A life lived in Belgrade is a life lived in four countries. A lot has changed, but not much has changed for the better. Slobodan Georgiev (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network) reports with wry sarcasm on the realities of life as a…
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What we talk about when we talk about state capture: reflections from Serbia
Tagged with: #corruption, Balkans, investigative journalism, state capture
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference
Investigative journalists must show citizens the way: We can clean up government without resorting to rancour or nationalism
In a reflection on the role of journalists worldwide, and in the Balkans in particular, Aida Cerkez and Rosemary Armao vent their frustration about one of the biggest challenges of investigative reporting: how to make people care. Do citizens really…
Tagged with: #corruption, Amir Zukić, Balkans, OCCRP, Western Balkans, Zlatibor Lončar
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference
Civil society needs support to fight corruption and organised crime in the Western Balkans
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and investigative journalists in the Western Balkans are critical to raising awareness about fighting corruption and organised crime, as well as supporting state authorities to develop effective strategies. But they lack capacity and resources to address…
Montenegro: Captured by Corruption
In the first of a series of posts by investigative journalists and civil society activists working on exposing corruption in the Balkans, Milka Tadić Mijović (President, Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro) discusses impunity in Montenegro and the complicity of the…
Tagged with: #corruption, Balkans, Columbia University, Columbia-Sussex conference, media freedom, Montenegro, stabilitocracy, state capture, Western Balkans
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference, Uncategorized
Posted in Sussex-Harriman conference, Uncategorized
Strengthening the rule of law in the Western Balkans: Why should the EU care?
One of the main conditions set by the EU for aspiring members in the Western Balkans is to strengthen the rule of law, but the success of these efforts has so far been relatively limited. Drawing on a new study, Tena…
Tagged with: #corruption, Balkans, EU conditionality, EU Enlargement, rule of law, Western Balkans
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Posted in Uncategorized
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