Serbia: ce trebuie să știți

Riot police take up position during an anti-government protest in Belgrade, Serbia, August 2025. Serbia se impune în această vineri ca unul dintre subiectele care atrag atenția în Romania.

Faptele

• Riot police take up position during an anti-government protest in Belgrade, Serbia, August 2025.
• In its latest report, RSF has warned that press freedom is at a 25-year low, with over half the world in “difficult” or “very serious” status and few “good” countries. #EuropeNews.
• The latest World Press Freedom Index highlights Serbia and Turkey as countries where journalists are particularly at risk of physical attack, or subject to political pressure.
• Serbia this year was ranked in 104th place out of 180 countries surveyed – its worst position since 2002, when it was measured for the first time. “Despite a solid legal framework, journalists [in Serbia] are subject to political pressure and crimes committed against them go unpunished,” the report said.
• Serbia ranked worst among former Yugoslav countries, but several others also showed declines, including Albania (ranked at 83).

Ce știm

În detaliu, In its latest report, RSF has warned that press freedom is at a 25-year low, with over half the world in “difficult” or “very serious” status and few “good” countries. #EuropeNews.

Concret, the latest World Press Freedom Index highlights Serbia and Turkey as countries where journalists are particularly at risk of physical attack, or subject to political pressure.

În plus, Serbia this year was ranked in 104th place out of 180 countries surveyed – its worst position since 2002, when it was measured for the first time. “Despite a solid legal framework, journalists [in Serbia] are subject to political pressure and crimes committed against them go unpunished,” the report said.

Este de remarcat că Serbia ranked worst among former Yugoslav countries, but several others also showed declines, including Albania (ranked at 83).

În această etapă For the first time in the Index’s 25-year history, more than half the world’s countries now fall into the 'difficult' or 'very serious' categories for press freedom," RSF said in a statement.

Cifrele

“In 25 years, the average score of all 180 countries and territories surveyed in the Index has never been so low,” the organisation said.

Concret, the Index shows that press freedom is in decline in 100 of the 180 countries and territories it evaluates.

În plus, Moreover, it determines that the state of press freedom is categorised as "difficult" or "very serious" in more than half of the world (52.2%), compared to just 13.7% in 2002, when RSF first began publishing its Index.

Este de remarcat că At the same time, the share of the world's population living in a country where the press freedom situation is considered "good" has plunged from 20% to less than 1%.

Ce se spune

“The accusation of spreading disinformation has become a means to relentlessly persecute journalists in court, and the proposed amendment on ‘agents of influence’ risks becoming a new legislative tool to crack down on journalism,” Reporters Without Borders said.

Contextul

Este de remarcat că RSF states that while EU member states "retain their leading positions" in the Index, partly thanks to the recent European Media Freedom Act, which came into force in August 2025.

În această etapă In eastern Europe, Ukraine stands out among its neighbours, with its position improving seven places to 55th despite wartime conditions amid Russia's full-scale invasion.

În detaliu, RSF's index has pushed the US down seven places to 64th globally, due to US President Donald Trump's "systematic policy" of "repeated attacks on the press and journalists," report said.

Concret, Meanwhile, the 172nd-ranked Russia was deemed "a specialist in using laws designed to combat terrorism, separatism and extremism to restrict press freedom," RSF warned.

În plus, a total of 48 journalists were behind bars in Russia as of April, the report said.

Pe scurt

• The latest World Press Freedom Index highlights Serbia and Turkey as countries where journalists are particularly at risk of physical attack, or subject to political pressure.
• The Index shows that press freedom is in decline in 100 of the 180 countries and territories it evaluates.
• A total of 48 journalists were behind bars in Russia as of April, the report said.
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