Daughter of murdered Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija on her 27-year fight for justice
Cenzolovka 11.05.2026 | Attila Mong
On April 11, 1999, Slavko Ćuruvija, the owner of Serbia’s first private daily newspaper, Dnevni Telegraf, was assassinated outside his home in the capital, Belgrade. After a decades-long pursuit of accountability, the case reached a turning point in February 2024 when the Belgrade Court of Appeal issued a final, non-appealable acquittal for four former Slobodan Milošević-era state security officers who were previously found guilty of the murder. Although the Serbian Supreme Court ruled in January 2026 that
Jelena Ćuruvija (snimak ekrana, N1) In this interview with CPJ, Ćuruvija’s daughter, Jelena Ćuruvija, discusses the current state of her fight for justice, what message her father’s murder sends to Serbian journalists today, and her ongoing “legal acrobatics” to find justice in Serbia and on the European level. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. CPJ: If you were to tell a young person about your father today, what would you want them to know
