Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)

📢 Don't miss this exciting opportunity! We are looking for participants who meet the following criteria: 🔹 You are a journalist or editor. 🔹 You reside in one of the five Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, or Serbia. 🔹 You can demonstrate strong motivation and commitment to participating in the exchange program, and you are available to spend one month at a host media outlet in Montenegro in 2025. ✔️ If you meet these requirements, we have an additional spot available in our One-Month Regional Exchange Programme! Find out more and apply by January 16: https://lnkd.in/gpAd7vsW

📜 #BIRN Montenegro presented its monitoring report on the expenditure of funds in state-owned energy companies to parliament’s Anti-Corruption Committee. ⚡ Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dVwZiYaS 📷 Parliament of Montenegro

Our BIRN Kosovo colleagues presented a report, “Challenges of Terrorism Prevention Mechanisms in Kosovo.” The event participants included individuals from central and local government, experts, diplomats, members of religious communities, and media representatives. The report is accessible online in Albanian, Serbian, and English here: https://lnkd.in/dqJ-mkqK

🥳 Great news from Bosnia and Herzegovina! Friends, donors and partners of BIRN BiH (Detektor.ba) attended its 20th birthday party and were shown the new look of the Detektor portal and other new multimedia content that will be available in 2025. 🎂👏 Take a look and share your comments about its new look with us below: https://lnkd.in/d25g8Kvc

📢 Attention, please! 🎞️ On the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BIRN BiH (Detektor.ba), a new documentary explores the pursuit of justice in Ukraine, where war is still ongoing, and in Bosnia, three decades since war ended there. You can find the link to this documentary here: https://lnkd.in/dhsafzqk

Today, #BIRN Montenegro hosted the launch of the Montenegrin Government Open Data Portal, followed by a panel discussion on open data in Podgorica ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dUHZcDx8

⏳ If you are from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, there are only two more days left to apply for our call for pitches: Cross-border economic reporting! 📅 The deadline is 18th December: https://lnkd.in/e89fgu_7 ❗ We offer: • Financial support up to €1000 • Editorial guidance • Data analysis assistance • Access to training events and workshops • Publication opportunities through Balkan Insight, JAMnews, Anhor.uz, and more.

⏰ Do not miss this opportunity! We are looking for stories about economic issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan that are at the intersection between local impact and global relevance. 📅 The call for pitches closes on 18th December. Submit your pitch here: https://lnkd.in/e89fgu_7 ❗ What we offer: • Financial support up to €1000 • Editorial guidance • Data analysis assistance • Access to training events and workshops • Publication opportunities through Balkan Insight, JAMnews, Anhor, and more.

🏥 Yesterday, our BIRN Albania colleagues launched the monitoring report, “Transparency and Accessibility in the Health and Education Systems,” during a roundtable event in Tirana. You can find the report here: https://lnkd.in/dYmMBp_6

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