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Media Ownership Monitor – Albania

Media Ownership Monitor – Albania

Audience and market concentration distorts the Albanian media market. The resulting lack of plurality can be detected in television and radio but also with the printed press. This is one of the results of the three-months-long investigative research that the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania (BIRN Albania) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have jointly carried out.

Media Reporting on Organised Crime and Corruption in Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia

Media Reporting on Organised Crime and Corruption in Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia

A regional comparison of how media report on cases of organized crime and corruption in Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia analysing the main obstacles faced by reporters.

Ratko Mladic Trial E-Book

Ratko Mladic Trial E-Book

E-book entitled ‘Ratko Mladic: From Battlefield to Courtroom’ was published in November 2017, ahead of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic’s war crimes verdict.

Kosovo War Crimes Court E-Book

Kosovo War Crimes Court E-Book

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has published an e-book about the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, aiming to increase understanding about the newly-established court that will try ex-guerrillas for crimes during and after the war.

Film ‘Your House was My Home’

Film ‘Your House was My Home’

Documentary ‘Your House was My Home’, which tells how Serbs and Croats from Kula in Croatia and Hrtkovci in Serbia swapped houses and moved to each other’s villages after the outbreak of war in 1991, had its television premiere on Al Jazeera Balkans in September 2017.

Media Ownership Monitor – Serbia

Media Ownership Monitor – Serbia

Research by BIRN and the German branch of Reporters without Borders, presented in June 2017, highlights the extent to which the Serbian media space has become dominated by a handful of broadcasters and media companies.

Control and Freedom of Media – Journalists’ Testimonies

Control and Freedom of Media – Journalists’ Testimonies

Serbian media outlets’ economic weakness means journalists are vulnerable to pressure on their reporting, suggests research conducted as part of a project involving BIRN, the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia and the Slavko Curuvija Foundation.

BIRN Kosovo Court Monitoring Report 2015

BIRN Kosovo Court Monitoring Report 2015

BIRN Kosovo court monitoring report paid particular attention to trials related to corruption but also addressed several other problems that were observed during fieldwork.

BIRN Albania Publishes Online Court and Crime Reporting Manual

BIRN Albania Publishes Online Court and Crime Reporting Manual

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania has published an online court and crime reporting manual which aims to strengthen the capacities of local journalists to report on complex cases from local courts and law enforcement institutions.

Municipalities Uncovered: New BIRN Macedonia Database Published

Municipalities Uncovered: New BIRN Macedonia Database Published

Ahead of the October 15 local elections, BIRN Macedonia published ‘Municipalities Uncovered’, a database on the promises and accomplishments of mayors in the 80 Macedonian municipalities plus the capital, Skopje, during their current mandate.
“Missing you…”

“Missing you…”

“Missing You…” is a documentary that depicts the suffering and reality facing people who lost family members during times of peace and war.

The Silent Scream

The Silent Scream

“Silent Scream” is a documentary that depicts the trauma that sexual abuse victims still feel twenty years after the end of the Bosnian war.

BIRN Activities and Achievements

BIRN Activities and Achievements

BIRN Network Activities and Achievements: 2016-2017
BIRN Network Activities and Achievements: 2015-2016

BIRN Network Activities and Achievements: 2015-2016

BIRN strives to empower people to access their rights by providing accurate and relevant information and creating opportunities for them to participate in democratic processes.
BIRN Network Visibility, Reach and Impact - 2016 Annual Report

BIRN Network Visibility, Reach and Impact – 2016 Annual Report

The Annual Report presents the entire range of BIRN’s activities across the region from the perspectives of visibility, reach and impact.

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