# REM, RTS and state money for the media Category: Elections, media and institutions Period: from 2011 Three bodies that are supposed to protect citizens' right to impartial information worked in the government's favour, according to the findings of the regulator, the auditor, the European Commission and media organisations. They are the media regulator REM, the public broadcaster RTS and state funding for the media. REM went almost 20 months without a Council, and according to monitoring by CRTA and BIRODI, RTS's Dnevnik news bulletin was dominated by President Vučić. None of the five cases has reached a criminal court. After the 2026 elections the director of RTS resigned, and the REM Council banned programmes on TV Informer and TV Prva. ## REM without a Council and without sanctions REM rarely imposed measures on television channels with national frequencies. From November 2024 to July 2026, almost 20 months, it had no Council, and most of its misdemeanour charges have become time-barred. No proceedings have been found on the criminal complaint against Nevena Đurić over the election of the REM Council. In 2022 national frequencies were awarded to Pink, Happy, Prva and B92 even though REM's expert service had recorded that they were not complying with their programme commitments. According to BIRODI, the prosecutor's office concluded that there were no grounds for suspicion over the award. ## RTS's Dnevnik and money According to monitoring by CRTA and BIRODI, the authorities and President Vučić dominated the Dnevnik news bulletin on RTS, with almost no criticism. In January 2025, Milan Srdić, editor of the Novi Sad bureau, said that after the canopy collapse he had been given only one live broadcast slot and that his report in Dnevnik 2 had been altered. In October 2026 he said that RTS keeps two lists of unsuitable journalists. According to Pištaljka, the investigation into the 3.5 billion dinars that RTS improperly paid to outside production companies in 2023 has made no progress. No proceedings have been found over the recognition of the diploma of RTS director Manja Grčić. ## State money for tabloids According to BIRN, the state and local governments give the media at least 2.2 billion dinars a year. According to CINS, Raskrikavanje and ANEM, the largest share went to the tabloids that most often breach the Journalists' Code of Ethics, such as Informer and Alo. Telekom Srbija's purchase of media outlets and cable operators is covered in a separate affair. ## Tanjug, Tačno and Olivera Zekić's flat In 2020 the state handed the trademarks of the Tanjug news agency for ten years to the firm Tačno, which was founded on the same day the tender notice was published. According to the Business Registers Agency, its co-owners through the firm Minacord Media include both Željko Joksimović and Manja Grčić. According to BIRN, Tanjug and Tačno were the only bidders in public procurements for „monitoring the work“ of ministries, and the Anti-Corruption Council found that Tačno uses state property at exceptionally favourable prices. According to CINS and BIRN, Olivera Zekić, president of the REM Council, bought a flat and a garage from an editor at TV Tanjug in the same month the Council granted that channel a licence. The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption announced a preliminary review in 2025, and the outcome is not known. ## Resignations at RTS and RTV After the election on 25 October 2026, RTS director Manja Grčić resigned, and the new acting editor of the News Programme removed the editors of Dnevnik and other programmes. The editors and the general director of the provincial public broadcaster RTV also resigned. On 4 November the REM Council replied to the RTS Management Board that the board, most of whose members' terms had expired, could not appoint an acting director; the board retorted that the crisis had been caused by REM, which had failed to call the competition in time. On 5 November the Ministry of Defence terminated its contract with RTS for the series “Dozvolite…”, saying RTS had not met its obligations. Its former head of public relations, Petar Bošković, claims the reason was an interview with Aleksandar Radić and that, as he was told, the cooperation was banned by the Military Security Agency. ## Measures against Informer and Prva The Council of REM opened proceedings against TV Informer on 29 October over violations during the campaign, and on 4 November opened proceedings over insults directed at Council member Rodoljub Šabić and over the broadcast of a state documentary film. At its session on 6 November it opened three more investigative proceedings against Informer, among them over breaching the election silence. On 4 November the Council banned TV Prva from airing its News for one day and its Morning Programme for five days, and unanimously banned TV Informer's „Prve info“ for seven days because its presenter had expressed her political views during the campaign. It also opened investigative proceedings against the broadcasters Kurir, K1, V5 from Valjevo and B92, while dismissing complaints filed solely over the word „blokader“. ## Informer supporters outside REM While supporters of Informer gathered outside REM, Informer's owner Dragan J. Vučićević shouted at Council members during the session, according to Nova. According to N1, after the session some of those gathered went for Council member Rodoljub Šabić and shouted that he was an "Ustaša", and he was escorted out by police. The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, condemned the attempted attack and said his institution was following REM's work with particular attention. No decision has been published on the initiative by 32 organisations to strip Informer of its licence. ## Participants - [Serbian Progressive Party](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/sns): According to Vreme, calls came “from the high official seats of the SNS” to defend Informer outside REM, where a threat was heard from the crowd (responsible) - [Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/rem): In early November 2024, on the last day of the Council's term, it granted TV Informer a regional licence for Belgrade (responsible) - [Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/rts): According to employees, students were compared to Nazis on the Dnevnik news on 16 April 2025; the director denies it (responsible) - [Olivera Zekić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/olivera-zekic): She said REM would take no action over Mladić's call-in; she voted for Informer's regional licence (responsible) - [Dragan Bujošević](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/dragan-bujosevic): On 5 May 2025 he said RTS was neutral and that the hidden aim of the student protests had been to bring down the government (commented on the case) - [Manja Grčić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/manja-grcic): She resigned on 28 October 2026, having first dismissed News Programme editor Bojana Mlađenović (responsible) - [National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/narodna-skupstina): It adopted an authentic interpretation under which the resignations of four members of the REM Council have no legal effect (responsible) - [Nevena Đurić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/nevena-djuric): According to a criminal complaint filed by four organisations, as chair of the parliamentary committee she failed to start the selection of the REM Council within the statutory deadline (responsible) - [Stevica Smederevac](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/stevica-smederevac): He said the RTS Management Board has no grounds to choose an acting director and that 60 to 70 complaints cannot be processed within 48 hours (commented on the case) - [TV Pink](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/tv-pink): He paid off a tax debt of about 1.52 billion dinars in 93 instalments; a state agency granted him at least 1.28 billion in loans (responsible) - [Željko Mitrović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/zeljko-mitrovic): He announced the cancellation of “Zadruga” “on the recommendation of the president”, and in 2020 said Pink “does not owe a single dinar” (commented on the case) - [TV Happy](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/tv-happy): It aired a live call-in by Ratko Mladić on 16 November 2018; the REM service also found that it had carried prohibited political advertising (responsible) - [Informer](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/informer): According to ANEM, the REM's expert service found that it had broken the law in 20 cases since November 2024; it received 17 million from the City (responsible) - [City of Belgrade / City Administration](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/grad-beograd): In media funding competitions it allegedly gave Informer almost 17 million dinars, even though the Press Council had issued Informer 23 public reprimands (responsible) - [Tax Administration of the Republic of Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/poreska-uprava): Over four years she allegedly allowed TV Pink to pay a tax debt of about 1.52 billion dinars in 93 instalments (commented on the case) - [Export Credit and Insurance Agency](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/aofi): Between 2014 and 2017 it allegedly lent TV Pink at least 1.28 billion dinars (commented on the case) - [Government of the Republic of Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/vlada-srbije): On 30 January 2020 it adopted the Media Strategy; the second action plan never got past the draft stage, so advertising remained unregulated (responsible) - [Aleksandar Vučić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-vucic): He said on TV Pink that he had asked the owner to scrap reality shows before the matter was discussed at the REM (commented on the case) - [Ana Brnabić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ana-brnabic): She rejected the finding that RTS had been biased, and in 2026 she called for a rally in defence of Informer and called the REM's penalties a dictatorship of the Student List (commented on the case) - [Rodoljub Šabić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/rodoljub-sabic): He resigned because he would not accept politics being placed above the law, then returned to the Council (oversight and the public) - [Dubravka Valić Nedeljković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/dubravka-valic-nedeljkovic): She resigned along with three members and stated that REM had been „both formally and in fact hijacked“ (oversight and the public) - [State Audit Institution](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/dri): It found that in 2023 RTS improperly paid out 3.5 billion dinars for programmes from outside production companies (oversight and the public) - [European Commission](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/evropska-komisija): In its reports it stated that REM and the public broadcasters are not independent and that media freedom is backsliding (oversight and the public) - [Anti-Corruption Council of the Government of Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/savet-za-borbu-protiv-korupcije): It estimated that institutions spent at least €840 million on marketing from 2011 to 2014; Telekom and Srbijagas did not provide data (oversight and the public) - [OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/oebs): It says the second action plan of the Media Strategy never got past the draft stage, so advertising remains unregulated (oversight and the public) - [CRTA (Centre for Research, Transparency and Accountability)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/crta): It published an analysis: the authorities took 93% of the airtime given to political actors in the news programmes of RTS, Pink, Prva, Happy and B92 (oversight and the public) - [Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/nuns): It says REM failed to penalise TV Informer's years of breaking the law, which is why an initiative to revoke its licence was submitted (oversight and the public) - [BIRN](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/birn): Its research found that the state spends at least 2.2 billion dinars a year on the media (oversight and the public) - [Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/anem): It reported that the Council had not existed for 20 months and that the service had found Informer in breach in 20 cases (oversight and the public) - [Students in blockade](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/studenti-u-blokadi): Blocked the entrances to RTS and demanded a call for applications to select the REM Council (oversight and the public) - [United Group (SBB and United Media)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/united-group): Owner of N1 and Nova S, which sued REM over the allocation of frequencies (harmed) - [First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/prvo-ojt-beograd): RTS filed a criminal complaint with it against unknown persons blocking the buildings (investigation and courts) - [Časlav Mitrović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/caslav-mitrovic): According to Nova's sources, he signed, outside the regular procedure, the decision recognising Manja Grčić's 180-ECTS degree on the day she was selected (responsible) - [Qualifications Agency](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/agencija-za-kvalifikacije): Recognised Manja Grčić's 180-ECTS degree bypassing the ENIC/NARIC centre and the procedure set out in law, according to its own staff (responsible) - [Journalists' Association of Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/uns): It protested against the announced check of Radić's contacts with RTS and against Vučić's insults aimed at Milan Srdić (oversight and the public) - [Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/slavko-curuvija-fondacija): Argued that Informer meets none of the conditions for a licence and that REM is using procedures to buy time for its survival (oversight and the public) - [Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, Special Department for Combating Corruption](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/vjt-beograd): According to the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office statement, it named Radić a suspect in preparing an offence against the constitutional order over his statement to RTS's Dnevnik (responsible) - [Radio Television of Vojvodina (RTV)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/rtv): According to some of the staff, for years it failed to act as a public broadcaster, instead keeping silent and reporting one-sidedly and uncritically (responsible) - [Goran Karadžić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/goran-karadzic): According to Danas, staff accused the RTV management he led of censoring coverage of the protests and demanded that he leave (responsible) - [Borivoje Uskoković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/borivoje-uskokovic): After the director's resignation he dismissed eight editors, and he claims that staff close to the former management are obstructing his work (commented on the case) - [Public Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/jtok): According to a BIRODI statement, it closed the complaint about REM with a finding of no grounds for suspicion, with no visible reasoning (responsible) - [Bureau for Social Research (BIRODI)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/birodi): It submitted a report to the prosecution on unlawful conduct by REM, including the award of national broadcasting licences (oversight and the public) - [Tačno d.o.o. (Tanjug news agency)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/tacno): It was founded on the same day the transfer of the Tanjug trademarks, which it won, was advertised; it was the sole bidder in public procurements (responsible) - [Minacord Media (K1 television)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/minacord-media): She allegedly took out four loans worth around four million euros, pledging the contracts with Telekom for the distribution of K1 as collateral (commented on the case) - [Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/ministarstvo-drzavne-uprave): It allegedly paid Tanjug and the company Tačno 10.4 million dinars in procurements in which they were the sole bidder (commented on the case) - [Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (until 2020 the Anti-Corruption Agency)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/agencija-za-sprecavanje-korupcije): It allegedly did not check the assets of Olivera Zekić, who did not submit new reports to it (responsible) - [Željko Joksimović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/zeljko-joksimovic): His company, Minacord Media, allegedly took out loans worth around four million euros, secured by its contracts with Telekom (commented on the case) - [Jovana Joksimović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/jovana-joksimovic): As editor of TV Tanjug, she allegedly sold a flat to the president of the REM Council in the same month the Council granted that station a licence (responsible) - [Ministry of Information and Telecommunications](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/ministarstvo-informisanja): It gave RTS an opinion that Management Board members stay in office until new appointments are made; REM says the opinion does not have the force of law (responsible) - [Branislav Klanšček](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/branislav-klanscek): He kept running the RTS board after his term expired, and while chairing it he applied for the post of director, which NUNS calls “deeply problematic” (responsible) - [Dragan J. Vučićević](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/dragan-vucicevic): He called on citizens to defend Informer outside REM ahead of a session on measures against the station, and at the session, according to Nova, he shouted at Council members (commented on the case) - [Milan Todorović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/milan-todorovic): The REM Council chose him as acting director of the regulator until a competition for a new director is held (oversight and the public) - [Dejan Jovanović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/dejan-jovanovic): As deputy general director, he is authorised to represent RTS after the director's resignation; the Student List also demanded his resignation (commented on the case) - [Milan Antonijević](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/milan-antonijevic): He condemned the attempted physical attack on REM Council member Rodoljub Šabić and said the Commissioner is following REM's work with particular attention (oversight and the public) - [Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/ministarstvo-odbrane): According to its former head of public relations, it ended its cooperation with RTS on the programme “Dozvolite” because of the interview with Radić (responsible) - [Military Security Agency (VBA)](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/vba): According to Petar Bošković, it banned the Ministry of Defence's cooperation with RTS when it learned of the interview with Radić (responsible) - [Petar Bošković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/petar-boskovic): Says the Ministry of Defence ended its cooperation with RTS on the programme "Dozvolite" over a planned interview with Radić (commented on the case) ## Victims and others harmed - [Milan Srdić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/milan-srdic) ## Sources - [Radio Slobodna Evropa: Mladić under monitoring over live link-up to TV programme](): 16 Nov 2018 - [N1: Zekić (REM) on Mladić: Why would a live link-up be controversial? (Insajder)](): 16 Nov 2018 - [Danas: EC criticises RTS, REM and statements by government officials](): 17 Apr 2018 - [Radio Slobodna Evropa: Pink, Happy, Prva and B92 again awarded national frequencies in Serbia](): 29 Jul 2022 - [Vreme: REM decides: Everything stays as it was](): 29 Jul 2022 - [N1: Lawyer: A discretionary criterion decided it, whoever the REM Council members liked best](): 8 Aug 2022 - [N1: N1 and Nova S file lawsuit against REM decision](): 7 Sep 2022 - [Radio Slobodna Evropa: Nova S sues REM for still not awarding fifth frequency](): 20 Dec 2022 - [N1: Zekić withholds fifth frequency, Martinoli says deadlines have passed and we are dealing with whims](): 26 Apr 2023 - [Vreme: It's a deal: Željko Mitrović scraps “Zadruga” on Vučić's recommendation](): 25 May 2023 - [021.rs: REM's proceedings against Pink “yet another runaround” (NIN)](): 30 May 2024 - [Vreme: Olivera Zekić: Informer TV had a perfect programming plan](): 5 Nov 2024 - [Večernje novosti: No one left to file misdemeanour charges: REM Council members' mandate expires, outgoing president resigns](): 5 Nov 2024 - [N1: Stevanović: Scandalous decision to award frequency to Informer, they should be locked up](): 6 Nov 2024 - [021.rs: RTS blockade enters its eighth day: students to stay until their demands are met](): 21 Apr 2025 - [021.rs: RTS employees: ‘Who at RTS approved the text comparing blockading students with Nazis?’](): 21 Apr 2025 - [N1: Bujošević: RTS is neutral, the aim of the student protests was to topple the government](): 5 May 2025 - [Danas: Dragan Bujošević after the blockade: RTS is neutral, but some staff are clearly acting politically](): 5 May 2025 - [Nova.rs: Old call for REM Council members annulled](): 28 Apr 2025 - [021.rs: Decision adopted to issue new call for REM Council members](): 28 Apr 2025 - [Radio Slobodna Evropa: Four REM Council members resign, saying the selection process has been rendered meaningless](): 14 Nov 2025 - [N1: “Vučić would sooner give up Belgrade than REM”: another call for candidates collapses](): 13 Jun 2025 - [Radio Slobodna Evropa: 'A blow below the belt' or a lawful move: Serbia elects an incomplete REM Council](): 13 Nov 2025 - [N1: An incomplete REM: another fraud or institutional improvisation?](): 13 Nov 2025 - [N1: Independent candidates: a return to the REM Council](): 11 Jul 2026 - [Nova.rs: REM Council holds its inaugural session today, president also expected to be elected](): 20 Jul 2026 - [ANEM (Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija): What is happening with the REM Council: “Tempers running high, beyond all measure”](): 22 Jul 2026 - [ANEM (Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija): REM staff find dozens of violations by TV Informer, but no one can impose sanctions](): 9 Oct 2025 - [N1: Informer escapes monitoring: REM Council fails its first test at its very first session, with no agreement](): 28 Sep 2026 - [ANEM (Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija): Members' statement: REM hijacked formally and in practice to exert political pressure and discredit independent media](): 24 Oct 2026 - [021.rs: CRTA: Barely a trace of political pluralism in news programmes](): 8 Jul 2021 - [Nova.rs: BIRODI: Criticism of the president took up 0.7 percent of airtime on RTS's Dnevnik 2](): 21 Jul 2024 - [N1: RTS: not a second of negative coverage of the government, minimal airtime for the opposition](): 5 Jun 2024 - [N1: BIRODI: up to one minute on RTS for the student campaign, 23.5 minutes for the president](): 30 Dec 2025 - [N1: Committee on Culture and Information: higher licence fee of 349 dinars to be charged from 1 August](): 24 Jul 2024 - [N1: Pištaljka: RTS spent millions of euros on unplanned projects without Management Board approval](): 12 Jul 2024 - [N1: State Audit Institution confirms: RTS improperly spent €30 million on outside productions (Pištaljka)](): 5 Oct 2024 - [Vreme: Dragan Bujošević stays at the helm of RTS](): 2 Feb 2026 - [N1: RTS confirms Manja Grčić as director of the public broadcaster](): 11 Feb 2026 - [Nova.rs: Some RTS employees demand the immediate resignation of Manja Grčić and the entire management](): 26 Oct 2026 - [Nova.rs: Some RTS employees speak out after the SNS defeat](): 26 Oct 2026 - [N1: Council: the state spent €840 million on marketing](): 8 Feb 2016 - [ANEM (Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija): Analysis of the co-financing of media content production projects in Serbia in 2025 (ANEM and UNS)](): Aug 2025 - [021.rs: One hand washes the other: the state gave a million euros to fake news producers (Raskrikavanje)](): 6 Jul 2022 - [Vreme: Budget money for "Informer": "Committed to professional and ethical standards"](): 29 Sep 2022 - [Danas: BIRN research: State funding of unethical media through public procurement](): 21 Nov 2024 - [N1: ANEM: First 100 media funding calls - almost 100 million dinars to Alo, Informer and their subsidiaries](): 13 Jun 2026 - [N1: CINS: State again defers tax payments for Željko Mitrović's companies](): 19 May 2021 - [Večernje novosti: Mitrović responds to Obradović: "Pink" does not owe a single dinar](): 11 Aug 2020 - [OEBS, Predstavnik za slobodu medija: Public advertising and public procurement in the media sphere (OSCE Mission to Serbia, N. Nenadić)](): Feb 2026 - [N1: European Commission's harshest report on Serbia: backsliding on democracy, fundamental rights and media freedom](): 4 Nov 2025 - [CINS (Centar za istraživačko novinarstvo Srbije): Party Coffers database: SNS is the financially most powerful political party in Serbia](): 3 Dec 2024 - [N1: Journalists' associations call for Informer's licence to be revoked](): 27 Oct 2026 - [Insajder: REM Council unanimously decides to open proceedings against Informer TV (VIDEO)](): 29 Oct 2026 - [Radio Slobodna Evropa: General Director of Radio Television of Serbia resigns](): 28 Oct 2026 - [Danas: RTS director resigns, all news programme editors dismissed](): 29 Oct 2026 - [Vreme: RTS dismisses editors of Dnevnik 2 and the News Programme](): 30 Oct 2026 - [N1: RTS and Informer before the REM Council: "A long list, 48 hours is too little, we didn't get to it"](): 29 Oct 2026 - [Vreme: UNS: Manja Grčić's degree lacks the required 240 credits](): 17 Apr 2026 - [Nova.rs: EXCLUSIVE: This is the decision that recognised Manja Grčić's disputed diploma. Agency employees say the director covered up every trace; he says he is a professional](): 29 Oct 2026 - [Vreme: ENIC/NARIC centre: We took no part in recognising Manja Grčić's diploma](): 29 Oct 2026 - [N1: "This is the first act of apology": After the news of the dismissals, RTS's Dnevnik reads a message from the new editorial team](): 29 Oct 2026 - [Danas: RTS's new editorial team apologises to the public on Dnevnik 2 (VIDEO)](): 29 Oct 2026 - [Danas: Students in blockade respond to the RTS apology](): 29 Oct 2026 - [N1: Students respond to RTS's "first act of apology"](): 29 Oct 2026 - [N1: Zekić: I am alive and well, and permanently employed at REM as PR](): 30 Oct 2026 - [N1: Olivera Kovačević responds to Vučić's accusations: You have been stripped of power, see you in court, paper tiger](): 30 Oct 2026 - [N1: UNS: Call for new acting RTS general director open until 3 November](): 30 Oct 2026 - [Nova.rs: Four candidates for RTS director: Applications can be submitted until Monday](): 30 Oct 2026 - [Danas: RTS Management Board to choose acting general director of the public broadcaster tomorrow, with four candidates in the running](): 2 Nov 2026 - [Nova.rs: "Impressive success in destroying the programme": "Naš pRoTeSt" on acting general director candidate Miloš Janković](): 30 Oct 2026 - [Nova.rs: Belgrade Higher Prosecutor's Office responds to Radić's statement: Circumstances of how he gave a statement to RTS's Dnevnik under examination](): 30 Oct 2026 - [N1: Memedović responds to Vučić: My "criminal clan" and I have always done our job, see you in court](): 31 Oct 2026 - [Danas: Memedović responds to Vučić: My "criminal clan" and I have always done our job, see you in court](): 31 Oct 2026 - [Danas: Uskoković (RTS): Employees close to the former management are deliberately obstructing changes at the public broadcaster](): 31 Oct 2026 - [Danas: Conflicting statements from Klanšček and Beširi: Did Vučić decide who would sit on the RTS Management Board?](): 29 Oct 2026 - [ANEM (Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija): ANEM ALARM: Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade against RTS](): 1 Nov 2026 - [RTV (Radio-televizija Vojvodine): Goran Karadžić resigns as general director of RTV](): 30 Oct 2026 - [RTV (Radio-televizija Vojvodine): RTV gets a new First Television Channel editor-in-chief and programme director](): 26 Oct 2026 - [RTV (Radio-televizija Vojvodine): Changes in the leadership of RTV's programming and web desk](): 27 Oct 2026 - [Danas: Resignation of a media "conductor": Who is Goran Karadžić, former general director of RTV?](): 30 Oct 2026 - [UNS (Udruženje novinara Srbije): UNS: Journalists are not obliged to disclose their sources' contacts and locations to police and prosecutors](): 1 Nov 2026 - [Nova.rs: RTS Production unit director says acting News Programme editor-in-chief Borivoje Uskoković is not telling the truth](): 1 Nov 2026 - [N1: BIRODI report on REM submitted to the Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime](): 1 Jun 2023 - [Vreme: REM: Case reaches the Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime](): 23 Jun 2023 - [Vreme: BIRODI: Prosecutors refuse to open a criminal investigation into REM](): 25 Dec 2024 - [CINS (Centar za istraživačko novinarstvo Srbije): Olivera Zekić did not declare her assets – she bought a flat and a garage from Jovana Joksimović](): 1 Apr 2025 - [Danas: UNS: What was sold was not Tanjug but the right to use the agency's property rights for ten years](): 25 Dec 2020 - [N1: Profile of Manja Grčić, candidate for RTS director: close ties to the authorities](): 22 Jan 2026 - [BIRN / Balkan Insight: Promoting ministers: Deals worth millions for Tanjug](): 15 Oct 2021 - [021.rs: Tanjug's empire: Perks worth millions for a private agency at citizens' expense](): 9 May 2022 - [N1: 57 million dinars to co-fund projects by newspapers and news agencies, mostly those close to the authorities](): 1 Jul 2026 - [N1: Telekom is a "financial tailwind" for many media outlets in Serbia](): 24 Jun 2023 - [UNS (Udruženje novinara Srbije): For more than 20 days, the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications has not told the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) which local governments it has brought misdemeanour proceedings against for late calls for proposals](): 2 Nov 2026 - [UNS (Udruženje novinara Srbije): Smederevac and Konstantinović: Radio Television of Serbia's Management Board has no legal right to choose an acting general director](): 2 Nov 2026 - [RTS: Klanšček responds to Veljanovski: the Management Board will continue to exercise its powers under the law](): 2 Nov 2026 - [N1: Legal vacuum blocks RTS: board members' terms have expired, but there is no one to announce a new call](): 13 Jul 2026 - [Nova.rs: Bazdulj at the RTS Management Board, Merima Njegomir absent](): 13 Jul 2021 - [N1: Branislav Klanšček criticised Šabić but did not deny what he said](): 21 Jul 2026 - [Nova.rs: New RTS board chair got the post for working as a bot for the SNS](): 21 Jul 2021 - [N1: UNS: RTS Management Board without two-thirds of its members from Tuesday](): 10 Jul 2026 - [N1: Is Klanšček in a conflict of interest over his bid to become RTS director? The public broadcaster's board chairman is one of three candidates](): 29 Nov 2025 - [Vreme: Klanšček's conflict of interest: appointing himself RTS director](): 29 Nov 2025 - [N1: NUNS: competition for RTS director clouded by suspected conflict of interest](): 2 Dec 2025 - [ANEM (Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija): No RTS director chosen, new competition to be announced](): 15 Dec 2025 - [N1: RTS filed a criminal complaint against Management Board chair Branislav Klanšček](): 24 Mar 2025 - [Danas: A producer with a political past: Who is Branislav Klanšček, the board chair accusing RTS of financial wrongdoing?](): 20 Feb 2023 - [UNS (Udruženje novinara Srbije): UNS: Vučić must finally stop insulting journalists and using rhetoric that has polarised society](): 3 Nov 2026 - [Danas: First measures against TV Informer agreed](): 3 Nov 2026 - [RTS: REM Council to discuss RTS and RTV management boards and possible measures against Informer tomorrow](): 3 Nov 2026 - [UNS (Udruženje novinara Srbije): Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) Management Board postpones decision on acting general director to next session](): 3 Nov 2026 - [RTS: RTS Management Board asks REM Council to rule urgently on its status](): 3 Nov 2026 - [Danas: Klanšček asks REM: How will RTS function until new governing bodies are elected?](): 3 Nov 2026 - [Danas: Protest outside REM over Informer: Dragan J. Vučićević shows up too (VIDEO)](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Vreme: Not many people turned out to defend Informer](): 4 Nov 2026 - [021.rs: VIDEO: Rally in support of Informer outside REM, Dragan J. Vučićević, Brnabić and Gašić among those gathered](): 4 Nov 2026 - [N1: (VIDEO) Informer supporters disrupted TV N1 crew outside REM and shouted that we were “Ustaše”](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Danas: REM session: proceedings opened against TV Informer](): 4 Nov 2026 - [RTS: Inquiry opened against TV Informer](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Insajder: REM opens proceedings against several broadcasters as Vučićević attends the session and a rally in support of Informer gathers outside the building](): 4 Nov 2026 - [UNS (Udruženje novinara Srbije): Dejan Jovanović authorised to represent RTS until a new general director is chosen](): 4 Nov 2026 - [N1: Smederevac: RTS currently has no management board; a new one could be formed in about four months](): 4 Nov 2026 - [N1: Media regulator REM bans TV Prva from airing its news programme for one day and its morning programme for five](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Mašina: REM punishes TV Informer with a week-long ban on airing its show Prve info; the decision followed pressure, protests and an appearance by Vučićević](): 4 Nov 2026 - [RTS: REM Council: terms of six RTS Management Board members have expired, existing authorised persons are keeping the broadcaster running](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Nova.rs: Dragan J. Vučićević shouts at and insults REM Council members: "You've decided to cut off our heads, you want to shut us down"](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Danas: NUNS: those responsible for obstructing N1 crew outside REM must be identified urgently](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Insajder: Brnabić declines to comment on the pardon in the Sonja Ponjavić case but speaks about the trial in Novi Sad; people gathered at a rally outside REM insult an Insajder crew](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Nova.rs: REM Council imposes tough measures on TV Prva: bans its news programme for one day and its morning programme for five days](): 4 Nov 2026 - [N1: REM Council bans Informer from airing "Prve info" for seven days](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Vreme: REM on Informer: programme off air for seven days](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Euronews: REM penalises Informer](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Insajder: REM Council decides to ban "Prve info" on Informer for seven days](): 4 Nov 2026 - [N1: (VIDEO) Informer supporters attack Rodoljub Šabić outside the REM](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Insajder: People at a rally in support of Informer shoved and insulted REM Council member Rodoljub Šabić](): 4 Nov 2026 - [N1: Brnabić holds a press conference in the National Assembly of Serbia over Informer](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Danas: Brnabić: Shutting down TV Informer abolishes freedom of information, a witch hunt](): 4 Nov 2026 - [N1: REM punishes Informer with a broadcasting ban for the first time: Sanctions for Prva too, SNS officials at a protest in support of Vučićević](): 4 Nov 2026 - [N1: Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation: We welcome the REM's first measures and condemn the attack on Rodoljub Šabić](): 4 Nov 2026 - [Vreme: RTS journalist from Novi Sad: Only one live appearance in two and a half months](): 18 Jan 2025 - [Danas: Who is Milan Srdić, the censored RTS journalist?](): 21 Jan 2025 - [N1: Open letter from an RTS journalist to the head of the news programme](): 20 Jan 2025 - [Vreme: After Niš, RTS's Novi Sad bureau also boycotts Vučić and SNS events](): 4 Mar 2025 - [N1: Milan Srdić: We know of two lists of unsuitable journalists at RTS. Show them to everyone, and then wash your hands of it](): 28 Oct 2026 - [N1: Klanšček denies a new RTS director has been chosen: There was no session, and no decision was made](): 29 Oct 2026 - [Vreme: RTS denies that Dejan Jovanović will replace Manja Grčić](): 29 Oct 2026 - [Regulatorno telo za elektronske medije: Information bulletin, June 2022](): 1 Jun 2022 - [Mondo: Who is Milan Todorović, the new head of REM? He succeeded Rajka Galin Ćertić at a time of major upheaval at the regulator](): 4 Nov 2026 - [N1: Commissioner: Attempted attack on Šabić is worrying; violence and intimidation deserve clear condemnation](): 5 Nov 2026 - [Danas: Commissioner: Attempted attack on Šabić is worrying; violence and intimidation deserve clear condemnation](): 5 Nov 2026 - [N1: Ministry of Defence suspends cooperation with RTS on the series "Dozvolite..."](): 5 Nov 2026 - [Danas: Ministry of Defence terminates cooperation agreement with RTS](): 5 Nov 2026 - [N1: RTS Management Board: REM responsible for institutional crisis, public broadcaster left without all three governing bodies](): 5 Nov 2026 - [Danas: RTS Managing Board: REM is responsible for the institutional crisis at the public broadcaster](): 5 Nov 2026 - [Danas: REM opens three investigative proceedings against Informer, proceedings also against Kurir, B92 and K1](): 6 Nov 2026 - [N1: REM Council opens investigative proceedings against TV channels Informer, Kurir, B92 and K1](): 6 Nov 2026 - [Nova.rs: REM Council opens proceedings against TV channels Informer, Kurir, B92 and K1](): 6 Nov 2026 - [Danas: Bošković: Ministry of Defence ended cooperation with RTS over Radić interview](): 6 Nov 2026 - [N1: Bošković: Ministry of Defence ended cooperation with RTS over Radić interview](): 6 Nov 2026 --- Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/rem-rts-drzavno-oglasavanje As of: 6 Nov 2026 Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)