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Bosnian Serb parliament in session
08 February 2010
The parliament of Bosnia's Serb dominated entity, Republika Srpska, will hold a special session on Tuesday to discuss a draft law on referendum in defiance of repeated calls by the international community against the move.
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09 February 2010 The UN envoy in the Athens-Skopje “name” dispute, Matthew Nimetz, will pay a visit to Skopje for a fresh round of talks with Macedonian leaders on February 23.
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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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Macedonia 'Coming Out' of Recession
Albanian Leaders to Hold Crisis Talks
Romania: MP's Immunity to Be Stripped Again
Bosnia: Three Acquitted on War Crimes Charges
Serbia Has 'Illusions' on EU Accession Date
Bulgaria Criticized over Minority Rights
Macedonia, Albania Discuss Corridor 8
12 Detained in Montenegro Drug Bust
Thaci Asks ISG to Support Strategy for Kosovo North
Investigation: Son's Search For Father Uncovers Albanian Mass Grave
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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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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.
