar, Biljana Roganović, editor and journalist of Online Press from Prokuplje, Brankica Stanković, editor-in-chief of Insider Television.

The First basic public prosecution "solved" the attack on Vuk Cvijić, by establishing that the journalist was hit and pushed away by Milan Lađević, one of the co-owners and publishers of the pro-government tabloids Srpski telegraf and Republika.rs, but that he did not thereby commit the crime of violent behavior, nor any other crime for which prosecution is undertaken ex officio.

A constant chapter of this Monitoring were the troubles faced by journalists reporting in Serbian in Kosovo. The new chapter is called "Unethical in Action" and is dedicated to the visit of the President of the Republic of Serbia, accompanied by a group of journalists, to the citizens of North Macedonia who are in intensive care at the Clinical Center in Belgrade after the severe tragedy in Kočani.

In Monitoring, the reader can also be informed about the fate of the proposal of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance, the March activities of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media and the activities of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications in connection with the initiation of misdemeanor proceedings and the formation of a commission for evaluating projects submitted to tenders for co-financing projects in the field of public information.

You can read about all that in the Monitoring of the media scene in Serbia for March 2025.

This publication was published with the financial support of the European Union and Norway and the Balkan Fund for Democracy, a project of the German Marshall Fund of the USA. The Association of Independent Electronic Media is solely responsible for its content, and that content does not necessarily express the official views of the European Union, the Government of Norway, the German Marshall Fund and the Balkan Fund for Democracy.

This Monitoring Report was prepared by expert monitoring team from the law office "Savović" in cooperation with ANEM.