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U.S. Ambassador to Albania John L. Withers
12 March 2010 The US Ambassador in Tirana panned on Friday a series of proposed amendments to the law on the State Security Service, SHISH.
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Pristina
11 March 2010 A mild earthquake on Wednesday has raised concerns about the number of illegal builds – most of which could not withstand a severe quake, experts warn.
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U.S. State Department
12 March 2010 Corruption, media freedom, and discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities are just some of the problems found in the Balkans, according to the 2009 US State Department report on human rights around the world.
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Bosnian Serbs Angry over Actions in Ganic Case
Quint Denies it Demanded Kosovo Govt Sacking
Bulgaria Protests Macedonia Court Ruling
'Serbian Davos' Comes to a Close
Silajdzic Complains of Ganic 'Mistreatment' in UK
Macedonia Minister Survives Dismissal Motion
Romanian Unionists Protest Over Wage Laws
Returned Asylum Seekers Arrive in Region
Croatians Looking Abroad For Jobs
Albanian FM Belgrade Visit Aims to Warm Ties
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Investigation
Skull found in mass grave
09 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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09 March 2010
In spite of its current economic troubles, the broad thrust of Greek foreign policy – on the Macedonia name dispute and other issues – will remain unaltered.
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11 March 2010 Outdated laws in the field of culture, delays in adopting new legislation a lack of transparency, insufficient budget for cultural activity, partitocracy in cultural institutions – election of leaders based on political affiliation rather than expertise, a lack of tax benefits for investment in culture, poor regulations of the art market, vague criteria for the award of funds finance in 'open competition', a lack of long term financing for projects and institutions, marginalisation of productions in the independent cultural scene.
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10 March 2010
Balkan Fellowship team members are engaged in selecting the best candidates for this year’s programme, on the topic of ‘Taboo’. The exact number of eligible applications received per country is the following: Serbia 42, Romania 27, Croatia 19, Bulgaria 15, Albania 12, Bosnia & Herzegovina 10, Kosovo 6, Macedonia 6, and Montenegro 6.
05 March 2010
Maja Hrgovic, winner of the 1st Fellowship for jounalistic exellence prize for 2009, has recently published her first book, complilation of fiction stories.
28 January 2010 Life in Kosovo featured a debate on Kosovo’s visa liberalisation process and integration into European Union structures.
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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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26 February 2010 Belgrade, Nis - BIRN Serbia continued with training activities during February within the project of supporting the media from the South of 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.
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.
