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Electoral debate: Obilic

Electoral debate: Obilic

In the “Life in Kosovo” electoral debate in the Municipality of Obilic, seven candidates running for Mayor have promised to fight pollution, competing with one another over who would plant more trees if elected. Respiratory diseases and cancer are 30 percent more present in Obilic than in other municipalities due to pollution caused by the power plants. Some of the candidates have asked that a portion of the profit generated from the coal be given to the municipality where majority of reserves are located. The audience of about 300 citizens, who took part in the debate, was very noisy, especially when the current Mayor, Mehmet Krasniqi, spoke.

Electorla debate: Suhareka

Electorla debate: Suhareka

Three MPs were among the six candidates for mayor of Suhareka, who appeared in televised debate held by BIRN Kosovo. MPs Bali Muharremaj, AAK, Rame Vataj, PDK and Sali Asllani from LDK, in the “Life in Kosovo” debate, tried to make a case for their candidacies even though they’ve seldom raised issues and concerns of the Suhareka citizens in the Parliament. Other candidates running for Mayor of Suhareka are Bajram Tershani from the Justice Party, Ibish Ahmeti from Vetevendosje and Nisret Hysenaj, an independent candidate.

BIRN Serbia Holds Fifth National Budget Forum

BIRN Serbia Holds Fifth National Budget Forum

BIRN Serbia and Pro Concept held their fifth national budget forum at the National Assembly in Belgrade on 27 November, where panelists and participants offered their opinions and debated the proposed 2014 budget and the projected outcomes of the Serbian administration’s budgetary policy.

Journalists meet to discuss cross border investigations

Journalists meet to discuss cross border investigations

Journalists received bespoke investigative training as they prepared major cross-border stories into crime and corruption in the Balkans.

Jeta Xharra Awarded for Promoting Women

Jeta Xharra Awarded for Promoting Women

BIRN’s “Life in Kosovo” has been recognized for reporting on women in a TV programme.

BIRN Wins Prize for Education Reporting

BIRN Wins Prize for Education Reporting

Bardh Shkreli, a journalist for BIRN Kosovo, has won a third-place award in November from the German Society for International Cooperation, GIZ and the Association of Professional Journalists of Kosovo for education reporting.

Romanian Superscrieri 2013 Awards Two Fellows

Romanian Superscrieri 2013 Awards Two Fellows

Romania’s national journalistic competition Superscrieri has given awards to Elena Stancu and Vlad Odobescu, both fellows this year of the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence.

Journalists Visit ICTY Headquarters

Journalists Visit ICTY Headquarters

Eight journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIH, Croatia, and Serbia participated in a weeklong study visit to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, in October. The Tribunal’s Outreach Programme organised the visit in cooperation with BIRN BiH. 

The investigative process: from information gathering to an investigative story

The investigative process: from information gathering to an investigative story

BIRN Macedonia announces a call for journalists for an upcoming training session for investigative journalists.

ПОВИК ЗА НОВИНАРИ

ПОВИК ЗА НОВИНАРИ

ПОВИК ЗА НОВИНАРИ Обука: Процесот на истражувањето – од информација до истражувачка сторија БИРН Македонија ги повикува сите заинтересирани новинари
Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence awards ceremony to be held in Zagreb

Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence awards ceremony to be held in Zagreb

Participants in this year’s Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence will meet for their final seminar and awards ceremony in Zagreb, Croatia from December 11-14.

EU to Judge Serbia on War Crimes Prosecutions

EU to Judge Serbia on War Crimes Prosecutions

During its EU membership negotiations, Serbia will be assessed on how well it has dealt with war crimes cases, European Commission official Pierre Mirel told a BIRN conference.

BIRN Serbia gives investigative reporting master class

BIRN Serbia gives investigative reporting master class

BIRN Serbia’s Aleksandar Djordjevic and Slobodan Georgiev took part in a special programme at Belgrade’s political science faculty focused on investigative reporting for students of journalism, and presenting BIRN’s experience in this area.

Belgrade parlament

BIRN Debates Role of Transitional Justice in Serbia’s EU Talks

As part of its Balkan Transitional Justice project, BIRN is holding a one-day conference on November 14 in Belgrade to examine what part the issue of transitional justice will play in Serbia’s forthcoming membership negotiations with the European Union.

BIRN Produces Documentary About Missing Persons

BIRN Produces Documentary About Missing Persons

BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina is making a film about people who have been missing since the 1990s war, inspired by a conference in The Hague last week hosted by the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).