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EULEX policemen
29 July 2010 The home of Azem Syla, a former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander, was searched by the EU rule of law mission yesterday in connection with the Nazim Bllaca case.
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Aleksinac after the NATO bombing
28 July 2010 More than 800 residents of the Serbian town of Aleksinac have signed an initiative for the construction of a statue and memorial park named after former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
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Armed EULEX officers outside the Ministry of Transport (archive)
29 July 2010 An IT administrator has been arrested on suspicion of having wiped the Kosovo Ministry of Tranport’s server as the EU rule of law mission carried out corruption raids connected to the minister of transport, Fatmir Limaj.
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Romania to Cooperate With France on Roma Row
Serbia Launches Works on Corridor 11 Section
Serbia Submits Draft Resolution on Kosovo to UN
Montenegro: No Evidence of Mass Grave in Andrijevica
Ejup Ganic Returns Home to Hero’s Welcome
Morgan Freeman Arrives in Sarajevo for Film Fest
Serbia MPs Elect New Central Bank Governor
EU Appoints New Chief of Mission in Kosovo
Croatia Closes Two EU Accession Chapters
SFF Docu Corner Hosts Documentary Directors
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Investigation
27 July 2010
Third official campaign to suppress cash-only economy by forcing companies to use registers looks like running into sand again - drawing complaints that the machines don’t work and claims of conflicts of interest.
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Matthew Parish
28 July 2010
The Judges’ opinion will fuel suspicions that power, not law, is the fundamental factor behind the success or failure of secessionist movements.
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27 July 2010 Places are still available for the BIRN summer school for an all-inclusive course fee of €549, which covers tuition, accommodation, meals and activities. However, the August 9th deadline is approaching fast, so please submit your application without delay.
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28 July 2010
This Thursday, Life in Kosovo discusses the issue of wearing headscarves in public institutions.
22 July 2010 Journalists from South East Europe still have time to apply for full scholarship to attend BIRN’s unique Summer School of Investigative Reporting from August 22 to 28 within the Petrovaradin Fortress, in the stunning Fruska Gora National Park.
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25 July 2010 Life in Kosovo broadcasted a debate on the quality and accuracy of school textbooks in Kosovo.
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25 July 2010 Life in Kosovo discussed the implementation of Kosovo’s constitution in its second year since ratification.
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04 May 2010 On April 27 and 28 the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, in collaboration with USAID's Judicial Sector Development Programme, continued a training course for journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina reporting on war-crimes trials conducted before cantonal and district courts.
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Training is BIRN’s core activity, aimed to strengthen professional capacities of journalists and media outlets across the region.
BIRN training activities are designed to build journalists professional skill to produce relevant reporting that has an impact on societies, opinion-shapers and decision-makers in the Balkans.
Justice Report is a specialist reporting agency focusing on war crimes trials taking place before local courts; development of the local legal system; and efforts to come to terms with the past.
The Minority Media Training and
Reporting Project aims to improve standards of journalism in areas of Serbia with substantial
minority populations and to improve understanding of minority issues among the
mainstream population, thereby challenging the current mood of suspicion and
misunderstanding.
At the beginning of 2010 BIRN network published Digging Deeper - A Guide for Investigative Journalists in the Balkans, written in cooperation with Sheila Coronel, Director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism and professor of professional practice at Columbia University, New York.
