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Most North Macedonia’s Garment Workers Complain about Wages
This video has been produced by ARTE and published by BIRN, as part of the publishing collaboration.
BIRN Reports Nominated for Prestigious Serbian Investigative Awards
Investigations produced by nine BIRN journalists exposing alleged corruption, nepotism and malpractice within local government as well as the concealment of data about the COVID-19 death toll in Serbia have been shortlisted for the Dejan Anastasijevic Investigative Journalism Award in the online media and print media categories, the Independent Association of Journalists in Serbia, NUNS, announ
In Montenegro, Unchecked Waste Muddies Once Clear Waters
According to the findings of an investigation by the Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro, CIN-CG, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, and the weekly news magazine Monitor, authorities in Montenegro are allowing dangerous waste from a number of companies to pollute the Zeta, to the alarm of residents who say their health is being affected.
For Albania’s Domestic Violence Victims, Help is Hard to Find
A BIRN analysis has found out that cash-strapped Albanian municipalities just can't deliver on their legal obligations to help women fleeing violent partners.
Punished Opposition MP ‘Won’t be Silenced’ by Turkish Regime
Prominent rights activist and MP Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu was stripped of his parliamentary status this week ahead of a jail sentence - but tells BIRN he will resist to the end.
Albanian Startup Launches Affordable Solar Energy for Locals
This video has been produced by ARTE and published by BIRN, as part of the publishing collaboration.
No Quick Fix to North Macedonia Telegram Scandal
Seferi cited blocks on Telegram in countries such as Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus and China, but cautioned against following such a route given the risk of it being construed as censorship by those using the app for its primary purpose of simple communication.
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An Indebted Ex-President and the Pricey German Fix to a Montenegrin Stench
And that's not all.
The sum of evidence collected by two independent experts, sources involved in the project and via documents reviewed by the Centre for Investigative Journalism in Montenegro, CIN-CG, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, and the weekly Monitor, indicate that WTE overcharged by millions of euros for the construction of the one completed treatment plant.
The Show Goes on in Hungary as Theatre, Concerts Move to Digital Realm
She later told BIRN that she missed the real theatre atmosphere, but it was altogether very cosy to watch the play "from her comfortable armchair, but still being in the first row". Not even masks were required, she laughed.
Serbia Invokes ‘Confidentiality’ Clause on Montenegrin Ex-President’s Extradition
Serbia's Justice Ministry told BIRN it has no obligation to reveal information about the requested extradition of former Montenegrin official Svetozar Marovic, or about its activities on this matter.