Matic: Threats such as those made to Tanjug need to be taken very seriously

BELGRADE - Threats to journalists are absolutely impermissible and intimidation directed at all Tanjug journalists needs to be taken very seriously, says Veran Matic, who heads a commission set up by the Serbian government to investigate killings of journalists.

On Monday evening, the Tanjug News Agency received an email signed by an individual named "Trim Bardhi" that said Tanjug journalists would get "a bullet to the back of their heads" the next time they set foot in the territory of Serbia's autonomous province of Kosovo-Metohija.

"Such threats need to be taken very, very seriously. First of all, newsrooms must take their journalists very seriously and look after them and keep warning them. It is important to send journalists trained for safe reporting, and investigative authorities must do their job very efficiently and keep us informed of everything they have...