BIRN Albania News and Events

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.

BIRN Albania launched a call for investigative stories on November 29, offering grants to three journalists to produce articles on the private and public health systems in Albania.

November 25 roundtable discussed mismanagement and corruption in the health system – and ways to improve service delivery.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania (BIRN Albania) and the Science for Innovation Development Centre (SCiDEV) are seeking a pool of experts to assist in the development of internal procedures for local media organisations.

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania (BIRN Albania) in partnership with the Science for Innovation Development Centre, SCiDEV and Qendra Faktoje is announcing an open call for applications, offering grants to local journalists and researchers to produce research papers and in-depth analyses on media freedom and journalists’ safety in Albania.

Vladimir Karaj has been an editor at BIRN Albania (Reporter.al) since June 2017. Before starting at BIRN, he worked since 2002 for various media outlets as a journalist and editor.

Report blames weak editorial procedures and lack of resources for much of the hostile anti-Western disinformation flowing into the Albanian-language media.

On October 25, BIRN Albania presented the main findings of BIRN’s regional report, “Open Data and Digitalization in the Western Balkans: The State of Play”, to an audience of 25 drawn from the media, research and activist sectors.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania held three open lectures at Albanian universities and one roundtable on disinformation narratives against NATO and the EU in Albanian media, with more than 110 participants.

Six journalists were handed awards at the EU Investigative Journalism Awards on Thursday for outstanding stories published in Albania last year.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania and Civic Resistance on September 30 and October 3 held two roundtables in Shkodra and Vlora on transparency and accountability in the education and health systems in Albania.