A Moment of Truth: After Four Years in the EU, Croatia Finally May Protect Whistleblowers
After years of debate and false-starts, Croatia finally has set a goal to pass its first whistleblower protection law by the end of 2018.
Split Decisions: Bosnian Whistleblowers Remain at Risk Despite Legal Advances
On 15 June 2017, the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina strengthened rights for employees who report crime and corruption.
Justice Delayed – Justice Denied?
Serbia’s First Whistleblower ‘Success’ is Tempered by Weak Faith in a Convoluted System
Speaking Out, Pushing Back
Whistleblowers throughout Southeast Europe, once alone in their struggle for justice, now have a unified voice speaking on their behalf, and a unified team of campaigners fighting to uphold their rights.
Albania’s New Whistleblower Law Has Great Promise to Curb Corruption. But Will it Deliver?
TIRANA – As Albania's groundbreaking whistleblower protection law finally is being implemented, citizens and activists hope it will work in practice.
Official at Center of Tuzla Kvarc Case Sent to Prison
Another major step has been taken in the march toward justice in the Tuzla Kvarc whistleblower retaliation case.
The Jury is Still Out on Serbia’s New Whistleblower Protection Law
BELGRADE — Marija Beretka needed to file lawsuits in three separate courts in order to obtain whistleblower protection. The case illustrates problems with Serbia’s new law.
First-ever Regional Documentary Hits the Screen
Southeast Europe's burgeoning whistleblower movement has taken another great step with the premiere of the region's first documentary on whistleblowing.
Kosovo Whistleblower Lifts Lid on Huge Tax Scam
PRISHTINA – Government staffer Murat Mehmeti blew the whistle on a massive tax scam involving shell companies that his bosses in Kosovo’s Tax Administration notably failed to follow up. Details of the major fraud were revealed on November 17 by the Kosovo bureau of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN).
Bulgarian Police Case Serves a Reminder: Whistleblowers Need Legal Protections
SOFIA – Konstantin Ivanov does not want to talk to journalists anymore. “I am fed up with media publicity,” he told a friend who approached him with an interview request on behalf of the Southeast Europe Coalition for Whistleblower Protection.
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