Focus
Balkans: Regional Reporting & Sustainable Training
Years active: 1999-2010
This programme supports long-term democracy, conflict resolution and European integration in the Balkans by creating a regional network of investigative reporting institutions - the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network - to conduct cross-border research, reporting and dialogue projects, practical training and supportive collaborations with local media outlets.
Reconciliation in Kosovo Tougher than in Bosnia
The depth of animosity in Kosovo goes far beyond that in Bosnia making the task of reconstruction and ethnic reconciliation much more difficult.
State Serves Up Fresh Insults Daily In New War Of Invective
The state media is whipping up traditional Serb homophobia by accusing the opposition of 'suspected attraction to the same sex'. It's just part of a strategy to further divide and demoralize critics of the regime, and now the police are playing the same g
Accident Or Assassination Bid? - A Field Day For Conspiracy Theorists
Vuk Draskovic is certain that Sunday's miraculous escape from a car crash Sunday that killed four of his colleagues was an attempted assassination. Speculation that it could drive Draskovic into the arms of the opposition is rising.
Hate Speech In Pristina - The Kosovo Media Wars Could Start Here
A KLA-linked news agency created a firestorm when it launched a vicious attack on a leading independent publisher and political personality. The media wars inside Kosovo may be only just beginning.
Legislating For Refugee Returns In Bosnia
Bosnia's High Representative has imposed new laws to speed refugee returns. But the reduction of NATO troops may mean it could all end in violence.
Bulatovic's Loyalty Ill-Repaid
Milosevic and his wife have suddenly turned on their loyal ally from Montenegro - a tactic they hope will delay the republic's increasingly likely split from Yugoslavia.
Journalists Defy Intimidation In Republika Srpska
The Serbian part of Bosnia remains a violent place for journalists who expose the ugly underside of life here.
Bosnian Croats In Crisis
With the Croatian president near death and the ruling party facing electoral defeat, the Bosnian Croat sister party is also in disarray.
Paramilitaries From Kosovo Move Into Montenegro
Paramilitaries forced out of Kosovo have moved into neighbouring Montenegro, some to find a hiding place and some to join the police.