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03. 05. 2015

Jankovic: New media laws in shadow of tabloidization

3.5.2015. (Tanjug) - Serbian Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic said in a statement on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day that Serbia cannot take pride in the media freedom, or the financial situation of journalists in the country.

BELGRADE - Serbian Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic said in a statement on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day that Serbia cannot take pride in the media freedom, or the financial situation of journalists in the country.

"The World Press Freedom Day, May 3, is marked this year with a muted sense of satisfaction, as the adoption of the new media laws remains in the shadow of the tabloidization of Serbia and a continued pressure on independent media and journalists," said Jankovic.

Extending his best wishes to all media professionals on their day, Jankovic pointed to their professional, social and constitutional obligation to inform the citizens truthfully, fully and objectively, despite all hardships.

Jankovic stressed that the government should ensure the conditions for their free and unimpeded work in practice and not only on paper.

The set of new media laws, which met with approval both in the country and abroad, has still not achieved the desired results in practice, said Jankovic. 

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