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BIRN Albania Launches New Database on PPP Contracts
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania on December 21st published a comprehensive database on Public Private Partnership Contracts in Albania.
BIRN Albania and Swedish Embassy Hold Digital Integrity Debate
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania, together with the Swedish Embassy in Tirana, organised an online debate on December 11 that brought together together local, regional and international experts to discuss digital rights violations.
BIRN Albania Wins Integrity Award from Chamber of Commerce
The International Chamber of Commerce in Albania has recognized BIRN Albania for its media and journalism as part of its “Integrity Week” activities.
BIRN Albania Faces Lawsuit from Politically Connected Businessman
Businessman Mirel Mertiri has started a lawsuit against BIRN Albania, seeking damages and the retraction of an investigation that revealed his links to politicians and lucrative Public Private Partnerships, PPS, for the construction of three waste incinerators in Albania.
BIRN Albania and Together for Life Open Call for Investigations on Healthcare
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania and the Tirana-based human rights organisation Together for Life launched a call for investigative stories on December 1, offering grants for five journalists to produce articles on the health sector.
BIRN Albania Opens Call for Organised Crime Investigations
BIRN Albania launched a call for investigative stories on November 3, offering grants for three journalists to produce articles on organised crime themes.
BIRN Albania Holds Discussion on Organised Crime and Money-Laundering
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania held on a roundtable discussion on October 27 between investigative journalists and representatives of civil society organisations working to counter organised crime in Albania.
BIRN Serbia Journalist Wins CEI SEEMO Investigative Award
Natalija Jovanovic wins top award for her groundbreaking story on the number of COVID-related deaths in Serbia, which President Vucic initally rubbished, only for it to be confirmed later on.
EU Investigative Awards Presented in Albania
Presenting the annual awards, EU delegation commends authors of probing investigations into voting fraud, shoddy new builds and public officials’ extravagant travel expenses.
BIRN Albania Publishes Report on Internet Governance
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania has published a report entitled ‘Internet Governance in Albania and its Role in Media Freedom’.
BIRN Wins Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Award
To mark World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, campaign group Reporters Without Borders Austria awarded the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network with its annual Press Freedom Award – A Signal for Europe.
Albania: Call for Stories on COVID-19 and the Earthquake
BIRN Albania is opening a call for story proposals that shed light on how the authorities and society are responding to the COVID-19 epidemic and the aftermath of the deadly November 26th earthquake in Albania.
BIRN Albania Holds Workshop on Political Party Finances
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania, together with the Albanian Center of Quality Journalism, held a workshop on February 6 on political party financing.
BIRN Albania Launches ‘Urban Renaissance’ Database
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania on December 19 published its comprehensive database of the Urban Renaissance projects financed from 2014 until 2017 by the country’s centre-left government through the Fund for the Development of Regions.
BIRN Albania Holds Mobile Journalism Training for Students
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network in Albania held a three-day mobile video journalism training course in the city of Durres from November 14-16
