Analysis
We provide our clients with in-depth analysis of political, security and economic developments in the Balkans, both region-wide and country specific but always tailored to their needs. With our network of analysts embedded throughout the region and immersed in the latest information at its source, we not only explain to our clients specific events but also provide foresight regarding risks and opportunities.
Corporate Investigations
BIRN Consultancy handles a wide range of corporate investigations and integrity due diligence cases. Our clients come to us when considering a new business relationship or when they are worried about an existing one running into problems. We answer their questions but also point out issues which they might have missed.
Advisory
Whether our clients are entering a new market, expanding existing projects or exploiting other opportunities, we help them make informed decisions in uncertain political, regulatory and commercial conditions. Irrespective of whether our clients need to understand the wider business environment, a specific sector or map key decision makers, we carry out research and provide analysis based on their needs.
Tailored to your needs
Sometimes the needs of our clients require a mix of all of our services or relate to a niche problem that does not fall neatly into any of the above categories. Some problems require multi-jurisdictional investigations and analysis. Whatever the brief, we can assemble the most relevant expertise to provide answers for our clients based on their needs.
News
- Italian Students Create Phone Charging Station to Help Migrants Cross Balkans
School students in Verona working with an NGO have created a new phone-charging station model to support migrants and refugees cross the Balkans on their way to the EU.
- Kosovo-Serbia Declaration on Missing Persons Remains Unimplemented
The head of the Kosovo government’s Missing Persons Commission said the EU’s foreign policy chief hasn’t replied to concerns about last year’s declaration with Serbia on finding missing persons from the 1998-99 war, which isn’t being implemented yet.
- Serbian Convictions for Kosovo Massacres ‘Too Little, Too Late’
The Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre said the sentences handed down by a Serbian court to seven Yugoslav Army ex-soldiers for massacres of Kosovo Albanian civilians in 1999 didn’t reflect the seriousness of the crimes.
- Moldova Condemns Breakaway Region’s Push for New ‘Security’ Post
Chisinau authorities slate secessionist regime's plan to erect another 'peacekeeping post' in the buffer zone between them, calling it a 'useless manoeuvre"
Premium Content
- Serbia Opposition’s Collapse Will Cost it Dearly in Elections
Serbia’s main opposition coalition has fallen apart because its members could not agree on whether to go to the polls in June – and the risk is that they will now win far fewer votes.
- Albania Parliament’s Disinformation Committee: Welcome Vigilance – or Threat to Free Expression?
While addressing disinformation is a crucial task, the concern is that Albania's new parliamentary committee could be just another tool to silence critical voices.
- Croatia’s Election-Winner Faces Tough Dilemma Over Potential Partners
The relative election winner, the HDZ, is negotiating with the far-right Homeland Movement but it also wants to keep national minorities – who the far-right reject – on board.
- Iraqi Kurdish Boy ‘Pushed’ From Hungary Finds His Place in Serbia
Almost seven years since being unlawfully ejected from Hungary as an unaccompanied minor, Iraqi Kurd Karoh Pistevan has made a life for himself in Serbia.