Slavko Ćuruvija

Regime policy of own impunity

18.march 2026 Jovana Gligorijevic

The death of individual responsibility

When government ignores the consequences of its decisions, it not only ignores current victims, but also creates a culture in which any future disaster becomes legitimate.

Slavko Ćuruvija

06.march 2026 B. B.

Lawsuit against the "Slavko Ćuruvija" Foundation: Trial of the murdered journalist and his family

People initially convicted and then acquitted for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija are suing the foundation founded by the deceased journalist's children for injury to reputation and honor.

The murder of Slavko Ćuruvija

09.January 2026 B. B.

The judges violated the law in the trial for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija

The Supreme Court of Serbia found, among other things, that the judges in the trial for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija violated the law in favor of the defendants by factually misrepresenting decisive facts in the verdict

Injury to honor and reputation

12.June 2024 IM RTS / Cenzolovka

"Serbians, shame on you": Lawsuits by Romić and Radonjić after acquittal for the murder of Ćuruvija

Former employees of the State Security, Ratko Romić and Milan Radonjić, after two convictions, were legally acquitted in February for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija. Now they are writing lawsuits to several addresses and asking for compensation for damage to their honor and reputation

Murder of journalists

11.April 2024. MS (RTS)

A quarter of a century since the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija: All acquitted, none convicted

On this day 25 years ago, journalist, editor and owner of the newspapers "Dnevni telegraf" and "Evropljanin" Slavko Ćuruvija was killed in the haustor of the building where he lived. The killers fired 17 bullets at him from behind. In February of this year, the Court of Appeal in Belgrade acquitted four former employees of the State Security from charges of participation in the murder.

Chronicle

07.February 2024. Today

Why did the Court of Appeal wait 10 months to announce the verdict for Ćuruvia?

The judgment was handed down on April 19, 2023, and published on February 2, 2024. Several judges consider this to be an unusually long period of time.

Reactions to the decision of the Court of Appeal

06.February 2024. Voice of America

The case of Ćuruvi: We have not seen this level of hypocrisy by the government until now

"It is a very clear message from the authorities that anyone who dares to kill a journalist can go unpunished," said the representative of the New York Committee to Protect Journalists, Gulnoze Said.

Justice

05.February 2024. S.Ć./Danas

A request for the protection of legality cannot change the decision of the Court of Appeal

Today, the higher public prosecutor's office requested files related to the case of the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija. The Association of Judges of Serbia says that they were only following the evidence presented to them by the police

Comment

05.February 2024. Philip Schwarm

The murder of Slavko Ćuruvija: Service in the stench of sulfur

Why do political groups come and go, but Udba/State Security/BIA remain? Why have the courts never found the perpetrators of political murders? Where are the civilian members of the DB, and where are the Legion and its henchmen? And what else did the acquittal for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija show?

Justice

04.February 2024. BG/N1

Scheduled protest due to the acquittal of the accused for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija

Because of the acquittal of the accused for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, several journalist and media associations have scheduled a protest in front of the Court of Appeal in Belgrade in Nemanja Street for Monday at 14 p.m. Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation, NUNS, NDNV, Media Association, AOM, Local Press, KUM Nezavisnost, ANEM, and UNS invited to the potest

Decision of the Court of Appeal

02.February 2024. FROM. R.

Reactions to the verdict for the murder of Ćuruvija: A big defeat for society in Serbia

The messages of this verdict are clear, those who threaten security and kill journalists can still count on the fact that there is almost no chance of being convicted, says Veran Matić.

Chronicle

02.February 2024. RV / Insider

The appellate court acquitted the accused for the murder of Ćuruvija

The Court of Appeal in Belgrade announced on Friday the verdict passed almost ten months ago, acquitting those accused of murdering journalist Slavko Ćuruvija.

Criminal

18.September 2023 BG

The murder of Slavko Ćuruvija: Is another disgrace of the judiciary coming our way

Is there ongoing media preparation of the public for the final pre-judgement, which has been waiting for 24 years? Veran Matić, the president of the Commission for Investigating Murders of Journalists, states that he received a certificate of acquittal from a state secretary.

Chronicle

29.march 2023 S.Ć.

Trial of those convicted of murdering Ćuruvija: Proposed sentence of 40 years in prison

Marković, Radonjić and Romić stated that they are not guilty and that there was no evidence that they participated in the murder of Ćuruvija, nor who committed the crime and why. They claim that some media and non-institutional centers financed from abroad were involved in the opening of the court proceedings

Criminal

04.December 2022 Jelena Zoric

The case of Slavko Ćuruvija: "ours" shot

On Monday, December 5, the Court of Appeal in Belgrade will open a five-day session in which it will decide on appeals against the second verdict of the Special Department of the High Court for Organized Crime, by which the four defendants were sentenced to several years in prison for the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, just like the first time. The verdict will be delivered by the end of the week

In the new issue: Interview - Veran Matić, director of the B92 Fund

01.December 2022 Jovana Gligorijevic

We have become institutionalized targets

"'Informer's' inciting announcements against journalists and the media are often much more dangerous than most threats that reach the media, because through a large circulation of newspapers with a low selling price and through portals, with direct influence on representatives of the system at all levels, they provide a platform for continuing systemic attacks, serving as a kind of marker"

News

08.April 2022. S.Ć.

Murder of journalists: It is still not known who ordered it

On Monday, it will be 23 years since Slavko Ćuruvija was killed. The marathon court process is still not over. This attitude towards the murder of the journalist supports the suspicion that the political elite of the time was involved in the whole case

Interview

03.December 2021 Sofia Popović

Branka Prpa: The verdict did not put an end to the murder of Ćuruvija

Four members of the DB were convicted for the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija. Branka Prpa, who was a witness to the murder, says that at no point in the investigations or in the lawsuits was there any mention of the client and that is why the entire court process is a farce.

Zoom

28.November 2012 Dragoljub Zarkovic

Children of Journalism - How Tijanić wrote "Kurira" and why that letter is important for everyone who knows at least 24 letters of the alphabet

In theory, the fight against corruption is often compared to the fight against malaria. To beat malaria, you have to drain the swamp. There will still be mosquitoes, but there will be no disease. I would like Aleksandar Vučić to read this when he is not Boris Tadić