Protesters enter Serbian pro-Vucic TV station, call for arrest of editor
Around 30 people entered the newsroom and interrupted the broadcast as protesters accused the pro-government channel of hostile coverage.
- On Monday, October 26, 2026, dozens of protesters stormed the offices of the pro-government tabloid Informer, interrupting a live broadcast less than 24 hours after Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in snap parliamentary elections.
- The student-led Students' List secured 53 percent of the vote against the former ruling party's 39 percent, prompting Vucic to concede defeat less than two hours after polls closed on Sunday.
- Informer recorded 1,456 ethical violations in late 2025 and maintains the lowest public trust of any brand surveyed at 19 percent, according to a June 2026 Reuters Institute report by Snjezana Milivojevic, a retired professor at the University of Belgrade.
- Protesters interrupted the broadcast, demanding editor-in-chief Dragan Vucicevic "apologise sincerely to his free Serbian people." Critics describe Informer as "a political newsletter disguised as a media outlet" that persecutes dissenters.
- This mobilization represents Serbia's largest student-led protest since the 2000 uprising against Slobodan Milosevic, marking a generational shift following years of systemic pressure on press freedom and over 1,636 arrests reported between June and September 2025.
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Canal is accused of partial coverage in favour of the previous government. Over the last decade, political power has tightened control over Serbian media.
Protesters are demanding the arrest of the editor-in-chief.
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Serbia student movement supporters enter pro-government TV newsroom after election victory
Supporters of Serbia’s student-led protest movement entered the offices of pro-government television channel Informer TV in Belgrade on October 26, interrupting a programme and confronting its editor-in-chief, Dragan Vucicevic.
In Serbia, protesters stormed a Serbian television station supporting former President Aleksandar Vucic late Monday, shutting down the broadcast and demanding the arrest of its editor.
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