BELGRADE: Serbian demonstrators gathered for a rally outside a pro-government television channel on Saturday, branding it a "propaganda tool", in the latest of nearly five months of mass protests. Holding banners "Manipulator, not a journalist," waving Serbian and university flags and blowing whistles, student organisers called on citizens to join the demo in front of the offices of Informer, a television station with a tabloid newspaper of the same name.
The nationwide wave of student-led protests against state corruption has raised pressure on the nationalist government of President Aleksandar Vucic. It was sparked by the deadly collapse of a roof at a newly-renovated train station in Novi Sad, Serbia's second city, in November. Since the beginning of the protests, pro-government media have portrayed student demonstrators as "foreign agents," alleging they are funded by the opposition and plotting a "coup d'etat". According to the Press Council — the regulatory body that monitors newspapers — Informer violated the Serbian journalists' code of ethics 647 times in 2024. — AFP
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