BIRN Albania News and Events

Two journalists from BIRN Albania have been honoured with the 2025 EU Award for Investigative Journalism in Albania, winning second prize for their outstanding contributions to public-interest reporting.

BIRN’s documentary “Painting in the Darkness”, which tells the story of an artist imprisoned as a political dissident and whose works were confiscated by Albania’s repressive communist regime, was screened on Thursday at the “NNW” International Film Festival in Gdynia, Poland.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania organized a three-day training in the ciy of Durrës from September 19 to 21.

We are offering grants for three talented journalists to delve deep into environment-related topics, uncover hidden truths, and shed light on critical issues affecting Albanian citizens.

On September 11, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania held a roundtable in Tirana on environmental issues, bringing together journalists and experts from civil society organizations.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania (BIRN Albania) is announcing an open call for applications to produce in-depth articles on electoral integrity and political discourse in Albania.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania held a training session on project management for civil society and media organisations in Tirana in May.

In the lead-up to the May 11 parliamentary elections, BIRN Albania in cooperation with the Central Election Commission (CEC) organised a two-day roundtable bringing together 40 journalists from leading national and local media to discuss electoral challenges and the role of the media in the democratic process.

BIRN Albania is inviting experienced international experts or evaluation teams to apply for a consultancy to assess the implementation and impact of its Strategic Plan for the period 2021–2025.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania held a training session from February 28 to March 1 in Durres for journalists on organised crime and corruption reporting.

Report looks at the financial integrity of political campaigning in the 2023 elections, identifying systemic weaknesses in financial disclosures and proposing reforms.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania, BIRN Albania, and the Centre for Science and Innovation for Development, SCiDEV, have published their latest report, Annual Report 2024: Tracking Albania’s Progress on Media Freedom and Journalistic Safety in Line with EU Standards.

BIRN Albania is launching a second call for sub-grants in support of local media outlets in Albania (NGOs), which will provide them with technical, editorial and financial resources to report independently, ethically and in a gender-balanced way.

Training equips participants with ways to identify campaign-related financial spending on social media, detect disinformation and address hate speech and unethical practices.

On December 10, BIRN Albania launched the monitoring report, “Transparency and Accessibility in the Health and Education Systems,” during a roundtable event in Tirana.