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Revealing Corruption Remains Challenge for Balkan Media (Balkan Insight)

Reporters on corruption and organised crime in the Balkans are subject to a range of different pressures and challenges – as our comparison of reporting on such cases in Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia shows. Organised crime and corruption are among the key challenges facing the societies of the Western Balkans, with corruption in particular being a key grievance for ordinary citizens and voters. As in any democracy, the media play a crucial role when it comes to informing the public on these subjects and shaping public debates. The extent to which the media are able to do so objectively and inde

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Threats to Slain Kosovo Serb Leader Were Ignored (Balkan Insight)

Oliver Ivanovic, shot dead on Tuesday in the northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica, had reported numerous threats, and had sought the help of both the Serbian and Kosovo authorities – but was ignored. Oliver Ivanovic, who was shot dead in front of his office in Mitrovica on Tuesday, had several times said he and his family had received threats, and had asked Kosovo, Serbia and others for help – but without any result. “They did all they could to me, except shoot me – but even that is not excluded,” Ivanovic said in November on N1 regional television. Ivanovic’s car was set on fire on July 28, a

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