In the framework of our editorial mission Orient Express Reporter, cafebabel.com is sending 34 young journalists, photographers, photojournalists or videomakers 'on the ground' to discover the Balkans and Turkey. Eight feature reports in eight cities to meet our young counterparts and find stories from the Balkans which should not be lost on a European public

Podgorica: Balkan youth, beyond corruption

An application for membership to the European Union, a resignation of a prime minister after nineteen years, a gust of accusations of corruption and mafiose activities of the latter, Milo Djukanovic. The first snow in many years, and against it Kosovar refugees building their homes in their promised land. A Roma minority working for other refugees, politicians who beat journalists, younger journalists wondering why they do this job in a country ranking 104th for the freedom of the press. It's all there in text and images in the second stop of cafebabel.com's Orient Express Reporter project. After Bosnia, welcome to four days in Montenegro

REPORT

Life as a journalist in Montenegro: punchbags and missionaries itching to do their job

Physical threats or threats of court action, unstable salaries and a lack of recognition. In a country which only ranked 104th on the 2010 world press freedom index compiled by reporters without borders (RWB), the journalist’s profession entails quite a number of downsides. This is one of the many paradoxes in Montenegro, for given the lack of political opposition the journalist is also the sole representative of the public interest. So they tell us

by Emmanuel Haddad @ // 21/02/11

human rights, journalism, media, society, corruption, podgorica

REPORT

Konik: life in biggest Balkan Roma refugee camp, Montenegro

This important refugee camp in Podgorica of Roma hailing from Kosovo had their homes referred to by The Guardian as a 'stinking rubbish tip'. Yet the ambitious young people living there are future masters of hip-hop and their destiny

by Emmanuel Haddad @ // 15/02/11

roma, ethnic minorities, discrimination, unemployment, society, podgorica, nicolas sarkozy, education system

VOX POP

Vox-pop: Being a young journalist in Montenegro

I want to intern at a fashion magazine. I want to stop the assassinations of Montenegro's journalists. I want to wake the people up to the freedom that they have. Three twentysomethings from the capital, Podgorica, explain honestly why they chose journalism in a sometimes bleak Balkan world

by Jovana Zivkovic @ , marko vesovic @ // 19/01/11

university, students, journalism, orient express, society, youth, podgorica