{"id":"SIG-SRB-063","country":"Serbia","excerpt":"Law on Public Information and Media passed Oct 26 2023 — exception allowing Telekom Serbia to own media; REM selection restructured under parliamentary control. Dual enabling function: media capture + REM governance.","date_text":"26/10/2023","actor_text":"Serbian Government","source_url":"https://balkaninsight.com/2023/10/26/serbian-parliament-adopts-controversial-media-laws/","campaign_id":"SRB-CAMP-011","incident_id":"SRB-063","observation":{"target":"Civil society sector; independent media; REM regulatory process","case_id":"SRB-063","country":"Serbia","signal_id":"SIG-SRB-063","harm_track":"Track 1 — Legal/Administrative","source_url":"https://balkaninsight.com/2023/10/26/serbian-parliament-adopts-controversial-media-laws/","campaign_id":"SRB-CAMP-011","source_type":"Parliament","tactic_code":"Legislative Framework Establishment","target_type":"Sector","enabler_type":"Legislative Framework","trigger_type":"TR-04: Electoral Event","actor_primary":"Serbian Government","campaign_phase":"Stage 6: Structural Enabler","enabler_status":"Active","event_date_raw":"26/10/2023","channel_primary":"Parliament","date_confidence":"exact","campaigns_served":"SRB-CAMP-011; SRB-CAMP-012","confidence_notes":"Exact date confirmed — passed Oct 26 2023 National Assembly. Multiple primary sources. Dual enabling function confirmed by research. Structural enabler — serves SRB-CAMP-011 and SRB-CAMP-012.","escalation_stage":"6","actor_type_primary":"Government Official","source_text_excerpt":"Law on Public Information and Media passed Oct 26 2023 — exception allowing Telekom Serbia to own media; REM selection restructured under parliamentary control. Dual enabling function: media capture + REM governance.","consequence_category":"Legal/Administrative","secondary_source_url":"","event_date_normalized":"2023-10-26","primary_narrative_code":"NF-09","primary_narrative_label":"Political Interference","secondary_narrative_code":"NF-07","institutional_consequence":"State media ownership legalized via Telekom; REM council selection under parliamentary control; activates Kurir acquisition Jan 2026 and REM process SRB-CAMP-012","secondary_narrative_label":"Democratic Mandate Attack"},"response_id":null,"source_type":"Parliament","target_text":"Civil society sector; independent media; REM regulatory process","date_confidence":"exact","normalized_date":"2023-10-26","confidence_notes":"Exact date confirmed — passed Oct 26 2023 National Assembly. Multiple primary sources. Dual enabling function confirmed by research. Structural enabler — serves SRB-CAMP-011 and SRB-CAMP-012.","secondary_source_url":""}