BIRN Macedonia

Following the sad passing of Dejan Anastasijevic, his friends and colleagues have paid tribute to his full and impactful life, his sterling, courageous work in exposing the truth and his warm personality.

At the biennial meeting of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network on Saturday, Ana Petruseva, director of BIRN Macedonia, said the situation facing the media in the Balkans "seems to be going from bad to worse".

BIRN journalists have been targeted on social networks in Macedonia in connection to Tuesday's attacks on journalist and cameraman in Skopje who were beaten up while covering a pro-VMRO DPMNE rally.

After BIRN Macedonia journalists published news and tweeted about the attack some Twitter users with generic nicknames accused BIRN journalists of being traitors and mercenaries.