News and updates from BCSDN and the region
Philea’s Legal Affairs Committee has expressed serious concern over escalating restrictions on civic space in Türkiye, following coordinated operations targeting LGBTI+ organisations, activists, human rights…
Read more →Target Groups: Youth-led human rights organisations and organisations working primarily with and for young people aged 15 and above. Applications from Global Majority countries are…
Read more →On 13 October 2026, the Instagram accounts of the independent media outlet Sloboden Pečat were targeted by a coordinated bot attack , the fifth such…
Read more →The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its affiliate BH Journalists have warned that BHRT, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state-level public broadcaster, faces imminent closure due…
Read more →Target Groups: Journalists, media workers, documentary filmmakers and press photographers legally residing in EU Member States or candidate countries, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro,…
Read more →BCSDN has published its 12th Monitoring Matrix Regional Report, assessing the enabling environment for civil society across the Western Balkans and Türkiye in 2025. Presented…
Read more →Target Groups: Professional journalists, freelance reporters and content creators based in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, with experience reporting…
Read more →In a new article, BCSDN reflects on the historic victory of Serbia’s student-led movement in the 25 October parliamentary elections, following nearly two years of…
Read more →Accelerated legislative reforms linked to EU accession have yet to translate into a more enabling environment for civil society in Albania, according to the 2025…
Read more →Ahead of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation has…
Read more →Target Groups: Young leaders, civil society representatives, activists, community organisers and individuals aged 18–35 from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.Short…
Read more →Target Groups: Local and regional media outlets producing original journalism, including online news portals, independent digital media, and small radio and television stations with an…
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