RTS without news and Morning Program this morning: "We are adjusting the program schedule due to difficult working circumstances"

After the Morning Program was not broadcast this morning, the Morning News began at its regular time of eight o'clock.

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The Morning Program, which is broadcast every day, did not start at six o'clock this morning on Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), and the news was not broadcast at seven o'clock either.

The news was broadcast at six o'clock, but without a presenter and with pre-prepared reports.

The blockade of RTS facilities in Belgrade is ongoing, which students and citizens began on Monday at 22 p.m., but the Morning Program and news have so far been broadcast at regular times.

Several hundred students and citizens are also in front of the Palilula Market, at the place where the police escorted RTS workers to the side entrance of the building yesterday morning.

Footage emerged on social media showing RTS employees reaching the entrance this morning, without police escort, but failing to enter the television building.

The film "Exodus: Gods and Kings" was shown on RTS this morning.

RTS announced that they are adjusting their programming schedule due to difficult working circumstances.

After the Morning Program was not broadcast this morning, the Morning News began at its regular time of eight o'clock.

RTS stated in a statement on its website that the blockade of its facilities, which prevented employees from entering their workplaces, is illegal.

"Students and citizens blocking the public service media facilities allowed several RTS security guards into the buildings, which enabled the replacement of some of the workers securing the facilities and protection systems. This reduced the risk of potential incidents and accidents," the statement reads.

RTS had previously appealed to those gathered to enable the replacement of security workers, which was carried out every 24 hours, due to potential dangers, as security employees are trained to operate fire protection systems, as well as other systems necessary for the functioning of the facilities.

Several hundred students and citizens spent the third night in front of RTS on Belgrade's Takovska Street, which they have been blocking since Monday at 22 p.m.

Several hundred students and citizens are also in front of the Palilula Market, at the place where the police escorted RTS workers to the side entrance of the building yesterday morning.

The streets around the market are blocked by fences and containers that are blocking the roadway, reports a Beta agency reporter.

Student security guards said that there was no attempt to bring employees into RTS this morning.

Actor Nenad Hadži Marić, activists from the "Belgrade Remains" initiative, and bikers have been among those gathered at that location since this morning.

Students are blocking all entrances to the public media service building, demanding that a new competition be announced for members of the REM Council, or that RTS be shut down, saying that they will remain blocked until one of these demands is met.

Takovska Street is still blocked to traffic, and those gathered since this morning have been making noise by blowing whistles, playing music over loudspeakers and shouting "Nobody is tired, RTS is blocked."

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