Pecat

Pecat is a weekly magazine with a nationalist and pro-Russian orientation. The weekly was critical towards the former government led by the Democratic Party, but their criticism of the government has moderated since the Serbian Progressive Party came to power. One of the editors in Pecat was Minister of Labour Aleksandar Vulin who is also close to the president of the Serbian Progressive Party, Aleksandar Vucic.

Key facts

Audience Share

0.6%

Ownership Type

private

Geographic Coverage

National

Content Type

paid content (200 RSD)

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Ownership

Ownership Structure

The publisher of Pecat is a closed joint stock company so their ownership is not visible in the public registry.

Voting Rights

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Company

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Facts

General Information

Founding Year

2007

Founder

Milorad Vucelic

Affiliated Interests Founder

Milorad Vucelic is a journalist and former member of the Socialist Party of Serbia. From 1977 until 1985 he was the director of the Student Cultural Centre, during which time, according to his biography, he was noticed for developing alternative cultural projects. Even though he positioned himself as a leftist and a fan of Che Guevara, Vucelic was close to the Serbian nationalist leader Slobodan Milosevic during the 1990s. He was the director of RTS at a time when RTS was used as an instrument of propaganda by Milosevic’s regime. His relationship with the Socialists ended in 1995, but from 1997 to 1998 he re-joined the party. After the murder of democratic Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in 2003, Vucelic was arrested in the police operation Sablja. Furthermore, an investigative television show and now web portal Insajder published a police report which stated that Vucelic was involved in cigarette smuggling during the 1990s, an allegation which he denied. Today, he is close to the ruling Serbian Progressive Party and serves as their defender in public. In October 2016 he was elected as president of the Partizan football club. Daily Vecernje Novosti appointed Vucelic as editor in chief in September 2017.