Archive of news and press releases

A representative of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media participated in the The Role of Media in Democratic Countries seminar in Tokyo, which was organised by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from 12 to 29 November.

As part of the technical assistance of Japan, which is implemented in cooperation with the Japanese public service broadcaster (NHK), this year’s programme of exchange of knowledge between the Japanese media experts and representatives of institutions and media from Serbia, Moldova, Ukraine, Mongolia, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Fiji, Grenada and Kosovo* was designed.

A representative of the REM Monitoring and Analysis Service attended the presentation of the Compendium on Promoting Journalistic Excellence in Zagreb. At the meeting, which took place on 27 and 28 November, at the invitation of the Agency for Electronic Media (AEM) from Croatia, the process of selection of papers, evaluation criteria and goals of the annual competition were presented, with professional exchange of views on current challenges facing contemporary journalism in the region. 

Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM), together with the representatives of Radio Television of Vojvodina, visited Ankara from 24 to 28 November, as part of a study visit to the Supreme Council for Radio and Television of the Republic of Turkey (RTÜK). The visit was organised on the basis of the Protocol on Cooperation and Expert Exchange Programme that REM has with RTÜK, aimed at strengthening institutional cooperation, exchanging experiences and improving regulatory practices in the field of media.

Today, in the premises of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media, a meeting was held with representatives of the Embassy of France and the French regulator ARCOM. The guests were presented with the organisational structure and competences of REM, with special attention to the mechanisms of monitoring media content in regular conditions and during election processes, as well as to the specifics of the procedures that the regulator applies in order to safeguard pluralism and compliance of media service providers.

Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media visited the Agency for Audiovisual Media Services (AMU) of Montenegro in Podgorica, and then they met with representatives of the Albanian Autoriteti i Mediave Audiovizive (AMA) in Tirana.

The Government of the Republic of Serbia decided to declare the 01st November 2025 a day of mourning marking the anniversary of the death and suffering of citizens caused by the collapse of the structure of the Novi Sad Railway Station.

The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) issued certificates of appreciation to the media service providers and the RAB Serbia association for their contribution to the Media with Wide Open Doors campaign, which was held as part of the fourth Open Days of Media Literacy, in parallel with the celebration of the 30th Radio Days at Mt. Zlatibor from 26 to 28 October 2025.

Representatives of the Regulator’s Media Literacy Team played a prominent role in the international online conference Digital Education 2025, organised by the EdTech Center for the Western Balkans on 24th and 25th October 2025.

Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media participated in the 62th European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA) meeting, held in Yerevan on 23 and 24 October 2025 and organised by the Commission for Television and Radio of Armenia. This two-day meeting brought together around 115 representatives from 45 regulatory authorities, permanent observers and experts, with the aim of exchanging experiences and discussing current issues of media regulation in Europe.

This year’s fourth Open Days of Media Literacy held from 06 to 10 October 2025 brought together preschoolers from Belgrade, Novi Sad, Užice, Niš, Kikinda,  Prokuplje, Ruma and Pančevo, who visited the media in their local communities.

Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media participated in the 12th Annual Meeting of the Black Sea Broadcasting Regulatory Authorities Forum (BRAF) held in Albania from 16 to 18 September, the main topic of which were hate speech and freedom of information in audiovisual media and on online platforms.

Staff of the Supreme Council for Radio and Television of the Republic of Turkiye (RTUK) and the Audiovisual Council of Azerbaijan (ACRA) paid a five-day study visit to the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM). The visit, which took place in Belgrade from 23 to 27 June, was organised with the aim of exchanging knowledge, experiences and strengthening cooperation in the field of regulation and monitoring of the work of media service providers.

Staff of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media participated in the workshop Standards of the European Court of Human Rights on Hate Speech and Harmful Content, held in Vrdnik from 27-29 May and organised by the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade.

Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media attended the celebration of 30th anniversary of the establishment of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities at its 61st meeting held in Moldova on 14-16 May.

Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media participated in the two-day Empowered Media for a Conscious Society Summit, organised by the Radio and Television Supreme Council of Turkiye.

The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media fully supports the proposal of the Working Group for the Establishment of the Memorial Centre in Memory of the Victims of Mass Murder in the Experimental Elementary School Vladislav Ribnikar, established by the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, regarding the manner of marking the anniversary of mass murders in this school, in Dubona and in Malo Orašje, in the programmes of television and radio media service providers, with the aim of preserving remembrance, so that we as a society become fully aware of the magnitude of the tragedy that happened to us.

Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media attended in the 11th meeting of the Black Sea Regulatory Authorities Forum (BRAF) from 14 to 16 April, at the invitation of colleagues from Azerbaijan.

The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) held the 25th Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons in Vienna, which was attended by a representative of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media.

At the conference, whose main theme was Protecting Childhoods, Shaping Futures: A Call to End Child Trafficking”, and which was held from 31 March to 1 April, it was concluded that OSCE member states should triple their efforts to combat child trafficking.

The Constitutional Court issued a decision dismissing the initiative to initiate a procedure for assessing the constitutionality of the provision of Article 126, paragraph 1 of the Law on Electronic Media (Official Gazette of the RS, no. 92/2023).

The aforementioned article stipulates that the members of the Council elected in accordance with the Law on Electronic Media (Official Gazette of the RS, nos. 83/14, 6/16-other law and 129/21) shall continue to perform that duty until the expiry of one year from the day this law enters into force. 

You can read the full decision here.
 

The establishment of a co-regulatory principle in the domain of commercial communications with the aim of protecting minors is a requirement for our society, concluded the participants of the round table Principles of Co-regulation of Commercial Communications in the Light of Protection of Minors, organised by the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media, in cooperation with the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade.

The Government of the Republic of Serbia issued a decision to declare 18 March 2025 a Day of Mourning in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, relating to the tragedy in North Macedonia.

Representatives of the technical services of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) participated, at the invitation of the Turkish regulator (RTUK), at the workshop titled Women’s Representation in Media, which was held in Ankara on 28 February 2025. The workshop was organised with the participation of representatives of regulatory authorities from Azerbaijan, Albania and Greece, as well as other stakeholders, including representatives of the academic community, media workers, well as local NGOs.

The Government of the Republic of Serbia issued a decision to declare 5 January 2025 a Day of Mourning in the territory of the Republic of Serbia.

Since the entry into force of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Observing Days of Mourning in the Territory of the Republic of Serbia (Official Gazette of the RS, no. 30/10), the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media has been entrusted with the task of supervising the implementation of the provisions related to the programmes of radio and television media service providers.

A representative of the technical services of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media participated in an international seminar titled The Role of Media in Democratic Countries, organised by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA).