Trial concludes in ex-railway official's SLAPP suit against KRIK; verdict pending

The Higher Court in Belgrade has concluded proceedings in one of Jelena Tanasković's defamation lawsuits against investigative outlet KRIK. Tanasković, former director of Infrastructure of Railways, is accused in the Novi Sad canopy collapse case; her lawyer denies the suit is a SLAPP. The verdict is pending, and the outcome will test Serbia's judicial handling of strategic lawsuits against public participation.