Journalists from Western Balkans and Türkiye are invited to submit their investigative stories

BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting returns this August in Thessaloniki, with a stunning number of award-winning journalists and editors as trainers.

The EU Civil Society Forum for Western Balkans and Türkiye 2023 and a launch meeting for new grantees under the Regional Grant Beneficiaries Civil Society Facility 2022 was held from May 31 to June 2 in Podgorica, Montenegro.

BIRN Kosovo has opened a new call for applications for its first three-day training course on legally safe reporting and crisis reporting, as part of the EU-funded project “Strengthening Quality News and Independent Journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey II”.

The EU Investigative Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Türkiye aim to celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements of investigative journalists as well as improve the visibility of quality journalism in these countries.

The EU Investigative Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Türkiye aim to celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements of investigative journalists as well as improve the visibility of quality journalism in these countries.

The EU Investigative Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Türkiye aim to celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements of investigative journalists as well as improve the visibility of quality journalism in these countries.

Balkan Investigative Regional Reporting Network BIRN hosted a kick-off meeting for representatives of media organisations and higher education institutions from six Western Balkan countries, Türkiye and Hungary on February 20-23 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Established in 2015, the EU Investigative Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Turkey, continues to celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements of investigative journalists as well as the visibility of quality journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey.

In the last decade, more than 70 female journalists have been killed around the world. In the Western Balkans, female journalists have been targeted because of their work and their physical appearance, marital status or parental connections.