Criminal complaints against Nova and Radar: A new tactic to intimidate free media outlets

The state-owned company Elektromreza Srbije (EMS - the national power grid operator) and Millennium Team, a firm with close ties to the government, filed criminal complaints and lawsuits against journalists and editors of the weekly Radar and the daily Nova. One of these relates to causing panic and disorder, while the other claims reputational damage. The people Nova.rs spoke with conclude that these are classic intimidation tactics and an expansion of repression by which the government is attempting to silence a rebellious society. Pročitaj više