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Journalist Vuk Maras Barred, Deported from Belgrade Airport.

7/9/2026

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Vuk Maras was denied entry at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport on 6 July 2026 and deported.
The Association of Independent Electronic Media, SafeJournalists Network and International Press Institute urged Serbian authorities to lift the bans.
Radomir Krackovic, Media Union of Montenegro president, warned that using journalists as bargaining chips harms media cooperation.
Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajic said the bans are not reciprocal because Dragan J. Vucicevic repeatedly insults Montenegro.

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Vuk Maras was denied entry at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport on 6 July 2026 and deported.
The Association of Independent Electronic Media, SafeJournalists Network and International Press Institute urged Serbian authorities to lift the bans.
Radomir Krackovic, Media Union of Montenegro president, warned that using journalists as bargaining chips harms media cooperation.
Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajic said the bans are not reciprocal because Dragan J. Vucicevic repeatedly insults Montenegro.