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 Green Light Would Secure Wobbly Government
If Brussels gives Belgrade go ahead for EU talks, it will bolster the government's prestige and disarm much of the opposition.
Special Report: Europe Heals Old Divide Between Bulgaria and Romania
Two neighbouring states - long divided by walls of prejudice and ignorance - are finally discovering they have more in common than they once thought.
Bosnia Struggles With Wave of Drug Addiction
The few centres that the government has set up to treat the country’s mainly youthful addicts are increasingly overwhelmed.
Gangs and Red Tape Deter Kosovo Investors
Physical threats to businessmen and complex bureaucratic procedures turning Kosovo into black hole for investors.
EU Ponders New Aid Deal for Balkans
Contrary to reports, Balkan states unlikely to join EU together, but may get equal access to funds reserved until now for candidate states.
School's Out for Girls
Tradition, poverty and parental apathy mean that most Roma girls do not get even a basic education.
Illness Plagues Camps for Displaced Communities
Minorities living in camps beside the Trepca mine fear that their children are suffering from lead poisoning.
A Premature Return
Without jobs, houses and security, Kosovo’s non-Albanians say they cannot return home.
Bosnian Anti-corruption Law Falls Foul of Nationalists
Opposition furious that ruling parties and Lord Ashdown have united to quash law enabling courts to seize illegally obtained assets.