Balkan Investigative Reporting Network. Developing investigative journalism & media training in Southern and Eastern Europe. Flagship outlet: @balkaninsight
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Jun 11
Last call❗
We invite independent journalists in Kosovo and Montenegro to apply for anti-corruption reporting grants of up to $1,500. 💵
⏳ Application deadline is 14 June: birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
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Jun 12
Do not miss this opportunity to join our @BalkanInsight team as a correspondent from Serbia❗
Send us your applications by June 12, 23:59 CET: birn.eu.com/vacancies/job-va…
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BIRN retweeted
Open call for applications! Up to six €1.500 grants are available for journalists from the Visegrad and Balkan region.
Apply now: birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
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Jun 11
BIRN Hub's Head of Programmes Marija Vasilevska joined the @KASmediaSEE discussion on media and academia, alongside media professionals, academics, researchers, editors, journalism educators and communication experts from 12 different nationalities across Europe, Africa and Asia.
Jun 10
Media and Academia – A Difficult Relationship: how can journalists and academics work together to strengthen informed public debate? An international conference in Tirana with representatives from 12 different countries across Europe, Africa and Asia.
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Jun 8
Have you subscribed to our Around #BIRN in Thirty Days monthly newsletter? 📧
Here is its latest edition 👉 mailchi.mp/birn/around-birn-…
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Jun 8
New deadline alert❗
If you are a journalist and have not applied for our call, Society Against Corruption in #Montenegro and #Kosovo, send us your application by 14 June: birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
You could receive up to $1,500 grants, mentoring and technical support from #BIRN.
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Jun 6
BIRN BiH/@detektor_ba and @fcjcss signed an agreement on scientific, educational, and professional cooperation, marking a step forward for joint research and education. 🤝
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Jun 5
#BIRN organised a roundtable discussion on women’s safety in the digital space, bringing together representatives of civil society organisations, media, institutions, and human rights advocates from 🇲🇪 and 🇷🇸 to discuss the growing challenges of digital violence against women.
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BIRN retweeted
❗️ We invite journalists from the Visegrad and Balkan regions to apply for our open call for grants worth €1.500!
💡Find the full list of the eligible countries and more information here: birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
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Jun 5
⏳ Hurry up! We are receiving your applications for the Society Against Corruption in 🇲🇪 and 🇽🇰 open call until June 7: birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
Selected journalists will receive grants of up to $1,500, alongside mentoring and technical support from #BIRN editors and experts.
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Jun 4
The investigation “The price of clean streets”, by Zuza Nazaruk, Willemijn Sneep and Andrada Lăutaru, published by #BIRN, was awarded by @FondFeltrinelli. 👏
Congratulations to Zuza, Willemijn and Andrada on winning the international Border Stories Prize: birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
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Jun 4
🎉 Congratulations to @BIRNSrbija contributor @bmatejcic for winning one of Europe’s most prestigious journalism awards - the 2026 @EuroPressPrize Special Award for her investigation ‘Killing for a Photograph’: birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
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Jun 2
Congratulations to #BIRN contributors @curic_anna and Maradia Tsaava for winning the Border Stories Prize! 👏
Their investigation, ‘Follow the Money: Why the EU, Not China, Matters Most to Serbia and Georgia’, published by @BalkanInsight, was awarded by @FondFeltrinelli.
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BIRN retweeted
📢 We have an open call!
Grants worth €1.500 are available for professional freelance or staff journalists and teams from across the Visegrad and Balkan region, with ideas for investigative, analytical, or feature stories.
📅 Apply by July 1: birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
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Jun 1
Over the past weekend, #BIRN Albania organised a training session, bringing together #journalists from national media outlets to strengthen their reporting skills on #AI, surveillance technologies, and their growing impact on society.
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Jun 1
The sessions were led by Aleksandar Manasiev of NarativAi and @alexatesic_teso of @BIRNSrbija.
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Jun 1
📢 Journalists from Montenegro and Kosovo, apply for the anti-corruption reporting open call! Selected journalists will receive grants of up to $1,500, alongside mentoring and technical support from BIRN editors and experts.
Read the application details: birn.eu.com/news-and-events/…
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