The Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media held a working meeting today with representatives of media service providers, presenting obligations regarding programme content during the election campaign.
The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media is informing media representatives and the interested public that the 2nd regular session of the Council will be held on Friday, 9 October 2026, starting at 2:00 PM.
The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media, in cooperation with representatives of the Ministry of the Interior – Service for Combating Cyber Crime, held a lecture on the topic of Internet Security and the Development of Critical Thinking among Children and Young People in the Digital Environment at the premises of the Criminal Police University, with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The Open Days of Media Literacy, traditionally organised by the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media during Children's Week, began today with a workshop for high school students held at Radio Television of Vojvodina.
The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media is informing media representatives and the interested public that the regular session of the Council will be held on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, starting at 11:00 AM.
Since the constitution of the new composition of the Council, serious claims have been made in public regarding irregularities in the Regulator's work, as well as external influence on individual Council members and the existence of orders allegedly determining the outcome of voting. Allegations of irregularities in the Regulator's work or influence on the independence of its members require a foundation in verifiable facts and, where grounds exist, consideration within the appropriate institutional procedure.
Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media participated in the regional workshop Safeguarding Journalism as a Public Good in Today’s Digital Platform Environment, dedicated to the position and sustainability of journalism in the digital environment and the relationship among media, digital platforms, and regulatory institutions in Southeast Europe, held in Sarajevo from 28 to 29 September 2026.
The President of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM), Stevica Smederevac, Council member Prof. Dr. Dubravka Valić Nedeljković, and Council member Milan Petković met with Eoghan Murphy, Head of the Mission, and Egor Tilpunov, Media Analyst of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission on 28 September 2026.
The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) and the Council of Europe jointly presented the findings of a comprehensive survey of the needs, habits and preferences of media users in Serbia to the Standing Expert Working Group on Media Literacy, consisting of representatives from the public sector.
Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) participated in the 13th Annual Meeting of the Black Sea Region Regulatory Authorities Forum (BRAF), held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 16 to 18 September 2026.
The Fourth Constitutive Session of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) will be held on 22 September 2026, starting at 1 p.m., at the REM premises, Trg Nikole Pašića 5, IV floor.
The Third Constitutive Session of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) will be held on 1 September 2026, starting at 11.00 a.m., at the REM premises, Trg Nikole Pašića 5, IV floor.
The Second Constitutive Session of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media is scheduled for Thursday, 30 July (at 1 p.m.)
The key items on the agenda are the election of the president of the Council and his/her deputy.
Representatives of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) met on 9 July, at the premises of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM), with REM Council members Miloš Garić, Stevica Smederevac, and Milan Petković, as well as Director Rajka Galin Ćertić.
Employees of the Radio and Television Supreme Council of the Republic of Turkiye (RTUK) and the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ACRA) conducted a five-day study visit to the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM).
A representative of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) participated in a TAIEX study visit on the topic of applying the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) by the Italian regulatory authority (AGCOM) in Rome.
On the occasion of marking International Children's Day, 1 June, representatives of the Media Literacy Team at the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media held a presentation on the topic Preschool Teachers on a Mission of Healthy Choices – Click on Healthy, to preschool teachers and expert associates of the 11 April Preschool Institution from New Belgrade.
Radio-Television of Vojvodina (RTV) hosted a conference titled Public Broadcasters and AI, which was held in Novi Sad on 29 May 2026. The conference, which was also attended by representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media, brought together leading AI experts, representatives of public broadcasters from the region, and media workers, all with the aim of considering possibilities for improving the work of public broadcasters with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as the key challenges of its ethical application.
Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media participated in the 63rd meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA), which was held in Tirana from 20 to 22 May 2026, organised by the Albanian regulatory authority for audiovisual media services.
The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media provides full support to the proposal of the Working Group for the Establishment of a Memorial Centre in Memory of the Victims of the Mass Murder at the Vladislav Ribnikar Experimental Elementary School, established by the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, on the manner of commemorating the anniversary of the mass murders in this school and in Dubona and Malo Orašje, in the programmes of television and radio media service providers, with the aim of preserving and keeping the memory alive, so that as a society we become aware of the magnitude of the tragedy that has happened to us.
In cooperation with Radio-Television of Vojvodina (RTV), representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) held a presentation for the editorial board of the provincial public service broadcaster and presented the results of the latest survey titled Report on the Needs of Media Service Users in Serbia. The meeting was an opportunity for the professional media community to get more closely acquainted with the habits and expectations of the audience in a dynamic media environment.
Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) participated in the 31st Radio Days, organised by the RAB Serbia association, which brought together a large number of players from the country's and region's radio industry at Mt. Zlatibor from 19 to 21 April.
Representatives of the technical services of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media attended the Council of Europe conference on media literacy and integrity titled Building Resilience to Disinformation and Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference in Europe, which was held in Chisinau on 20 March.
Representatives of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media participated in a two-day event dedicated to privacy protection in the media, organised by the Council of Europe in Vrdnik on 16 and 17 March 2026.
Representatives of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media and the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade today presented the findings of the comprehensive Report on the Needs of Media Users in Serbia, which offers the first major, evidence-based insight into how citizens in Serbia consume media, what content they expect and how they perceive the quality, reliability and diversity of media services.
The conference was opened by the Head of the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade, Janos Babity, and the Assistant Director for Legal Affairs, Sasha Simovic. In his opening remarks, Babity stressed that the survey was conducted for the needs of the Regulator, but that its significance and utility are much broader and indicate that modern media regulation must be based on the needs and expectations of citizens.