Tuesday, 14 October 2025

16th Sitting of the Culture and Information Committee

At the sitting which began on 1 July and was continued on 2 July 2025, the Culture and Information Committee considered the objections submitted to the List of Candidates and the List of Organisations for the election of a member of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media.


The Committee also considered and received proposals of candidates for members of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media concerning the opinions of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications of 8 June 2025 and 27 June 2025, opinion of the Ministry of Family Care and Demography of 18 June 2025 and the opinion of the Ministry of Tourism and Youth of 18 June 2025.

The Committee sitting, which was open to the public, was attended by the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Ana Brnabic.

The University of Arts in Belgrade, Network of Organisations for Children of Serbia, MNRO Association Serbia, NUNS, Civic Initiatives Association and the Association for Digital and Electronic Media submitted objections to the list of candidates and organisations.

The discussion time was not limited. The sitting was adjourned and the discussion was scheduled to resume on Wednesday, 2 July, at noon.

In the continuation of the sitting, on 2 July, the members of the Culture and Information Committee considered the objections submitted by associations of film, stage and drama artists and composers' associations in the Republic of Serbia. The also commenced the consideration of objections submitted by associations whose goals are the protection of children.

The continuation of the 16th sitting of the Committee was attended by the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Ana Brnabic.

The sitting was adjourned, and Committee Chairperson Nevena Djuric announced that the Committee members and the public would be informed about the date of its resumption in due course.

The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairperson Nevena Djuric, and in addition to Committee members and deputy members, the sitting was also attended by representatives of the diplomatic corps, international partners, and complainants.

The sitting was continued on 14 October 2025. Committee Chairperson Nevena Djuric reminded the attending that item 1 on the agenda had been considered and that under item 2 the Committee had considered and established seven authorised proposers for the election of members of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media.

The Committee members had been forwarded the Proposal of the Report for seven authorised proposers, as well as the Proposal of the Report for two authorised proposers, the Association of film, stage and drama artists and Association of Composer in the Republic of Serbia and associations concerned with child protection, as well as all objections.

The Committee Chairperson also reminded the attending that a meeting was held on 13 October to which all actors included in the process had been invited, and where the Committee Chairperson presented the recommendations and comments of the OSCE representative on Freedom of the Media, as well as clarifications of said recommendations and comments concerning the artists’ association. The service had submitted a Report Proposal based on said recommendations. All the stakeholders were given a deadline by which they are to submit additional comments to the draft report, and the Committee Chairperson informed the Committee that MOC and UFUS had submitted their objections.

The Committee members adopted, by majority vote, the Report on the established list of organisations that together form a single authorised proposer and the list of candidates for the election of a member of the Council of the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media.

The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairperson Nevena Djuric and attended by the following Committee members and deputy members: Sanja Milosevic, Mgr Akos Ujhelyi, doc. Dr Rastislav Dinic, Dr Jovan Janjic, Branimir Jovanovic, Dunja Simonovic Bratic, MAr Jadranka Jovanovic, Natasa Jovanovic, Dusan Maric, MA Ljubica Vranes, Ivana Rokvic and MA Danijela Nikolic.


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