Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Sergej Ivanov, Dimitrovgrad, 12.10.2025.

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Threats against the life and physical safety of journalists, Sergej Ivanov, Dimitrovgrad, 12.10.2025.

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Man
  • Victim(s) name
    Sergej Ivanov

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Far
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Far

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    12.10.2025
  • City
    Dimitrovgrad
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the Prosecutor’s Office
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    Public person(s)
  • Means of incidents and attacks
    Telephone (Call or sms)
  • Type of incident
    Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
  • Type of threat
    Explicit - to journalist(s)

  • Action by the authorities

  • Legal status of the case
    The procedure is in the phase of gathering information about all the circumstances of the case

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association informed international organizations and institutions

Journalist from portal FAR received a threat via a phone call, in which an unknown person said:

“…those who write lies about me, something could happen to them…”

The threat was issued after FAR journalist Sergej Ivanov posted a text on his Facebook profile about the possibility of opening a lignite mine near Dimitrovgrad, an initiative backed by the company “Vuković Benz.” This is a topic of great public importance, and the threat came just before the public discussion on the Draft Detailed Regulation Plan for the “Mazgoš” deposit, scheduled for October 13th. Ivanov has been covering this issue for a long time, which is undoubtedly of public significance and has sparked considerable public attention.