Crta

Calmest, cleanest and the best campaign so far

“I would like to congratulate the others on a fair and honest campaign. I believe this was the calmest, cleanest and the best campaign so far. Since ever.”

July 22, 2020

Third of RTS political programme for Aleksandar Vucic

Political pressure on RTS with its programme dominated by ruling parties, is not an isolated example, in fact, it is very similar to the issues the Croatian public broadcasting company is facing, as our interviewees claim. Istinomer compared RTS and HRT, and used the BBC, the oldest public broadcasting service in the world, as an […]

February 21, 2020

Crnjanski: I don’t understand how you can stay on the side-lines when you know you’re being lied to

The Truth-o-Meter is marking its tenth anniversary. Established as the first portal in Serbia and the region to evaluate truthfulness and consistency in politicians’ statements, insisting on accountability for public speech, the Truth-o-Meter is today a relevant source of information not only for readers but also for other media. Even in these times when the […]

February 4, 2020

Political Turncoats: Superficial Switch or True Change of Heart?

The phenomenon of political “turncoats” in Serbia is nothing new. However, party-switching used to happen far from the public eye, whereas conversions are now becoming more and more public — not least because they provide parties with an excuse for a press conference — and are bringing local politics into disrepute, according to the Centre […]

December 27, 2019

Resolution of the affair of (mis)use of official vehicles during elections in Lucani is in sight

The special department of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for the Fight against Corruption in Novi Sad received the first reports from the police, as well as from certain public enterprises regarding the criminal complaints of the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA) for the misuse of official vehicles during last year’s elections in Lucani. […]

June 17, 2019

European Commission: electoral conditions have to be improved as soon as possible

CRTA team went through the latest report on Serbia published by the “outgoing” European Commission yesterday. During the period of waiting the European Parliament elections to be over to publish the report, there was a debate in the public whether it would be similar to the previous reports – neutral and general – or this […]

May 31, 2019

Precisely 35 MPs do not participate in one part of Assembly work

“Precisely 35 MPs occasionally do not want to participate in one part of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia work.”

May 26, 2019

Parliamentary boycott and then what

The situation in Parliament has deteriorated significantly over the past several years. The ruling majority has monopolized the legislative process in this parliamentary convocation. However, the fact that the abuse of procedures has upstaged the space for controlling the work of the Government and discussing the law proposals has worsened the relations with the opposition […]

May 24, 2019