The Collaborative and Investigative Journalism Initiative (CIJI) supports independent media and freelance journalists in Europe through training, mentoring, funding and the exchange of knowledge and best practices. It also provides structured networking opportunities to strengthen collaborative and investigative journalism in Europe. CIJI members include OBCT, Tactical Tech, Free Press Unlimited, Reporters Without Borders, Delfi and Fundacja Reporterów. OBCT acts as a regional hub for CIJI in Southeast Europe, coordinating a number of events in the region to produce a series of collaborative investigations with local journalists and newspapers.
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ANALYSIS Framing the past: How Roma people are depicted in Romanian and Greek schools
Mary Drosopoulos, Oana Dumbrava | 30/12/2024The way it is represented in formal education tells a lot about the condition of a people. Even when it is present in textbooks in South Eastern Europe, the history of the Roma is often ignored or represented in a way that perpetuates stereotypes and misconceptions
HISTORY The shifting tides of (post-)Yugoslav policy on Palestine
Mary Drosopoulos, Giovanni Vale | 18/12/2024Initially in favour of Israel, Yugoslavia's stance shifted towards supporting the Palestinian liberation struggle. Post-Yugoslav states have largely abandoned the Non-Aligned Movement principles, taking divergent positions on the Palestinian question
SOLIDARITY Former Yugoslavia and Palestine, between solidarity and divisions
Giovanni Vale, Sanja Mlađenović Stević, Anna Lodeserto | 5/12/2024More than a year ago, the Israeli invasion of Gaza began. In the countries of the former Yugoslavia, governments and civil society have reacted differently. If governments – with the exception of Slovenia – have all but sided with Israel, civil society organisations have organised protests and demonstrations in favour of Palestine
MOUNTAINS From the Alps to the Adriatic: the challenges of mountain rescue across borders
Marco Abram, Marco Ranocchiari | 27/11/2024With the growing popularity of hiking and mountaineering, mountain accidents have increased significantly. The pressure falls on volunteers from rescue groups, who often work in collaboration with their colleagues across the border
INVESTIGATION Ecocide and nature protection in the Balkans
Sanja Mlađenović Stević, Katerina Topalova | 20/9/2024After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia - known for their extraordinary natural resources and biodiversity - have been facing environmental crime and the devastation of nature
SOCIETY Sea, sun, and a good book: reading habits in Greece and Croatia
Mary Drosopoulos, Giovanni Vale | 30/8/2024The analysis between the two countries shows similar trends, with a rather low number of readers. In both cases, reading habits reflect existing inequalities at the socio-economic level
ENVIRONMENT The battle for the Shushica Valley
Christian Elia, Nensi Bogdani (photos) | 22/7/2024In Albania, when the protection of the Vjosa river and its tributaries seemed almost guaranteed, a project aimed at tourism development has once again called everything into question, threatening an area with a population of over 50 thousand people
The battle for the Shushica Valley
22/7/2024In Albania, a project that aims at boosting tourism in the coastal town of Himarë is putting at risk over 50,000 people living in the Shushica Valley, a tributary of the Vjosa river.
ENVIRONMENT Western Balkans: Europe's future mining colony?
Sanja Mlađenović Stević, Aleksandar Samardjiev | 28/6/2024Are the Western Balkans becoming a mine of raw materials needed for the upcoming “green revolution”? Civil society organisations and many citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and North Macedonia answer resolutely: NO! The battle to protect the environment and health continues
POLITICS 2025 Elections: Albanian Diaspora Calling
Mary Drosopoulos, Çelik Rruplli | 26/6/2024One year ahead of the next general election, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has embarked on a tour across Europe to make citizens living outside the country “Proud of Albania”. But the issue remains the electoral code, which currently does not allow people to vote from abroad
REPORTAGE Migrants: all the doubts about the Rama-Meloni agreement
Erion Gjatolli, Giovanni Vale | 3/6/2024Despite the inconsistencies and uncertainties around the agreement signed between Rome and Tirana for the reception of migrants on Albanian soil, and while awaiting the judgment of the European Court, work on the two centres has already begun in Gjadër and Shëngjin. We went to see how they were progressing
INTERVIEW Balkan rivers: "Water is never just water"
Marco Ranocchiari | 2/4/2024The defence of rivers and water: a highly symbolic struggle which in recent years has successfully mobilised very different layers of the societies of south-eastern Europe, bringing to light both potential and contradictions. An interview
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