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Speak Up, Get Shut Down: How Kosovo Protects Suspects and Punishes the Whistleblowers

By Albijona HOXHAJ Sometimes, speaking up against injustices can cost you your job. Meanwhile, being suspected of abusing it can earn you a promotion. Ermal

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Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Erin Brockovich and Enemy of the State No.1

An Honest look at Irina Lovric’s Corruption Battle In Her Own Words, Then and Now. By Anja Jerkovic There is no ribbon to tie at

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The Bulgarian Nurse who Filled 300+ Freedom of Information Act Requests and Alerts

By Alexenia Dimitrova „I am not fighting for myself. I am fighting for the people who work in the state owned Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

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Whistleblowers in Albania: Between fear and the desire to speak out

Albania – Out of 71 whistleblowing cases reported to ILDKPKI (2017–2022), only 10 have resulted in administrative measures. Meanwhile, 9 whistleblowers have faced retaliation, highlighting

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You can’t change a thing from inside. “From whistleblower to activist in the fight to save Romania’s forests”

by Adina Florea Dan Turiga strides through a forest clearing now overtaken by weeds in Fetesti, a quiet village in northeastern Romania. It’s early October

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The Impact of Media Concentration on Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom in Albania

by Ina Allkanjari Albania’s media is at a critical point, with growing worries about the concentration of media ownership, political control, and the risks faced

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How One Mother Brought Voting Rights Back to A Post-War City: A Close Look at Irma Baralija and the Case of Mostar

by Anja Jerkovic Perhaps it’s not the typical format one might envision a whistleblower to be; 36, a recent Master’s graduate, a mother and a

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Silenced from Within: Untold Accounts of Whistleblowers Emerging from the Shadows in Albania

By Arlis Alikaj Pëllumb Gjini is the former mayor of the village of Steblevë in the north part of Shebenik-Jabllanica, the largest national park in

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Retaliation, Spyware and Blacklists: The Saga of Macedonian Whistleblower Jovan Jovcevski

By Goran Lefkov Jovan Jovcevski is a unique example of a whistleblower in the Balkans and Europe. He was a the administrative founder of the

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An important step to protect whistleblowers”: Anti-corruption law and practice in war-affected Ukraine

Despite the ongoing Russian war, Ukrainian institutions remain focused on anti-corruption efforts. This is especially relevant given the large quantities of international aid and arms

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Whistleblowers have been fighting against corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina on their own for years

Obtaining whistleblower status in Bosnia and Herzegovina is not easy, and those who have succeeded claim that they have not been adequately protected from discrimination,

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Who’s watching the guardians? Media whistleblowing in the Czech Republic

Whistleblowers and journalists form a fragile ecosystem. Many of the most important scandals that have shaken the public were revealed by people who risked their

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Challenges and Progress: The Implementation of the Whistleblower Law in Albania

In recent years, Albania has made considerable efforts to address corruption, starting in 2016 when Parliament adopted the law on whistleblowing and protection of whistleblowers,

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Open Letter – Urging the Slovak Government and the EU to Course-Correct Harmful Amendments to the Whistleblower Protection Law

We are writing to express our strong opposition to recent proposals to weaken whistleblower protection policies and practices in Slovakia. The proposals represented a major

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The Kyiv Independent Exposes Corruption in Ukraine’s International Legion

Blowing the whistle enforces the playbook for national integrity. In the fall of 2021, a group of journalists were fired from their posts. The newspaper’s

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