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Balkan Countries ‘Failing to Enforce Freedom of Information Laws’: Report

Freedom of Information laws in the six Western Balkan countries may look robust, but public institutions all too often find ways to obstruct transparency, a new BIRN report has found.

Jeta Xharra, Director of BIRN Kosovo, speaking at the 'Truth in the Age of Disinformation' conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 24, 2025. Photo: Edona Maloku.

Online Disinformation Discourages Women’s Public Participation

A conference held in Lisbon on March 24 tackled the growing concerns of women being targeted online by disinformation campaigns.

“House of Kosovo” Opens in Davos World Economic Forum

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, two Albanian businessmen, Esat Lika and Ertion Axha, give a Kosovo flavor to the Swiss luxury resort.

Photo: Xhemajl Sllovinja

Kallxo.com Wins Five Journalistic Annual Awards

In a ceremony organized by the Association of Journalists of Kosovo, Kallxo.com took home five out of 12 awards in different categories, including Best TV Story of the Year for its series of TV programmes holding municipal mayors accountable for their promoted but unfulfilled works.

BIRN Doc Lifts Lid on Russian Disinformation in Balkans

A documentary produced in Bosnia, Kosovo and Montenegro explores the scale of Kremlin-backed disinformation in these countries and its dangerous influence on the public.