Live footage broadcast by Informer TV showed about 30 people entering the newsroom and surrounding editor-in-chief and owner Dragan Vucicevic. Some protesters shouted, “Where is Vucic now?” and demanded Vucicevic’s arrest.
On his personal Instagram account, Vucic, wearing a jumper with the crossed-out word “sorry,” called the incident an attack on free speech and the freedom of journalism.
The Student List, which has no clear leader, defeated Vucic’s alliance on Sunday, ending his party’s 14-year grip on power. Vucic served as prime minister from 2014 and president from 2017 and previously held the role of information minister under Slobodan Milosevic. His government maintained tight control over media.
The leading candidate on the Student List’s election slate, cardiologist Ilija Srdanovic, appealed for calm. “We ask of you to stay calm and dignified until the end of the electoral process, just like you have been until now,” he said in a video posted on Instagram. “Don’t resort to any form of violence. Your Student List and your student movement urge you on this.”
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia said it would submit an application on Tuesday to revoke Informer TV’s broadcasting licence, citing systematic violations of law and programme obligations. Vucicevic responded with a statement: “On the very first day of [Student List] power, they want to ban the media. They have said everything about themselves, and nothing about us.”
A group of people also gathered outside the private pro-Vucic Pink TV station in Belgrade, which was cordoned off by police. Earlier, public broadcaster RTV in the Vojvodina region began its evening news bulletin by apologising to viewers for failing to fulfil its role, citing uncritical, one-sided reporting.
Serbia was ranked 104th out of 180 countries in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders, its lowest position ever. The Centre for Research, Transparency and Accountability (Crta) reported that television stations with national reach gave three-quarters of airtime to government representatives, and the Student List was portrayed negatively more than 80 percent of the time it was discussed.