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).
The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media held today a lecture for students of the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade on the technological development of electronic media in the premises of the Public Enterprise Transmitters and Communications at Avala.
When reporting on human trafficking, it is necessary to respect the dignity of victims and refrain from sensationalist headlines, according to the conclusions of the lecture held on 15 November and organised by the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media in cooperation with the Centre for the Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking.
Regional cooperation of institutions and civil society organisations with online platforms is necessary in order to provide a safe and reliable digital space for all citizens, according to the conclusion of the Digital Safety Agenda for the Western Balkans regional workshop, in which the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media also participated.
The Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media adopted, at a session held on 01/11/2024, a decision on granting licences for the provision of television media services, based on an announced Public Competition for the Granting of Licences for the Provision of Media Services of Television Broadcasting via Terrestrial Digital Transmission for Allotment Areas (Official Gazette of the RS, no. 10/2024 of 09/02/2024).
The Government of the Republic of Serbia adopted a decision to declare 2 November 2024 a Day of Mourning in the territory of the Republic of Serbia.
Since the entry into force of the Law Amending the Law on Marking the Day of Mourning in the Territory of the Republic of Serbia (Official Gazette of the RS, no. 30/10), the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media, as a task entrusted to it, oversees the implementation of provisions related to programmes of radio and television media service providers.
The Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media presented, on 28 October 2024, the results of the third Media Literacy Open Days at the 28th RAB SERBIA Radio Days at Mt. Zlatibor.
Participants of the Media Literacy and Children in the Digital Environment roundtable concluded today that strong inter-institutional cooperation is needed for systematic work on strengthening critical awareness among children and young people.
Over 1,500 preschoolers from Belgrade, Novi Sad, and Subotica participated in visits to media within the Media with Wide Open Doors campaign, which is part of the third Media Literacy Open Days.
Representatives of the Public Enterprise Transmitters and Communications organised a visit programme for preschoolers from Belgrade as part of the third consecutive Media Literacy Open Days.
On October 16, the President of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media, Olivera Zekić, met with the delegation of the National Radio and Television Administration of China, led by Minister Cao Shumin, at the Regulator's premises. ...
Over 100 preschoolers visited Radio Television of Vojvodina during three days of the Media Literacy Open Days event, and more than 350 children are expected to visit this public media institution by the end of the week.