BIRN Hub News and Events

Journalists covering EU member countries and EU aspiring countries are invited to apply for grants to produce investigations shedding light on critical social, political and economic issues.

Three Montenegrin media outlets and three civil society organizations were trained on how to use the CER (Crowdsourcing Evidence, Engaging Citizens, Reporting Facts) tool in corruption-related investigations.

This year marks BIRN’s 20th anniversary. From exposing corruption to promoting human rights, BIRN’s investigative journalists collaborate across borders to find out the facts and tell people’s stories.

Four-day online training drew journalists from across the Western Balkans and the Visegrad countries to sessions led by expert regional trainers.

Join us for an insightful webinar on July 17, 2025, to explore the key findings of BIRN’s comprehensive regional report on surveillance and censorship in the Western Balkans.

Introducing Long Exposure, a podcast about politics, society and long-form journalism between the Balkans and the Baltic Coast

Training in Berlin focuses on the potential and shortcomings of AI for the non-profit media sector.

This year marks BIRN’s 20th anniversary. From exposing corruption to promoting human rights, BIRN’s investigative journalists collaborate across borders to find out the facts and tell people’s stories.

Investigative journalists, rights campaigners, political analysts, justice experts and representatives of international NGOs explain why the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network plays such an important role in the region.

When BIRN was founded two decades ago, media freedom in the Balkans faced serious challenges, but there was hope; now, the prospects are even bleaker.

From documentaries exposing war criminals to TV shows setting national political agendas, BIRN has produced hundreds of hours of television programmes and documentaries guided by the same principles that shape its investigative journalism.

As BIRN marks its 20th anniversary, here’s a diverse selection of investigations picked from two decades of in-depth reporting on one of Europe’s most complex and challenging regions.

Over the two decades since BIRN was founded, it has grown into a leading media NGO in the Balkan region, working across borders to produce high-quality investigative journalism but also supporting the development of independent media.

New report says legal safeguards regarding FoI have not translated into action in the six WB countries – where journalists continue to face stonewalling and harassment in their work.

Back in 2005, five women from countries recovering from brutal wars defied the odds to establish what would become a major independent media organisation – Balkan Investigative Reporting Network. Marking the 20th anniversary, this is their story.