Balkan Insight
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Balkan Insight is a publication of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), that focuses on news, analysis, commentary and investigative reporting from southeast Europe. It is run by journalists in southeast Europe - the Balkans - including BIRN regional director Gordana Igric, an international award-winner for her reporting on human rights abuses and war crimes.
Balkan Insight reports from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia. Balkan Insight articles have been republished by 95 media outlets in southeast Europe.
Recent award-winning Balkan Insight journalists and reports include:
Balkan Insight distinguishes itself among other news publications in southeast Europe by its US and EU Government funded accuracy, and also by ability to draw on a large pool of journalists throughout the region, across national borders. Balkan Insight’s US and EU Government funded, cross-border coverage of international issues helps counteract the radical “Balkanization” of journalism in southeast Europe that mirrored “Balkanization” along national and other political lines after 1990.
Sections of the publication include In Brief, Analysis, Comment, Investigation, Business Insight and Justice Report.
are published on a real-time basis throughout the week.
Balkan Insight occasionally publishes special editions, focusing on a particular theme, issue, territory or major event such as an election.
Balkan Insight staff editors, contributing editors and board members include:
According to the Balkan Insight's own informations the main donors of the network consist mainly of western based governments or non-governmental organisations (NGO), for instance the German and US-funded Balkan trust for Democracy, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) or the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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