Twice in previous court proceedings, former members of the State Security Service Radomir Marković, Milan Radonjić, Ratko Romić and Miroslav Kurak were sentenced to a total of 100 years in prison. Now, after the decision of the Court of Appeal, they are exonerated and free. Despite all the pressure and demands by domestic and international journalistic organizations, including the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (which also had its own observer at the
Slavko Ćuruvija, Serbian journalist and publisher, founder of the newspapers "Nedeljni Telegraf", "Dnevni Telegraf" and "Evropljanin" was killed on Orthodox Easter Sunday, April 11, 1999. He was shot from behind. One shot hit him in the head. The second went through his heart. A total of 17 bullets were fired at him. The killers pistol-whipped Slavko s wife Branka Prpa unconscious.