Slavko Ćuruvija

B92's Matic gives statement in death threats case

BELGRADE -- B92 News Editor-in-Chief of B92 Veran Matic has given his statement to investigators in the case against Nemanja Ristic.

"It is a person prone to violence and that intensified by fear," Matic said of Ristic on Tuesday.

PM wants media freedoms to be "at western level"

BELGRADE -- The goal of the Serbian government is to take the level of media freedoms "to the level that is relevant in all Western European countries."

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic made this statement during his meeting in Belgrade on Friday with OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic.

BELGRADE - The Court of Appeal in Belgrade confirmed an indictment against four members of the former State Security Service (DB) accused of murdering Slavko Curuvija, journalist and owner of Belgrade-based daily Dnevni Telegraf, in 1999.

This decision rejected an appeal of the accused and rendered the indictment legally valid, and the trial should start soon.

EC official: End of screening next week

BELGRADE -- Serbia should complete the screening of the negotiating chapters in the European Union accession process next week, Christian Danielsson has announced.

The director general of the Directorate for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations at the European Commission was visiting Belgrade this week.

B92 reporter wants her police protection revoked

BELGRADE -- Brankica Stankovic has asked the Interior Ministry to as soon as possible revoke her police protection, and took personal responsibility for the move.

The author of B92 TV's investigative program Insajder was given police protection in 2009 by a decision of the competent institutions.

BELGRADE - Head of the standing delegation of the Serbian National Assembly in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Aleksandra Djurovic stated on Friday that the issue of freedom of expression and protection of freedom of the media is not just one of the main obligations of any Council of Europe member country and also constitutes the foundation for any good democratic reg

"Chronicles of Threats" wins another international award

BELGRADE -- The Saatchi & Saatchi Belgrade advertising agency has been presented with yet another significant international recognition for "Chronicles of Threats."

The project was awarded at the Cristal Festival in France.

Protection urged of journalists and media

BELGRADE -- The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) has called on the government bodies to improve measures to protect journalists.

BELGRADE - The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia (NUNS) Sunday used the occasion of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists to call on Serbia's government bodies to improve measures to protect journalists and media subjected to pressures, threats and physical violence and to be taking those measures consistently.

OSCE countries urged to break cycle of impunity

VIENNA -- OSCE's Dunja Mijatović has called on countries to take real steps to track down and prosecute those who commit crimes against journalists.

The appeal of the media freedom representative to OSCE participating states came ahead of International Day to End Impunity (IDEI).