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Story looking at European Commission’s proposal to scan for child sexual abuse material online is one of 13 nominations for this award.

Visit formed part of their regular mentorship activities within the Western Balkan Media for Change project.

Small radio station that punches above its weight marks an important anniversary and reflects on future goals and challenges.

Gordana Andric, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Andjela Milivojevic and Radmilo Markovic received awards for stories investigating embezzlement through public competitions, illegal constructions in Belgrade and image-based sexual abuse of women.

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

An investigation project into unmarked graves of migrants in Europe, which included a BIRN investigation, has won a top journalism prize.

Nejra Mulaomerovic is Programme Coordinator of BIRN’s Balkan Transitional Justice programme, a regional platform that aims to improve the public’s understanding of transitional justice issues in former Yugoslav countries.

Journalists from six Balkans countries were given training in vital modern newsroom techniques by BIRN.

Six journalists were handed awards at the EU Investigative Journalism Awards on September 30th.

A new BIRN report says a lack of funds and political will means that e-government services and open data provision in the Balkans remain very limited.

Behar Mustafa, Kreshnik Gashi, Alberta Hashani, Dardan Hoti, Aulonë Kadriu and Dafina Halili were selected from many colleagues as 2023’s winners of awards for best investigative stories in Kosovo, for stories that exposed corruption in building premits, judicial misconduct and online and image-based sexual abuse and harassment.

Local partners gathered in Belgrade to discuss challenges and lessons learned during implementation of the GIF regional project.

Journalists from Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and North Macedonia attending BIRN’s Regional Training Camp on Legally Safe and Crisis Reporting on September 18-20 in Bjelasnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, learned how to protect themselves and their newsrooms from different kinds of attacks, including physical attacks, legal actions such as SLAPP lawsuits, as well as how to preserve their digital security.

Media outlets from 10 Balkan and Visegrad countries are invited to apply for grants, training, mentoring, and access to BIRN’s innovative audience-engagement digital tool.

Aleksandra Bogdani is an investigative journalist for BIRN Albania. She has more than 20 years of experience as deputy editor-in-chief of daily newspapers in several newsrooms in Albania.