BIRN Serbia Launches New Programme for Journalists and Media in South Serbia
Vranje _ BIRN Serbia launched a multi-year project “Building Public Awareness in Multiethnic Areas”, supported by the UK Government, in Southern Serbia.
Justice Report Features in Karadzic Documentary
Justice Report Editor, was interviewed for a documentary on Karadzic’s arrest,
made by a NATO Review editor.The documentary on his arrest is part of a series
of documentaries, published on the NATO Review webpage: http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2008/07/EN/index.htm
Justice Report Attends OSCE Round Table in Doboj
BIRN – Justice Report presented its work on the reporting of war crimes trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to participants of the second round table on “Models of cooperation between prosecution and civil society in the field of war crimes processing”, held in Doboj.
Power struggle: Meeting Global Energy Challenges in the Balkans
BIRN Receives support from National Endowment for Democracy
Democracy has generously supported BIRN’s investigative training and publishing
project in Albania and Macedonia. The
aim of the project is to strengthen the skills of local journalists in Albania and Macedonia to help them produce professional, objective reporting on key
issues in the countries and the region. BIRN will also be able to help to
expand the reach and impact of local reporting on important issues affecting
the local populations.
Kosovo Journalist Wins BIRN Fellowship Prize
Hamidi, 26, has won first prize in this year’s Balkan Fellowship for
Journalistic Excellence for his article Power Games Delay Escape from
Poverty.
Publication of Annual Report for 2007
outlining the major activities of the Network during the previous year. The
report, 58 pages long is divided into three parts.
Sandzak and South Serbia Journalists Study War Crimes Reporting
Belgrade _ BIRN Serbia together with the OSCE mission in Serbia organised a three day study visit for journalists from South and Southwest Serbia on reporting war crimes trials.
BIRN BiH and BIRN Hub’s New Address in Sarajevo
BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina and BIRN Regional have moved office in Sarajevo. The new address is Kosevo 14/1, 71000 Sarajevo, while the phone numbers remain the same. For contact details of all BIRN organisations please visit: http://www.birn.eu.com/en/1/260/77/
Project Proposal Design Workshop
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network worked with forumZFD – the German Forum Civil Peace Service – to jointly respond to the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights’ call for project proposals.
Justice Report at School of Journalism
Nidzara Ahmetasevic, the editor for BIRN – Justice Report was one of the trainers at the Summer School of Journalism in Sarajevo at the beginning of September.
British Government Gives its Support to Justice Report
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, through the UK Embassy in Sarajevo, has generously provided BIRN BIH with funding to support its Justice Report publication for 2008 and 2009.
NED and OSCE support for BIRN BiH
The National Endowment for Democracy, NED, and the OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina will support BIRN’s Radio Justice Project.
Radio Justice
BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina’s new project, Radio Justice, started broadcasting daily reports on August 11, 2008.