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First Culture Watch Award Goes to Vranje
The first ever Culture Watch Award for analytical and investigative reporting on cultural issues in the Balkans went to Valentina Milenkovic from Vranje.
Final BICCED Culture Conference in Belgrade
The closing event of the three-year project “Balkan Initiative for Cultural Cooperation, Exchange and Development”, BICCED, started on Thursday in Belgrade’s Youth Centre.
Balkan Fellowship Alumni Meet in Macedonia
The Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence has gathered 35 alumni from nine countries of the region in the Macedonian capital Skopje.
Culture Watch Award Shortlist Made
Four journalists from the region have made it to the Culture Watch Award shortlist.
Romanian Journalist Wins 2012 Balkan Fellowship Award
Sorana Stanescu, a journalist from Romania, takes first place in the 2012 Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence for her story about the job restrictions that have left migrant construction workers underpaid and vulnerable to exploitation.
Balkan Fellows Meet in Skopje
Ten fellows from the region met in Skopje for the final seminar of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence.
Balkan Cultural Policies – What is (to be) Done
The regional conference “Balkan Cultural Policies – What Is (to be) Done” will be held on November 28, 2012 in the Dom Omladine Beograda in Belgrade as the closing event of the three-year project “Balkan Initiative for Cultural Cooperation, Exchange and Development” – BICCED.
Journalists Gather for Fellowship Climax in Skopje
This year’s final gathering of participants from the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence is taking place in Skopje, between November 21 to 23.
BIRN Summer School Kicks Off in Macedonia
More than 20 journalists from all over the world are taking part in BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting at Lake Mavrovo in Macedonia.
New BIRN Board Meets in Belgrade
After the election of new Board members in November 2011, BIRN’s new Board and Steering Committee met for the first time in Belgrade from July 6 to July 8.
Balkan Transitional Justice a Hit on Facebook
In only three months, Balkan Transitional Justice (BTJ), a regional initiative of BIRN HUB, has acquired over 6,500 Facebook fans across four different pages.
Radio Launch: Regional Transitional Justice
Balkan Investigative Reporting Regional Network (BIRN) is launching a new monthly regional radio programme about transitional justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia, titled Putevi pravde in Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Rrugët e Drejtësisë in Albanian and По патот на правдата in Macedonian [Paths of Justice in English].
The participants in the 2012 Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence have been selected.
Here are their names, listed by country in alphabetical order:
Second Presentation of Balkan Transitional Justice in Belgrade
On Friday, March 10, Gordana Igric and members of the Balkan Transitional Justice team presented the newly launched programme to representatives from the OSCE, Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor, and the director of the Serbian news agency BETA, Ljubica Markovic.
Presentation for Serbian NGOs about the new programme “Balkan Transitional Justice”
On Wednesday, 7 March, BIRN HUB organized a meeting with Serbian NGOs in order to promote the new regional programme “Balkan Transitional Justice” which focuses on transitional justice issues in the post-Yugoslav region.
