The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Rodoljub Šabić sent letters of congratulation to Ms Nadežda Gaće, Mr. Nino Brajović and Mr. Dinko Gruhonjić, presidents of Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS), Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and Independent Journalists' Association of Vojvodina (NDNV) respectively, to mark the World Press Freedom Day, 3 May.
The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Rodoljub Šabić passed a decision ordering the Public Enterprise “Aerodrom Nikola Tesla” to provide information on entertainment expenses and possible “management” bonuses for the enterprise's top management. This effectively ended the proceedings initiated by complaints lodged with the Commissioner for Information by the Administrative Committee of the National Assembly against ten enterprises and institutions (Public Enterprise “Aerodrom Nikola Tesla”, Public Enterprise NIS Petrol, Public Enterprise Elektroprivreda Srbije, Public Enterprise NIS -Novi Sad, Public Enterprise for Ski Resorts, Flight Control Agency, Public Enterprise Transnafta Pančevo, Building Inspectorate of Serbia, Public Enterprise “Putevi Srbije” and Radio Television of Serbia) for denial of access to information. Nine of them provided the requested information immediately after the Commissioner's intervention, and the Commissioner has suspended or will suspend proceedings against them.
The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Rodoljub Šabić met with H.E. Igor Furdik, Ambassador of Slovakia in Belgrade, to discuss the issues and results in achieving free access to information of public importance.
The Commissioner for the information of public importance passed the decisions today by which it ordered television studios RTS (National Television) and Studio B to submit to Transparentost Srbija which had requested the information, that is, to make public the data that relate to the financing of the election campaign for the presidential elections that had taken place in February of this year.
This concerns the data that relate to the price for the rendered services that had been agreed with the presidential candidates, the amounts that had been paid, that is, those that had remained as a debt, and the manner of payment, that is, whether they had been paid from special accounts for the financing of the campaign or in some other way.
