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    <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/</link>
    <description>Serbia</description>
    <language>en</language>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Serbian media group demands public discussion on copyright law

]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/11/26/draft_law_media/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Association of Independent Electronic Media condemns the Serbian Government's decision to adopt the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Copyright and Related Rights. The association fears that the lack of public discussion around the law could result in a complete media blackout. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/11/26/draft_law_media/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Coalition calls for transparency in government funding of Serbian media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/11/16/government_funds_coalition/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Media Coalition says the failure to implement Serbia's Media Strategy has enabled abuse of public funds with an aim to influence the media market and shut down critical voices.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/11/16/government_funds_coalition/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Serbia's draft criminal code does not decriminalise defamation
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/11/07/serbia_draft_criminal_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Serbian media groups are disappointed that a draft criminal code prepared by the justice ministry's working group does not decriminalise defamation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/11/07/serbia_draft_criminal_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Explosive device planted in Serbian journalist's backyard]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/11/01/explosive_device_journalist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An explosive device was planted in a journalist's backyard after she posted information on Facebook about the perpetrators of a previous attack on her family.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/11/01/explosive_device_journalist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Serbian authorities ban Belgrade Pride Parade]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/10/09/price_parade_ban/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Serbia's ban on the Belgrade Pride Parade, based on a premise of security risks, violates freedom of expression and assembly rights, says Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/10/09/price_parade_ban/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM releases June 2012 monitoring report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/07/30/anem_june_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The report's authors cover cases that include politicians' reactions to critical articles in the media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/07/30/anem_june_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM releases May 2012 monitoring report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/07/04/anem_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The authors note a pattern of threats against journalists and provide an analysis of the broadcasting laws. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/07/04/anem_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM releases April 2012 monitoring report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/05/31/monitoring_report_32/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The authors of the report paint a grim picture of the country's media scene. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 01:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/05/31/monitoring_report_32/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM media monitoring report shows increased pressure on media during electoral campaign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/05/15/media_monitoring_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The report also looked at the process of media privatization in Serbia as well as implementation of the broadcasting law.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/05/15/media_monitoring_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM's media monitoring report for January and February 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/04/23/30th_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The thirtieth monitoring report analyses attacks and threats against journalists and looks at the implementation of new and existing legislation that affects the media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/04/23/30th_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM condemns administrative harassment of radio station in Zajecar 
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/03/30/zajecar_radio_station/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The editor of a radio station who is running for local office says his opponents have bullied the station's employees and shut down its radio signal; caught in the middle is the public's right to information. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/03/30/zajecar_radio_station/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - IPI observes increasing pressure on local journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/03/13/increasing_pressure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The alleged incidents represent only a fraction of the pressures on reporters, SEEMO said, as many reporters do not report what they must go through on a daily basis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/03/13/increasing_pressure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - IPI challenges authorities to solve journalist murder cases, protect journalists under threat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/02/23/impunity_challenge/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Currently, five journalists in Serbia specialised in reporting on corruption have been given 24-hour police protection by the Ministry of the Interior but police have been unable to eliminate the sources of threat, which come mostly from mafia-like organisations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:32:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/02/23/impunity_challenge/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM condemns attack on Studio B television crew]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/02/23/studiob_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Charges were laid against the individual who verbally attacked a Studio B crew and struck an assistant cameraman in the head and stomach.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/02/23/studiob_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM's December 2011 media monitoring report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/01/26/december_monitoring_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The twenty-ninth Monitoring Report contains a legal analysis and assessment of the most important occurrences in the media sector in Serbia in December 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:31:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2012/01/26/december_monitoring_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM concerned about proposed Cinematography Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/12/16/cinematography_act/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The change in the funding structure under the new act is aimed at helping the movie industry but instead risks killing off independent media outlets and may ultimately lead to a media blackout, says the organisation. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/12/16/cinematography_act/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM's October 2011 media monitoring report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/12/15/monitoring_newsletter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The free expression section of the report presents cases of physical attacks on journalists, threats and requests for disclosure of sources of information, and other violations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:21:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/12/15/monitoring_newsletter/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Radio-Television Prima's studio vandalised]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/10/18/prima_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ANEM condemns economic pressure and open threats against media outlets in the run-up to local and parliamentary elections. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/10/18/prima_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - IPI condemns renewed pressure on journalists ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/10/18/multiple_media_attacks/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A local politician allegedly threatened Vojkan Ristic for publishing a story linking the former's political party to a major corruption scandal.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/10/18/multiple_media_attacks/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - IPI condemns continuing political pressure on Hungarian minority media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/10/04/minority_media_pressured/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to IPI, the National Council of the Hungarian Ethnic Minority, created to protect the interests of the biggest national minority in Vojvodina, appears to represent the interests of one political party.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/10/04/minority_media_pressured/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM's August 2011 media monitoring report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/10/03/august_monitoring_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the findings of the legal monitoring team, the media scene was marked by the media community's anticipation of the adoption of the Media Strategy by the government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/10/03/august_monitoring_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - IPI condemns physical attack on TV Tutin crew]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/09/30/tv_crew_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A two-member TV crew was filming the construction of a local cultural center when four individuals approached and started beating them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/09/30/tv_crew_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Media associations' statement on Draft Media Strategy
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/09/16/draft_media_strategy/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[While the groups welcomed certain provisions in the document, they stressed that the section on regional public service broadcasters remains problematic.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/09/16/draft_media_strategy/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - IPI welcomes planned decriminalisation of defamation and libel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/07/25/decriminilisation_defamation_libel/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen announced that defamation and libel will be removed from the criminal code in autumn 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/07/25/decriminilisation_defamation_libel/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM opposes cable operators' limits on local media content]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/07/18/access_to_information/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ANEM considers it unacceptable for cable operators to limit the right to enjoy a wide range of media content, especially as regards the right to be informed via local media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/07/18/access_to_information/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM's May 2011 media monitoring report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/06/30/may_monitoring_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Attacks on journalists and the media continued, as did the failure of the courts to adequately punish the perpetrators of these attacks.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:46:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/06/30/may_monitoring_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM calls sentences for attackers of B92 camera operator "too light"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/05/12/brankovic_verdict/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bosko Brankovic was assaulted and seriously injured while reporting on a rally protesting the arrest of Radovan Karadzic in 2008.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 11:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/05/12/brankovic_verdict/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - IPI condemns attack on journalist with Hungarian-language daily]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/04/26/szogi_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Csaba Szögi was beaten by individuals who waited for him in front of public restrooms in Beèej, a town in the multiethnic Vojvodina province. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:37:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/04/26/szogi_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM joins local media groups in calls for media reform]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/04/11/letter_to_president/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Ignoring deadlines and prolonging the status quo jeopardises the implementation of the fundamental European principle that the state must not control the media or influence editorial policy," said ANEM in an open letter to President Boris Tadic.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/04/11/letter_to_president/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Public official threatens to file lawsuit against Novi Sad-based radio station]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/04/06/radio_021_lawsuit/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Branko Bjelajac, director of a water utility company, is angered over comments posted on the Radio 021 website.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/04/06/radio_021_lawsuit/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Journalist found guilty of defaming former minister]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/04/01/markovic_indicted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Cacak court handed down a sentence against Radio Ozon director Stojan Markovic for satirical comments made against former minister Velimir Ilic.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/04/01/markovic_indicted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Organisations show solidarity with broadcaster under threat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/03/15/ipi_support/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Brankica Stankovic, a programme producer at B92 radio and television, has been under police protection since December 2009, after she revealed alleged connections between organised crime, football fans and politics. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/03/15/ipi_support/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Independent station threatened after airing show on mining abuses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/02/23/b92_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Posters calling for the death of B92 were plastered around a town in Serbia last week, the day after the independent broadcaster aired a show reporting on irregularities at the local coal mine, report the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:05:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/02/23/b92_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM condemns campaign of intimidation against local television station]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/02/17/b92_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Death notices" and posters attacking the RTV B92 television station have been appearing in the town of Lazarevac.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2011/02/17/b92_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - IPI supports joint stand by Serbian journalist associations on media independence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/10/26/media_independence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IPI stressed that Serbia must have legal mechanisms to prevent the creation of monopolies in the media market.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/10/26/media_independence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Police protection provided for TV B92 journalist after threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/10/22/kamenkovic_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A suspended police officer has threatened journalists Sonja Kamenkovic and Ivan Popovic on several occasions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/10/22/kamenkovic_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - "Blic" newspaper correspondent physically assaulted
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/10/07/zdravic_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gvozden Zdravic was photographing the courthouse in Aleksandrovac when the mayor's driver ran out of the courthouse and punched him several times in the head.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/10/07/zdravic_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - IPI alarmed at limitation on freedom of information imposed by mayor of Zajecar]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/08/11/mayor_communications_restrictions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Bosko Nicic decided to prevent all directors of companies and public institutions in the city from making statements to the media without his prior consent.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/08/11/mayor_communications_restrictions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Journalist's attackers arrested]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/08/09/pancic_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In light of the arrests and the fact that Teofil Pancic's attackers belong to one of the country's extremist organisations, the local press and numerous national press organisations are demanding a ban on fascist, neo-Nazi and racist groups.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/08/09/pancic_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Seemingly positive media developments a step in right direction, says IPI]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/08/09/positive_developments/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The alleged perpetrators of a brutal attack on journalist Teofil Pancic have been captured.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:47:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/08/09/positive_developments/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM strongly condemns attack on journalist Teofil Pancic]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/07/27/teofil_pancic_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The absence of an appropriate state response and the creation of an atmosphere of fear further encourages potential attackers, said ANEM.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/07/27/teofil_pancic_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - IFJ hails verdict on media law as a "victory for press freedom"
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/07/27/media_law_verdict/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Constitutional Court of Serbia has issued a landmark decision rejecting repressive amendments to the Public Information Act.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/07/27/media_law_verdict/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - New law violates security of journalists' sources; B92 reporter receives death threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/07/21/sources_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Serbian national security and police forces have been given the power to view the contents of citizens' personal email accounts without permission as a result of a new law adopted by parliament on 29 June, reports the International Press Institute (IPI). The legal system has also left journalists vulnerable to attacks with a recent court decision to reject charges against six people who allegedly threatened to murder a B92 reporter, says the Belgrade-based Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM).
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/07/21/sources_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Adopted law on electronic communications a threat to freedom of expression, says IPI]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/07/12/electronic_communications/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The new law would create a database of citizens' personal information and security forces would be able to view it without the need for prior permission.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/07/12/electronic_communications/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - ANEM urges government to appoint director of company tasked with assisting transition to digital broadcasting 
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/05/27/digital_broadcast/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ANEM appealed to the authorities to appoint the director without further delay in order to safeguard the media and protect citizens' right to access information.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 10:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/05/27/digital_broadcast/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Court dismisses all charges against football hooligans who threatened B92 journalist ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/04/23/court_ruling/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Disregarding serious threats to journalists' safety endangers freedom of expression and democratisation of society, says ANEM.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Novi Pazar mayor's office interfering in TV station's editorial stance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/04/23/tv_jedinstvo_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ANEM protest pressure being brought on TV Jedinstvo by the municipality of Novi Pazar. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - City of Pirot withdraws financial support for Serbian weekly "Pirotske Novine" after critical reporting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/02/18/pirotske_novine_finances/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The newspaper published a report that questioned the mayor's spending habits. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/02/18/pirotske_novine_finances/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Serbian minister for infrastructure assaults "Kurir" journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/02/04/ladjevic_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The media reported that the minister slapped journalist Milan Ladjevic in the face as he talked to fellow journalists. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:44:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Serbia - Serbian Orthodox priest threatens journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/serbia/2010/02/03/delic_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Aleksandra Delic was threatened over her critical reporting about the owners of the weekly "Glas Podrinja".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:06:00 -0800</pubDate>
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