Belgrade Journalist Survives Hand Grenade Attack
A hand grenade exploded early on Saturday 14 April, outside the home of Dejan Anastasijevic, a prominent journalist with the Belgrade-based Vreme weekly, causing damage but no injuries, according to a police statement.
BIRN to Hold Investigative Reporting Workshop
meet in Belgrade on April 13-14 to undergo training, review ongoing projects and
make further editorial plans.
Investigative Journalism Training in Montenegro
An investigative journalism training workshop for seven journalists was held in Montenegro from March 30 – April 1 in Podgorica, as part of BIRN’s ongoing Minority Training and Reporting project.
BIRN BiH Promotes New Press Code
BIRN BiH will in March together with the Press Council visit four cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to promote the new press code on journalistic ethics.
“Life in Kosovo” Debates the Economy
BIRN’s televised show Life in Kosovo, in its upcoming edition on April 6, will discuss economic issues and the problems Kosovo will face once its political status is determined.
BIRN trains journalists in Uganda
the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network between March 12 and 16.
Seminars on ICTY reporting in Skopje and Pristina
BIRN and the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, ICTY, are organising two seminars on reporting about the work of the ICTY for journalists from Kosovo and Macedonia next week in Pristina and Skopje.
BIRN to Hold Regional Event in Belgrade
Staff and contributors from throughout the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network will meet from April 12 –15 in Belgrade.
Life in Kosovo Discusses Refugee Returns
The upcoming edition of BIRN’s Life in Kosovo TV show on March 23 will look at the return of refugees and displaced persons to the territory.
New BIRN Coordinator Appointed in Croatia
activities in Croatia. He is currently editor of
the business programme Novac on Croatia’s Nova TV, and
has previously covered war crimes trials in The Hague as well as domestic
politics for various Croatian and international media.
BIRN to Run New Balkan Journalism Fellowship
A new fellowship programme for young journalists in the Balkans was launched on 19 March 2007, giving ten reporters annually the chance to research in-depth articles for a special publication. The Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence is an initiative of the the Robert Bosch Stiftung and ERSTE Foundation, which will be run in cooperation with BIRN.
Life in Kosovo Debates Visa Issues
On 9 March 2007, BIRN’s televised debate show will address the issue of visas and the numerous difficulties Kosovars have when seeking to travel abroad.
Life in Kosovo will look at the extent to which citizens are informed about procedures for obtaining visas, what diplomatic offices in Pristina offer, whether the territory is to be covered by visa liberalisation policies and who should negotiate for concessions in this regard.
Life in Kosovo Debates Electricity
The Life in Kosovo show this Friday, 02 March, will discuss electricity in Kosovo, with a particular focus on the new power plant Thermo Central Kosova.
Life in Kosovo debates wave of plagiarism
BIRN’s Life in Kosovo television show, in its 23 February edition, will look at how key texts published by Kosovo academics and scholars plagiarise others’ work.
With recent cases exposing how medical professors published books passing off the work of foreign authors as their own, the debate will also address more general concerns about the quality of studies at the Public University of Pristina.
Murder of Dusko Kondor condemned
BIRN condemns the brutal murder of Dusko Kondor, a Human Rights activist from Republika Srpska, and extends its sympathies to Mr. Kondor’s family and friends, as well as colleagues from the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Republika Srpska.
