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The election pits pro-European parties against nationalists
10 May 2008 Belgrade _ Serbian nationals living abroad and eligible to vote are casting their ballots in four countries.
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Serbian Government in session
09 May 2008 Belgrade _ Serbia's caretaker government has adopted two crucial deals ahead of Sunday's decisive election.
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09 May 2008 Pristina _ Serbia's local elections in Kosovo could lead to the strengthening of the Kosovo Serbs' rival administration, the UN Chief in Kosovo warns.
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Kosovo Hardline Group Protests Serb Polls
Russia Neutral on Serbia-EU Deal
Kosovo: Democracy Will Prevail in Serbia
Balkan Insight Prompts Kosovo Suspension
Fair Election Code Signed in Macedonia
Serb War Crimes Suspect’s Trial Postponed
First Black Candidate in Macedonia Polls
Ex-Yugoslav Pilot Who Killed Diplomats Freed
Croatia Tops Emerging Tourist Destination List
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Tomislav Nikolic
08 May 2008
Belgrade _ Belgrade will send troops to protect Kosovo Serbs if the UN leaves the territory, a Serbian nationalist leader claims.
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Balkan Insight Latest Issue
10 May 2008
Serbia’s Election looks set to end in a dead heat between the two rival political blocs, ushering in fresh turmoil and even the spectre of new polls this autumn.
By Richard Cowper in Belgrade
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08 May 2008
Seeking a better cut of the giant, undersupplied market encircling Serbia,
local beef producers back closer ties to the European Union.
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07 May 2008
The signing of the SAA with Brussels may have won the election in Serbia for Boris Tadic’s pro-Western coalition.
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31 March 2008
Balkan Insight
lifts the lid on the trail of financial irregularities in key ministry tasked
with ‘upholding the law’ - a trail that leads right to the top.
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05 May 2008
Forget the election battle on May 11. The
truly decisive battle that decided Serbia’s destiny took place centuries ago,
though most Serbs have forgotten all about it.
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21 April 2008 This year's edition of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic
Excellence was inaugurated on Thursday in Berlin.
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10 March 2008 Marking
International Women’s Day, Gordana Igric, founder and Regional director of the
Balkans Investigative Reporting Network and investigative journalist, explored
the power of journalism to expose rape and impunity at the third annual
“International Movement to Stop Violence Against Women: Sharing Strategies”
conference in Chicago, Illinois.
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07 May 2008 As a regional network of
investigative reporting, BIRN will discuss this week about the problems and
challenges in the Presevo Valley. This week, three debates will be
shown both in Kosovo and Serbia, aiming to inform the citizens of
Presevo Valley about the platform of the political parties who
run in the parliamentary and local elections in Serbia
on May 11.
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01 May 2008 On Thursday, the televised debate on current affairs,
“Life in Kosovo” hosted a discussion marking the International Day of Press
Freedom.
During the debate, panellists spoke about how much
freedom there is in Kosovo’s press.
How free are reporters to write what
they like? Are there key issues that are not being investigated or are
journalists being intimidated and how prudent are they in writing? Does business
and politics influence media reporting?
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17 April 2008 This Thursday’s, “Life in Kosovo” show,
discussed the performance of the government of Republic of Kosovo
in its first 100 days. The show focused at whether the election promises given
by the coalition partners, Kosovo Democratic Party and the Democratic League of
Kosovo have been fulfilled.
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26 March 2008 Nis – BIRN, together with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s mission in Serbia organised a one day workshop on the role of the media during elections for journalists from southern Serbia.
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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.
September 28, 2006 – 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.
Follow our Fellows:
read the latest blogs of the Fellowship journalists as they research around Europe
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BIRN Film Now Available To Own:
Click here to buy a copy of 'Does Anyone Have a Plan?,' BIRN's feature-length documentary on Kosovo's final status.
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