EUractiv: Pressure builds on Serbia over controversial new media laws
N1 Info 26.10.2023 | Author: N1 Belgrade, Euractiv
Civil society groups, political opposition and independent media organisations in Serbia are sounding the alarm over proposed changes to media laws that will increase the state’s already strong grip on access to news and information, reads an article by the director of the Balkan Free Media Initiative, Antoinette Nikolova.
Serbia’s Ministry of Information and Telecommunications announced the proposed changes to the Law on Public Information and Media and the Law on Electronic Media, which were adopted on Thursday by the Serbian Parliament, reads the article posted on the EUractiv portal. Global media freedom NGOs including Reporters Without Borders, Article-19 and Balkan Free Media Initiative have joined Serbian journalist associations in raising concerns that the adoption of these
