Proceedings on the journalist's complaint: The trial was postponed, the judge was absent

The trial of the lawsuit filed by the director of the Center for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro, Milka Tadić Mijović, and her colleague, Monitor editor Milena Perović Korać, due to insults and hate speech in Pobjeda texts from June 2011 to April 2012, was postponed to October 19.

This time, judge Danilo Jegdić was not at his workplace, and the court announced that he was at a seminar.

The tax administration should provide data on the old and new Pobjeda, according to which the court should determine whether it is in fact the same company.

At the last hearing, lawyer Aleksandar Đurišić asked for the extension of the lawsuit to the current Pobjeda, stating that it is registered under the same registration number as the former state Pobjeda in the Central Register of Business Entities (CRPS).

The proceedings are being conducted against the state, Pobjeda and the editor at the time, Srđan Kusovac.

The journalists testifying earlier pointed out that the texts of Marko Vešović and Šekio Radončić, which were published by the state Pobjeda for years, were unprecedented hate speech, that they were full of untruths, slander and calls for violence against all who represented independent media.

After four years since the filing of the lawsuit, the procedure has not even been completed in the first instance.