Reporting Democracy

📢 We have an open call!

Grants worth €1.500 are available for professional freelance or staff journalists and teams from across the Visegrad and Balkan region, with ideas for investigative, analytical, or feature stories.

📅 Apply by July 1:

Apply Now for a BIRN Reporting Democracy Grant - BIRN From Poznań to Podgorica, and from Prague to Plovdiv, journalists across Central and Southeast Europe are invited to pitch ideas for in-depth reporting projects on issues shaping democracy across the region.

Croatia Hails Arbitration Case Win Against Hungary's MOL Over Gas Dispute Economy Minister welcomes ruling dismissing Hungarian oil company's claims against Croatia over alleged breaches of Gas Business Agreement.

Poland spent much of this week attempting to calm public concerns over the future of the US military presence in the country.

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Democracy Digest: Warsaw Reels as US Throws Future of US Troops in Poland into Doubt Elsewhere, Hungary’s new government seeks to limit PM’s mandate to a maximum of two terms; EU Parliament steps up pressure on Slovakia by urging freezing of EU funds; Czechia’s three-party coalition starts to show signs of division.