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Digital Rights Training for Albanian Journalists: Applications Open
BIRN invites Albanian journalists to apply for a three-day training program designed to address rising concerns over digital rights and freedoms violations in the Balkans. The event, to be held in Durres, Albania, from June 15 to June 17, 2023, will provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of digital rights, focusing on reporting breaches, content blocking, manipulations, and propaganda in the digital realm.

BIRN Albania Holds Training on Illicit Financial Flows
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania on March 25 in Tirana held a training on illicit financial flows.

BIRN Albania Opens Call for Investigations on Public Administration and its Finances
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania launched a call for investigative stories on May 4, offering grants for four journalists to produce articles on topics related to public administration and finances.

BIRN Albania Holds Roundtable on Public Administration and Its Finances
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania on April 26 in Tirana held a roundtable between journalists and civil society organisations to discuss topics to investigate in the field of public administration and finances.

BIRN Albania Holds Five Regional Roundtables on Environment
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania over the last four weeks held a series of regional roundtables for civil society activists and journalists in order to discuss and brainstorm its coverage of environmental issues.

Bellingcat and BIRN Albania Hold Training on Far Right and OSINT
Two dozen journalists from national media in Albania participated on October 19 and 20 in a two-day training course on investigating far-right extremism and open search research methods.

BIRN Albania Holds Training on Data Journalism for Young Journalists
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania, BIRN Albania, on September 27-28 held a two-day training course on data-based journalism techniques and visualization for young journalists, strengthening their capacities in this field.

BIRN Albania Opens Call for Investigations on Healthcare
BIRN Albania launched a call for investigative stories on September 26, offering grants for three journalists to produce articles on the private and public health systems in Albania.

BIRN Albania Holds Roundtable on Healthcare
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania on September held a roundtable on the state of healthcare in the country.

BIRN Albania Publishes Manual on Organised Crime, Money Laundering
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania has published a new manual on investigating organized crime and money laundering.

BIRN Albania Publishes Criminal Assets Database
BIRN Albania on June 30 published its comprehensive database on Albanian court verdicts and requests made by prosecutor’s offices from 2010 to 2021 for the confiscation of criminal assets.

BIRN Albania Holds Training in Data Journalism
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania on July 4-5 held a two-day training in data journalism strengthening the capacities of local journalists to think critically.

BIRN Albania Holds Two-Day Training on Organized Crime
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania held a two-day training on June 20-21 in Tirana on money laundering and organized crime reporting.

BIRN Albania Call for Investigations on Environmental Issues
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania launched a call for investigative stories on June 15, offering grants for four journalists to produce articles on topics related to environment.

BIRN Albania Holds Discussion on the Environment
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania held a roundtable discussion in Tirana about the environment on Friday June 10.