Balkan Insight
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| News website | |
| languages | English |
| operator | BIRN Ltd |
| editorial staff | Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) |
| Registration | Partly (subscriber area) |
| On-line | Fall 2007 (currently active) |
| http://www.balkaninsight.com/ | |
Balkan Insight ( BI for short ) is a news website on the Balkan Peninsula . It was initiated by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) , which intends to promote professional and independent reporting in the Balkans, in autumn 2007 and is its publication organ. It offers contributions from Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Kosovo , Croatia , Montenegro , North Macedonia , Romania and Serbia . Balkan Insight promotes balanced reporting in English according to international journalistic standards, sometimes by training journalists.
In addition to local authors and journalists, the editorial team also includes Western European and American personalities from politics and science. According to its own information, the supporters of Balkan Insight include in particular governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of Western countries such as the Dutch Foreign Ministry, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) or the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Balkan Insight is a "highly regarded Internet portal" ( NZZ ) and the BIRN organization is "valued for its independence and seriousness" ( NZZ ).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Jeta Abazi Gashi: Law against tradition in the Balkans: women fight for their right of inheritance. Award-winning work. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . February 12, 2015, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- ↑ About BIRN. In: Official website of Balkan Insight. Retrieved April 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Partner Network: Donors. In: Official website of Balkan Insight. Retrieved April 23, 2015 .
- ^ Simon Gemperli: Protectorate employee, OSCE chief, advisor to the Prime Minister. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. April 15, 2008, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Simon Gemperli: Media funding as part of foreign policy. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. May 9, 2008, accessed April 23, 2016 .