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.
Investigation: Kosovo's Over-Politicised University
From politicians doubling up as lecturers to student leaders preoccupied with “the national question”, the University of Prishtina is an institution crying out for reform.
Serb Media Challenge Changes to Broadcasting Authority
Plans to alter the selection process for the body issuing frequency licenses trigger protest.
Macedonians Threaten Revolt Over Decentralisation
Street protests calling for a plebiscite on laws that Macedonians say grant too much to Albanians have brought ethnic tensions to boiling point.
Comment: Territorial Proposals Safeguard Unity
Protesters have got it all wrong when they say the new local authority boundaries are paving the way to partition.
Comment: Protests May Destroy Ohrid Deal
Opposition marshalling forces of nationalist hysteria in desperate attempt to regain power.
Chorus Grows for Bulgarians to Quit Iraq
The execution of two truck drivers has given a massive fillip to demands for the withdrawal of troops.
Albanian: North-South Chasm Widens
As investment and tourism trickles into southern towns, the rural mountainous north feels abandoned.
Anti-Roma Vigilante Demand Shames Bulgaria
Top trade unionist’s call for armed militias to counter gypsy crime undermines country’s reputation for tolerance.
Serbia: Police Chief Sacking Seen as 'Purge'
Removal of senior police chief is widely seen as completing a politically-inspired clear-out of Serbia’s security apparatus.