A report by the IPI and Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium warns that media freedom in Serbia is facing a deepening crisis. The findings point to record levels of violence against journalists, death threats, online smear campaigns, SLAPPs, surveillance and growing political control over the media landscape. In 2025 alone, 209 press freedom violations affecting 359 media workers and outlets were recorded, while a further 100 cases were documented in the first half of 2026. The report highlights attacks on journalists covering protests, police violence, media capture, the prolonged dysfunction of Serbia’s media regulator (REM), and the use of spyware against journalists. It calls on Serbian authorities to end attacks on the press and on the European Union to make financial support conditional on measurable improvements in media freedom and journalist safety. Read more here.
Source: IPI