balkanbiro

An office in the Balkans – this is a virtual office with desks throughout Southeastern Europe. Our coverage includes news and analysis on migration, ecology, social movements, and culture and minority policies. We have also extensively covered the international community’s involvement in Kosovo as well as the lives of people in Sofia, Bulgaria.

References:

Print: amnesty journal (ai), Analyse & Kritik, Berliner Zeitung, eurotopics, Frankfurter Rundschau, Freitag, Jüdische Allgemeine, jungle world, d’Letzëbuerger Land (Luxemburg), Neues Deutschland, n-ost, Die Presse, Proceso (Mexiko), Schweizerische Wochenzeitung (WOZ), Spiegel Online, tageszeitung (taz), telepolis, Die Welt sowie verschiedene Lokalzeitungen

Radio: Bayerischer Runfunk (BR), Deutsche Welle (DW), Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Deutschlandradio Kultur (DLR), Funkhaus Europa/WDR, Norddeutscher Runfunk (NDR), Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Radio Bremen (RB), Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR), Schweizer Radio DRS, Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Publishing Houses: Assoziation A, Dietz Verlag, Suhrkamp Verlag, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (WBG)

Others: Bildungswerk Berlin der Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Goethe Institut, E.O.L. Reisen, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Dirk Auer

Born 1970, Auer studied political science, sociology and philosophy at Oldenburg and Bremen. He has worked as a freelance journalist in Sofia since 2006. 

Simone Böcker

Born 1973, Böcker studied cultural sciences and Romance languages. She has worked as a freelance journalist in Sofia since 2006.

Stefan Tenner

Born 1977, with a graduate degree in sound engineering, Tenner is a Berlin-based freelance journalist who has travelled and worked throughout Southeastern Europe. He has produced numerous intercultural radio projects and also works as a radio trainer.
 

Chrissi Wilkens

Born in 1976, Wilkens studied sociology, social psychology and communications in Munich. Since 2003, she has edited for the Greek weekly “O Kosmos tou Ependiti” in Athens. Since 2008, she has been a correspondent for Eurotopics in Greece and Cyprus and has worked as a freelancer for German media outlets.