Journalists Who Cover Balkans

Aleksandar Brezar

Rome, Italy

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Aleksandar Brezar is a journalist, factchecker and debunker with experience in a variety of media outlets, ranging from print and radio to television and online/new media. He also co-hosts Sarajevo Calling, a podcast on Western Balkans affairs. His work was featured in The Guardian, The Washington ...

Alexandra Brzozowski

Brussels, Belgium

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Brussels-based journalist covering EU foreign, security and defence policy since 2017. Regional expertise in the EU’s neighbourhood with on-the-ground reporting from Europe's (far) East, including the Eastern Partnership—particularly Russia’s war on Ukraine from Brussels, Kyiv, and beyond— the ...

Michael Colborne

Prague, Czech Republic

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Michael Colborne is a Canadian freelance journalist covering all things central and eastern Europe. His words and pictures have been published in Coda Story, CBC, Sydney Morning Herald, Al Jazeera, Open Democracy, National Post and other places. 

Before moving into journalism Michael spent eight ...

Katy Dartford

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France

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I'm a multimedia journalist and travel writer based between Lyon and Chamonix. 

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I'm all about adventure sports, mountains, and the great outdoors.

But I'm also into arts, culture, wine.

Aleksandar Djokic

Belgrade, Serbia

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Aleksandar Djokic is a political and economic columnist and op-ed writer. Currently writing for Bloomberg Adria in Serbo-Croatian, Novaya Gazeta Europe/Russia in Russian and Euronews in English. Political scientist by education, with a past career in academia (lecturing and writing scientific ...

Saša Dobrijević

Belgrade, Serbia

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Saša Dobrijević is a journalist based in Belgrade, Serbia He is a member of the United States Press Agency, USPA - Las Vegas; International Federation of Journalists, IFJ - Brussels and Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia - NUNS Belgrade Reporters Without Borders - RFS Paris and Global ...

Giorgio Fruscione

Beograd, Serbia

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I am a freelance journalist and fixer based in Belgrade, Serbia. I am the deputy director and main correspondent for the Balkans of eastjournal.net, most read Italian newspaper on Eastern Europe. 
I write news, reportage, analysis and features in Italian, English and Serbian language; among the ...

Maurizio Geri

Washington, United States of America

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Maurizio Geri is a freelance journalist, also Italian Navy lieutenant reservist POLAD and EU Marie Curie Postdoc fellow 2024/2026 (2024 at GMU in Washington DC, 2025 at GMF and VUB in Brussels, 2026 at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice) to research the EU-NATO cooperation in Emerging Disruptive ...

Jelena Jankovic

Belgrade, Serbia

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JElena JAnkovic is a journalist based in Beograd, Serbia.

Dorian Jones

İstanbul, Turkey

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I have been reporting from Turkey for 25 years for TV, radio and print. I can compile radio and TV packages ready for broadcast. I am experienced at live reporting for radio and to camera. I work for a variety outlets including BBC Sky News, Deutsche Welle, CBC and VOA.

Lucinda Jordaan

Cape Town, South Africa

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Lucinda Jordaan is a professional freelance journalist, researcher and Copy Editor based in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa,with extensive experience on all publishing platforms and within a variety of genres and specialities.

Bojana Majstorović

Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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My name is Bojan Veselinovic - Majstorovic . I live in Prijedor in Bosnia and Herzegovina . I graduated from journalism at the University of Banja Luka . I worked four years as a freelance journalist associate in Informative Technical Center Radio Television Republika Serbian Prijedor .
I was born ...

Francesco Martino

Sofia, Bulgaria

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Francesco Martino is a journalist based in Sofia, Bulgaria. He has over 15 years of experience covering South-East Europe for outlets such as Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso – Transeuropa, Arte, RTS Slovenia, National Geographic, and Human TV. His work includes articles, TV reports, radio features, ...

Iryna Matviyishyn

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Independent Ukrainian journalist, local producer/ fixer based in Kyiv. 2024 Václav Havel Fellow at RFE/RL.
Iryna has produced stories for NPR, Time magazine, The Times, Le Figaro, La Vie, La Presse, Tribune de Genève, Dispatch, and other outlets. As a reporter, she has contributed to the BBC, La ...

Marko Milosevic

Belgrade, Serbia

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I am a DoP, ENG cameraman and documentary photographer, based in Belgrade, Serbia.
Working for Serbian national television as ENG cameramen, I have shot more than a 3500 interwiews,
cultural events, breaking news, etc. As a DoP and camera operator, I have worked on feature documentary and short ...

Madalin Necsutu

Chișinău, Moldova

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I am a Romanian journalist based in Chisinau, Moldova, since 2015. My area of expertise is politics and investigations. However, I wrote features, analysis, interviews and news in English for several foreign media outlets from Europe and Caucasus. I covered also economics and social topics.

Ivana Nikolic

Belgrade, Serbia

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Ivana Nikolic is a journalist based in Belgrade, Serbia.
Work experience
•	June 2019 – present 
Fixer and mentor on the documentary project of the British documentary filmmaker Joseph Shawyer. Responsible for finding interviewees, translations, etc.
•	June 2018 – present
Eastern European ...

Lidija Pisker

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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A freelance journalist covering society, culture, travel and everything in between. I have worked with The Guardian, BBC, Euronews, Open Democracy, France 24, the Equal Times, and Radio Free Europe.

Darko Popovic

Beograd, Serbia

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I am an experienced journalist currently working for a local multi-media news agency with an online presence in Serbia. I have also worked in radio and print media. 
I can also provide still pix.

Jelena Prtoric

Zagreb, Croatia

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Jelena Prtoric is a journalist based in Zagreb, Croatie.

Aleksandar Samardjiev

Tetovo, Macedonia

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I am journalist based in Tetovo, Macedonia. Experience in working for TV, radio, newspaper, web site and social media. I was correspondent for national newspapers in Macedonia (Vreme, Nova Makedonija, Makedonski Sport) for national television (Sitel),  Radio Free Europe in Macedonian language. I ...