The EU Investigative Journalism Awards in the Western Balkans and Turkey were presented for the fifth time at a ceremony held tonight at Europe House in Belgrade. Three stories were awarded, with the first prize going Ivana Milosavljević, Teodora Ćurčić, Vladimir Kostić from The Centre for Investigative Journalism of Serbia for story about the Serbian Progressive Party call centre and vote-buying has won first place in the “EU Award for Investigative Journalism 2024” competition, while the remaining prizes went to three stories from the Balkan Investigative Journalism Network of Serbia (BIRN). The winners of this year’s competition were selected by a three-member jury consisting of Ljubica Gojgić, journalist at RTV Vojvodina and editor and presenter of the show “Pravi ugao”, Perica Gunjić, editor-in-chief of the Cenzolovka portal, and Tamara Filipović Stevanović, General Secretary of NUNS. The annual EU regional awards for investigative journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey aim to celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements of investigative journalists, while also enhancing the visibility of quality journalism in these regions.