News and Events

BIRN Serbia Launches New Programme for Journalists  and Media in South Serbia

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 Features in Karadzic Documentary

Nidzara Ahmetasevic, BIRN’s
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

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

Power struggle: Meeting Global Energy Challenges in the Balkans

Power struggle: Meeting Global Energy Challenges in the Balkans showcases the original research of ten journalists selected from Southeast Europe to participate in the 2008 programme of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence.
BIRN Receives support from National Endowment for Democracy

BIRN Receives support from National Endowment for Democracy

The National Endowment for
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

Kosovo Journalist Wins BIRN Fellowship Prize

Lavdim
Hamidi, 26, has won first prize in this year’s Balkan Fellowship for
Journalistic Excellence for his article Power Games Delay Escape from
Poverty
.
Life in Kosovo Discusses the Justice System

Life in Kosovo Discusses the Justice System

This week’s episode debates Kosovo’s justice system.
Publication of Annual Report for 2007

Publication of Annual Report for 2007

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has published its first annual report
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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Radio Justice

BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina’s new project, Radio Justice, started broadcasting daily reports on August 11, 2008.