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Monitoring medijske scene izrađuje se s ciljem kontinuiranog praćenja događaja i procesa koji utiču na stanje medijskih sloboda u Republici Srbiji. Autori monitoringa bave se: slobodom izražavanja; praćenjem implementacije postojećih propisa; usvajanjem novih propisa, ali i izmenama i dopunama aktuelnih, kako iz oblasti medija, tako i iz drugih oblasti koje na direktan ili indirektan način utiču na slobodu medija; kao i analizom SLAPP tužbi (strateških tužbi protiv učešća javnosti) usmerenih prema novinarima i medijima.

Sloboda izražavanja

Izdvojeni i detaljno analizirani u izveštaju za jun mesec su slučaj Boška Savkovića, novinara, slučaj Brankice Stanković, glavne i odgovorne urednice medija Insajder, slučaj portala Info – Vranjske, slučaj portal JuGmedia, slučaj Ivana Ivanovića, voditelja emisije na Nova S, slučaj Olivere Vladković, vlasnice OK radija i Svetlane Ivanov, zaposlene u OK radiju, kao i slučaj Vojina Radovanovića, novinara redakcije Danas. 

Implementacija postojećih propisa

Kada je u pitanju projektno sufinansiranje, komisija za ocenu projekata na teritoriji grada Niša je za 2023. godinu predložila da se sredstvima od 69,5 miliona dinara sufinansira 31 projekat. Većinski iznos sredstava u visini od ukupno 21.7 million dinars/183.898 EUR dobila su dva pravna entiteta u vlasništvu niške porodice Radomirović, koja je bliska lokalnoj vlasti. Sredstva su dodeljena i kompaniji koja je i zvanično u vlasništvu sina visoko pozicioniranog člana SNS-a i Ministra unutrašnjih poslova Bratislava Gašića, a u izveštaju su navedeni svi mediji koji su dobili sredstva od grada Niša, uključujući i agenciju za kancelarijsko-administrativne poslove te društvo srpsko češkog prijateljstva. Gradonačelnik grada Pančeva je u junu potpisao Rešenje o raspodeli sredstava za sufinansiranje projekata iz oblasti javnog informisanja a grad Pančevo je u te svrhe namenio iznos od 42 miliona dinara. Skoro polovina ukupnog budžeta pripala je produkciji ,,SCTV production doo Pančevo“ koja će svoj projekat realizovati na ,,TV Pančevo“. Novac iz budžeta dobili su i pravni entiteti koji se ne nalaze na teritoriji Pančeva već su iz Beograda, Vršca, Novi Sad itd. Novac su dobili i mediji koji često krše Kodeks novinara Srbije i koji ne bi trebali da dobijaju podršku putem sredstava iz budžeta. Primeri ovoga su beogradski ,,Alo media system doo Beograd“, za projekat u dnevnim novinama ,,ALO!“, ,,Insajder tim doo Beograd - Stari grad“ za projekat koji će sprovesti ,,Internet portal Informer’’, ,,Medijska mreža doo Beograd - Stari grad“ za projekat koji će sprovesti internet portal ,,Republika.rs”.

Monitoring procesa usvajanja novih zakona

Sredinom maja Ministarstvo unutrašnje i spoljne trgovine osnovalo je radnu grupu za izmene i dopune Zakona o oglašavanju. Primećeno je da o samom osnivanju radne grupe nije obavešteno Ministarstvo informisanja i telekomunikacija, a koje je nadležno za implementiranje Medijske strategije. Tim povodom Koalicija za slobodu medija  izdala je saopštenje kojim je ukazala na ovaj propust Vlade Republike Srbije u implementaciji Medijske strategije i pozvala je da se u radnu grupu uvrste predstavnici relevantnih medijskih asocijacija, kako bi se uspostavila koordinacija među različitim radnim grupama koje su osnovane radi izmena i dopuna medijskih i drugih relevantnih zakona u okviru Medijske strategije.

SLAPP tužbe usmerene prema novinarima i medijima

Nakon tri tužbe podnete protiv istraživačkog portala BIRN ranije ove godine, stigla je i četvrta. Posle gradonačelnika Beograda Aleksandra Šapića (dve tužbe) i Predraga Koluvije, vlasnika kompanije Jovanjica koji je optužen za organizovanje kriminalne grupe koja je uzgajala tone marihuanu, nova SLAPP tužba podneta je i od strane Nenada Milanovića, šefa kabineta gradonačelnika Beograda. Milanović je podneo tužbu protiv BIRN-a i njegovog glavnog i odgovornog urednika Milorada Ivanovića zbog toga što su mu, kako tvrdi, povređeni čast i ugled objavljivanjem teksta o dogovorima sa turskom kompanijom Kentkart. Ivanović je, komentarišući podnetu tužbu, izjavio da je ovo je još jedna SLAPP tužba kao i da se ove tužbe ne podnose radi zadovoljenja bilo kakve pravde, već radi iscrpljivanja novinara i redakcije.

Za izradu monitoringa koriste se javno dostupni podaci, podaci dobijeni od novinara, urednika i drugih medijskih radnika, novinarskih udruženja i medijskih asocijacija, kao i državnih i nedržavnih organa.  

Ova publikacija je objavljena uz finansijsku pomoć Evropske unije. Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija je isključivo odgovorna za sadržaj ove publikacije, a ovaj sadržaj ni na koji način ne izražava zvanične stavove Evropske unije.

Za izradu monitoringa koriste se javno dostupni podaci, podaci dobijeni od novinara, urednika i drugih medijskih radnika, novinarskih udruženja i medijskih udruženja, kao i državnih i nedržavnih organa.

Monitoring Izveštaj uradio je stručni monitoring tim ANEM-a iz advokatske kancelarije „Živković&Samardžić", a celokupan se može pronaći na ovom linku. 

SERBIA'S MEDIA SCENE IN JUNE 2023

Monitoring of the media scene is carried out with the aim of continuous monitoring of events and processes that affect the state of media freedom in the Republic of Serbia. The authors of the monitoring deal with: freedom of expression; monitoring the implementation of existing regulations; by adopting new regulations, but also by amending and supplementing the current ones, both from the field of media, and from other areas that directly or indirectly affect the freedom of the media; as well as by analyzing SLAPP lawsuits (strategic lawsuits against public participation) directed against journalists and media.

Freedom of speech

Analyzed in detail in the report for the month of June are the case of journalist Boško Savković; the case of Brankica Stanković, the editor-in-chief of the Insajder media; the case of the portal Info-Vranjske; the case of the portal JuGmedia; the case of Ivan Ivanović, the host of the show on Nova S; the case of Olivera Vladković, owner of OK Radio and Svetlana Ivanov, employee of OK Radio, as well as the case of Vojin Radovanović, journalist of the Danas newsroom.

Implementation of existing regulations

When it comes to project co-financing, the committee for evaluating projects in the territory of the city of Niš proposed for the year 2023 that 31 projects be co-financed with 69.5 million dinars. The majority of the funds totaling 21.7 million dinars (183,898 EUR) were received by two legal entities owned by the Radomirović family from Niš, which is close to the local government. Funds were also allocated to a company that is officially owned by the son of a high-ranking SNS member and Minister of the Interior, Bratislava Gašić, and the report lists all the media that received funds from the city of Niš, including the agency for office-administrative affairs and the Society of Serb-Czech friendship. In June, the mayor of the city of Pančevo signed the Decision on the distribution of funds for co-financing projects in the field of public information, and the City of Pančevo allocated an amount of 42 million dinars for that purpose. Almost half of the total budget belonged to the production "SCTV production LLC Pančevo", which will realize its project on "TV Pančevo". Money from the budget was also received by legal entities that are not located in the territory of Pančevo, but are from Belgrade, Vršac, Novi Sad, etc. Money was also given to the media, which often violate the Code of Journalists of Serbia and which should not receive support from the budget. Examples of this are the Belgrade-based "Alo media system LLC Beograd" for the project in the daily newspaper "ALO!", "Insider team LLC Belgrade - Stari grad" for the project that will be implemented by the "Internet portal Informer", "Medijska mreža LLC Belgrade - Stari grad" for the project that will be implemented by the internet portal "Republika.rs".

Monitoring of the process of adoption of new laws

In mid-May, the Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade established a working group for amendments to the Law on Advertising. It was noticed that the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, which is responsible for implementing the Media Strategy, was not informed about the establishment of the working group itself. On this occasion, the Coalition for Media Freedom issued a statement pointing out this failure of the Government of the Republic of Serbia in the implementation of the Media Strategy and called for representatives of the relevant media associations to be included in the working group, in order to establish coordination between the various working groups that were established for the purpose of making changes and amendments of media and other relevant laws within the Media Strategy.

SLAPP lawsuits directed at journalists and media

After three lawsuits filed against investigative portal BIRN earlier this year, a fourth has arrived. After the mayor of Belgrade Aleksandar Šapić (two lawsuits) and Predrag Koluvija, the owner of the Jovanjica company who was accused of organizing a criminal group that grew tons of marijuana, a new SLAPP lawsuit was also filed by Nenad Milanović, the chief of staff of the mayor of Belgrade. Milanović filed a lawsuit against BIRN and its editor-in-chief Milorad Ivanović because, as he claims, his honor and reputation were injured by the publication of the text about agreements with the Turkish company Kentkart. Ivanović, commenting on the filed lawsuit, stated that this is another SLAPP lawsuit and that these lawsuits are not being filed to satisfy any justice, but to exhaust journalists and editorial staff.

This publication was published with the financial assistance of the European Union. The Association of Independent Electronic Media is solely responsible for the content of this publication, and this content in no way expresses the official views of the European Union.

Publicly available data, data obtained from journalists, editors and other media workers, journalist associations and media associations, as well as state and non-state bodies are used for monitoring.

The monitoring report was prepared by ANEM's expert monitoring team from the "Živković & Samardžić" law office, and the entire report can be found at this link.