Takeover of Media Outlets in Serbia During the Pre-Election Period Is Red Alert

Earlier this year, we expressed our concern that the sale of the Adria News Network (ANN) to Alpac Capital posed a direct and imminent threat to media freedom in Serbia and the Western Balkans. We warned that this sale would hand some of the last editorially independent news outlets in Serbia, including N1, Nova S, Radar and Danas, under the control of a firm whose existing media holdings have been marked by allegations of censorship, political interference and