Alumni Articles
Ottoman past haunts Turkey's Balkan image
Ohrid, MacedoniaAnkara must be careful projecting itself as a player in a region where the word “Turk” still carries a good deal of historical baggage.
Turkey-EU row stymies Serb export deal
BelgradeA 3m euro beef export deal between Serbia’s impoverished Sandzak region and Turkey has been blocked because of a trade dispute between Ankara and the EU.
‘Balkans stability impossible without Serbia’
BelgradeTurkey’s former ambassador to Belgrade says relations with Serbia are at an all time high, but warns his successor’s to-do list is long and difficult. He gives Balkans Insight his end of term report.
Projects
Turkey and the Balkans
The re-emergence of Turkey as a growing economic, political and religious power in the Balkans is the subject of the latest Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence Alumni Initiative project.
Roma Decade
Twelve countries, including several Balkan states, have signed up to the European Roma Decade 2005-2015 initiative. Halfway through the decade, has any real progress been made?
The Alumni Network
What is the Alumni Network?
The Alumni Network is an ever-expanding group of journalists who have all participated in the Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence.
About the Programme
What is the Fellowship?
Journalists in the Balkans must now report on complex reform issues with regional and European dimensions. The fellowship provides editorial guidance, training and adequate funding to do so.
News and Events
ERSTE Stiftung Community Gathers in Alpbach
Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence alumni joined artists, journalists, researchers and activists taking part in ERSTE Foundation’s annual get together at the Tyrolean village of Alpbach.
21 Jun 2011 / 11:11
Alumni Win Milena Jesenská Fellowships
25 May 2011 / 14:03
Fellows Shortlisted for International Award
19 Apr 2011 / 10:10
Alumni Roma Project Launches
27 Jan 2011 / 12:10
2010 Fellow Scoops Albanian Reporting Award
30 Nov 2010 / 10:10
Alumni article praised by the Economist
19 Apr 2010 / 13:30
Alumni gathering in Montenegro
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