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New remains found at Barracks 313
08 February 2010 Criminologists probing a communist execution site find new remains, while Albania’s prime minister describes the discovery as “shocking” and calls for the creation of an institute that will seek to find the graves of thousands of others still missing.
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Skull found in mass grave
06 February 2010 Years after the collapse of the Stalinist regime, many families of Albanians executed by the communists are still desperately looking for the bodies of their relatives.
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Berane
08 February 2010 The business centre "Evropa", located in the Montenegrin town of Berane and home to three university faculties, was completely burnt in a fire on Sunday morning.
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Thaci Asks ISG to Support Strategy for Kosovo North
Bosnia: Courage Award for Montenegro Officer
Macedonia Committed to EU and NATO Future
Serbian Actor to Appear Before US Court
Bosnian Teen Fakes Robbery, Gets Dad Fined
Romania Unemployment Climbs Further
Kosovo: 500 Workers Protest at Dubrava Prison
IMF Mission Arrives in Belgrade
Sofia: Five-Year Ban on GMOs to Be Proposed
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Investigation
Pristina hospital
14 January 2010
Investigation sheds light on corrupt practice of doctors referring patients to their own clinics for treatment, emergency centres left unstaffed, broken equipment and unequal deployment of specialists.
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02 February 2010
The uneven policies of EU countries towards enlargement in the Western Balkans and Turkey are sending the wrong message to the region.
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05 February 2010 The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is looking for a Development Coordinator to manage our relationships with our stakeholders in NGOs, governments, foundations and other grant giving bodies.
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04 February 2010 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.
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22 January 2010 The Robert Bosch Stiftung and ERSTE Foundation, in cooperation with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, announce the launch of the fourth year of their prestigious fellowship programme for journalists in the Balkans.
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07 January 2010 Life in Kosovo broadcast an interview with the head of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Stephen Heintz.
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24 December 2009 Life in Kosovo broadcast a debate on the findings of a one-year monitoring of the health sector conducted by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN).
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02 September 2009
Journalists and editors of public broadcasting services from former-Yugoslavia believe that interest in war-crimes reporting among the general public is decreasing.
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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.
“Identity: The Search for Belonging in a Changing Europe”, a book composed of the 10 articles by this year's Fellows, will be launched in Berlin on November 27th, at the closing ceremony of the 2009 Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence programme.
