New media strategy in 2018

The media consultant of the president of Serbia, Suzana Vasiljevic, stated in her interview with Blic that she expected the new media strategy to be completed by the end of the year.

There has been a lot of controversy about the draft media strategy, and local professional associations have complained to President Aleksandar Vucic, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and international organizations for the freedom of media, claiming that the proposed solutions were not good, due to which the strategy has been stopped, Vasiljevic said for the holiday issue of Blic, answering the question of what the next steps are, since the strategy has been stopped.

– They've decided to stop everything. Representatives of professional associations and international organizations that deal with this topic and have experience will be invited to the work group which is to be formed. There will also be talks with journalists' associations, representatives of the OSCE, and people from certain embassies have also offered to help, so we will see what the suggestions are. I expect everyone to harmonize their positions and for the strategy to be completed by the end of the year – Vasiljevic said.

Commenting on the situation in the media, she said that she felt helpless, rather than responsible, when faced with criticism over the state of the media and added that it was a matter of the government and the Ministry of Culture and Information.

When asked to say whether the current situation is satisfactory, Vasiljevic said that the situation was neither easy nor good and that “there are numerous problems”.

Predsedništvo Republike Srbije

Ministarstvo kulture Republike Srbije

Presidency of Serbia

Ministry of Culture

Suzana Vasiljevic

Media Strategy

Draft Media Strategy

journalists associations in Serbia

OSCE

cooperation of the state with the media