Serbian local radio station threatened by powerful businessman
Cenzolovka 30.08.2022
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Serbian authorities to guarantee the safety of the journalists at OK Radio, a leading local radio station in the southeastern town of Vranje, whose work is being obstructed by increasingly violent threats from Dejan Nikolic, a powerful local businessman known as Kantar.
Foto: okradio.rs Kantar has been exerting constant and growing pressure on OK Radio for several months because it is opposing his plan to build an illegal gambling room that would encroach on the building that houses the radio station. “The threats against OK Radio’s staff are very worrying and are obstructing the work of its journalists,” said Pavol Szalai, the head of RSF’s European Union and Balkans desk. “In accordance with our April 2022 recommendations, we
