The session of the REM Council was held today at the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media in Belgrade, Nov. 4 2026 (BETAPHOTO/MILAN ILIC)
On Nov. 10, the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) sanctioned TV Kurir with a one-day ban on broadcasting prime time news program “Dnevnik” and a two-day ban on airing short news program “Vesti,” citing violations of the Law on Electronic Media and the Rulebook on the Protection of Human Rights.
The sanctions were imposed after examination of news program “Dnevnik” broadcast on Sept. 29 and short news “Vesti” on Oct. 7 this year.
The REM Council session opened with the remarks of the TV Kurir attorney, saying that the deadline for opening proceedings against that cable TV station has expired and that one program, in “a vast ocean” of programs, cannot serve as evidence to claim that some party was discriminated.
Commenting on the argument of TV Kurir representatives that no one has complained about the content of the program, REM member Dubravka Valic Nedeljkovic said that it was about “the pollution of the media scene,” which the other side described as the words coming from “the position of repression.”
The REM Council also sanctioned TV Prva by banning its commercials for a day, over severe violations of the law in a show which has meanwhile been removed from its program. TV Prva was sanctioned for insults to REM members in show titled “"Dan Na Dan,” made by host Milomir Maric.
Prior to the session, TV Informer supporters gathered outside in the REM premises to protest against the authority’s treatment of the media outlet.
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