Serbia's president apologizes for calling state TV reporter an 'imbecile' over coverage of protests

Serbia's president apologizes for calling state TV reporter an 'imbecile' over coverage of protests

Serbia’s populist president has apologized for calling a reporter with the state TV broadcaster an “imbecile” after her report from a massive anti-government protest over the weekend.

Vucic said that, as president, “I have no right to call anyone a fool and I apologize.”

Journalists and media workers from Niš have announced that they do not accept President Aleksandar Vučić's apology to RTS Niš correspondents and that they are suspending reporting on all presidential activities until an appropriate public apology is made. The statement is reproduced in full: We, the undersigned journalists and media workers from Niš, do not accept the apology of the President of the State of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, to RTS Niš …

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic apologized on Monday for calling a reporter for a state-run TV channel an “imbecile” after her reporting on a mass anti-government protest over the weekend.

Vučić se izvinio građanima i dopisništvu RTS iz Niša

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