Media Ownership

The Higher Court in Belgrade granted CRTA's motion for an interim measure and barred Informer's editor-in-chief, Milovan Stanić, from republishing claims that CRTA is a criminal organization preparing bloodshed, under a penalty of RSD 100,000. The measure applies until the end of the civil proceedings. CRTA had sued over three Informer publications of 4 October that linked it to a recording of lawyer Vladimir Tupanjac. The measure is not a ruling on the lawsuit itself, and the defendant may appeal within 48 hours of service.

CRTA published a media monitoring analysis of Euronews Serbia covering July 2026. In the channel's central news programme, the ruling majority received 87% of the airtime dedicated to political actors, against 13% for the opposition, which received no positively toned report during the monitored period. Across the wider programming, government representatives and pro-government interlocutors accounted for 52% of guest appearances, compared with 14% for opposition and government-critical guests. No formally classified opposition representative appeared in discussions on domestic politics.

Politika novine i magazini d.o.o. (PNM), owned by businessman Boban Rajić through his holding company Media 026, has acquired the full publishing portfolio and brand rights of NIN. Rajić already owns Večernje novosti through the same holding structure. The acquisition brings Serbia's three most historically significant print titles - Politika, Večernje novosti, and NIN - under a single owner. Luka Mičeta, former director of state news agency Tanjug and current host on Telekom-owned Newsmax Balkans, has been appointed editor-in-chief. Financial terms were not disclosed.