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.
Serbia: EU May Extend Sugar Ban
International officials believe that Belgrade has failed to tighten its customs system sufficiently to prevent a repeat of the recent sugar export scam.
Djukanovic Smuggling Claims Persist
Italian prosecutors still want to arrest Montenegrin premier despite court's immunity ruling.
'Raj' Claims Hit Home
High Representative insists he will use his powers to see the job through.
Ashdown Urged to Let Go
The European Stability Initiative think-tank, which started the OHR debate in early July, sets out its recommendations for change in an open letter to Paddy Ashdown.
Comment: Kosovars Must Confront Their Demons
Facing up to the past cannot be confined to demanding justice for crimes committed by others.
Bosnia: 'Cash for Crimes' Scheme Slammed
Republika Srpska's offer of money and plane tickets to entice fugitive Hague tribunal indictees to give themselves up is roundly condemned.
Albania: Infighting Unsettles Government
A simmering feud between the premier and a leading reformist could soon boil over again.
Comment: Kosovo Justice Impartial, Not Political
Guilt or innocence should never be presumed purely on the basis of ethnicity or wartime allegiances.
Kosovo Youth Jettison Prejudices for a Fix
Serb and Albanian addicts and dealers ignore ethnic enmities, as drug use spirals in Kosovo.