News and Events

New report says legal guarantees on access to information across region are strong on paper, but journalists still face administrative silence, delays, weak enforcement and inconsistent institutional practice.

Irvin Pekmez joined BIRN BiH (Detektor.ba) in 2020. Almost six years later, he says, BIRN is ’bigger – and expectations of the editorial team and of me have naturally evolved’.

On June 30, 2026, BIRN Kosovo launched its fifth and concluding monitoring report on the National Strategy for the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism (2023–2028) titled Institutional Challenges and Progress in Prevention of Terrorism in Kosovo.

Report looks at factors preventing women, non-majority communities and others from exercising their property rights equally to others.

Closing event attended by Kosovo’s Acting President – who said end of project was not end of search for truth about missing from Kosovo war.

Training focused on navigating the challenges that AI and emerging technologies present to media and civil society.

Fast stories fade. The important ones need digging.
Applications are now open for the BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting 2026. This is a space for journalists who want to move beyond daily reporting and focus on real investigative work.

On June 15, 2026, BIRN Kosovo organised the Regional Roundtable on Digital Violence Against Women: Strengthening Media, Civil Society, and Institutional Responses, which brought together journalists, researchers, legal experts, civil society representatives and other Kosovo and Albania stakeholders.

Representatives of BIRN Hub participated in several discussions at the POINT Conference in Sarajevo, focusing on digital rights monitoring, online gender-based violence and the growing challenges facing civic space in the digital sphere.

BIRN Macedonia organised an online national consultation meeting on violations of women’s rights in the digital sphere on June 11.

Debate followed screening of film on missing persons from the war and the lasting trauma this has created in Kosovo society.

Public debate following screening of film is part of eights such events organised across Kosovo focusing on missing persons from war.

BIRN Kosovo is pleased to announce the official launch of the second cycle of Kosovo Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence. The program is modeled after the renowned Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, which has been supporting investigative journalism since 2007.

Agreement on scientific, educational and professional cooperation hailed as marking step forward for joint research and education.

On June 2, BIRN organised a roundtable discussion on women’s safety in the digital space, bringing together representatives of civil society organisations, media, institutions and human rights advocates from Montenegro and Serbia.