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UNS: 98 attacks, threats, and other incidents involving journalists recorded in six months

July 21, 2026, 07:03 PMUpdated: July 24, 2026, 12:12 PM

The Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) reported 98 attacks, threats, and other incidents involving journalists in the first six months of the year, two fewer than in the same period of 2025. Its database lists 17 attacks and 34 threats, with online threats doubling.

What matters

Overall figure

UNS recorded 98 cases in the first six months of the year, two fewer than in the same period of 2025.

Attacks

The UNS database contains 17 attacks in the first half of the year, compared with 20 in the same period last year.

Online threats

UNS recorded 34 threats and says the number of online threats doubled compared with the previous year.

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N1: UNS on recorded incidents involving journalists

N1 reports UNS data: 98 attacks, threats, and other incidents involving journalists were registered in the first half of the year, two fewer than a year earlier. The total includes 17 attacks and 34 threats, while online threats doubled.

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Overall takeaway

UNS data show that attacks, threats, and other incidents involving journalists in the first half of the year remained close to the same period of 2025; these are the professional association's figures from its register of cases.